
Kimiko Yo
Born
1956-05-12
Place of birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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 ...
Known for

Shin Godzilla
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense

Departures
Yuriko Kamimura

Suicide Club
Movie

The Ramen Girl
Reiko

Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Nobuko

Air Doll
Receptionist Yoshiko

Parasyte: Part 2
Izumi Nobuko

The Naked Director
Kozue Muranishi

Shield of Straw
Movie

Ace Attorney
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)

Red
Ogata Yoko

To Me, the One Who Loved You
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

A Story of Yonosuke
Taeko Yokomichi

Hiruko the Goblin
Reiko's Mother

Midnight Diner
Chieko Hanawa