Personal Info
Birth date
1956-05-12 (69 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Also known as
-Kimiko Yo
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.
Filmography
The Naked Director
7.356
Overview:
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactions with the approving and disapproving folk around him.Shin Godzilla
7.2
Overview:
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.Parasyte: Part 1
7.1
Overview:
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.The Files of the Young Kindaichi
8.2
Overview:
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.Churasan
9.7
Overview:
The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her two sons, Kazuya and Fumiya, from Tokyo come to stay as the guests of a small inn run by Eri’s family. Eri’s fun-loving, yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to hear one of the sons, Kazuya is terminally ill and Shizuko and her sons came to Okinawa to spend his last moment together in beautiful nature. Fumiya, Kazuya’s younger brother, and Eri promise to marry each other someday. However after Kazuya’s death, Fumiya and his mother leave the island to go back to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, Eri as a nurse and Fumiya, a doctor, working at the same hospital in Tokyo.Half Blue Sky
7.8
Overview:
Suzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her hearing in one ear from a disease. Encouraged by her loving parents and childhood friend, she lives through an eventful life with a tenacious spirit.My SO Has Got Depression
7
Overview:
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.Departures
7.848
Overview:
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.Parasyte: Part 2
7.1
Overview:
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.Maria's Stomach
NYR
Overview:
A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight it.Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
8.2
Overview:
Toshiyuki and his wife, Chiyoko, run a store named “Fukunoya” in Fukuoka. They become friends with a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) stall owner named Tsuru and try to help her out, as does the rest of the kind-hearted community.Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
NYR
Overview:
A V-Cinema effort from the mid-90s starring Show Aikawa and Misa Aika. Misa Aika plays Miyuki, a high school girl who is a computer nerd. She is contacted by someone on the net who calls themselves an "angel". Meanwhile, an AV cameraman, Yoichi, has fallen in love with Miyuki at first sight, and devoted himself to filming her secretly. However, as he films her, Yoichi begins to notice other strangers who have an interest in Miyuki.The Heartbreak Yakuza
5.4
Overview:
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.Tokyo Tower
7.1
Overview:
Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.Hiruko the Goblin
6.1
Overview:
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.Alone in the Night
6
Overview:
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.Air Doll
6.9
Overview:
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.Orchids Under the Moon
NYR
Overview:
Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.Sharaku
6.1
Overview:
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.To Me, the One Who Loved You
5.9
Overview:
Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a universe exist for the young couple, and what will it cost them to find it?The Housekeeper
7
Overview:
Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with his wife Haruko, their three sons, and Tatsuya's mother, Shigeko. Although the Inamuras appear to be a happy family, Nobuko soon uncovers the truth.To Every You I've Loved Before
6.7
Overview:
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
7.3
Overview:
Kaoru Mitazono (Masahiro Matsuoka) is a talented housekeeper with an usual secret. Kaoru is actually a guy! Besides cooking, cleaning and babysitting Kaoru Mitazono has the unusual habit of discovering secrets held within the family of her employers.Suicide Club
6.481
Overview:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer to this mystery, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.Another Battle
5.8
Overview:
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.Acting
TBAhana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi– as Unknown
2024Usotoki Rhetoric (1 Episode) as Unknown
2024Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai (3 Episodes) as 高橋文世
2024Shinjuku Field Hospital (11 Episodes) as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
2024Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire (11 Episodes) as Tendo Ichiko
202452-Hertz Whales as Noriko Okada
2024The Gift of Your Heart (11 Episodes) as Yukino Aihara
2023Trillion Game (10 Episodes) as Mitsuzono Shizuku
2023The Kind-Hearted Cat (5 Episodes) as Matsuko
2023Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy as Unknown
2023Sanctuary (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2023Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (1 Episode) as Unknown
2023Omokage as Unknown
2023My Happy Divorced Life (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2022To Me, the One Who Loved You as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
2022To Every You I've Loved Before as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
2022The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs as Minoyama
2022Winter Rose as Michiko Wataguchi
2022The Files of Young Kindaichi (2 Episodes) as Hiruko Kirigoe
2022Noise as Hanae Shoji
2021First Gentleman as Unknown
2021Dream Team (8 Episodes) as Yoshie Andou
2020Toubousha (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2020Any Crybabies Around? as Setsuko Goto
2020Hotel Royal as Miko Noshiro
2020Sugu Shinun Dakara (5 Episodes) as Mori Kaoru
2020Peaceful Death as Unknown
2020Step as Michiyo Muramatsu
2020Red as Ogata Yoko
2020AI Amok as Eiko Tanaka
2020Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room (10 Episodes) as Shibusawa Wakako
2019Show Me the Way to the Station as Unknown
2019Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File (10 Episodes) as 南雲喜里子
2019Death Office (10 Episodes) as Shingu
2019Welcome to National Treasures (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2019Aging Police / Resurrection Special as Unknown
2019Sleep in the Shadows as Unknown
2019The Naked Director (3 Episodes) as Kozue Muranishi
2019An Artist of the Floating World as Mrs. Saito
2019BON-UTA, A Song from Home as (voice)
2019Giwaku as Unknown
2018dele (1 Episode) as Unknown
2018Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
2018Enokida Trading Co. as Yoko Shima
2018The Murder of Kuroido as Unknown
2018Half Blue Sky (156 Episodes) as Kimika Okada
2018Innocent Days (6 Episodes) as Michiko Tanaka
2018Omotenashi as Mitsuko
2017ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」 as Unknown
2017The Public Enemy (10 Episodes) as Akiko Kawarada
2017Perfect Revolution as Akiko
2017Izakaya Fuji (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2017Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter as Koto
2017The Blue Hearts as (segment “Hammer”)
2017And Then There Were None (2 Episodes) as Erika Konami
2016Midnight Diner 2 as Chieko
2016The Ice Ruts as 요네자와 사유리
2016Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono (59 Episodes) as Yoriko Musubi
2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2 Episodes) as Chieko Tachibana
2016Black Widow Business as Eiko Segawa
2016Zen and Bones as Kô Mittwer
2016Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan as Unknown
2016Shin Godzilla as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
2016Hello, I Love You (9 Episodes) as Machi Domoto
2016Night Hero NAOTO (11 Episodes) as 権田薫子
2015Going against the Grain in Fukushima as Speaker
2015Replay & Destroy (8 Episodes) as fortune-teller woman
2015Parasyte: Part 2 as Izumi Nobuko
2015Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment as Motoko Ueno
2015Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion as Motoko Ueno
2015A Stitch of Life as Hiroe Minami
2014Parasyte: Part 1 as Izumi Nobuko
2014Midnight Diner as Chieko Hanawa
2014Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma (6 Episodes) as Nonaka Tomiko
2014Back of Father (1 Episode) as Togawa Yasuko
2014お葬式で会いましょう (1 Episode) as Unknown
2014300 Million Yen Robbery as Ryoko Nakaoka
2013My Little Sweet Pea as Ayako Akaike
2013A Tale of Samurai Cooking as Mitsuru Funaki
2013Galileo XX as Yoriko Takasaki
2013Shield of Straw as Unknown
2013Houkago Groove (10 Episodes) as Unknown
2013Nobody's Perfect as Unknown
2013A Story of Yonosuke as Taeko Yokomichi
2012The Housekeeper as Haruko Inamura
2012Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2012Dearest as Tamiko Hamasaki
2012Dirty Hearts as Naomi
2012For Love's Sake as Toyo Taiga
2012Black Dawn as Kumi Muramatsu
2012悪女について as Suzuki Tane
2012Cleopatra na Onnatachi (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2012Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai as Unknown
2012Ace Attorney as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
2012Bread of Happiness as Yoko
2012Father of the Bride as Unknown
2011Crossroads as Unknown
2011My SO Has Got Depression as Satoko Kurita
2011Star Watching Dog as Innkeeper
2011Karyuu No Utage (8 Episodes) as Miyagi Yoko
2011Rebirth as Angel
2011Taro no Tō (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2010Soup Opera as Yasuko Tanaka
2010Villain as Yoriko Shimizu
2010警視庁継続捜査班 (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2010A Lone Scalpel as Shizuka Takei
2010Rinco's Restaurant as Ruriko
2009Air Doll as Receptionist Yoshiko
2009ママは昔パパだった (6 Episodes) as 우에노 마키코
2009Dear Doctor as Akemi Ohtake
2008Where The Legend Lives as Unknown
2008Departures as Yuriko Kamimura
2008Oka wo koete as Unknown
2008The Ramen Girl as Reiko
2008Daisuki!! (10 Episodes) as Setsuko Kachigawa
2008Atsuhime (50 Episodes) as Hisa-hime
2007Chacha: The Princess of Heaven as Kita no mandokoro
2007夜の終る時 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop (8 Episodes) as 엔죠지 치에코
2007The Yakuza Principal as Unknown
2007Memories of the Womb: You Are Here as Unknown
2007Virgin Snow as Mayumi Sasaki
2007Tokyo Rhapsody as Unknown
2007Bambino! (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007現ナマ弁護士 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Invisible War as Kinu Murozono
2007Evil People (8 Episodes) as Chise Fujishima
2007Dear Father (1 Episode) as Fortune Teller
2006Just One Love (10 Episodes) as Akiko Kanzaki
2006Tokumei! Keiji Dongame (15 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Into the White Night (11 Episodes) as Taniguchi Mafumi
2005Yamato as Unknown
2005Be with You (10 Episodes) as Hongo Naomi
2005Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
2005Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke as Tezuka Yukino
2005Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Pacchigi! as Unknown
2005Tokyo Tower as Unknown
2005Affectionate Time (11 Episodes) as Kujo Tomoko
2005松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004Chicken Is Barefoot as Unknown
2004Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari as Unknown
2004Café Lumière as Yoko's Stepmother
2004女の中の二つの顔 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004Onna no naka no futatsu no kao as Unknown
2004Fireflies: River of Light as Unknown
2003Drop-out Teacher Returns to School (10 Episodes) as Yukiko Ando
2003Worst by Chance as Hatsuko Kim
2003女タクシードライバーの事件日誌 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Farewell, Kuro as Eri Yuki
2003Kao (11 Episodes) as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
2003Suspicion as Unknown
2002Aiki as Unknown
2002Hotel Hibiscus as Mieko's Mother
2002横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Oh My God as Unknown
2002Music of Remembrance -Gb- as Rume
2002Dog Star as Unknown
2002California Dreamin' as Unknown
2002The Lonely Affair of the Heart as Unknown
2001Suicide Club as Unknown
2001Goodbye Mr Ozu (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Love Story (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Churasan (169 Episodes) as Shibata Yoko
2000Asako in Ruby Shoes as Aya's Mother
2000Another Battle as Unknown
2000巡査鉄兵の推理日誌 as Unknown
2000Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 as Unknown
2000Hysteric as Unknown
2000Timeless Melody as Chikako's Mother
2000Free and Easy 11 as Unknown
1999Dangerous Relationship (11 Episodes) as Ayako Tsuzuki
1999The Exam as Midori Chiaki
1999Live (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1998Wait and See as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
1998A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage as Kuramoto
1998Kurenai (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1998A Dangerous Woman (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1998Amagi Pass as Unknown
1997Immoral Affairs as Unknown
199720th Century Nostalgia as Anzu's Mother
1997姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件 as Unknown
1997Middle-aged Bachelors (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Time Leap as Unknown
1997An Angel with Many Scars as Unknown
1997The Most Important Person (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Happy-Go-Lucky as Man's Lover in TV Drama
1997Moonlight Serenade as Unknown
1997Virgin Road (11 Episodes) as Michi
1996The President's Christmas Tree as Unknown
1996Concerto (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Gonin 2 as Ran
1996Hakusen Nagashi (11 Episodes) as Masako Ozawa
1996Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1995The Files of the Young Kindaichi (2 Episodes) as Hiruko Kirigoe
1995Haunted School as Yukawa
1995Say You Love Me (12 Episodes) as Kaoru Kanzaki
1995Keikoku! Nozoki ari. as Unknown
1995Sharaku as Unknown
1995Sumomo mo momo as Unknown
1994Alone in the Night as Unknown
1994Can you collect it? Complete as Unknown
1994Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 as Unknown
1993A Night in Nude as Nami Tsuchiya
1993The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as Unknown
1993The Brutal Insanity of Love as Nami Muraki
1992Passion as Unknown
1991The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral as Unknown
1991寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女 as Unknown
1991Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki as Unknown
1991Orchids Under the Moon as Unknown
1991The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses as Unknown
1991Yumeji as Jiro
1991Hiruko the Goblin as Reiko's Mother, Unknown
1991Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) as Unknown
1990Baian the Assassin as Unknown
1990Maria's Stomach as Unknown
1989Via Okinawa as Unknown
1988Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You as Managing Director's Daughter
1988Love Bites Back as Sanae Ebino
1987The Heartbreak Yakuza as Unknown
1986Dangerous Detective (1, 1 Episode) as Yuko, Hiromi Nagisa