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] She married actor Toshiya Nagasawa [ja] in March 2004, and they had one child.^[2] The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008.^[2]

Yumi Asō
麻生 祐未
Asō at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival (2023)
Born	Yumi Okumura (1963-08-15) August 15, 1963 (age 61) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Toshiya Nagasawa (2004–2008)
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.^[3] She also appeared in Lee Sang-il's 2002 film Border Line with Tetsu Sawaki and Ken Mitsuishi.^[4] She currently resides in Japan and takes up minor acting roles as well as working as a manager.

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]

Television

• Musashibō Benkei (1986), as Shizuka Gozen^[7]
• Takeda Shingen (1988), as Nōhime^[8]
• Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (1995), as Hikaru Shimada
• Honmamon (2001–2002)^[9]
• 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)^[10]
• Hana Moyu (2015), as Kaneko Tsuru
• The Emperor's Cook (2015), as Okichi
• Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
• Hanbun, Aoi (2018)
• The Grand Family (2021), as Yasuko Manpyō
• Trillion Game (2023), as Mari Usami (ep. 8)^[11]

Radio

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

References

1. Yomiuri Nenkan 2010 [Yomiuri Yearbook 2010]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 2010. p. 176.
2. 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.
3. Canby, Vincent (16 January 1987). "SCREEN: 'COMIC MAGAZINE'". The New York Times.
4. Cooper, Tracie. "Border Line (2002)". AllMovie. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
5. Wiseman, Andreas (14 April 2023). "The Match Factory To Handle Wim Wenders' Tokyo-Set Cannes Competition Entry 'Perfect Days', Film Details & First-Look Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
6. "港に灯がともる". eiga.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
7. "新大型時代劇『武蔵坊弁慶』". NHK. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
8. "武田信玄の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
9. "連続テレビ小説 ほんまもん". NHK. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
10. "カーネーションの出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
11. "麻生祐未『トリリオンゲーム』に出演決定". oricon.co.jp. August 31, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.

External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Yumi Asō at IMDb
• Yumi Asō at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)