Yumi Asō
Japanese actress (born 1963)
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Yumi Okumura (奥村 由美, Okumura Yumi; born August 15, 1963), better known by the stage name Yumi Asō (麻生 祐未, Asō Yumi), is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura.[1]
Born
August 15, 1963
Yumi Okumura
August 15, 1963
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
OccupationActress
Yearsactive1983–present
Spouse
Toshiya Nagasawa
(m. 2004; div. 2008)Yumi Asō | |
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麻生 祐未 | |
![](#/media/File:Aso_Yumi_from_"The_Harbor_Lights"_at_Red_Carpet_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2024_(54576998317).jpg) Asō at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024 | |
| Born | Yumi Okumura August 15, 1963 Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse |
Toshiya Nagasawa
(m. 2004; div. 2008) |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
She was born in Osaka Prefecture but grew up in Nagasaki Prefecture. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University.[1]
She appeared in Yōjirō Takita's 1986 film Comic Magazine with Yuya Uchida and Beat Takeshi.[2] She also appeared in Lee Sang-il's 2002 film Border Line with Tetsu Sawaki and Ken Mitsuishi.[3]
Personal life
Selected filmography
Film
- Aitsu to Lullaby (1983)
- Comic Magazine (1986)
- Yakuza Tosei no Suteki na Menmen (1988)
- Kachō Kōsaku Shima (1992)
- The Abe Clan (1995)
- Tetto Musashino-sen (1997)
- Detective Riko (1998)
- Yūjō: Friendship (1998)
- Kizuna (1998)
- Detective Riko: Megami no Eien (1998)
- Border Line (2002)
- Last Scene (2002)
- Rockers (2003)
- Survive Style 5+ (2004)
- The Pavillion Salamandre (2006)
- Oh! Oku (2006)
- Koizora (2007)
- Love for Beginners (2012)
- We Were There (2012)
- My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
- Angel Home (2013)
- The Mourner (2015)
- Age Harassment (2015)
- Shippu Rondo (2016)
- Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)
- Nakuna Akaoni (2019)
- Perfect Days (2023)[5]
- The Harbor Lights (2025), Emiko Kaneko[6]
- The Bird Is Calling (2025), Nobuko Kuki[7]
Television
- Musashibō Benkei (1986), Shizuka Gozen[8]
- Takeda Shingen (1988), Nōhime[9]
- Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (1995), Hikaru Shimada
- Honmamon (2001–2002)[10]
- Journey Under the Midnight Sun (2006)
- Ryūsei no Kizuna (2008)
- Jin (2009)
- General Rouge no Gaisen (2010)
- Shinzanmono (2010)
- The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010)
- Carnation (2011–2012)[11]
- Hana Moyu (2015), Kaneko Tsuru
- The Emperor's Cook (2015), Okichi
- Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
- Half Blue Sky (2018)
- The Grand Family (2021), Yasuko Manpyō
- Trillion Game (2023), Mari Usami (ep. 8)[12]
- Even Though We're Adults (2025), Yoriko[13]
- Brothers in Arms (2026), Horiike Kinu[14]
Radio
- Hideki Saijo Raspberry Club (1985–1986), Assistant MC
