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 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.
Acted in
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
as 高橋文世
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024
as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
2024
as Tendo Ichiko
52-Hertz Whales
2024
as Noriko Okada
The Gift of Your Heart
2024
as Yukino Aihara
Trillion Game
2023
as Mitsuzono Shizuku
Kind Cat
2023
as Matsuko
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
2023
Sanctuary
2023
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
2023
Omokage
2023
My Happy Divorced Life
2023
To Me, the One Who Loved You
2022
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
To Every You I've Loved Before
2022
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs
2022
as Minoyama
Winter Rose
2022
as Michiko Wataguchi
The Files of Young Kindaichi
2022
as Hiruko Kirigoe
Noise
2022
as Hanae Shoji
First Gentleman
2021
Dream Team
2021
as Yoshie Andou
Toubousha
2020
Any Crybabies Around?
2020
as Setsuko Goto
Hotel Royal
2020
as Miko Noshiro
Sugu Shinun Dakara
2020
as Mori Kaoru
Peaceful Death
2020
Step
2020
as Michiyo Muramatsu
Red
2020
as Ogata Yoko
AI Amok
2020
as Eiko Tanaka
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
2020
as Shibusawa Wakako
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
2019
as 南雲喜里子
Death Office
2019
as Shingu
Welcome to National Treasures
2019
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
Sleep in the Shadows
2019
The Naked Director
2019
as Kozue Muranishi
An Artist of the Floating World
2019
as Mrs. Saito
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019
as (voice)
Giwaku
2019
dele
2018
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
2018
as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Enokida Trading Co.
2018
Kuroido Goroshi
2018
Half Blue Sky
2018
as Kimika Okada
Innocent Days
2018
as Michiko Tanaka
Omotenashi
2018
as Mitsuko
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017
The Public Enemy
2017
as Akiko Kawarada
Perfect Revolution
2017
as Akiko
Izakaya Fuji
2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2017
as Koto
The Blue Hearts
2017
as (segment “Hammer”)
And Then There Were None
2017
as Erika Konami
Midnight Diner 2
2016
as Chieko
The Ice Ruts
2016
as 요네자와 사유리
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
2016
as Yoriko Musubi
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
as Chieko Tachibana
Black Widow Business
2016
as Eiko Segawa
Zen and Bones
2016
as Kô Mittwer
Beef tongue set meal with seafood bowl of Onagawa in Sendai
2016
Shin Godzilla
2016
as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Hello, I Love You
2016
as Machi Domoto
Night Hero NAOTO
2016
as 権田薫子
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
2015
as Speaker
Replay & Destroy
2015
as fortune-teller woman
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
as Izumi Nobuko
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
2015
as Motoko Ueno
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
2015
as Motoko Ueno
A Stitch of Life
2015
as Hiroe Minami
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
as Izumi Nobuko
Midnight Diner
2014
as Chieko Hanawa
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
2014
as Nonaka Tomiko
Back of Father
2014
as Togawa Yasuko
お葬式で会いましょう
2014
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
as Ryoko Nakaoka
My Little Sweet Pea
2013
as Ayako Akaike
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2013
as Mitsuru Funaki
Galileo XX
2013
as Yoriko Takasaki
Shield of Straw
2013
Houkago Groove
2013
Nobody's Perfect
2013
A Story of Yonosuke
2013
as Taeko Yokomichi
The Housekeeper
2012
as Haruko Inamura
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
2012
Dearest
2012
as Tamiko Hamasaki
Dirty Hearts
2012
as Naomi
For Love's Sake
2012
as Toyo Taiga
Black Dawn
2012
as Kumi Muramatsu
悪女について
2012
as Suzuki Tane
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
2012
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
2012
Ace Attorney
2012
as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Bread of Happiness
2012
as Yoko
Father of the Bride
2012
Crossroads
2011
My SO Has Got Depression
2011
as Satoko Kurita
Star Watching Dog
2011
as Innkeeper
Karyuu No Utage
2011
as Miyagi Yoko
Rebirth
2011
as Angel
Taro no Tō
2011
Soup Opera
2010
as Yasuko Tanaka
Villain
2010
as Yoriko Shimizu
警視庁継続捜査班
2010
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Shizuka Takei
Rinco's Restaurant
2010
as Ruriko
Air Doll
2009
as Receptionist Yoshiko
ママは昔パパだった
2009
as 우에노 마키코
Dear Doctor
2009
as Akemi Ohtake
Where The Legend Lives
2008
Departures
2008
as Yuriko Kamimura
Oka wo koete
2008
The Ramen Girl
2008
as Reiko
Daisuki!!
2008
as Setsuko Kachigawa
Atsuhime
2008
as Hisa-hime
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
as Kita no mandokoro
夜の終る時
2007
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
2007
as 엔죠지 치에코
The Yakuza Principal
2007
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007
Virgin Snow
2007
as Mayumi Sasaki
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Bambino!
2007
現ナマ弁護士
2007
Invisible War
2007
as Kinu Murozono
Evil People
2007
as Chise Fujishima
Dear Father
2007
as Fortune Teller
Just One Love
2006
as Akiko Kanzaki
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
Time Limit Investigator
2006
Into the White Night
2006
as Taniguchi Mafumi
Yamato
2005
Be with You
2005
as Hongo Naomi
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
2005
as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
2005
Pacchigi!
2005
Tokyo Tower
2005
Affectionate Time
2005
as Kujo Tomoko
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐
2005
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Café Lumière
2004
as Yoko's Stepmother
女の中の二つの顔
2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
2003
as Yukiko Ando
Worst by Chance
2003
as Hatsuko Kim
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌
2003
Farewell, Kuro
2003
as Eri Yuki
Kao
2003
as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
Suspicion
2003
Aiki
2002
Hotel Hibiscus
2002
as Mieko's Mother
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
2002
Oh My God
2002
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
2002
as Rume
Dog Star
2002
California Dreamin'
2002
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002
Suicide Club
2001
Goodbye Mr Ozu
2001
Love Story
2001
Churasan
2001
as Shibata Yoko
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000
as Aya's Mother
Another Battle
2000
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
2000
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
Hysteric
2000
Timeless Melody
2000
as Chikako's Mother
Free and Easy 11
2000
Dangerous Relationship
1999
as Ayako Tsuzuki
The Exam
1999
as Midori Chiaki
Live
1999
Wait and See
1998
as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
as Kuramoto
Kurenai
1998
A Dangerous Woman
1998
Amagi Pass
1998
Immoral Affairs
1997
20th Century Nostalgia
1997
as Anzu's Mother
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
1997
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
Time Leap
1997
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
The Most Important Person
1997
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997
as Man's Lover in TV Drama
Moonlight Serenade
1997
Virgin Road
1997
as Michi
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
Concerto
1996
Gonin 2
1996
as Ran
Hakusen Nagashi
1996
as Masako Ozawa
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
1996
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
as Hiruko Kirigoe
Haunted School
1995
as Yukawa
Say You Love Me
1995
as Kaoru Kanzaki
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
1995
Sharaku
1995
Sumomo mo momo
1995
Alone in the Night
1994
Can you collect it? Complete
1994
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
A Night in Nude
1993
as Nami Tsuchiya
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993
as Nami Muraki
Passion
1992
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991
Orchids Under the Moon
1991
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
Yumeji
1991
as Jiro
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
as Reiko's Mother
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991
Baian the Assassin
1990
Maria's Stomach
1990
Via Okinawa
1989
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988
as Managing Director's Daughter
Love Bites Back
1988
as Sanae Ebino
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Dangerous Detective
1986
as Yuko
Dangerous Detective
1986
as Hiromi Nagisa
