Ryoko Yonekura
Born: 1975-08-01 in Kanagawa, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ryoko Yonekura (米倉 涼子 Yonekura Ryōko, born August 1, 1975 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama Doctor-X. Yonekura studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five. Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992. In 1993, she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam. She announced her intention to start her acting career in June 1999. Her acting debut was in the TBS television drama Koi no Kamisama (God of Love), and has appeared in many dramas ever since. Yonekura played the role of Roxie Hart in the Japanese-language production of Chicago in Tokyo 2008 and in 2010. She then learned the role in English and made her Broadway debut in 2012, reprising her role in July 2017. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2023
- Angel Flight as Izawa Nami
2022
- The Journalist as Anna Matsuda
2019
- Giwaku as Sahara Takako
2018
- Legal V as Shoko Takanashi
2015
- The Housekeeper Saw! as Sawaguchi Nobuko
2014
- Sock or Hat? as Self
- Out Burn as Eiko Yagami
- Housekeeper the Peeper as Nobuko Sawaguchi
- Tsuyoki ari as Isako Sawada
- 松本清張 強き蟻
2013
- No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 as Ayako Baba
2012
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon as Michiko Daimon
- The Housekeeper as Konno Nobuko
2011
- HUNTER - Women After Reward Money as Rei Isaka
2010
- HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer as Matsuko Matsudaira
- The Negotiator: The Movie as Reiko Usagi
2008
- Flower of Ice as Kyoko Seno
- The Negotiator as Reiko Usaki
- Monster Parent as Itsuki Takamura
- The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming as Shino Wakamatsu
2007
- Evil People as Toyomi Terashima
- Over-the-Shoulder Lover as Moe Hayasaka
- 頑張る人応援バラエティ 体育の時間 as Guest
2006
- The Animal Trail as Tamiko Narusawa
- Time of Distrust ~ Women's Wars as Michiko Asai
- The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
2005
- Haru and Natsu as Haru Takakura
- Matrilineal Family as Fumino Hamada
- A Hardest Night!!
- The Life of Sugimura Haruko
- The Black Leather Notebook Special: White Darkness as Motoko Haraguchi
2004
- The Black Leather Notebook as Motoko Haraguchi
- Bewitched In Tokyo as Arisa Matsui
- Bewitched in Tokyo SP
2003
- Musashi as Otsu
2002
- Pretty Girls as Ayumi Kurai
- Artificial Beauty as Honami Saotome
- Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere as Saki
2001
- Unmarried Family as Hikaru Matoba
- Love Revolution as Mariko Endo
- Cardboard House Girl
2000
- Marriage at Twenty as Ranko Chuganji
- Straight News as Yuka Ichino
- Weather Forecaster's Lover
- Cupid's Arrows as Ranko Chuganji