Yorie Yamashita

Biography

Yorie Yamashita is a Japanese actress born on September 29, 1964, in Fukuoka Prefecture's Fujisawa city. She graduated from Tokyo's Christian Academy and joined Moe's Soga Inc., where she made her acting debut as a lead in the 1986 film "Run Melts." Yamashita has since appeared in numerous television dramas, including NHK's "Chotchan" and "Spring Comes Late," and has also lent her voice to Studio Ghibli films such as "Whisper of the Heart."