Kenichi Matsuyama
In 2005, Aoi played her first lead on the big screen in "Letters from Kanai Nirai", which was sold in Korea with the alternate title of "Aoi Yu's Letter" due to her popularity. She also had supporting roles in the Satoshi Miki film "Turtles Swim Faster than Expected" starring Juri Ueno, and "Yamato" with Shido Nakamura and Kenichi Matsuyama. This supporting role would earn her one of her double-nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 Japanese Academy Award. She won against herself for her work as Kimiko Tanikawa in the Japanese hit Hula Girls, which was sent to the Academy Awards as the Japanese official selection that year.