is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action

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adaptation of the popular

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series ''

Great Teacher Onizuka ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 1997 to February 2 ...

'', and the assassin O in Hong Kong action film ''

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''. While he mainly works as an actor, he has released serval singles and albums over the years. On February 21, 2001, he married actress

Nanako Matsushima is a critically acclaimed Japanese actress and model known for her role in the horror film ''Ring''. She was also the female lead character in the drama '' A Story of Love'', along with ''Ring'' co-star Hiroyuki Sanada. In 2011, her drama '' Ka ...

who he co-starred with in ''Great Teacher Onizuka''. On May 31, 2004, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The couple had a second daughter on November 30, 2007. In 2005 he starred in the movie ''

Otoko-tachi no Yamato is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Satō and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship ''Yamato'', con ...

''.

Filmography

TV Dramas

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(2015 TV Asahi) as Wataru Kaburagi *

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(2013 NHK) as

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* Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner (2012 TBS) * Good Life~Arigato,Papa. Sayonara~ (2011 Fuji TV) * Lotto 6 de San-oku Ni-senman En Ateta Otoko (2008 TV Asahi) * Dream Again (2007 NTV) * 14 Sai no Haha ''episodes 10–11'' (2006 NTV) * Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakai (2006 NTV) as Lt. Akiyoshi Iba * Rokusen Nin no Inochi no Visa (2005 YTV) * HOTMAN 2 (2004 TBS) * Sheeraza Do (2004 NHK) * Wonderful Life (2004 Fuji TV) *

Hotman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sho Kitagawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1997 to 2000, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted i ...

(2003 TBS) * Ryuuten no Ouhi - Saigo no Koutei (2003 TV Asahi) * Double Score (2002 Fuji TV) * Toshiie to Matsu (2002 NHK) as

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Number One Number One most commonly refers to: * 1 (number) Number One, No. 1, or #1 may also refer to: Music Albums * ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song * ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song * ''No.1'' (EP), by CLC * ''n.1 ...

(2001 TBS) * Love Complex (2000 Fuji TV) *

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(1999 TBS) *

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(1999 Fuji TV) *

(1998 Fuji TV) *

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(1997 Fuji TV) * Virgin Road (1997 Fuji TV) * Tsubasa wo Kudasai (1996 Fuji TV) * ''Miseinen'' (1995 TBS) * Ryoma ni omakase (1995 NTV) * (1995 TBS) * (1995 TBS) * (1994 TBS)

Movies

* '' The Man Who Won 320 Million Yen'' (xxxx) * '' Fly Boys, Fly!'' (1995) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2001) * '' 13 Kaidan'' ''The Thirteen Steps'' (2003) * ''

'' (2005) * '' The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea'' (2007) as

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

* '' The Liar and His Lover'' (2013) * '' Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy'' (2019) * ''Mio's Cookbook'' (2020) as Mizuhara Tōzai

Anime

*''

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with List of Doraemon chapters, its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ' ...

'' (2018) as Wataru Kaburagi

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Message (メッセージ)'' (September 10, 1997) * ''High Life'' (September 18, 1998) * ''Soul'' (December 6, 2000)

Singles

* ''Forever'' (July 30, 1997) : as Takashi Sorimachi with

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* ''One'' (April 15, 1998) * ''Poison (POISON ~言いたい事も言えないこんな世の中は~)'' (July 29, 1998) * ''Free'' (November 1, 2000)

Compilations

* ''Best of My Time'' (March 17, 1999) * ''Best of Best'' (June 7, 2006) * ''Golden ☆ Best'' (December 8, 2010)

External links

Takashi Sorimachi's
official site at Ken-on
Takashi Sorimachi's
profile and bio *
Biography
at Japan-Zone * Japanese male actors 1973 births Living people People from Saitama (city) Japanese male pop singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers Universal Music Japan artists Mercury Records artists {{Japan-film-actor-stub