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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Angel Flight
The Journalist
Legal V
Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer
Flower of Ice
Monster Parent
The Negotiator
Over-the-Shoulder Lover
Evil People
Time of Distrust ~ Women's Wars
The Animal Trail
Haru and Natsu
Matrilineal Family
The Black Leather Notebook
Bewitched In Tokyo
Musashi
Artificial Beauty
Pretty Girls
Unmarried Family
Love Revolution
Straight News
Marriage at Twenty
Weather Forecaster's Lover
Cupid's Arrows
