Ryoko Shinohara

Biography

Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress born on August 13, 1973. As a singer, she achieved significant commercial success in the early 1990s with hits like "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" and the album Lady Generation: Shukujo no Jidai (1995). Shinohara has also established a strong acting career, earning two Japan Academy Film Prizes for her roles in The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps and Sakura Guardian in the North.