Ryoko Hirosue

Biography

Ryōko Hirosue (born July 18, 1980) is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.

Known For

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Ranman

Makino Hisa

Galileo

Yayoi

Long Vacation

Takako Saito

Beach Boys

Makoto Izumi

MR.BRAIN

Starman: A Love Story

Sawako Uno

The Last Song

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Hard Days	Misako Kudo
2022	The Man Who Can't Defraud	Omori Utako
2022	Ending Cut	迫田七海
2022	The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -	Namiko
2022	The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie	Rouko Furaku
2022	2 Women	Shoko Shiraki
2020	We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous	Shino
2020	Family Bond
2020	Step	Nanae Saito
2020	The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –	Namiko Nirayama
2019	The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
2019	An Artist of the Floating World	Murakami Setsuko
2018	シャンハイムーン	Guangping Xu
2018	Life in Overtime	Kuri Hamada
2018	Love x Doc	Reiko Fuyuki
2017	Mixed Doubles	Yayoi Yoshioka
2017	稲垣家の喪主	稻垣杏子
2016	湊かなえサスペンス『望郷』	富田美里 / TOMITA Misato
2016	The Woman Who Took the Local Paper	Shiota Yoshiko
2016	Bōkyō	Misato Tomita (segment "Mikan no hana")
2016	Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -
2015	Hana's Miso Soup	Chie Yasutake
2015	大使閣下の料理人	大澤瞳
2014	The Nutcracker 3D	Mauselinks (voice)
2014	Lingering Spirits	Yuko Kasahara
2014	Snow on The Blades	Setsu Shimura
2014	Snow Jack	Eru Fujisaki
2014	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	Kanae Mizushima (voice)
2013	Orpheus' Lyre	Yoko
2013	Legal High SP	Beppu Toshiko
2012	Key of Life	Kanae Mizushima
2012	Go, Masao!	Satomi Sunaga
2012	Kekkon Houkoku
2010	Flowers	Kei
2010	Miporin's Dimple	Okazaki Riko
2010	Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition
2010	Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
2009	Goemon	Chacha Asai
2009	Zero Focus	Sadako Ubara
2009	Villon's Wife	Akiko
2009	Toro to Tabi Suru: The Movie
2009	Making of "Departures"	Herself
2008	Departures	Mika Kobayashi
2008	Tears of Kitty	Yuko
2007	Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust	Mayumi Tanaka
2007	ママが料理をつくる理由
2007	Little DJ	Tamaki - Adult
2007	セレンディップの奇跡
2007	Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
2006	Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special	森沢いずみ（鏡子さん）
2006	Presents Aikagi	Yukari
2006	Haruka naru Yakusoku
2004	Hana & Alice	Editor
2003	Collage of Our Lives	Shizuru Satonaka
2003	Making of New York RH Avenue
2002	Arita
2002	Jam Films
2001	Wasabi	Yumi Yoshimido
2001	Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
2000	The Whispered City	Flea Market Girl
1999	Ryoko Hirosue First Live Show
1999	Railroad Man	Yukiko Sato
1999	Secret	Monami Sugita / Naoko Sugita
1999	Le Secret
1998	RYOKO HIROSUE WINTER GIFT '98 Happy Songs & Music Clips
1998	Making of R.H.
1998	Beach Boys Special	Makoto Izumi
1997	Because I Am Me
1997	20th Century Nostalgia	Anzu / Pouse
1997	Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen	Haruka
1997	Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert	Girl
1997	Infinity / The Making of 20th Century Nostalgia
1997	Wonderful Story
1996	The Making of '96 CM

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Grace's History
2023	Ranman	Makino Hisa
2022	エンディングカット
2022	Ending Cut
2022	Riding a Unicorn	Sachi Haneda
2021	Tower of Justice	Sawa Mizuki
2021	Tokkai: Furyousaiken Tokubetsu Kaishubu	Tamura Rei
2020	ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜	佐山美香
2019	Nippon Noir
2018	Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story
2017	Caution, Hazardous Wife	Yuri Ohara
2016	Naomi and Kanako	Naomi oda
2016	The Man with God's Tongue	雅
2015	Ouroboros	Kashiwaba Yuiko
2015	The Eternal Zero	Keiko Saeki
2014	Saintly Woman	Motoko Hijii / Maria Ozawa
2014	All About My Siblings	Mizuki Yoshikawa
2013	Starman: A Love Story	Sawako Uno
2013	Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru
2012	Keigo Higashino Mysteries	Tomomi Iida
2012	Legal High	別府敏子
2012	Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2011	Odd Family 11	Megumi Sanada
2010	Ryōmaden	Kao Hirai
2009	Triangle	Sachi
2009	MR.BRAIN
2008	Yasuko to Kenji	Erika Tsubaki
2007	Galileo	Yayoi
2006	Looking at Love and Death
2006	Tokyo Tower ~ Okan and me, sometimes, Oton (SP version)	Masami Narita
2006	Miracle Zoo ~ The Asahiyama Zoo Story ~	徳永志織
2005	Slow Dance	Mino Koike
2003	Ushinawareta Yakusoku
2003	He Is My Ex-Boyfriend	Makoto Saeki（佐伯真琴）
2002	Father	Makoto Shindo
2002	Babel - The Tower of Babel
2002	Love is Still Necessary	Takazono Ako
2001	Shotgun Marriage	Chiyo Kotani
2000	Summer Snow	Yuki Katase（片瀬ユキ）
2000	Oyaji	Suzu Kanzaki
2000	オヤジい	칸자키 스즈
1999	Lipstick	Ai Hayakawa
1998	I Love Dad Best in the World
1998	The Last Song
1998	When the Saints Go Marching In	Tsuchiya Arisu
1997	Beach Boys	Makoto Izumi
1996	Long Vacation	Takako Saito
1996	King of Sushi	Miharu Sekiguchi
1996	Konna Watashi ni Dare ga Shita
1995	Sashow The Last Case
1995	Heaven's Coin
1990	Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen