Ryoko Shinohara
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Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll
Tokyo Performance Doll
Tokyo Performance Doll a.k.a. TPD was a female Jpop idol band that existed from 1990 to 1996. Inspired by Onyanko Club, it had seven main members and several other "trainees" for live performances, a formula later followed by Morning Musume, Hello! Project and AKB48...

, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro
Tetsuya Komuro
, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...

. She is perhaps most famous among anime enthusiasts for providing the theme song to the Japanese version of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 Japanese animated film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting games written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC. The film, originally released in Japan on August 8, 1994, has...

. The single produced by Tetsuya Komuro
Tetsuya Komuro
, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...

 sold over 2 million copies. She released singles regularly until 1998, then concentrated on her acting career, which is successful today. By 2004 she was one of the most popular actresses in Japan.

She married on December 8 2005 to actor Masachika Ichimura
Masachika Ichimura
is a Japanese voice actor and musical singer. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama. He is married to singer Ryoko Shinohara.-Movies:*Pokémon: The First Movie *The Nightmare Before Christmas...

, 24 years her senior. She gave birth to a boy on May 10, 2008, just one day before the Mother's Day
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May...

 of that year. Shinohara mainly focused on shooting CMs while taking care of her son. After continuously receiving casting offers, however, she made her return as an actress in September 2009 with the 2-hour special drama, “Hataraku Gon!“.

In May 2010, Shinohara starred in her first drama series in three years titled, “Tsuki no Koibito~Moon Lovers~“. Then, in October, she landed the lead role in “Ogon no Buta"

On August 31st 2011, it was announced that actress is pregnant with her second child. Currently, Shinohara plays a role in six CMs, and is at the peak of her career and also is about to launch in November 2011 the movie "Unfair: The Answer", second part of the original movie launched in 2007.

Albums

  • Ryoko from Tokyo Performance Doll (1993)
  • Lady Generation ~淑女の時代~ (1995) (n°1 oricon charts)
  • Sweets‐Best of Ryoko Shinohara‐(1997) (compilation)

Singles

  • Koi Wa Chanson - 91.01.21
  • Squall - 92.07.22
  • Sincerely - 94.02.02
  • Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Tsuyosa to - 94.07.21
  • Motto Motto... - 95.02.08
  • Lady Generation - 95.08.21
  • Dame! - 95.11.22
  • Heibon na Happy ja Monotarinai - 96.05.22
  • Shi waseha sobani ru - 96.08.21
  • Party wo nuke dasou! - 96.11.25
  • Goodbye Baby - 97.07.01
  • BLOW UP - 98.04.22
  • A place in the sun - 98.10.01
  • Rhythm to Rule - 00.03.08
  • Someday somewhere - 01.08.22
  • Time of GOLD - 03.05.21

Films

  1. Shin Funky Monkey Teacher Dotsukaretarunen (新ファンキー・モンキー・ティチャー どつかれたるねん; 1994)
  2. Funky Monkey Teacher Forever (ファンキー・モンキー・ティチャー フォーエヴァー ワクワク秘密の花園の巻; 1995)
  3. Happy People (ハッピーピープル; 1996)
  4. June Bride (ジューンブライド 6月19日の花嫁; 1998)
  5. Beru Epokku (ベル*エポック ; 1998)
  6. Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture (GO-CON!; 2000)
  7. Red Shadow
    Red Shadow
    is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in several manga, tokusatsu, anime and live movies and TV shows since his first appearance in the 1967 TV series, Red Shadow, The Masked Ninja, produced by Toei Company Ltd..- Character :...

    : Akakage
    (赤影; 2001)
  8. Between Calm and Passion (冷静と情熱のあいだ; 2001)
  9. Totunyuuseyo! Asama Sansou Jiken (突入せよ!「あさま山荘」事件; 2002)
  10. Hi wa mata noboru (陽はまた昇る; 2002)
  11. Kendama (けん玉; 2002)
  12. Blessing Bell (幸福の鐘; 2003)
  13. Kamikaze Girls
    Kamikaze Girls
    is a 2002 light novel written by Novala Takemoto that has been adapted into a manga and film.Kamikaze Girls centers around two students, Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri , who are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita girl, the other, her gyaru antithesis, a Yankī...

    (下妻物語; 2004)
  14. The Uchoten Hotel
    The Uchoten Hotel
    is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight.The film is reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of 1930s...

    (有頂天ホテル; 2006)
  15. Unfair
    Unfair (drama)
    Unfair is an action Japanese television drama with 11 episodes and one TV special, aired in Japan in 2006 on Fuji-TV, and followed by a movie Unfair: The Movie in 2007 with the same cast.-Synopsis:...

    , (アンフェア 2006)
  16. Nyanko: The Movie (にゃんこ THE MOVIE;2006)
  17. Hanada Shōnen-shi (花田小年史 )(2006)
  18. Haken no Hinkaku (ハケンの品格; 2007)
  19. Unfair: The Movie
    Unfair: The Movie
    Unfair: The Movie is a Japanese action movie released on March 17, 2007, directed by Yoshinori Kobayashi, follow up to the drama Unfair, and still starring Ryoko Shinohara in the main role...

    , (アンフェア: The Movie; 2007)

Drama

  • Ogon no Buta (NTV, 2010)
  • Tsuki no Koibito (Fuji TV, 2010)
  • Hataraku Gon! (NTV, 2009)
  • Haken no Hinkaku (NTV, 2007)
  • Unfair SP (Fuji TV, 2006)
  • Message (MBS, 2006) [host]
  • Hanayome wa Yakudoshi (TBS, 2006)
  • Unfair
    Unfair (drama)
    Unfair is an action Japanese television drama with 11 episodes and one TV special, aired in Japan in 2006 on Fuji-TV, and followed by a movie Unfair: The Movie in 2007 with the same cast.-Synopsis:...

     (Fuji TV, 2006)
  • Woman's Island (NTV, 2006)
  • Naniwa Kinyudo 6 (Fuji TV, 2005)
  • Anego (NTV, 2005)
  • Mother and Lover (KTV, 2004)
  • Hikari to Tomo ni (NTV, 2004)
  • At Home Dad (Fuji TV, 2004)
  • Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru (TBS, 2004)
  • Boku no Mahou Tsukai (NTV, 2003)
  • Mukodono 2003 (Fuji TV, 2003)
  • HR (Fuji TV, 2002)
  • Renai Hensachi (Fuji TV, 2002)
  • Hatsu Taiken (Fuji TV, 2002)
  • Saotome Typhoon (TV Asahi, 2001)
  • Mukodono! (Fuji TV, 2001)
  • Kabachitare (Fuji TV, 2000)
  • Tokimune Hojo (NHK, 2000)
  • Kiken na kankei (Fuji TV, 1999)
  • Genroku Ryoran (NHK, 1999)
  • Ao no Jidai (TBS, 1998)
  • Nanisama (TBS, 1998)
  • Beach Boys Special (Fuji TV, 1998)
  • Kira Kira Hikaru (Fuji TV, 1998)
  • Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
    Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
    is an adventure audio game created by WARP, Inc. for the Sega Saturn in 1997. The game was intended to provide equal access to both players with sight and to blind players.-Production history:...

    (audio game
    Audio game
    An audio game is an electronic game played on a device such as a personal computer. It is similar to a video game save that the only feedback device is audible rather than visual....

    , 1997)
  • Shinryounaikai Ryouko (NTV, 1997)
  • Gift (Fuji TV, 1997)
  • Odoru Daisousasen (Fuji TV, 1997, ep2)
  • Rennai Zenya Ichidodake no Koi 2 (1996)
  • Pure (Fuji TV, 1996)
  • Naniwa Kinyudo 2 (Fuji TV, 1996)
  • Ninshin Desuyo 2 (Fuji TV, 1995)
  • Kagayaku Toki no Naka de (Fuji TV, 1995)
  • Houkago (Fuji TV, 1992)
  • Sugao no Mama de (Fuji TV, 1992)

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