Shinohara Ryoko's father recently passed away due to liver cancer.� According to Sanspo, Ryoko lost her mother when she was 2 years old because of car accident, and her father raised her and her brother by himself.

Ryoko married actor Ichimura Masachika in 2005, but they never held wedding ceremony, or a reception party.� However, to make Ryoko's father happy, Ryoko planned to show him herself in wedding dress on August 14th.� When her father saw Ryoko in wedding dress, he was crying with happiness, and three days after she held wedding reception, her father passed away.

What a sad story.

Source: Sanspo.com