--- name: "Kimiko Yo" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kimiko-yo" fi1m_id: "kimiko-yo" imdb_id: "nm0948263" tmdb_id: 80864 wikidata_id: "Q1059767" roles: [] born: "12 May 1956" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 64 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-28T20:58:17.005870+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kimiko Yo ## Identity Kimiko Yo - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kimiko-yo - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kimiko-yo - **IMDb ID:** nm0948263 - **TMDB ID:** 80864 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1059767 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimiko_Yo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80864 Actor. Born 12 May 1956 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. ## Details - **Born:** 12 May 1956, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan - **Active:** 2016–present - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 54 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimiko_Yo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80864 ## Coming up - *Otoko Tomodachi* (2026-11-06) - *The Canary's Lullaby* (2026-12-11) ## Biography Kimiko Yo is a Japanese actress. She was born on 12 May 1956 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, to a Japanese mother and a Taiwanese father of Hakka descent. Yo began acting on stage in 1976 and first appeared on screen in 1987. She is known for supporting roles in *Departures* (2008), *Dear Doctor* (2009) and *Shin Godzilla* (2016). She won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress for *Departures* and *Dear Doctor*, and has received Best Supporting Actress awards at the Yokohama Film Festival. She is represented by Alpha Agency and has appeared in numerous films and television series. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, asianwiki.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Fi1m 54, as Nobuyo Nishimura — [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md) - *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense — [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md) ## Complete filmography (240) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Canary's Lullaby* (2026), Actor - *Otoko Tomodachi* (2026), Actor - *The Invisibles* (2026), Actor - *Sinsin and the Mouse* (2026), Actor - *Sheep in the Box* (2026), as Nobuyo Nishimura — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md) - *Straight to Hell* (2026), series, as Kiyo Mita - *Euthanasia Special Zone* (2026), Actor - *The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat* (2026), Actor - *Usotoki Rhetoric* (2024), series, Actor - *Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai* (2024), series, as Fumiyo Takahashi - *Shinjuku Field Hospital* (2024), series, as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman - *Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire* (2024), series, as Tendo Ichiko - *52-Hertz Whales* (2024), as Noriko Okada - *橋ものがたり「約束」* (2024), Actor - *The Gift of Your Heart* (2024), series, as Yukino Aihara - *Trillion Game* (2023), series, as Mitsuzono Shizuku - *The Kind-Hearted Cat* (2023), series, as Matsuko - *Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy* (2023), Actor - *Sanctuary* (2023), series, Actor - *Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero* (2023), series, Actor - *Omokage* (2023), Actor - *My Happy Divorced Life* (2023), series, Actor - *To Me, the One Who Loved You* (2022), as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice) - *To Every You I've Loved Before* (2022), as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice) - *Everything Will Be Owlright!* (2022), as Minoyama - *Winter Rose* (2022), as Michiko Wataguchi - *The Files of Young Kindaichi* (2022), series, as Hiruko Kirigoe - *Noise* (2022), as Hanae Shoji - *hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–* (2022), Actor - *Matrilineal Family* (2021), series, as Kimie Kobayashi - *First Gentleman* (2021), Actor - *Dream Team* (2021), series, as Yoshie Andou - *Toubousha* (2020), series, Actor - *Any Crybabies Around?* (2020), as Setsuko Goto - *Hotel Royal* (2020), as Miko Noshiro - *Sugu Shinun Dakara* (2020), series, as Mori Kaoru - *Peaceful Death* (2020), Actor - *Step* (2020), as Michiyo Muramatsu - *Red* (2020), as Ogata Yoko - *AI Amok* (2020), as Eiko Tanaka - *Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room* (2020), series, as Shibusawa Wakako - *Show Me the Way to the Station* (2019), Actor - *Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File* (2019), series, as 南雲喜里子 - *Death Office* (2019), series, as Shingu - *Welcome to National Treasures* (2019), series, Actor - *Aging Police / Resurrection Special* (2019), Actor - *Sleep in the Shadows* (2019), Actor - *The Naked Director* (2019), series, as Kozue Muranishi - *An Artist of the Floating World* (2019), as Mrs. Saito - *BON-UTA, A Song from Home* (2019), as (voice) - *Giwaku* (2019), Actor - *Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~* (2019), series, as Junko Kijimoto - *dele* (2018), series, Actor - *Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project* (2018), as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday") - *Enokida Trading Co.* (2018), as Yoko Shima - *The Murder of Kuroido* (2018), Actor - *Half Blue Sky* (2018), series, as Kimika Okada - *Innocent Days* (2018), series, as Michiko Tanaka - *Omotenashi* (2018), as Mitsuko - *ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜* (2017), Actor - *The Public Enemy* (2017), series, as Akiko Kawarada - *Perfect Revolution* (2017), as Akiko - *Izakaya Fuji* (2017), series, Actor - *Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter* (2017), as Koto - *The Blue Hearts* (2017), as (segment “Hammer”) - *And Then There Were None* (2017), series, as Erika Konami - *Midnight Diner 2* (2016), as Chieko - *The Ice Ruts* (2016), as 요네자와 사유리 - *Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories* (2016), series, as Chieko Tachibana - *Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono* (2016), series, as Yoriko Musubi - *Black Widow Business* (2016), as Eiko Segawa - *Zen and Bones* (2016), as Kô Mittwer - *Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan* (2016), Actor - *Shin Godzilla* (2016), as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md) - *Hello, I Love You* (2016), series, as Machi Domoto - *Night Hero NAOTO* (2016), series, as 権田薫子 - *Going against the Grain in Fukushima* (2015), as Speaker - *REPLAY＆DESTROY* (2015), series, as fortune-teller woman - *Parasyte: Part 2* (2015), as Izumi Nobuko - *Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment* (2015), as Motoko Ueno - *Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion* (2015), as Motoko Ueno - *A Stitch of Life* (2015), as Hiroe Minami - *The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk* (2015), series, Actor - *Parasyte: Part 1* (2014), as Izumi Nobuko - *Midnight Diner* (2014), as Chieko Hanawa - *Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma* (2014), series, as Nonaka Tomiko - *Back of Father* (2014), series, as Togawa Yasuko - *お葬式で会いましょう* (2014), series, Actor - *300 Million Yen Robbery* (2014), as Ryoko Nakaoka - *My Little Sweet Pea* (2013), as Ayako Akaike - *A Tale of Samurai Cooking* (2013), as Mitsuru Funaki - *The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File* (2013), Actor - *Galileo XX* (2013), as Yoriko Takasaki - *Shield of Straw* (2013), Actor - *Houkago Groove* (2013), series, Actor - *Nobody's Perfect* (2013), as Chieko Kuroki - *A Story of Yonosuke* (2013), as Taeko Yokomichi - *The Housekeeper* (2012), as Haruko Inamura - *Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara* (2012), series, Actor - *Dearest* (2012), as Tamiko Hamasaki - *Dirty Hearts* (2012), as Naomi - *For Love's Sake* (2012), as Toyo Taiga - *Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man* (2012), Actor - *悪女について* (2012), as Suzuki Tane - *Cleopatra na Onnatachi* (2012), series, Actor - *Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai* (2012), Actor - *Ace Attorney* (2012), as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey) - *Bread of Happiness* (2012), as Yoko - *Father of the Bride* (2012), Actor - *Crossroads* (2011), Actor - *My SO Has Got Depression* (2011), as Satoko Kurita - *Star Watching Dog* (2011), as Innkeeper - *Karyuu No Utage* (2011), series, as Miyagi Yoko - *Rebirth* (2011), as Angel - *Taro no Tō* (2011), series, Actor - *Soup Opera* (2010), as Yasuko Tanaka - *Villain* (2010), as Yoriko Shimizu - *警視庁継続捜査班* (2010), series, Actor - *A Lone Scalpel* (2010), as Shizuka Takei - *Rinco's Restaurant* (2010), as Ruriko - *Air Doll* (2009), as Receptionist Yoshiko - *ママは昔パパだった* (2009), series, Actor - *Dear Doctor* (2009), as Akemi Ohtake - *Where The Legend Lives* (2008), Actor - *Departures* (2008), as Yuriko Kamimura - *Oka wo koete* (2008), Actor - *The Ramen Girl* (2008), as Reiko - *Daisuki!!* (2008), series, as Setsuko Kachigawa - *Atsuhime* (2008), series, as Hisa-hime - *Chacha: The Princess of Heaven* (2007), as Kita no mandokoro - *夜の終る時* (2007), series, Actor - *Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop* (2007), series, as 엔죠지 치에코 - *The Yakuza Principal* (2007), Actor - *Memories of the Womb: You Are Here* (2007), Actor - *Virgin Snow* (2007), as Mayumi Sasaki - *Tokyo Rhapsody* (2007), Actor - *Bambino!* (2007), series, Actor - *現ナマ弁護士* (2007), series, Actor - *Invisible War* (2007), as Kinu Murozono - *Evil People* (2007), series, as Chise Fujishima - *Dear Father* (2007), series, as Fortune Teller - *Just One Love* (2006), series, as Akiko Kanzaki - *Tokumei! Keiji Dongame* (2006), series, Actor - *Into the White Night* (2006), series, as Taniguchi Mafumi - *Yamato* (2005), Actor - *Be with You* (2005), series, as Hongo Naomi - *Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP* (2005), as Ando Yukiko [Teacher] - *Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke* (2005), as Tezuka Yukino - *Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke* (2005), series, Actor - *We Shall Overcome Someday* (2005), Actor - *Tokyo Tower* (2005), Actor - *Affectionate Time* (2005), series, as Kujo Tomoko - *松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐* (2005), series, Actor - *Chicken Is Barefoot* (2004), Actor - *Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari* (2004), Actor - *Café Lumière* (2004), as Yoko's Stepmother - *女の中の二つの顔* (2004), series, Actor - *Onna no naka no futatsu no kao* (2004), Actor - *Fireflies: River of Light* (2004), Actor - *Drugstore Girl* (2004), as Hideko Mukai - *Drop-out Teacher Returns to School* (2003), series, as Yukiko Ando - *Worst by Chance* (2003), as Hatsuko Kim - *女タクシードライバーの事件日誌* (2003), series, Actor - *Farewell, Kuro* (2003), as Eri Yuki - *Kao* (2003), series, as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子） - *Suspicion* (2003), Actor - *An Autumn Afternoon* (2003), as Akiko Hirayama - *Aiki* (2002), Actor - *Hotel Hibiscus* (2002), as Mieko's Mother - *横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)* (2002), series, Actor - *Oh My God* (2002), Actor - *Music of Remembrance -Gb-* (2002), as Rume - *Dog Star* (2002), Actor - *California Dreamin'* (2002), series, as Kyoko Yamazaki - *The Lonely Affair of the Heart* (2002), Actor - *Suicide Club* (2001), Actor - *Goodbye Mr Ozu* (2001), series, Actor - *Love Story* (2001), series, Actor - *Churasan* (2001), series, as Shibata Yoko - *Asako in Ruby Shoes* (2000), as Aya's Mother - *Another Battle* (2000), Actor - *A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen* (2000), Actor - *巡査鉄兵の推理日誌* (2000), Actor - *Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5* (2000), Actor - *Hysteric* (2000), Actor - *Timeless Melody* (2000), as Chikako's Mother - *Free and Easy 11* (2000), Actor - *Dangerous Relationship* (1999), series, as Ayako Tsuzuki - *The Exam* (1999), as Midori Chiaki - *Live* (1999), series, Actor - *Wait and See* (1998), as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother - *A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage* (1998), as Kuramoto - *Kurenai* (1998), series, Actor - *A Dangerous Woman* (1998), series, Actor - *Amagi Pass* (1998), Actor - *Immoral Affairs* (1997), Actor - *20th Century Nostalgia* (1997), as Anzu's Mother - *姑は名探偵芹澤雅子　八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件* (1997), Actor - *Middle-aged Bachelors* (1997), series, Actor - *Time Leap* (1997), Actor - *An Angel with Many Scars* (1997), Actor - *The Most Important Person* (1997), series, Actor - *Happy-Go-Lucky* (1997), as Man's Lover in TV Drama - *Moonlight Serenade* (1997), Actor - *Virgin Road* (1997), series, as Michi - *The President's Christmas Tree* (1996), Actor - *Concerto* (1996), series, Actor - *Gonin 2* (1996), as Ran - *Hakusen Nagashi* (1996), series, as Masako Ozawa - *Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu* (1996), series, Actor - *The Files of the Young Kindaichi* (1995), series, as Hiruko Kirigoe - *Haunted School* (1995), as Professor Yukawa - *Say You Love Me* (1995), series, as Kaoru Kanzaki - *Keikoku! Nozoki ari.* (1995), Actor - *Sharaku* (1995), Actor - *Sumomo mo momo* (1995), Actor - *Alone in the Night* (1994), Actor - *Can you collect it? Complete* (1994), Actor - *Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2* (1994), Actor - *A Night in Nude* (1993), as Nami Tsuchiya - *The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark* (1993), as Suzuki - *The Brutal Insanity of Love* (1993), as Nami Muraki - *Gorotsuki 2* (1993), Actor - *Passion* (1992), Actor - *The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral* (1991), Actor - *寝台特急出羽号　赤い爪痕の女* (1991), Actor - *Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki* (1991), Actor - *Orchids Under the Moon* (1991), as Nami / Yoko - *The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses* (1991), Actor - *Yumeji* (1991), as Jiro - *Hiruko the Goblin* (1991), as Reiko's Mother - *Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)* (1991), Actor - *Baian the Assassin* (1990), Actor - *Maria's Stomach* (1990), Actor - *Via Okinawa* (1989), Actor - *Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You* (1988), as Managing Director's Daughter - *Love Bites Back* (1988), as Sanae Ebino - *The Heartbreak Yakuza* (1987), Actor - *Dangerous Detective* (1986), series, as Yuko, Hiromi Nagisa - *ごりやくさん*, series, as 語り ## Gallery - ![Kimiko Yo](https://film.one/media/person/94989/gallery-fa3b080031e7.jpg) Kimiko Yo — Image via TMDB - ![Kimiko Yo](https://film.one/media/person/94989/gallery-1d7dbdeb9673.jpg) Kimiko Yo — Image via TMDB - ![Kimiko Yo](https://film.one/media/person/94989/gallery-678f746b017e.jpg) Kimiko Yo — Image via TMDB - ![Kimiko Yo](https://film.one/media/person/94989/gallery-522ee75ac474.jpg) Kimiko Yo — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Kinuyo Tanaka Award 2009: Kinuyo Tanaka Award (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1999: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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