 Aoi also lent her voice to play Shiro in the animated film "Tekkon Kinkreet", the adaptation to the Taiyō Matsumoto manga, Black and White, directed by Michael Arias.During these years, she made commercials for Nintendo, Canon, Shiseido Cosmetics, Shueisha Publishing, Kirin Beverage and continued endorsing DoCoMo.Aoi also released two photobooks with Yoko Takahashi as photographer, and distributed by Rockin'on