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.
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Kimiko Yo
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Filmography of
Kimiko Yo
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
... 2022
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
... 2022
... 2022
Michiko Wataguchi
... 2022
Hanae Shoji
... 2022
... 2021
Setsuko Goto
... 2020
Miko Noshiro
... 2020
... 2020
Michiyo Muramatsu
... 2020
Ogata Yoko
... 2020
Eiko Tanaka
... 2020
... 2019
... 2019
... 2019
Mrs. Saito
... 2019
... 2019
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
... 2018
... 2018
... 2018
Mitsuko
... 2018
... 2017
Akiko
... 2017
... 2017
(segment “Hammer”)
... 2017
요네자와 사유리
... 2016
Chieko
... 2016
Eiko Segawa
... 2016
Kô Mittwer
... 2016
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
... 2016
... 2015
Izumi Nobuko
... 2015
Motoko Ueno
... 2015
Motoko Ueno
... 2015
Hiroe Minami
... 2015
Izumi Nobuko
... 2014
Chieko Hanawa
... 2014
Ranko Takigawa
... 2014
Ryoko Nakaoka
... 2014
Ayako Akaike
... 2013
Mitsuru Funaki
... 2013
... 2013
... 2013
Taeko Yokomichi
... 2013
Haruko Inamura
... 2012
Tamiko Hamasaki
... 2012
Naomi
... 2012
Toyo Taiga
... 2012
Kumi Muramatsu
... 2012
Suzuki Tane
... 2012
... 2012
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
... 2012
Yoko
... 2012
... 2012
... 2011
Satoko Kurita
... 2011
Innkeeper
... 2011
Angel
... 2011
Yasuko Tanaka
... 2010
Yoriko Shimizu
... 2010
Shizuka Takei
... 2010
Ruriko
... 2010
Receptionist Yoshiko
... 2009
Akemi Ohtake
... 2009
... 2008
Yuriko Kamimura
... 2008
... 2008
Reiko
... 2008
Kita no mandokoro
... 2007
... 2007
Mayumi Sasaki
... 2007
... 2007
Kinu Murozono
... 2007
... 2005
... 2005
... 2004
Yoko's Stepmother
... 2004
... 2004
... 2004
Hatsuko Kim
... 2003
Eri Yuki
... 2003
... 2002
Mieko's Mother
... 2002
... 2002
... 2002
... 2002
... 2002
Aya's Mother
... 2000
... 2000
... 2000
... 2000
Chikako's mother
... 2000
... 2000
Midori Chiaki
... 1999
... 1998
... 1998
... 1998
... 1997
Anzu's Mother
... 1997
... 1997
Man's Lover in TV Drama
... 1997
... 1997
... 1996
Ran
... 1996
Yukawa
... 1995
... 1995
... 1995
... 1995
... 1994
... 1994
... 1994
Nami Tsuchiya
... 1993
Nami Muraki
... 1993
... 1992
... 1991
... 1991
Jiro
... 1991
... 1991
... 1990
... 1990
... 1989
... 1988
Sanae Ebino
... 1988
... 1987
