Kimiko Yo
Known for Acting · 238 credits
- Born
- 1956-05-12 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
Known For
TV Shows (81)
The Naked Director
2019
as Kozue Muranishi
Churasan
2001
as Shibata Yoko
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
as Hiruko Kirigoe
Atsuhime
2008
as Hisa-hime
Half Blue Sky
2018
as Kimika Okada
Sanctuary
2023
Dangerous Detective
1986
as Yuko / Hiromi Nagisa
Straight to Hell
2026
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
as Chieko Tachibana
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
2016
as Yoriko Musubi
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
The Files of Young Kindaichi
2022
as Hiruko Kirigoe
Back of Father
2014
as Togawa Yasuko
Into the White Night
2006
as Taniguchi Mafumi
Hakusen Nagashi
1996
as Masako Ozawa
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
2003
as Yukiko Ando
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024
as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
2023
dele
2018
Virgin Road
1997
as Michi
Bambino!
2007
Trillion Game
2023
as Mitsuzono Shizuku
Say You Love Me
1995
as Kaoru Kanzaki
Usotoki Rhetoric
2024
Dear Father
2007
as Fortune Teller
Just One Love
2006
as Akiko Kanzaki
Affectionate Time
2005
as Kujo Tomoko
Death Office
2019
as Shingu
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
2024
as Tendo Ichiko
The Public Enemy
2017
as Akiko Kawarada
The Gift of Your Heart
2024
as Yukino Aihara
Izakaya Fuji
2017
Be with You
2005
as Hongo Naomi
Love Story
2001
Concerto
1996
Dangerous Relationship
1999
as Ayako Tsuzuki
Kao
2003
as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
Evil People
2007
as Chise Fujishima
Toubousha
2020
Daisuki!!
2008
as Setsuko Kachigawa
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
2020
as Shibusawa Wakako
Goodbye Mr Ozu
2001
Karyuu No Utage
2011
as Miyagi Yoko
REPLAY＆DESTROY
2015
as fortune-teller woman
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
2012
My Happy Divorced Life
2023
Hello, I Love You
2016
as Machi Domoto
外事警察
2009
as 村松久美
ママは昔パパだった
2009
as 우에노 마키코
Innocent Days
2018
as Michiko Tanaka
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
as 高橋文世
Houkago Groove
2013
The Kind-Hearted Cat
2023
as Matsuko
A Dangerous Woman
1998
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
2014
as Nonaka Tomiko
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
2012
Live
1999
And Then There Were None
2017
as Erika Konami
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
2007
as 엔죠지 치에코
Movies (157)
Shin Godzilla
2016
as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Sheep in the Box
2026
as Nobuyo Nishimura
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
as Izumi Nobuko
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
The Invisibles
2026
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
Drugstore Girl
2004
as Hideko Mukai
Oka wo koete
2008
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
2002
as Rume
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Midnight Diner 2
2016
as Chieko
Yamato
2005
Sinsin and the Mouse
2026
Departures
2008
as Yuriko Kamimura
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
as Izumi Nobuko
To Me, the One Who Loved You
2022
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Haru and Tae
To Every You I've Loved Before
2022
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Worst by Chance
2003
as Hatsuko Kim
Air Doll
2009
as Receptionist Yoshiko
A Story of Yonosuke
2013
as Taeko Yokomichi
Father of the Bride
2012
Galileo XX
2013
as Yoriko Takasaki
We Shall Overcome Someday
2005
Suicide Club
2001
Shield of Straw
2013
A Night in Nude
1993
as Nami Tsuchiya
Love Bites Back
1988
as Sanae Ebino
Red
2020
as Ogata Yoko
The Ramen Girl
2008
as Reiko
Crossroads
2011
Haunted School
1995
as Yukawa
Midnight Diner
2014
as Chieko Hanawa
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
Villain
2010
as Yoriko Shimizu
Aiki
2002
For Love's Sake
2012
as Toyo Taiga
Ace Attorney
2012
as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Alone in the Night
1994
Amagi Pass
1998
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Black Widow Business
2016
as Eiko Segawa
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
2017
Tokyo Tower
2005
Yumeji
1991
as Jiro
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
as Kuramoto
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
Gorotsuki 2
1993
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2013
as Mitsuru Funaki
Star Watching Dog
2011
as Innkeeper
An Autumn Afternoon
2003
as Akiko Hirayama
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
as Reiko's Mother
Otoko Tomodachi
2026
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
2015
as Motoko Ueno
Café Lumière
2004
as Yoko's Stepmother
Sharaku
1995
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
2005
as Tezuka Yukino
橋ものがたり「約束」
2024
Gonin 2
1996
as Ran
Bread of Happiness
2012
as Yoko
My SO Has Got Depression
2011
as Satoko Kurita
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
2015
as Motoko Ueno
Dearest
2012
as Tamiko Hamasaki
Virgin Snow
2007
as Mayumi Sasaki
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File
2013
Passion
1992
Rebirth
2011
as Angel
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
as Ryoko Nakaoka
The Murder of Kuroido
2018
Immoral Affairs
1997
Step
2020
as Michiyo Muramatsu
Dear Doctor
2009
as Akemi Ohtake
The Blue Hearts
2017
as (segment “Hammer”)
Rinco's Restaurant
2010
as Ruriko
Dirty Hearts
2012
as Naomi
Wait and See
1998
as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000
The Exam
1999
as Midori Chiaki
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000
as Aya's Mother
Farewell, Kuro
2003
as Eri Yuki
The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993
as Nami Muraki
Noise
2022
as Hanae Shoji
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Shizuka Takei
Perfect Revolution
2017
as Akiko
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Time Leap
1997
A Stitch of Life
2015
as Hiroe Minami
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019
as (voice)
Orchids Under the Moon
1991
Nobody's Perfect
2013
Hotel Royal
2020
as Miko Noshiro
Moonlight Serenade
1997
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2017
as Koto
An Artist of the Floating World
2019
as Mrs. Saito
Baian the Assassin
1990
Any Crybabies Around?
2020
as Setsuko Goto
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
2005
as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
1995
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988
as Managing Director's Daughter
Free and Easy 11
2000
Dog Star
2002
Winter Rose
2022
as Michiko Wataguchi
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
as Suzuki
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997
as Man's Lover in TV Drama
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
2016
My Little Sweet Pea
2013
as Ayako Akaike
Soup Opera
2010
as Yasuko Tanaka
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
2015
as Speaker
Everything Will Be Owlright!
2022
as Minoyama
20th Century Nostalgia
1997
as Anzu's Mother
Peaceful Death
2020
About Kimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credit… With 238 credits spanning from 1986 to 2026, Kimiko Yo has appeared in 157 films and 81 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kimiko Yo Movies
- Shin Godzilla (2016) — as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
- Sheep in the Box (2026) — as Nobuyo Nishimura
- Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) — as Izumi Nobuko
- Fireflies: River of Light (2004)
- Onna no naka no futatsu no kao (2004)
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