Ryoko Yonekura
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.
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- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Michiko Daimon
- No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 (2013) as Ayako Baba
- Musashi (2003) as Otsu
- HUNTER - Women After Reward Money (2011) as Rei Isaka
- The Journalist (2022) as Anna Matsuda
- Angel Flight (2023) as Izawa Nami
- Legal V (2018) as Shoko Takanashi
- Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~ (2016)
- Haru and Natsu (2005) as Haru Takakura
- Matrilineal Family (2005) as Fumino Hamada
- Flower of Ice (2008) as Kyoko Seno
- Doctor X: The Movie Final (2024)
- Sock or Hat? (2014) as Self
- The Black Leather Notebook (2004) as Motoko Haraguchi
- Bewitched In Tokyo (2004) as Arisa Matsui
- Marriage at Twenty (2000) as Ranko Chuganji
- Over-the-Shoulder Lover (2007) as Moe Hayasaka
- Unmarried Family (2001) as Hikaru Matoba
- Evil People (2007) as Toyomi Terashima
- Straight News (2000) as Yuka Ichino
- The Animal Trail (2006) as Tamiko Narusawa
- Pretty Girls (2002) as Ayumi Kurai
- Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016)
- The Negotiator (2008) as Reiko Usaki