Ryoko Yonekura
Biography
Ryoko Yonekura is a Japanese actress and former fashion model born on August 1, 1975, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992 and began her career as a model in 1993, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam. Prior to her modeling and acting career, she studied classical ballet for 15 years starting at the age of five. Yonekura announced her intention to start acting in June 1999 and made her television acting debut in the TBS drama Koi no Kamisama, also known as God of Love. She is best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama Doctor-X and has appeared in many dramas since her debut. Additionally, she played the role of Roxie Hart in a Japanese-language production.
Career overview
Ryoko Yonekura is a Japanese actress and former fashion model. Born on August 1, 1975, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, she studied classical ballet for 15 years beginning at the age of five. Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992.
In 1993, Yonekura began her career as a fashion model, working for magazines such as CanCam. She later announced her intention to start an acting career in June 1999. Her acting debut took place in the TBS television drama Koi no Kamisama, also known as God of Love. Since that time, she has appeared in many television dramas and is best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama Doctor-X. In addition to her television work, Yonekura has played the role of Roxie Hart in the Japanese-language production.
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- Angel Flight THE MOVIE (2026)
- Doctor X: The Movie Final (2024)
- Angel Flight (2023) as Izawa Nami
- The Journalist (2022) as Anna Matsuda
- Giwaku (2019) as Sahara Takako
- Legal V (2018) as Shoko Takanashi
- Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~ (2016)
- Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016)
- Stop the Old Fox (2016) as Nui
- The Housekeeper Saw! (2015) as Sawaguchi Nobuko
- Out Burn (2014) as Eiko Yagami
- Sock or Hat? (2014) as Self
- Tsuyoki ari (2014) as Isako Sawada
- Housekeeper the Peeper (2014) as Nobuko Sawaguchi
- 松本清張 強き蟻 (2014)
- No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 (2013) as Ayako Baba
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Michiko Daimon
- The Housekeeper (2012) as Konno Nobuko
- HUNTER - Women After Reward Money (2011) as Rei Isaka
- The Negotiator: The Movie (2010) as Reiko Usagi
- HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer (2010) as Matsuko Matsudaira
- The Negotiator (2008) as Reiko Usaki
- The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008) as Shino Wakamatsu
- Monster Parent (2008) as Itsuki Takamura
- Flower of Ice (2008) as Kyoko Seno
- 頑張る人応援バラエティ 体育の時間 (2007) as Guest
- Over-the-Shoulder Lover (2007) as Moe Hayasaka
- Evil People (2007) as Toyomi Terashima
- The Animal Trail (2006) as Tamiko Narusawa
- Time of Distrust ~ Women's Wars (2006) as Michiko Asai
- The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special (2006)
- Matrilineal Family (2005) as Fumino Hamada
- Haru and Natsu (2005) as Haru Takakura
- The Black Leather Notebook Special: White Darkness (2005) as Motoko Haraguchi
- A Hardest Night!! (2005)
- The Life of Sugimura Haruko (2005)
- The Black Leather Notebook (2004) as Motoko Haraguchi
- Bewitched In Tokyo (2004) as Arisa Matsui
- Bewitched in Tokyo SP (2004)
- Musashi (2003) as Otsu
- Artificial Beauty (2002) as Honami Saotome
- Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere (2002) as Saki
- Pretty Girls (2002) as Ayumi Kurai
- 愛と青春の宝塚 ～恋よりも生命よりも～ 前編 (2002)
- Unmarried Family (2001) as Hikaru Matoba
- Love Revolution (2001) as Mariko Endo
- Cardboard House Girl (2001) as Sakurai Ann
- Weather Forecaster's Lover (2000)
- Marriage at Twenty (2000) as Ranko Chuganji
- Cupid's Arrows (2000) as Ranko Chuganji
- Straight News (2000) as Yuka Ichino