is a Japanese comedian. He performs ''tsukkomi'' in the double act Impulse. His partner is Toshiyuki Itakura.
Tsutsumishita is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency.
Biography
In their junior high school and high school days, Tsutsumishita and Itakura belonged to the baseball club. Although Tsutsumishita was initially a substitute while serving as a captain at the Takeboshi High School Baseball club, he became the starting first baseman even though he had uniform number 13.
He formed Impulse in 1998 with his
NSC
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Sport and competition
* NSC United, an American soccer team
* National Scholastics Championship, an American quiz bowl competition
* National Scrabble Championship, now known as the Scrabble Players Championship
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classmate Toshiyuki Itakura. Before the formation, Tsutsumishita had formed a combi Plus 2 Ton with another NSC classmate, and at that time played the ''boke''.
In September 2005, he published a photograph collection titled ''Otoko Utsushi'' with photographs by Itakura.
On 27 September 2008, Tsutsumishita was arrested for driving 80 kmh on an ordinary road with a speed limit of 50 km.
On 6 March 2010, he was involved in a multiple car collision Ryuji Akiyama of the comedy trio
Robert
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. Akiyama suffered minor injuries.
On the 29 December 2010 broadcast of ''Haneru no Tobira'' Tsutsumishita made an on-air marriage proposal to Miki Matsuki (松枝美希) during the year-end special show. Matsuki, a former
Kishidan
, which means "The Knights", are a Japanese rock band. They have a retro image, wearing Japanese school uniforms in the style of bōsōzoku. The lead singer, Sho Ayanokoji (often styled as "Show Ayanocozey"), was DJ Ozma, until he retired in De ...
back dancer and leading member of the OZ-MAX with
DJ Ozma, accepted by dancing with Tsutsumishita. It was revealed on the 11 May broadcast that the couple registered their marriage on 3 March 2011. His wife's pregnancy was announced in the programme in November, and their eldest daughter was born on 24 January 2012.
On 14 June 2017, he was found by a police officer to be in a groggy state in the driver's seat of a car after having taken sleeping pills.
Tsutsumishita was put on suspension by his agency,
Yoshimoto Kogyo, and was allowed to return to television activities in late 2018.
Filmography
Television
Dramas
Films
Advertisements
Books
Discography
References
External links
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Japanese comedians
1977 births
People from Yokohama
Kanto Gakuin University alumni
Living people