Tarō Suruga

is a Japanese musician and actor from Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture.

Biography

His father is rakugo performer Shōfukutei Tsurube II. He graduated from Shinko Gakuen Shinko High School and Osaka University of Arts Junior College. After studying in England for two years, he made his debut music release on the label Polystar as "taro" in 2003. After that, he formed the band "sleepydog", performing vocals and guitar. In 2008, when he became 30 years old, he decided to turn to acting. He has appeared in both films and television dramas.

In February 2011, he finished his "sleepydog" activities and started, along with sleepydog guitarist Takayuki Moriya. a new unit named "Human Note".

From 3 October 2011, he played the main role of Masaru Kawamoto in the '' Carnation'' television series (broadcast by NHK Asadora Osaka Broadcasting Station).

In 2013, he played a role in Tokyo Broadcasting System Television's ''Hanzawa Naoki''.

Appearances

Films

*''Detroit Metal City'' (23 Aug 2008, Toho) – as Tetra Pot Melon Ti Watanabe
*'' Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship'' (1 May 2009, Toei Company)
*''Kondo wa Aisai-ka'' (16 Jan 2010, Toei Company)
*'' Troubleshooting! The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition'' (20 Feb 2010, Nikkatsu) – as Yosuke Isobe
*''Bakuhatsu! Suke-ban Hunters Sōkatsu Magurikomi Sakusen'' (29 May 2010, United Entertainment) – as Kato
*''The Lone Scalpel'' (5 Jun 2010, Toei Company) – as Kobayashi
*''Flowers'' (12 Jun 2010, Toho) – as Taichi Hirano
*''Saiban-chō! Koko wa Chōeki 4-nen de dō suka'' (6 Nov 2010, Therearez Enterprise)
*''SP The Motion Picture Kakumei-hen'' (12 Mar 2011, Toho) – as Sawajiri
*'' Runway Beat'' (19 Mar 2011, Shochiku)
*''Tomie Unlimited'' (14 May 2011, T-Joy/CJ Entertainment Japan)
*'' Tezuka Osamu no Buddha -Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku-'' (28 May 2011, Toei Company/Warner Bros.) – as executioner (voice)
**'' Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha -Owarinaki Tabi-'' (8 Feb 2014, Toei Company) – as Baddika (voice)
*''Princess Toyotomi'' (28 May 2011, Toho)
*''Helldriver'' (23 Jul 2011, Nikkatsu) – as Ishino
*''Gekiatsu –Manatsu no Etude–'' (20–21 Aug 2011, West Power/West Discovery Film) – as Tetsuo Kumada
*''Kamisama no Karute'' (27 Aug 2011, Toho)
*''Gokudō Meshi'' (23 Sep 2011, Showgate) – as Mitsuharu Kotani
*''Kurosawa Eiga 2011 –Warai ni Dekinai Koi ga aru–'' (26 Nov 2011, Phantom Film) – as Morita
*''Inu no Kubiwa to Croquette to'' (28 Jan 2011, Phantom Film) – as Yasushimoto
*'' Arakawa Under the Bridge: The Movie'' (4 Feb 2012, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan) – as Last Samurai
*''Subete wa "Hadaka ni naru" kara Hajimatte'' (11 Feb 2012, Banana Fish) – as Machida
*'' Ouran High School Host Club'' (17 Mar 2012, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan) – as Secretary Lawrence
*''Home Itoshino Zashikiwarashi'' (28 Apr 2012, Toei Company) – as Saito
*'' The Boy Inside'' (22 Sep 2012, United Entertainment)
*''Tabi no Okurimono Ashita e'' (27 Oct 2012, Kino Films)
*''Kita no Kanaria-tachi'' (3 Nov 2012, Toei Company) – as Toda
*''Fly With the Gold'' (3 Nov 2012, Shochiku)
*''Soul Flower Train'' (31 Aug 2013, Enesai) – as Hajime Tachibana
*''Miss Zombie'' (14 Sep 2013, Live Viewing Japan)
*''Kimi o Omou'' (12 Oct 2013, Asmik Ace/Toho) – as Hiraiwa
*''Short Movie Crash 2013'' 1st "Crash Return of the bad girl" (26 Oct 2013, Adways Pictures)
*''The Eternal Zero'' (21 Dec 2013, Toho)
*'' Girl in the Sunny Place'' (2014) – as Wataru
*''Crows Explode'' (12 Apr 2014, Toho)
*''A Family'' (24 May 2014, Warner Bros.) – as Furuya
*''Climbing to Spring'' (14 Jun 2014, Toho) – as Taichi Nishimura
*''Naniwa Zenidō'' (12 Jul 2014, Rakueisha) – as Atsushi Usui
*'' The Next Generation: Patlabor'' Chapter 6 (29 Nov 2014, Shochiku Media Division) – as Yoshida
*''Kakashi to Racket –Aki to Tamako no Natsuyasumi–'' (4 Apr 2015, Aeon Entertainment) – as Kazuo Ozuki
*''7s'' (7 Nov 2015, Bead International)
*''Yume ni–Ai no tobashiri'' (30 Jul 2016, Best Brain) – Starring-as Yumeji Takehisa
*''Sanada 10 Braves'' (22 Sep 2016, Nikkatsu/Shochiku) – as Miyoshi Seikai
*''Cinderella Game'' (2016, AMG Entertainment) – as Takimoto
*''Her Love Boils Bathwater'' (2016, Clockworks) – as Takimoto
*''Samurai's Promise'' (2018)
*'' The Blood of Wolves'' (2018, Toei) – as Jirō Uesawa
*''Bunbuku Chagama'' (2018, ABC Livra)
*''A Family'' (2021, Star Sands, Kadokawa)
*''Every Trick in the Book'' (2021, Shochiku)
*''Zenbu, Boku no Sei'' (2022) as Ryo Shiraishi
*''Hard Days'' (2023)
*''Oshorin'' (TBA)

TV dramas

*''Rinjō Dai 1-shō'' Episode 4 (6 May 2009, EX) – as Yamamoto
*''Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite'' (29 May – 12 Jun 2009, NHK) – as Jiro Kato
*Saturday Night at the Mysteries ''Shinbun Kisha Goro Tsurumaki 3'' (29 Aug 2009, EX) – as Narimiya
*''Yusuke Kamiji no Genki no deru Koi'' Episodes 6–10 (1 Sep 2009 – All 12 episodes × 5 minutes, BeeTV) – as Kazuya
*''The Ancient Dogoo Girl'' Episode 5 (4 Nov 2009, MBS) – as Yosuke Isobe
* Taiga drama (NHK)
**'' Ryōmaden'' Episode 4 – Final Episode (24 Jan – 28 Nov 2010) – as Seikichi Nogami
**'' Taira no Kiyomori'' Episode 14 – Final Episode (8 Apr – 23 Dec 2012) – as Taira no Tsunemori
*'' SMAP×SMAP'' Hontōni atta Koi no Hanashi 2 Episode6 "Sewa-yakuna Koi" (24 May 2010, CX) – as Sanda
*''Clone Baby'' (8 Oct – 17 Dec 2010, TBS) – as Haruki Wakabayashi
*''Q10'' Episode 2 (23 Oct 2010, NTV) – as Chaka
*''Seicho Matsumoto Special: Kyūkei no Arano'' (26–27 Nov 2010, CX) – as Detective Ogura
*''Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana'' (12 Jan – 4 Mar/12–13 Sep 2011, TBS) – as Zenji Sudo
*''Try Age –Sansedai no Chōsen–'' Episode 2 "Kazuya Kaneda Mitsuyo no Monogatari" (10 Feb 2011, NHK BShi) – as Shinkichi Hashimoto
*Saturday Night at the Mysteries ''Ai to Shi no Kyōkai-sen'' (26 Mar 2011, ABC)
*''Shimashima'' (22 Apr – 24 Jun 2011, TBS) – as Hiiragi Futaba
*Getsuyō Golden ''Zeimu Chōsakan Taro Madogiwa no Jiken-bo 22'' (27 Jun 2011, TBS) – as Tomoyuki Naruse
*'' Arakawa Under the Bridge'' (26 Jul – 27 Sep 2011, MBS) – as Last Samurai
*'' Unfair the special –Double Meaning Nijūteigi–'' (23 Sep 2011, KTV – as Director
**''Double Meaning Yes or No?'' (1 Mar 2013) – as Producer
*'' Last Money: Ai no Nedan'' Episode 3 (27 Sep 2011, NHK) – as Ozawa
* Asadora '' Carnation'' Episodes 33–60 (9 Nov – 10 Dec 2011, NHK) – as Sho Ohara (Kawamoto)
*''Kasōken no Onna Dai 11 Series'' Episode 4 (10 Nov 2011, EX) – as Hiroshi Takasaki
*''Kaitō Royale'' Episode 6 (2 Dec 2011, TBS) – as Yuta Ito
*''Saiko no Jinsei'' Episodes 3–4, 7, Final Episode (26 Jan–2, 23 Feb, 15 Mar, TBS) – as Sota Ichinose
*''3.11 Sonohi, Ishinomaki de Nani ga Okita no ka –6-mai no Kabeshinbun–'' (6 Mar 2012, NTV)
*''Friend-Ship Project –Taku no Taxi–'' (31 Mar 2012, TX) – Starring; as Taku Tanaka
*''Kaneko Misuzu Monogatari –Minna chigatte, minna ī–'' (9 Jul 2012, TBS) – as Kensuke Kaneko
*''Kuro no Jokyōshi'' (20 Jul – 21 Sep 2012, TBS) – as Taro Noguchi
*''Ōoku–Tanjō ūkō-Iemitsu-hen' Episodes 1 and 2 (12–19 Oct 2012, TBS) – as Myoe
*''Pillow Talk –Bed no Omowaku–'' Episode 4 (25 Oct 2012, KTV) – as Koji Koizumi
*''Irodori Himura'' Episode 7 (26 Nov 2012, TBS) – as Imai
*'' Kuroyuri Danchi ~Josho~'' Episodes 1–2, 11–12 (9–16 Apr, 18–25 Jun 2013, TBS) – as Yosuke Imura
*''Take Five –Oretachi wa Ai o Nusumeru ka–'' (19 Apr – 21 Jun 2013, TBS) – as Bartender/Takashi Kogori
*''Kuroi 10-ri no Hitomi Kuroki III'' "Kuroi Shachō," "Kuroi Senpai" (30 Jun 2013, NHK BS Premium)
*''Hanzawa Naoki'' Part 2 (25 Aug – 22 Sep 2013, TBS) – as Tadashi Yuasa
*''Yorozu Uranai Sho Onmyō-ya e yōkoso'' (8 Oct – 17 Dec 2013, KTV) – as Hideyuki Makihara
*''Hanasaku Ashita'' (5 Jan – 23 Feb 2014, NHK BS Premium) – as Kazuki Miyazaki
*''Border: Keishichō Sōsa Ichi-ka Satsujin-han Sōsa Dai 4 Kakari'' Episode 3 (24 Apr 2014, EX) – as Yasuo Shimamura
*''Sanuki udon Yūshi-ka'' (21 May 2014, NHK BS Premium) – as Haruhiko Shigematsu
*''Roosevelt Game'' Episode 6 (1 Jun 2014, TBS) – as Hideo Sawaki
*''Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo N (neo)'' Episodes 5–6 (16–23 Aug 2014, NTV) – as Toru Shimonomiya
*''Endless Affair–Owari naki Jōji'' (23–30 Aug 2014, LaLa TV) – as Yoji Tamura
*''Drama Special: Iryū Sōsa'' (19 Oct 2014, EX) – as Shoichi Kuzumaki
*''Sakura –Jiken o Kiku Onna–'' (20 Oct – 22 Dec 2014, TBS) – as Saburo Kajiwara
*''Watashitachi ga Propose sa renai no ni wa, 101 no Riyū ga atteda na'' Episode 2 (11 Nov 2014, LaLa TV) – as Takahiro
*''Shuryō Sekki'' (19 Nov 2014, KTV) – as Kunihiko Nanko
*''Tamagawa Kuyakusho Of The Dead'' Episodes 10–12 (5–19 Dec 2014, TX) – as Sakuranosuke Shimao
*Suiyō Mystery 9 ''Tsumihi'' (10 Dec 2014, TX) – as Shinobu Wakamiya
*''Sono Otoko, Ishiki Takai Kei.'' (3 Mar 2015 –, NHK BS Premium) – as Takashi Ninomiya
*''Kasane'' Episode 4 (24 Mar 2015, TX) – as Dōzaki Yamamoto Hajime
*''Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari: season10'' Episode 1 (22 Apr 2015, EX) – as Akira Toyohara
*''Lunch no Akko-chan'' (12 May – 30 Jun, NHK BS Premium)
*''Saikyō no futari –Kyoto Fukei Tokubetsu Sōsahan–'' Episode 5 (20 Aug 2015, EX) – as Shimsuke Shimamura
*''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' (23 Oct – 11 Dec 2015, TX) – as Masayuki Suzuki
*''Wakako Sake'' Season2 Episode 1 (8 Jan 2016, BS Japan) – as Admiral
*Seicho Matsumoto Ni-yo Renzoku Drama Special Dai Ichi-yo ''Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special Chihōshi o Kau Onna–Sakka Ryuji Sugimoto no Suiri'' (12 Mar 2016, EX) – as Sakiji Shoda
*'' Love Song'' (Apr–Jun 2016, CX) – as Kenta Nomura
*Drama Special ''Gold Woman'' (28 May 2016, EX) – as Tsutomu Saita
*''Seisei suru hodo, Aishiteru'' Episode 2 (19 Jul 2016, TBS) – as Joichi Mori
*Doyō Wide Gekijō ''Okashina Keiji 14'' (22 Oct 2016, EX) – as Susumu Igarashi
*''Codename Mirage'' (2017) – Kohei Himeshima
*''Onna no Kunshō'' (15, 16 Apr 2017, CX) – as Keita Nomoto
*''Chīsana Kyojin'' (16 Apr – 18 Jun 2017, TBS) – as Ryoichi Fujikura
*''Keishichō Zero Kakari –Seikatsu Anzen-ka nan demo Sōdan-shitsu– Second Season'' (21 Jul 2017 –, TX) – as Haruuma Date
*BS Shōten Drama Special ''Katsura Utamaru'' (9 Oct 2017, BS Nittele) – as Tatekawa Danshi VII
*'' Akagi "Ryūzaki-Yagi-hen/Ichikawa-hen"'' (13 Oct – 10 Nov 2017, BS SkyPerfecTV!) – as Nango
*''Akahige'' (2017) – Fujiyoshi
*''Kansayaku Shuhei Nozaki'' (2018) – Masayoshi Sakamoto
*''Koshiji Fubuki Monogatari'' (2018) – Yoshio Shoji
*'' The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business'' Episode 4 (3 Feb 2018, TBS) – as Tsunoi
*'' Idaten'' (2019, NHK) – as Haruhide Matsushita
*'' Kirin ga Kuru'' (2020, NHK) – as Tsutsui Junkei
*''Bakumatsu Aibō-den'' (2022, NHK) – as Katsura Kogorō
*''Shin Shinchō Kōki'' (2022, NTV) – as Naomasa Ii

Variety

*''run for money Tōsō-chū'' (28 Sep 2014 – 29 Nov 2015, CX) – as Kakeru Kisaragi

Direct-to-video

*''Highway Battle R×R Vol.1'' (19 Dec 2008, Avex Marketing) – as Keita Ishida
*''Highway Battle R×R Vol.2'' (27 Feb 2009, Avex Marketing) – as Keita Ishida
*''Ayakashi Kagura'' (16 Sep 2011, GP Museum) – as Otomo-sensei

Music videos

* Atsuko Maeda "Kimi wa Boku Da" (20 Jun 2012) – as Shinji
*Osamu Kimura "(Emi)" (14 Nov 2012)

Stage

*''Rody Musical'' (2–6 Aug 2010, Sogetsu Hall) – as Cham
*''Warau Kyotō'' (3 Oct – 2 Dec 2012, Tokyo/Chihō) – as Nonomura
*''TV no namida'' (26–31 Mar 2013, Panasonic Globe Theatre – as Shinji Ogawa
*''Ken Yokoyama: Dai Zachō Kōen'' (6–9 May 2013, Asakusa Public Hall) – as Shinji Taki
*''Sanada Jūyūshi'' (7 Jan – 19 Feb 2014, Tokyo-Osaka/11 Sep – 23 Oct 2016, Tokyo-Kanagawa-Hyōgo) – as Kiyomi Miyoshi
*''Complex Sticker'' (14–18 May 2014, Ebisu Echo Theater)
*''Kira desuga, nani ka?'' (21 Nov – 14 Dec 2014, Honda Theater) – as Masatake
*''Hachigatsu Nōryō Kabuki: Kuruwa Hanashi Yamana-ya Urazato'' (9–28 Aug 2016, Kabuki-za Theater) – as Gyūtarō no Tomozō

Voice acting

*''UFC Gatekeeper TUF Two Class Tournament'' (30 Nov 2011 – 15 Feb 2012, Wowow) – as Stephen Siler (dubbing)

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*Shionogi Popon S (Mar 2009 –)
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*Cabinet Office "Kodomo Kosodate Shien–Mirai-tachi e" (Jun 2010 –)
*Bathclin Yakuyō Nyūyoku-zai Bathclin (Oct 2010 –)
*Kirin Brewery Kirin Free (28 Jan 2011 –)
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*Kao Corporation Attack Neo Kōkin EX Power (Mar 2012 –)
*Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (19–25 Dec 2012)
*Calpis "Calpis wa Suki?" (Mar 2013 –)
*Nihon Full Hop (Mar 2013 –)
*The Asahi Shimbun Company '' Asahi Shimbun'' (Mar 2014 –)

CS, cable television

*''Space Shower Music Update'' (Oct 2008 – Mar 2009, Space Shower TV) – Wednesday regular VJ
*''8-Jidesu! Namahōsō!!'' (9 Jul 2010 – 14 Dec 2012, J:Com Kansai 18 bureau) – Friday regular

Radio

*''Mozaiku Night –No.1 Music Factory–'' (5 Apr 2010 – 28 Mar 2011, bayfm78 – Monday personality

Discography

As taro

Singles

*Dōshite konna ni Kanashī 'ndarou (25 Sep 2003)*Cover of Takuro Yoshida

Mini albums

*''Relationship'' (5 Feb 2003)
*''Loop To The Roots'' (27 Nov 2003)

With sleepydog

Singles

*Start Line (19 Jul 2006)

Mini albums

*''air'' (22 Apr 2009)

Music provided

*Ken Miyake "Yūgure Orange" ( V6's album ''Voyagers Limited edition B included on its bonus CD)

Notes

References

External links

* – Ameba Blog
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* – FC2 (former blog)
* – FC2 (former blog)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suruga, Taro
Japanese male actors
Japanese male musicians
Actors from Hyōgo Prefecture
1978 births
Living people