Rikako Murakami was born on March 30, 1966 in Yokohama, Japan as Rikako Yoshikawa. She is an actress, known for GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998), Futari botchi (1988) and Desu pawuda (1986). She was previously married to 渡部笃郎.
村上里佳子曾经演出过《同一屋檐下》和《GTO》里村井的妈妈等热情开朗的女子,34岁时同渡部笃郎结婚。