is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese

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'' Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon''. She also performs the voice of Black Widow in the Japanese-language releases of the ''

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Career

Yonekura studied

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for 15 years from the age of five. Represented by the

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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 ''

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''. 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, and again in July 2019.

Filmography

Television / Net Drama

* ''Koi no Kamisama'' (2000, TBS) * ''Tenki-yoho no Koibito'' (2000, TBS) * ''Hatachi no Kekkon'' (2000, TBS) * ''Straight News'' (2000, NTV) * ''Love Revolution'' (2001,

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) * ''Hikon Kazoku'' (2001, Fuji TV) * ''Pretty Girls'' (2002, TBS) * ''Sonagi Special'' (2002, MBC / Fuji TV) * '' Artificial Beauty'' (Seikei Bijin) (2002, Fuji TV) * ''Musashi'' (2003, NHK) * ''Okusama wa Majo'' (2004, TBS) * ''Kurokawa no Techo'' (2004, TV Asahi), Motoko Haraguchi * ''Kurokawa No Techo Special'' (2005, TV Asahi), Motoko Haraguchi * ''Nyokei Kazoku'' (2005, TBS) * ''Haru to Natsu Special'' (2005, NTV) * ''Onna no Ichidaiki'' (2005, TBS),

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* ''Kemonomichi'' (2006, TV Asahi) * ''Fushin no Toki'' (2006,

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) * ''Warui Yatsura'' (2007, TV Asahi/ ABC TV) * ''Katagoshi no Koibito'' (9 episodes, 2007, TBS) * ''Monster Parent'' (2008,

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'' (2008, TV Asahi) * ''Koori No Hana'' (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) * ''

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'' (2013, Nippon TV) * '' Doctor-X'' season 1 (2012, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * ''Doctor X'' season 2 (2013, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * ''Kaseifu Wa Mita'' SP(2014, TV Asahi) * ''Tsuyoki Ari SP'' (2014, TV Asahi) * ''Outburn SP'' (2014, TV Asahi) * ''Doctor X'' season 3 (2014, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * ''Kaseifu wa Mita SP'' (2015, TV Asahi) * ''Kagerou Ezu'' (2016, TV Asahi) * ''Doctor X'' season 4 (2016, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * ''Doctor X'' season 5 (2017, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * ''Legal V Ex-lawyer Shoko Takanashi'' (2018, TV Asahi ), Shoko Takanashi * ''Doctor X'' season 6 (2019, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * '' Crayon Shin-chan'' (2019, TV Asahi)

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, Michiko Daimon (voice) * ''Doctor X'' season 7 (2021, TV Asahi), Michiko Daimon * ''The Journalist'' (2022, Netflix)

Films

* ''Danbōru Hausu Gāru'' (homeless girl) * '' Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere'' (2002) * ''Nezu no Ban'' (A Hardest Night!!) (2005) * ''

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'' (2008)

Japanese dub

* '' Diana'' (2013) – voice: Diana (orig.

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'' (2012), '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' (2014), '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016), '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), '' Black Widow'' (2020) – voice: Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (orig.

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Personal life

In December 2014, Yonekura announced that she had married a company owner two years her junior. In December 2016, Yonekura announced that she had divorced her husband. In a written statement, Yonekura commented, "After timely, repeated discussions, our divorce has been finalized. I am sorry to have caused trouble with my private matters." She continued, "I hope to move forward both as an actress and woman. I will do my best every day in order to challenge myself to various new things. Please continue to give me guidance and encouragement.". In October 2022, Yonekura announced she was withdrawing from performances of ''Chicago'' due to treatment for cerebro spinal fluid hypovolemia. .

References

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Artificial Beauty, Japanese series
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yonekura, Ryoko 1975 births Living people Actresses from Yokohama Japanese actresses Japanese female models People from Kanagawa Prefecture People from Yokohama