Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency. 요 키미코(1956년생, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 굿바이, 히루코 요괴 헌터, 내가 사랑했던 모든 너에게가 있으며, 그 외에도 살색의 감독 무라니시, 킨다이치 소년의 사건부, 신 고질라, 심야식당: 도쿄 스토리, 지옥에 떨어집니다, 가정부 남자 미타조노, 소년탐정 김전일, 사랑한다고 말해줘, あぶない刑事, 리키시, ちゅらさん, 京都人の密かな愉しみ 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 지옥에 떨어집니다에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2027년 沖縄コンフィデンシャル에 출연했다. 2026년 妖怪、化物をひろう에 출연했다. 2026년 男ともだち에 출연했다.