Kimiko Yo
Acting
Born: May 12, 1956
From: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noise | Hanae Shoji | 2022 | 5.9 |
| First Gentleman | 2021 | 4.5 | |
| Show Me the Way to the Station | 2019 | 6.5 | |
| BON-UTA, A Song from Home | (voice) | 2019 | 7.2 |
| Aging Police / Resurrection Special | 2019 | 6.0 | |
| Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan | 2016 | 8.0 | |
| For Love's Sake | Toyo Taiga | 2012 | 6.9 |
| Dearest | Tamiko Hamasaki | 2012 | 6.8 |
| Rebirth | Angel | 2011 | 7.6 |
| Star Watching Dog | Innkeeper | 2011 | 7.6 |
| Crossroads | 2011 | 7.0 | |
| Villain | Yoriko Shimizu | 2010 | 6.761 |
| Rinco's Restaurant | Ruriko | 2010 | 8.2 |
| Departures | Yuriko Kamimura | 2008 | 7.853 |
| The Ramen Girl | Reiko | 2008 | 6.475 |
| Virgin Snow | Mayumi Sasaki | 2007 | 6.5 |
| Farewell, Kuro | Eri Yuki | 2003 | 7.2 |
| Worst by Chance | Hatsuko Kim | 2003 | 9.0 |
| Music of Remembrance -Gb- | Rume | 2002 | — |
| 巡査鉄兵の推理日誌 | 2000 | — | |
| Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 | 2000 | — | |
| Another Battle | 2000 | 6.0 | |
| The Exam | Midori Chiaki | 1999 | 10.0 |
| Gonin 2 | Ran | 1996 | 6.813 |
| Keikoku! Nozoki ari. | 1995 | — | |
| Can you collect it? Complete | 1994 | — | |
| Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 | 1994 | — | |
| Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) | 1991 | — | |
| Hiruko the Goblin | Reiko's Mother | 1991 | 6.194 |
| hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi– | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1956 |
| From | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |