Yumi Asō

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]

Yumi Asō
麻生 祐未
Asō at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024
Born	Yumi Okumura (1963-08-15) August 15, 1963 (age 62) 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

She married actor Toshiya Nagasawa (ja) in March 2004, and they had one child.^[4] The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008.^[4]

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), as Emiko Kaneko^[6]
• The Bird Is Calling (2025), as Nobuko Kuki^[7]

Television

• Musashibō Benkei (1986), as Shizuka Gozen^[8]
• Takeda Shingen (1988), as Nōhime^[9]
• Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (1995), as 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), as Kaneko Tsuru
• The Emperor's Cook (2015), as Okichi
• Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
• Half Blue Sky (2018)
• The Grand Family (2021), as Yasuko Manpyō
• Trillion Game (2023), as Mari Usami (ep. 8)^[12]
• Even Though We're Adults (2025), as Yoriko^[13]
• Prodigies (TBA)

Radio

• Hideki Saijo Raspberry Club (1985–1986), as Assistant MC