Ryoko Shinohara (篠原 涼子, Shinohara Ryōko; born August 13, 1973) is a Japanese singer and actress.
As a singer, she is best known for the 1994 song "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" with producer Tetsuya Komuro, which charted at number one and made her the first female artist in Japan to record a double million in CD single sales. It was followed by the number one album Lady Generation: Shukujo no Jidai (1995). Shinohara's musical output saw waning commercial reception in the latter half of the decade, at which she began concentrating on her acting career.
Highlighted by the Japan Times for her "long reign as a TV drama queen", Shinohara's best known acting credits include detective Yukihira Natsumi in the drama series Unfair, which spawned three feature films and several specials; and temp worker Haruko Oomae in Haken no Hinkaku. She has starred in several acclaimed films, winning two Japan Academy Film Prizes for her roles in The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps and Sakura Guardian in the North, both in 2018.
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Career
Shinohara appeared in Tetsuya Nakashima's 2004 film Kamikaze Girls.
Filmography
Films
Shin Funky Monkey Teacher Dotsukaretarunen (1994)
Funky Monkey Teacher Forever (1995)
Happy People (1996)
June Bride (1998)
Beru Epokku (1998)
Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture (2000)
Red Shadow (2001)
Calmi Cuori Appassionati (2001)
Totunyuuseyo! Asama Sansou Jiken (2002)
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
Kendama (2002)
Blessing Bell (2003)
Kamikaze Girls (2004) as Momoko's mom.
The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
Unfair (2006) as Natsumi Yukihira
Hanada Shōnen Shi (2006)
Unfair: The Movie (2007) as Natsumi Yukihira
Unfair 2: The Answer (2011) as Natsumi Yukihira
One Piece Film: Z (2012) as Ain (voice)
Unfair: The End (2015) as Natsumi Yukihira
Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together (2018) as Nami Abe (adult)
Television
Houkago (1992)
Sugao no Mama de (1992)
Ninshin Desuyo 2 (1995)
Kagayaku Toki no Naka de (1995)
Rennai Zenya: Ichidodake no Koi 2 (1996)
Pure (1996)
Naniwa Kinyudo 2 (1996)
Shinryounaikai Ryouko (1997)
Gift (1997)
Bayside Shakedown (1997)
Ao no Jidai (1998)
Nanisama (1998)
Beach Boys Special (1998)
Kira Kira Hikaru (1998)
Kiken na Kankei (1999)
Genroku Ryoran (1999)
Kabachitare (2000)
Tokimune Hojo (2000)
Saotome Typhoon (2001)
Mukodono! (2001)
HR (2002)
Hatsu Taiken (2002)
Renai Hensachi (2002)
Boku no Mahou Tsukai (2003)
Mukodono (2003)
Mother and Lover (2004)
Dubbing
World War Z, Karin Lane (Mireille Enos)