“Immediately after the raid, Yonekura contacted her close business associates in a very upset voice,” said an entertainment source. The police questioned her, and she told them that she didn’t know it was marijuana. On October 11, “Bunshun Online” reported that Ryoko Yonekura (50) was under investigation for violation of the Narcotics Control Law. According to the article, Yonekura is under investigation by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare’s Kanto Shinetsu Health and Welfare Bureau’s Narcotics Control Department, also known as Matri, which conducted a raid on Yonekura’s home on August 20. Yonekura has stopped updating her Instagram since August 19 and has canceled a number of events she was scheduled to attend since September. Her boyfriend, Gonzalo Cuecheo, an Argentine dancer, is also attracting attention. The two have been dating for more than five years. They lived together half the time in Yonekura’s apartment. However, on the blog of the dance school where Mr. Gonzalo teaches, there was a message from Mr. Gonzalo on October 12, saying that he had returned to his home country due to the health problems of his father and sister. He also said that he would decide whether or not to return to Japan depending on the results of the tests. A reporter in the society section of a national newspaper said, “Mr. Yonekura is cooperating with the investigation, but since Mr. Gonzalo is abroad, it seems that the interview investigation is not progressing. What happened to the actress who boasted of her high name recognition and popularity? What is going on with the actress, who had enjoyed a high level of fame and popularity? Yonekura was a close friend of Hidetomo Matsuda, who was 25 years her senior and whom she called “Matsu-chan” (Matsu-chan). Yonekura wrote on Instagram that they “fought so much that everyone was shocked” at the news of Matsuda’s death. The depth of their relationship is evident, but there were other breakups as well. Yonekura’s manager Mr. A, who had been with the major entertainment agency Oscar since Yonekura was a member of the agency, was a man of great confidence in Yonekura. However, Mr. A left the agency in 2011. In October 2012, Toshiyuki Nishida (76 years old) passed away. The two had developed a close friendship through “Doctor X,” but Nishida’s sudden death came as quite a shock to them both.
