Yumi Asou
| Yumi Aso | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 麻生 祐未 |
| Born |
Yumi Okumura August 15, 1963 Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Toshiya Nagasawa (2004–2008) |
| Children | 1 |
Yumi Okumura (奥村 由美 Okumura Yumi, born August 15, 1963), better known by the stage name Yumi Aso (麻生 祐未 Asō Yumi), is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura.[1] She married actor Toshiya Nagasawa in March 2004, and they had one child.[2] The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008.[2]
Biography
She was born in Osaka Prefecture but grew up in Nagasaki Prefecture. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University.[1]
She appeared in Yojiro Takita's 1986 film Comic Magazine with Yuya Uchida and Beat Takeshi.[3] She also appeared in Lee Sang-il's 2002 film Border Line with Tetsu Sawaki and Ken Mitsuishi.[4]
Selected filmography
Film
- Aitsu to Lullaby (1983)
- Comic Magazine (1986)
- Yakuza Tosei no Suteki na Menmen (1988)
- Kachō Kōsaku Shima (1992)
- Tetto Musashino-sen (1997)
- Detective Riko (1998)
- Yūjō: Friendship (1998)
- Kizuna (1998)
- Detective Riko: Megami no Eien (1988)
- Border Line (2002)
- Last Scene (2002)
- Rockers (2003)
- Survive Style 5+ (2004)
- The Pavillion Salamandre (2006)
- Oh! Oku (2006)
- Koizora (2007)
Television
- Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (1995), as Hikaru Shimada
- Byakuyako (2006)
- Ryūsei no Kizuna (2008)
- Jin (2009)
- General Rouge no Gaisen (2010)
- Shinzanmono (2010)
- The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010)
- Carnation (2011-2012)
- Hana Moyu (2015), as Kaneko Tsuru
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yomiuri Nenkan 2010 [Yomiuri Yearbook 2010]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 2010. p. 176.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 麻生祐未 昨夏離婚していた… [Yumi Aso divorced last summer] (in Japanese). 2009-01-27. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (16 January 1987). "SCREEN: 'COMIC MAGAZINE' - New York Times". The New York Times.
- ↑ Cooper, Tracie. "Border Line (2002) - AllMovie". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
External links
- Official agency profile (Japanese)
- Yumi Asou at the Internet Movie Database
- Yumi Asou at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)