
Interprétation · Né(e) en 1956 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.

深夜食堂 6
2026
2026 · Chieko Tachibana

Le Fils idéal
2026
2026 · Nobuyo Nishimura

Tout droit en enfer
2026
2026 · Kiyo Mita

おもかげ
2025
2025 · 入江静

Shrink―精神科医ヨワイ―
2024
2024 · Fumiyo Takahashi

新宿野戦病院
2024
2024 · Ritsuko Nishi Freeman

Re:リベンジ-欲望の果てに-
2024
2024 · Tendo Ichiko

52-Hertz Whales
2024
2024 · Noriko Okada

君が心をくれたから
2024
2024 · Yukino Aihara

Trillion Game
2023
2023 · Mitsuzono Shizuku

やさしい猫
2023
2023 · Matsuko

Angel Flight
2023
2023 · Megumi Yoshizaki

To Me, The One Who Loved You
2022
2022 · Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

To Every You I've Loved Before
2022
2022 · Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

Inu mo Kuwane do Charlie wa Warau
2022
2022 · Minoyama

冬薔薇
2022
2022 · Michiko Wataguchi

Les Enquêtes de Kindaichi
2022
2022 · Hiruko Kirigoe

Noise
2022
2022 · Hanae Shoji

女系家族
2021
2021 · Kimie Kobayashi

ドリームチーム
2021
2021 · Yoshie Andou

Any Crybabies Around ?
2020
2020 · Setsuko Goto

Hôtel Royal
2020
2020 · Miko Noshiro

すぐ死ぬんだから
2020
2020 · Mori Kaoru

ステップ
2020
2020 · Michiyo Muramatsu

The Housewife
2020
2020 · Ogata Yoko

AI崩壊
2020
2020 · Eiko Tanaka

病室で念仏を唱えないでください
2020
2020 · Shibusawa Wakako

ミス・ジコチョー~天才・天ノ教授の調査ファイル~
2019
2019 · 南雲喜里子

死役所
2019
2019 · Shingu

The Naked Director
2019
2019 · Kozue Muranishi

浮世の画家
2019
2019 · Mrs. Saito

盆唄
2019
2019 · (voice)

記憶捜査〜新宿東署事件ファイル〜
2019
2019 · Junko Kijimoto

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
2018
2018 · Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")

榎田貿易堂
2018
2018 · Yoko Shima

Hanbun, Aoi
2018
2018 · Kimika Okada

イノセント・デイズ
2018
2018 · Michiko Tanaka

おもてなし
2018
2018 · Mitsuko

The Public Enemy
2017
2017 · Akiko Kawarada

Perfect Revolution
2017
2017 · Akiko

眩 ~北斎の娘~
2017
2017 · Koto

ブルーハーツが聴こえる
2017
2017 · (segment “Hammer”)

そして誰もいなくなった
2017
2017 · Erika Konami

Midnight Diner 2
2016
2016 · Chieko

氷の轍
2016
2016 · 요네자와 사유리

家政夫のミタゾノ
2016
2016 · Yoriko Musubi

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
2016 · Chieko Tachibana

後妻業の女
2016
2016 · Eiko Segawa

禅と骨
2016
2016 · Kô Mittwer

Shin Godzilla
2016
2016 · Reiko Hanamori

はじめまして、愛しています。
2016
2016 · Machi Domoto

ナイトヒーロー NAOTO
2016
2016 · 権田薫子

天に栄える村
2015
2015 · Speaker

REPLAY&DESTROY
2015
2015 · fortune-teller woman

Parasyte Part 2
2015
2015 · Izumi Nobuko

ソロモンの偽証 後篇・裁判
2015
2015 · Motoko Ueno

ソロモンの偽証 前篇・事件
2015
2015 · Motoko Ueno

繕い裁つ人
2015
2015 · Hiroe Minami

Parasyte Part 1
2014
2014 · Izumi Nobuko

Midnight Diner
2014
2014 · Chieko Hanawa

芙蓉の人~富士山頂の妻
2014
2014 · Nonaka Tomiko

おやじの背中
2014
2014 · Togawa Yasuko

松本清張ドラマスペシャル・三億円事件
2014
2014 · Ryoko Nakaoka

麦子さんと
2013
2013 · Ayako Akaike

武士の献立
2013
2013 · Mitsuru Funaki

Galileo XX
2013
2013 · Yoriko Takasaki

だいじょうぶ3組
2013
2013 · Chieko Kuroki

A Story of Yonosuke
2013
2013 · Taeko Yokomichi

Atsui Kuuki
2012
2012 · Haruko Inamura

Dearest
2012
2012 · Tamiko Hamasaki

Corações Sujos
2012
2012 · Naomi

For Love's Sake
2012
2012 · Toyo Taiga

悪女について
2012
2012 · Suzuki Tane

Ace Attorney
2012
2012 · Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)

しあわせのパン
2012
2012 · Yoko

My SO Has Got Depression
2011
2011 · Satoko Kurita

星守る犬
2011
2011 · Innkeeper

下流の宴
2011
2011 · Miyagi Yoko

Rebirth
2011
2011 · Angel

Soup Opera
2010
2010 · Yasuko Tanaka

Akunin
2010
2010 · Yoriko Shimizu

孤高のメス
2010
2010 · Shizuka Takei

食堂かたつむり
2010
2010 · Ruriko

外事警察
2009
2009 · Kumi Muramatsu

Air Doll
2009
2009 · Receptionist Yoshiko

Dear doctor
2009
2009 · Akemi Ohtake

Departures
2008
2008 · Yuriko Kamimura

The Ramen Girl
2008
2008 · Reiko

Daisuki !!
2008
2008 · Setsuko Kachigawa

Atsu-hime
2008
2008 · Hisa-hime

茶々 天涯の貴妃
2007
2007 · Kita no mandokoro

おいしいごはん 鎌倉 春日井米店
2007
2007 · 엔죠지 치에코

初雪の恋 ヴァージン・スノー
2007
2007 · Mayumi Sasaki

となり町戦争
2007
2007 · Kinu Murozono

Warui Yatsura
2007
2007 · Chise Fujishima

拝啓、父上様
2007
2007 · Fortune Teller

Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
2006
2006 · Akiko Kanzaki

Byakuyako
2006
2006 · Taniguchi Mafumi

Ima Ai ni Yukimasu
2005
2005 · Hongo Naomi

ヤンキー母校に帰る 〜旅立ちの時 不良少年の夢〜
2005
2005 · Ando Yukiko [Teacher]

金田一耕助VS明智小五郎
2005
2005 · Tezuka Yukino

Yasashii Jikan
2005
2005 · Kujo Tomoko

Café Lumière
2004
2004 · Yoko's Stepmother

Drugstore girl
2004
2004 · Hideko Mukai

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru
2003
2003 · Yukiko Ando

偶然にも最悪な少年
2003
2003 · Hatsuko Kim

さよなら、クロ
2003
2003 · Eri Yuki

Kao
2003
2003 · Kyoko Higuchi(樋口 京子)

秋刀魚の味
2003
2003 · Akiko Hirayama

Hôtel Hibiscus
2002
2002 · Mieko's Mother

記憶の音楽-Gb-
2002
2002 · Rume

夢のカリフォルニア
2002
2002 · Kyoko Yamazaki

ちゅらさん
2001
2001 · Shibata Yoko

순애보
2000
2000 · Aya's Mother

タイムレスメロディ
2000
2000 · Chikako's Mother

危険な関係
1999
1999 · Ayako Tsuzuki

お受験
1999
1999 · Midori Chiaki

Wait and See
1998
1998 · Wife of Hiroshi's Brother

学校III
1998
1998 · Kuramoto

20世紀ノスタルジア
1997
1997 · Anzu's Mother

夏時間の大人たち
1997
1997 · Man's Lover in TV Drama

バージンロード
1997
1997 · Michi

GONIN2
1996
1996 · Ran

白線流し
1996
1996 · Masako Ozawa

金田一少年の事件簿
1995
1995 · Hiruko Kirigoe

Haunted School
1995
1995 · Professor Yukawa

Aishiteiru to Ittekure
1995
1995 · Kaoru Kanzaki

A Night in Nude
1993
1993 · Nami Tsuchiya

眠らない街 新宿鮫
1993
1993 · Suzuki

The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993
1993 · Nami Muraki

月下の蘭
1991
1991 · Nami / Yoko

Yumeji
1991
1991 · Jiro

Hiruko the goblin
1991
1991 · Reiko's Mother

会社物語 MEMORIES OF YOU
1988
1988 · Managing Director's Daughter

嚙む女
1988
1988 · Sanae Ebino

あぶない刑事
1986
1986 · Yuko
ちゅらさん
2001