Kimiko Yo
Acting
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.
To Every You I've Loved Before
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Age 66 (now 70)
To Me, the One Who Loved You
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Age 66 (now 70)
To Every You I've Loved Before
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Age 66 (now 70) To Me, the One Who Loved You
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Age 66 (now 70)
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Age 62 (now 70)
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
as Koto
Age 60 (now 70)
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
as Speaker
Age 59 (now 70)
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
as Motoko Ueno
Age 58 (now 70)
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Kita no mandokoro
Age 51 (now 70)
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
as Tezuka Yukino
Age 48 (now 70)
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as Kuramoto
Age 42 (now 70)
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
as Suzuki
Age 37 (now 70)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
as Managing Director's Daughter
Age 32 (now 70)
Shinjuku Field Hospital
as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
Age 68 (now 70)
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
as Tendo Ichiko
Age 67 (now 70)
The Files of Young Kindaichi
as Hiruko Kirigoe
Age 65 (now 70)
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
as Shibusawa Wakako
Age 63 (now 70)
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
as 南雲喜里子
Age 63 (now 70)
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
as Yoriko Musubi
Age 60 (now 70)
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Chieko Tachibana
Age 60 (now 70)
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
as Nonaka Tomiko
Age 58 (now 70)
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
as 엔죠지 치에코
Age 51 (now 70)
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
as Yukiko Ando
Age 47 (now 70)
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
as Hiruko Kirigoe
Age 39 (now 70)
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IMDB
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