is a Japanese actress. Her father is

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Personal life

Yamamoto was born in

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. She met

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in 1995 when they worked together on the series , and began dating him after they co-starred in the 1998 film ''

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''. The couple married in 2003, and divorced amicably in October 2019.

Filmography

Film

* ''Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri'' (1996) *''

'' (1998) *'' Who Am I?'' (1998) * ''39 Keiho dai Sanjukyu jô'' (1999) * ''Mr. Rookie'' (2002) * ''Kagami no Onnatachi'' (2002) * ''Hotaru no Hoshi'' (2003) * '' Jigoku Kozo'' (2004) * ''

Exte is a 2007 Japanese horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English term "extension" from "hair extension". The plot in ...

'' (2007) * ''

Villon's Wife is a 2009 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi. It is based on the 1947 short story of the same name by Osamu Dazai. Synopsis Sachi is the long-suffering wife of popular novelist Otani in post-World War II Japan. Brilliant but self- ...

'' (2009) * ''Our Story'' (2020) * ''

My Happy Marriage is a Japanese light novel series written by Akumi Agitogi and illustrated by Tsukiho Tsukioka. Initially published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, it was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo, who has ...

'' (2023), Yurie

Television

* ''2001 no otoko un'' (Fuji TV, 2001) * ''Kaidan Hyaku Monogatari'' (Fuji TV, 2002) * ''Taiho Shichauzo'' (TV Asahi, 2002, ep2) * ''

Aibou is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: '' AIBOU: The Movie'' (2008), ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' A ...

'' (TV Asahi, 2002) * ''Sky High'' (TV Asahi, 2003, ep6) * ''Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi'' (Fuji TV, 2006) * ''Taiyo no Uta'' (TBS, 2006) * ''Akai Ito'' (Fuji TV, 2008) * ''

Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Aya Kanno, which began in ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been ...

'' (2009 TV series) as Asuka's mother * ''Tsubasa'' (NHK, 2009) * '' Hanazakari no Kimitachi'' (Fuji TV, 2011) as Io Nanba * ''

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'' (TV Tokyo, 2014) as Queen Kisara

References

External links

Official profile at Teatro de Poche
* * 1974 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-screen-actor-stub