Ryoko Hirosue

I have a soft spot for the kind of star who arrives as pure sunshine and then quietly proves she meant business, and that's Ryōko Hirosue to me. A teenager from Kōchi who basically hypnotized late-90s Japan with one impossibly bright smile, singing and acting like the spotlight just naturally followed her around. Easy to file her under "luminous idol" and move on, but she didn't let you. She kept showing up on screen, did the unglamorous work, and walked off with a Blue Ribbon for supporting actress in 2013, which tells you the core was always steel under the glow. Add Waseda to the mix and the cute-but-secretly-sharp picture clicks into place. Whatever turbulence came and went, the moment she's back in frame she still tilts the whole room. I stay quietly curious about her.

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Ryoko Hirosue is a Japanese actress and singer born on July 18, 1980, in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture. She rose to national prominence in her teens and went on to build a substantial career in both film and music. In 2013 she received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress, and earlier in 1999 she received the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer. She attended Waseda University.

Name (English)

Ryoko Hirosue

Name (Japanese)

広末涼子

Reading

ひろすえ りょうこ

Born

July 18, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Height

161 cm

Occupation

Actress / Singer / Child Actress / Musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Blood type

O

Agency

R.H

Active years

1994 - 2023 / 2024 - 2025 / 2026 -

University

Waseda University

Awards & achievements

• Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013)
• Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer (1999)

Spouse

CANDLE JUNE

Works summary

Appearances

238 (1995–2023)

By year

1995: 4, 1996: 9, 1997: 14, 1998: 9, 1999: 9, 2000: 10, 2001: 11, 2002: 6, 2003: 9, 2004: 1, 2005: 1, 2006: 10, 2007: 9, 2008: 8, 2009: 10, 2010: 11, 2011: 1, 2012: 7, 2013: 9, 2014: 8, 2015: 4, 2016: 10, 2017: 4, 2018: 8, 2019: 4, 2020: 7, 2021: 5, 2022: 9, 2023: 6

Debut work

ハチ公のしっぽ

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.flamme.co.jp/actress/profile.php?talentid=1
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ryoko_hirosue_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/ryoko_staff
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%83%E6%9C%AB%E6%B6%BC%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234574

Tags

• From Kochi Prefecture
• Actress
• Singer
• Child Actress

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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