Yūrei Yanagi (柳 憂怜 or 柳ユーレイ Yanagi Yūrei) is a Japanese actor and tarento born 1963-04-08 in Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] Yanagi was originally a member of Takeshi Kitano's gundan. In 1990 he continued to work with Takeshi for the film Boiling Point. Afterwards, he appeared in over eight more films before meeting up with Takeshi again for the 1997 film Hana-bi.[3] His most recent roles have been in horror fims such as Ring, Ju-on and Ju-on 2.
He is married to actress, novelist, and essayist Atsuko Kawada. He is also credited as Masahiko Ono or Yuurei Yanagi.