Kimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo was born 12 May 1956 is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Departures and Dear Doctor respectively.
Kimiko Yo
- Name
- Kimiko Yo
- Born
- 12 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Honours
- Kinuyo Tanaka Award · Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kimiko Yo was born 12 May 1956 is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Departures and Dear Doctor respectively.
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• Name — Kimiko Yo • Native Name — 余 貴美子 • Born — 12 May 1956 • Birthplace — Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan • Citizenship — Japan, Republic of China • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1987–present
Family
Family
Yo was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese of Hakka descent, who moved to Japan for business and later founded the Hakka Association in Japan.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2001 — Churasan — Yoko Ikehata — Asadora • 2008 — Atsuhime — Fusahime — Taiga drama • 2023 — Trillion Game — Shizuki Mitsuzono • 2024 — The Tiger and Her Wings — Yuri Hoshi — Asadora • 2026 — Straight to Hell — Kiyo Mita
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1956
Kimiko Yo born at Yokohama.
Films
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2016 — Shin Godzilla • 2020 — Hotel Royal • 2021 — First Gentleman — Takako Sōma • 2022 — Noise • A Winter Rose — Michiko • Everything Will Be Owlright! — Minoshima • To Every You I've Loved Before — Old Kazune (voice) • To Me, the One Who Loved You — Old Kazune (voice) • 2023 — Mentai Piriri: Flower of Pansy — Tsuru Yoshida • 2024 — 52-Hertz Whales — Noriko Okada • 2026 — The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat • Euthanasia Special Zone • The Invisibles — Eriko Sunakawa • Sheep in the Box — Nobuyo Nishimura • Sinsin and the Mouse • Male Friends — Projectionist
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- “Kimiko Yo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Honours
• Medal with Purple Ribbon (2019)
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- 1.余貴美子. kinenote.com.
- 2.女優余貴美子がＮＨＫ職員と結婚. Asahi shinbun horodatage.
- 3.紫綬褒章 俳優・余貴美子さん（６３） 演技力でキャリア確立. Sankei shinbun. 2 novembre 2019.
- 4.毎日映画コンクール 第53回（1998年）. mainichi.jp.
- 5.第4１回 ブルーリボン賞.
- 6.Liste des récipiendaires du prix Kinuyo Tanaka sur le site du musée Kinuyo Tanaka Bunkakan.
- 7.毎日映画コンクール 第63回（2008年）. mainichi.jp.
- 8.第 32 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. japan-academy-prize.jp.
- 9.第 33 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. japan-academy-prize.jp.
- 10.第 36 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. japan-academy-prize.jp.
- 11.第 22 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. japan-academy-prize.jp.
- 12.第 37 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. japan-academy-prize.jp.
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Kimiko Yo is recorded as having received Kinuyo Tanaka Award and Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
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