Ryoko Yonekura

Ryoko Yonekura
Native name	米倉 涼子
Born	(1975-08-01) August 1, 1975 Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress, fashion model
Years active	1993–
Agent	Oscar Promotion
Notable work	Doctor X
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Website	www.oscarpro.co.jp#/profile/entry/262

Ryoko Yonekura (米倉 涼子, Yonekura Ryōko, born August 1, 1975 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and former fashion model.

Career

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.

Filmography

• Damboru Hausu Garu (homeless girl)
• Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere (2002)
• Nezu no Ban (A Hardest Night!!) (2005)
• Sakura no Sono (2008)
• Diana (2013, dubbing)

Television

• Koi no Kamisama (2000, TBS)
• Love Revolution (2001, Fuji TV)
• Artificial Beauty (Seikei Bijin) (2002, Fuji TV)
• Okusama wa Majo ( 2004, TBS)
• Fushin no Toki (2006, TV Asahi)
• Warui Yatsura (2007, TV Asahi/ABC TV)
• Katagoshi no Koibito (9 episodes, 2007, TBS)
• Monster Parent (2008, Kansai TV)
• Kōshōnin (2008, TV Asahi)
• Kōshōnin 2 (2009, TV Asahi)
• Nasake no Onna (2010, TV Asahi)
• Hunter: Sono Onna-tachi, Shōkin Kasegi (2011, Fuji TV/Kansai TV)
• Atsui Kūki (2012, TV Asahi)
• 35-sai no Koukousei (2013, Nippon TV)
• Doctor X (2013, TV Asahi)

Personal life

In December 2014, Yonekura announced that she had married a company owner two years her junior.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Ryoko Yonekura at the Internet Movie Database
• Ryoko Yonekura at Artificial Beauty, Japanese series