Ryoko Yonekura

Born: 1975-08-01

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


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Doctor X: The Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2024-12-06

The star-studded casts of the drama series come together for the highly anticipated movie...

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The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming

as Shino Wakamatsu
Released: 2008-11-08

Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a...

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The Negotiator: The Movie

as Reiko Usagi
Released: 2010-02-11

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall...

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Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere

as Saki
Released: 2002-08-23

A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.

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Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special

as uncredited
Released: 2016-07-03

Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he...

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The Housekeeper

as Konno Nobuko
Released: 2012-12-22

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the...

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Housekeeper the Peeper

as Nobuko Sawaguchi
Released: 2014-03-02

Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in...

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The Housekeeper Saw!

as Sawaguchi Nobuko
Released: 2015-12-05

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around...

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A Hardest Night!!

as uncredited
Released: 2005-10-22

A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”....

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Tsuyoki ari

as Isako Sawada
Released: 2014-07-02

Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant....

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Giwaku

as Sahara Takako
Released: 2019-02-03

Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specialises in civil cases. She hates to lose and will use...

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Stop the Old Fox

as Nui
Released: 2016-04-08

After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an...

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Bewitched in Tokyo SP

as uncredited
Released: 2004-12-21

Christmas Special following the series.

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Out Burn

as Eiko Yagami
Released: 2014-08-09

Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized...

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Cardboard House Girl

as uncredited
Released: 2001-10-06

The story of a woman who lost everything.

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Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

as Michiko Daimon
First aired: 2012-10-18

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor...

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Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-09-29

A "Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon" spinoff starring Masanobu Katsumura as surgeon Hideki Kaji,...

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No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35

as Ayako Baba
First aired: 2013-04-13

The drama will center around how a 35 year old changes the school and influences her fellow...

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Unmarried Family

as Hikaru Matoba
First aired: 2001-07-05

Sanada plays a salariman who just lost his job. Yonekura, his wife, is a dancer who gave up her...

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HUNTER - Women After Reward Money

as Rei Isaka
First aired: 2011-10-11

On a return flight to Japan, cabin attendant Isaka Rei arrests a thief at Narita Airport’s...

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Musashi

as Otsu
First aired: 2003-01-05

Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the...

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Matrilineal Family

as Fumino Hamada
First aired: 2005-07-07

A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the...

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The Journalist

as Anna Matsuda
First aired: 2022-01-13

A journalist known as the maverick of news media defiantly chases the truth in this series...

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Haru and Natsu

as Haru Takakura
First aired: 2005-10-02

As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left...

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Bewitched In Tokyo

as Arisa Matsui
First aired: 2004-01-16

Arisa is fascinated by humans. So much so that she leaves the magic world. But the broom she...

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The Black Leather Notebook

as Motoko Haraguchi
First aired: 2004-10-14

Ginza is a night town filled with ambition and burning desire… How does a plain bank clerk...

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Straight News

as Yuka Ichino
First aired: 2000-10-11

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The Animal Trail

as Tamiko Narusawa
First aired: 2006-01-12

Animal Trail, a natural path made by traffic of wild animals, can sometimes be helpful for...

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Love Revolution

as Mariko Endo
First aired: 2001-04-09

A doctor at a prestigious Tokyo hospital is feeling dissatisfied with her life. Though she has a...

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Pretty Girls

as Ayumi Kurai
First aired: 2002-01-09

Looking for a job, Hana gets work at the Andrews Department Store, but her boss hates her and...

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The Negotiator

as Reiko Usaki
First aired: 2008-01-10

In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to...

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Time of Distrust ~ Women's Wars

as Michiko Asai
First aired: 2006-07-06

Asai Michiko is a 28-year old housewife. Her husband is 38-year old Yoshio, who works at an...

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Flower of Ice

as Kyoko Seno
First aired: 2008-09-06

Seno Kyoko is a pianist who receives an inheritance from her uncle, and begins living happily...

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HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer

as Matsuko Matsudaira
First aired: 2010-10-21

National tax investigator Matsuko Matsudaira is transferred to Tokyo office for chase Tax...

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Legal V

as Shoko Takanashi
First aired: 2018-10-11

Takanashi Shoko is a former lawyer. She was disbarred from the law profession due to an...

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Evil People

as Toyomi Terashima
First aired: 2007-01-19

Toyomi Terajima (Ryoko Yonekura) chose to become a nurse because she had no interest in marriage...

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Sock or Hat?

as Self
First aired: 2014-06-13

The crazy popular, wildly mundane game show where celebrities guess if it's a sock or a hat....

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Artificial Beauty

as Honami Saotome
First aired: 2002-04-09

Honami Saotome seems to have the ideal life, working as a fashion model. Behind her perfect face...

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Marriage at Twenty

as Ranko Chuganji
First aired: 2000-07-06

Although marriage is the farthest thing from her mind, Renko meets a special person on her...

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Cupid's Arrows

as Ranko Chuganji
First aired: 2000-01-14

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Weather Forecaster's Lover

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-04-10

Yano Katsuhiko, a weather forecaster who is divorced and is introduced by his friend, Taguchi to...

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Over-the-Shoulder Lover

as Moe Hayasaka
First aired: 2007-07-05

This is the dramatized version of the Naoki Award-winning novel by author, Kei Yuikawa. Moe...

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Angel Flight

as Izawa Nami
First aired: 2023-03-17

Ryoko Yonekura stars in this series written by Ryota Kosawa about specialists who transport the...

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Monster Parent

as Itsuki Takamura
First aired: 2008-07-01

Monster parents-a neologism that denotes parents who repeatedly make unreasonable demands to...

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