Ryo Nishikata

Ryo Nishikata
西方凌
Born
Atsuko Nishikata

(1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 44)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesAtsuko Kimura (real name)
Occupations
  • Tarento
  • actress
Years active2004–
AgentYoshimoto Creative Agency
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse
Yuichi Kimura
(m. 2012)

Ryo Nishikata (西方凌, Nishikata Ryō, born 27 August 1980, in Aichi Prefecture)[1] is a Japanese tarento and actress. Her real name is Atsuko Kimura (木村敦子, Kimura Atsuko, née Nishikata (西方)). She appeared in the Nippon TV series Koi no kara Sawagi as the ninth generation member from 2002 to 2003 and was nicknamed Sakan-ya (左官屋). In 2004 she started other careers other than a tarento. She appeared in television advertisements and music videos. Her film debut was Nise-satsu in April 2009.

Nishikata is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency. It was discovered that in 2009 she is dating Nise-satsu director Yuichi Kimura. After three years they were later married in May 2012.[citation needed]

Filmography

TV series

Variety

Year Title Network
2002 Koi no kara Sawagi NTV
Geinō Bang
Manten Aozora Restaurant
Oh! Doya Kao Summit ABC
Shabekuri 007 NTV
Gokujō Jikara TV Tokyo
Down Town DX NTV
Butcha ke Nahāre YTV

Drama

Year Title Role Network Notes
2012 Deka Kurokawa Suzuki Reiko Yamashita YTV Episode 4
Kuroi Jū-ri no Hitomi Kuroki 2 NHK BS Premium
2014 Isha-ryō Bengoshi: Anata no Namida, Okane ni Kaemashou Setsuko Kumagai YTV Episode 5

Advertisements

Year Title
2004 Spa Resort Hawaiians
Sharp (SH901iC) Docomo
2006 WOWOW Only W
The Oriental Land Company Tokyo DisneySea
Kentucky Fried Chicken Christmas Campaign
Smirnoff Ice
Murasaki Sports
2007 Make Mania
2008 Tokyo Tatemono Brilia
Canon DPS

Music videos

Year Title
2004 Moomin "Kiminotonari"
2006 AAA "Soul Edge Boy"
2007 TVXQ "Begin"
Ketsumeishi "Fuyu Monogatari"
Ink. "Ink Punk Phunk"
2008 Masayoshi Yamazaki "Mayonaka no Boon Boon"
2009 muddy on the Sakuban "Ozis"

Films

Year Title Role
2009 Nise-satsu Misako Shimamoto
2010 Hito no Sabaku: Kyō no Chōsho
No Longer Human
2011 Wararaifu!!
Kyon no iru Shima
Om Rice
2012 Onaji Hoshi no Shimo, sorezore no Yoru
2014 Kaa-chan ni Okuru Uta Hazuki Shinjo

Others

Year Title Website
2010 Onna-tachi wa Ni-do Asobu: Yume no Onna BeeTV

Stage

Year Title
2011 Lovely Corporation Mejiro Shiten
Koi ni Ochita na Tantei

Books

Year Title Notes
2011 Kanojo ga Kaisha o Yameta Riyū: Yume o Kanaeta "Moto Shain" 13-ri no Monogatari Interviewed by Keiko Kageyama

References

  1. ^ "西方凌". Yoshimoto Kogyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2016.