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Ryoko Yonekura (米倉 涼子, Yonekura Ryōko, born August 1, 1975) is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon. She also performs the voice of Black Widow in the Japanese-language releases of the Avengers film series.

Ryoko Yonekura
米倉 涼子
Yonekura at the Yokohama International Film Festival in 2024
Born (1975-08-01) August 1, 1975 (age 49)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
AgentDesafio
Spouse
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(m. 2014; div. 2016)​
Websitedesafio-net.jp/en/

Career

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Yonekura studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five.[citation needed] Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won the sixth Japan Bishōjo Contest in 1992.[1] In 1993, she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam.[citation needed] She announced her intention to start her acting career in 1999.[2] Her acting debut was in the TBS television drama Koi no Kamisama [ja], and has appeared in many dramas ever since.[3]

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.[4]

In late March 2020, her agency at the time, Oscar Promotion, announced that she would leave the agency after her contract expired on March 31, 2020.[1] She founded her own personal agency, Desafio, in early April of the same year.[5]

Personal life

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In December 2014, Yonekura announced that she had married a company owner two years her junior.[6][7] 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.".[8]

In October 2022, Yonekura announced she was withdrawing from performances of Chicago due to treatment for cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia.[9]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000 Koi no Kamisama [ja] Erika Saionji [3]
Tenki-yoho no Koibito Ikuko Sudo
Hatachi no Kekkon Ranko
Straight News Yuka Ichino
2001 Love Revolution Mariko Endou
Hikon Kazoku Hikaru Matoba [10]
2002 Pretty Girls Ayumi Kurai
Artificial Beauty Honami Saotome Lead role [3]
Sonagi: Ameagari no Satsui [ja] Chizuru Otsuki Lead role [11]
2003 Musashi [ja] Otsu Taiga drama
2004 Okusama wa Majo Arisa Matsui Lead role [3]
Kurokawa no Techo Motoko Haraguchi Lead role [3]
2005 Nyokei Kazoku [ja] Fumino Hamada Lead role
Haru to Natsu: Todokanakatta Tegami [ja] Haru Takakura (young) Lead role [3]
Onna no Ichidaiki [ja] Haruko Sugimura Lead role
2006 Kemonomichi [ja] Tamiko Narusawa Lead role [12]
Fushin no Toki [ja] Michiko Asai Lead role
2007 Warui Yatsura Toyomi Terashima Lead role [3]
Katagoshi no Koibito [ja] Moe Hayasaka Lead role
2008–2009 Kōshōnin [ja] Reiko Usagi Lead role; also known as The Negotiator [13]
2008 Monster Parent [ja] Itsuki Takamura Lead role [3]
Koori no Hana [ja] Kyoko Seno Lead role [14]
2010 Nasake no Onna [ja] Matsuko Matsudaira Lead role [15]
2011 Hunter: Sono Onna-tachi, Shōkin Kasegi Rei Isaka Lead role [16]
2012 Atsui Kūki Nobuko Kono Lead role [17]
2012–2021 Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon Michiko Daimon Lead role [18][19]
2013 35-sai no Koukousei Ayako Baba Lead role [20][21]
2014 Kaseifu wa Mita Nobuko Sawaguchi Lead role [22]
Mighty Ant Isako Sawada Lead role [23]
Out Burn Eiko Yagami Lead role [24]
2015 Kaseifu wa Mita 2 Nobuko Sawaguchi Lead role [25]
2016 Kagerou Ezu Nui Lead role [26]
2018 Legal V Ex-lawyer Shoko Takanashi Shoko Takanashi Lead role [27]
2019 Crayon Shin-chan Michiko Daimon (voice) Episode: "Doctor-X" [28][29]
2022 The Journalist Anna Matsuda Lead role [30][31]
2023 Angel Flight Nami Izawa Lead role [32]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Cardboard House Girl An Sakurai Lead role
2002 Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere Saki Yamada Lead role
2008 Sakura no Sono Shino Wakamatsu [33]
2010 Koshonin the Movie Reiko Usagi Lead role [34]
2024 Doctor-X: The Movie Michiko Daimon Lead role [35]

Japanese dub

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Year Title Role Ref.
2012 The Avengers Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) [36]
2013 Diana Diana (Naomi Watts) [37][38]
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) [39]
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron [40]
2016 Captain America: Civil War [41]
2018 Avengers: Infinity War [42]
2019 Avengers: Endgame [43]
2021 Black Widow [44]
2022 Bullet Train Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) [45]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Work Category Result Ref.
2002 26th Élan d'Or Award — Newcomer of the Year Won [46]
2023 Asian Academy Creative Award Angel Flight Best Actress in a Leading Role (Japan) Won [47]

References

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