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actor. He started acting at the age of three in education programs. He is currently studying at Hosei University Business Faculty. He is frequently cast as

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y or

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characters. Itō is the older brother of the actor and voice actor Takahiro Itō, who committed suicide in 2009. He was married on May 1, 2010 and has a daughter born on October 29, 2015.

Filmography

Television

* Kamen Norida as Chibi Norida (1989) * Kasugano-Tsubone (NHK, 1989) *

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as Noboru Kojima (TBS, seasons one and two) * Daihyo Torishimariyaku Deka (

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, 1990 1991) *

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as Kenta Yamamoto (Fuji TV, 1996) * Special Ghost Stories of the Students By the Spring as Kazu (KTV, Mar 27, 2001) * I'll be eighteen tomorrow as Akira Saiki (NHK, Nov 23, 2001)
Zenigata Ai
as Takaaki Yamaguchi (in episode 2,

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, 2002)
Over the Hill
( HTB, Aug 25, 2003)
Suekko Chounan Ane Sannin
as Daisuke Yamada ( TBS, 2003) * Sheeraza Do (

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, 2004) * Aijou Ippon as Noboru Todoroki (NTV, 2004

People planting home
as Shuichi Toyama ( TBS, Oct 20, 2004) * Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ''Those Which Live in the Darkness'' as Yuya Satake (Fuji TV, Oct 25, 2004) * Yoshitsune as Kisanta (NHK, 2005) *

Last Present ''Last Present'' (; lit. "Present" or "Gift") is a 2001 South Korean film. Directed by Oh Ki-hwan, it tells the tale of Yong-ki (Lee Jung-jae), a struggling comedian who continues to see parallels between his disintegrating relationship with his ...

as Shosuke Mizuhara (

, June 11, 2005) *

Umizaru Fuji is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series, and he also did the research to make the series more aut ...

(in episode one, 2005) *

Densha Otoko is a Japanese movie, television series, manga, novel, and other media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old ''otaku'' who intervened when a drunk man started to harass several women on a train. The ''otaku'' ultimate ...

as Tsuyoshi Yamada (Densha Otoko) (Fuji TV, 2005) * Saiyūki as Cho Hakkai (Fuji TV, 2006) * Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari ''Replay'' as Shuichi Tanabe (Fuji TV, Mar 28, 2006) * Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ''Under Precipice'' (Fuji TV, Aug 22, 2006) *

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as Tsuyoshi Yamada (Densha Otoko) (

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,Sep 23, 2006)
Iwo Jima: Senjo no Yubin Haitatsu
as Masayoshi Namoto (

, Dec 9, 2006)
Kamisama Kara Hitokoto
( WOWOW, Dec 24, 2006)
Serendip no Kiseki
as Mikio Hatano (NTV, Mar 12, 2007, Story 2) * Watashitachi no Kyoukasho as Kohei Kaji (

, 2007) * Teacher Road ''Terrestrial Last Teacher'' as Teacher Part ( TBS, 2007, Episode 9) * Kim Hyon Hui wo Toraeta Otokotachi ~Fuuin Sareta Mikkakan~ (

, Dec 15, 2007) * Galileo Bangaihen Yungeru as Kouji Yanagizawa (

, Jan 1, 2008) * Loss Time Life as Hajime Moriyasu (

, 2008, Story 5) * Naito Daisuke Monogatari as

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( TBS, July 28, 2008) * Arigatou! Champy as Kyoshi Kawai (

, Sep 13, 2008) *

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as Kohei Taguchi (

, 2008) * Hyoryu Net Cafe as Koichi Toki ( TBS, 2009) * The Rival: Shonen Sunday vs. Shonen Magazine as Jin Makabe (NHK, May 5, 2009)
Samayoi Zakura
as Keiichi Haiba (

, May 30, 2009)
Oyaji no Ichiban Nagai Hi
as Shoichiro Sumida (

, June 19, 2009)
Team Batista no Eiko SP : Aratana Meikyuu e no Shoutai
as Kohei Taguchi (

, Sep 15, 2009) * Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari ''Ideal Sukiyaki'' as Kazuki Nishimura (

, Oct 5, 2009)
Team Batista no Eiko SP : Nightingale no Chinmoku
as Kohei Taguchi (

, Oct 9, 2009) *

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as Kohei Taguchi (

, 2010) * Mori no Asagao as Naoki Oikawa (

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, 2010)
Team Batista SP : Saraba General! Tensai Kyuumeii wa Aisuru Hito o Sukue
as Kohei Taguchi (

, Jan 2, 2011)
Propose Kyodai
as Kazuo Tanaka (

, Feb 21-24, 2011) * Ariadne no Dangan as Kohei Taguchi (

, 2011) * Chouchou-san as Isaku Tanigawa (young) (NHK, Nov 19 and 26, 2011)
SPEC ~Keishichou Kouanbu Kouan Daigoka Mishou Jiken Tokubetsu Taisakugakari Jikenbo~ Shou
as Atsushi Ito (cameo) ( TBS Apr 1, 2012) * Bayside Shakedown The TV Special as Shinjiro Waku (

, 2012)
Miyabe Gokujou
as Shuji Sakura ( TBS May 14, 2012) * Sarutobi Sansei as Sarutobi Sasuke (NHK, 2012) * Double Face - Sennyuu Sosa Hen as Hiroshi ( TBS, 2012) * Apoyan - Hashiru Kokusai Kuukou as Keita Endo ( TBS, 2013) * Radenmeikyuu as Kohei Taguchi (

, 2014) * Mozu Season 1 - Mozu no Sakebu Yoru as Keisuke Narumiya ( TBS, 2014) * Mozu Season 2 - Maboroshi no Tsubasa as Keisuke Narumiya ( WOWOW, 2014) * Kazokugari as Shunsuke Sudo ( TBS, 2014) * Science of people as Yoshitani ( Hikaritv, 2014) * 鵜飼いに恋した夏 as Kaorutaira Sasamoto (NHK, November 12, 2014) * Mutsu - Mieru Me as Junichiro Hayase (

, 2015) * Ohsugi Tantei Jimukyoku as Keisuke Narumiya ( TBS, 2015) *

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as Shohei Mizuta (NHK, 2016) *

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''海の星'' as Yohei Hamasaki (

, 2016) * Daibinbo as Shinichi Kakihara (

, 2017) * Smartphone is in Brain as Keita Orimo (NTV-YTV, 2017) * Hello Harinezumi as Kawada ( TBS, 2017) * 龍馬　最後の３０日 as Kenzaburo Okamoto (NHK, November 19, 2017) * Oh My Jump as Hiroshi Tsukiyama (

, 2018) * Raven of the White Day as Masato Nitta (

, Jan 11, 2018) * Zettai Reido 3 as Toru Sadaharu (

, 2018) * Meitantei Akechi Kogoro as Yoshio Kobayashi (

, 2019) * Kyo, Kaerimasu as Katsuhiro Morita ( WOWOW, March 10, 2019)

Movies

* ''

A Sign Days is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Sai. Awards 11th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Actor - Ryō Ishibashi *Won: Best Actress - Anna Nakagawa *Won: Best Screenplay - Hiroshi Saitō, Yōichi Sai was a Japanese film director. He ...

'' (1989) * '' Tetto Musashino-sen'' as Miharu Tamaki (1997) * '' Gakko III'' (1998) * ''Boy's Choir'' as Michio Yanagida (2000) * ''Fifteen'' as Dobashi Kinichi (2001) * ''

When the Last Sword Is Drawn is a 2002 historical drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events. ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' won the Best Film award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the prizes for Best Actor (Kiichi Nakai) ...

'' as Young Chiaki Ono (2003) * '' Kakuto'' as Naoshi (2003) * ''Robocon'' as Yotsuya (or Robot Contest, 2003) * '' Battlefield Baseball'' as Megane (2003) * '' Kikyo'' (2004) * ''

Blood and Bones is a Japanese film, directed by Yōichi Sai and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel ''Chi to Hone'' by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru (Yang Seok-il). The film opened in Japan on November 6, 2004. It was r ...

'' as Yong-il / Young Joon-pyong (2004) * ''Amoretto'' (2004) * ''Casshern'' (2004) * '' Umizaru Evolution'' as Hajime Kudo (2005) * ''Densha Otoko'' (movie version, cameo role, 2005) * '' The Adventures of Super Monkey'' as Cho Hakkai (Saiyûki Movie, 2007) * ''

Flowers in the Shadows is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa. Cast *Junichi Okada *Aoi Miyazaki * Atsushi Itō *Aya Hirayama *Tamaki Ogawa *Takashi Tsukamoto *Toshiyuki Nishida *Tomokazu Miura *Toshie Negishi *Kami Hiraiwa is a Japanese a ...

'' as Raita (2008) * '' Kanki no Uta'' as Shunsuke Kato (2008) * '' Fish Story'' as Shigeki (2009) * '' Amalfi: Megami No 50-Byou'' as Mikiyasu Taniki (2009) * ''Yazima Beauty Salon The Movie: Reaching a Nevada Dream'' (2010) * ''

Bayside Shakedown 3 is a 2010 Japanese action drama film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. It was released on July 3, 2010. Cast * Yūji Oda as Shunsaku Aoshima * Toshirō Yanagiba as Shinji Muroi * Eri Fukatsu as Sumire Onda * Yūsuke Santamaria , better know ...

'' as Shinjiro Waku (2010) * '' SPEC: The Movie'' as Atsushi Ito (2012) * ''

Bayside Shakedown The Final is a 2012 Japanese suspense action comedy film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. It was released on September 7, 2012. Cast * Yūji Oda as Shunsaku Aoshima * Toshirō Yanagiba as Shinji Muroi * Eri Fukatsu as Sumire Onda * Yūsuke Santamaria as Mas ...

'' as Shinjiro Waku (2012) * '' Bokutachi no Kōkan Nikki'' as Yohei tanaka (2013) * '' Team Batista Final: Kerberos no Shōzō'' as Kohei Taguchi (2014) * '' Birigal'' as Yoshitaka Tsubota (2015) * '' Boku wa Bosan'' as Koen Shirakawa (2015) * '' Mozu'' as Keisuke Narumiya (2015) * '' Cat Collection's House'' as Masaru Sakumoto (2017) * ''Horoyoi Sakaba'' as Yoshio Higuru (2017) * ''Ninkyō Gakuen'' (2019) * ''Mirai eno Katachi'' (2021)

Mobile Dorama

* ''Izumi'' as Kosuke ( au, 2009) * ''Kakaricho Aoshima Shunsaku 2 Jiken-wa Matamata Torishirabeshitsu-de Okiteiru!'' as Shinjiro Waku ( notty, 2012)

Music video

* Dreams Come True ET!!!/SUNSHINE

Awards

* 25th Japanese Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor for Birigal * 39th Japan Academy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor for Birigal * 2006 Elan d'or Awards - Newcomer Awards Winner for Yoshitsune,

* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor for

* 41st ACC FESTIVAL - Starring Awards 2001 for CM

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* 28th Shanghai Television Festival - Best Actor for I'll be eighteen tomorrow

References

External links

Itō Atsushi at Yahoo! Japan

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Kagehinata ni Saku Official Site

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