 A couple of months later, NTV signed Aoi to play her first TV leading role as Handa Sen in the live-action adaptation of Shota Kikuchi's manga series "Osen", which aired until the end of June with ten episodes.Next, Aoi released "One Million Yen Girl" written and directed by "Camouflage" director Yuki Tanada, and also released by WOWOW.This was her latest leading film role since Nirai Kanai in 2005.