
Ryoko Yonekura
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1975-08-01 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Yonekura Ryoko · よねくら りょうこ · Ryôko Yonekura · Ryōko Yonekura · 米倉 涼子 · 米仓 凉子
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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Known For
TV Shows (32)

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

The Journalist
2022
as Anna Matsuda

Legal V
2018
as Shoko Takanashi

HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
2011
as Rei Isaka

Haru and Natsu
2005
as Haru Takakura

Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~
2016

Angel Flight
2023
as Izawa Nami

Sock or Hat?
2014
as Self

Matrilineal Family
2005
as Fumino Hamada

Bewitched In Tokyo
2004
as Arisa Matsui

The Black Leather Notebook
2004
as Motoko Haraguchi

The Negotiator
2008
as Reiko Usaki

Pretty Girls
2002
as Ayumi Kurai

Over-the-Shoulder Lover
2007
as Moe Hayasaka

Marriage at Twenty
2000
as Ranko Chuganji

The Animal Trail
2006
as Tamiko Narusawa

HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer
2010
as Matsuko Matsudaira

Unmarried Family
2001
as Hikaru Matoba

Artificial Beauty
2002
as Honami Saotome

Evil People
2007
as Toyomi Terashima

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

Love Revolution
2001
as Mariko Endo

Weather Forecaster's Lover
2000

Straight News
2000
as Yuka Ichino

Monster Parent
2008
as Itsuki Takamura

Time of Distrust ~ Women's Wars
2006
as Michiko Asai

Cupid's Arrows
2000
as Ranko Chuganji

The Life of Sugimura Haruko
2005
松本清張 強き蟻
2014
Movies (19)

Doctor X: The Movie Final
2024

A Hardest Night!!
2005

Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
2002
as Saki

Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
2016

The Negotiator: The Movie
2010
as Reiko Usagi

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
2008
as Shino Wakamatsu

Giwaku
2019
as Sahara Takako

The Housekeeper
2012
as Konno Nobuko

Housekeeper the Peeper
2014
as Nobuko Sawaguchi

Stop the Old Fox
2016
as Nui

Out Burn
2014
as Eiko Yagami

The Housekeeper Saw!
2015
as Sawaguchi Nobuko

Bewitched in Tokyo SP
2004

Angel Flight THE MOVIE
2026

Tsuyoki ari
2014
as Isako Sawada

Cardboard House Girl
2001
The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
2006

愛と青春の宝塚 ~恋よりも生命よりも~ 前編
2002

The Black Leather Notebook Special: White Darkness
2005
as Motoko Haraguchi
About Ryoko Yonekura
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 televi… With 51 credits spanning from 2000 to 2026, Ryoko Yonekura has appeared in 19 films and 32 TV shows.
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- Doctor X: The Movie Final (2024)
- A Hardest Night!! (2005)
- Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere (2002) — as Saki
- Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016)
- The Negotiator: The Movie (2010) — as Reiko Usagi
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