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
Doctor X: The Movie Final
2024
Angel Flight
Izawa Nami · (6 episodes)
2023
The Journalist
Anna Matsuda · (6 episodes)
2022
Giwaku
Sahara Takako
2019
Legal V
Shoko Takanashi · (9 episodes)
2018
Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~
(6 episodes)
2016
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
2016
Stop the Old Fox
Nui
2016
The Housekeeper Saw!
Sawaguchi Nobuko
2015
Out Burn
Eiko Yagami
2014
Tsuyoki ari
Isako Sawada
2014
松本清張 強き蟻
(1 episode)
2014
Sock or Hat?
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Housekeeper the Peeper
Nobuko Sawaguchi
2014
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
Ayako Baba · (11 episodes)
2013
The Housekeeper
Konno Nobuko
2012
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Michiko Daimon · (69 episodes)
2012
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Rei Isaka · (10 episodes)
2011
HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer
Matsuko Matsudaira · (8 episodes)
2010
The Negotiator: The Movie
Reiko Usagi
2010
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
Shino Wakamatsu
2008
Flower of Ice
Kyoko Seno · (2 episodes)
2008
Monster Parent
Itsuki Takamura · (11 episodes)
2008
The Negotiator
Reiko Usaki · (17 episodes)
2008
Over-the-Shoulder Lover
Moe Hayasaka · (9 episodes)
2007
Evil People
Toyomi Terashima · (8 episodes)
2007
Time of Distrust ~ Women's Wars
Michiko Asai · (12 episodes)
2006
The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
2006
The Animal Trail
Tamiko Narusawa · (9 episodes)
2006
The Life of Sugimura Haruko
(1 episode)
2005
A Hardest Night!!
2005
Haru and Natsu
Haru Takakura · (5 episodes)
2005
Matrilineal Family
Fumino Hamada · (11 episodes)
2005
Bewitched in Tokyo SP
2004
The Black Leather Notebook
Motoko Haraguchi · (7 episodes)
2004
Bewitched In Tokyo
Arisa Matsui · (11 episodes)
2004
Musashi
Otsu · (49 episodes)
2003
Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere
Saki
2002
Artificial Beauty
Honami Saotome · (11 episodes)
2002
Pretty Girls
Ayumi Kurai · (9 episodes)
2002
Cardboard House Girl
2001
Unmarried Family
Hikaru Matoba · (12 episodes)
2001
Love Revolution
Mariko Endo · (12 episodes)
2001
Straight News
Yuka Ichino · (11 episodes)
2000
Marriage at Twenty
Ranko Chuganji · (11 episodes)
2000
Weather Forecaster's Lover
(12 episodes)
2000
Cupid's Arrows
Ranko Chuganji · (10 episodes)
2000