is a Japanese musician and actor from

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Biography

His father is rakugo performer

Shōfukutei Tsurube II , born , is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor. Filmography Film *''Tokyo Heaven'' (1990) *'' Moving'' (1993) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) - Senkichi *'' Dear Doctor'' (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino *'' About Her Brothe ...

. He graduated from Shinko Gakuen Shinko High School and

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. 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 ''

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'' television series (broadcast by NHK

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Osaka Broadcasting Station). In 2013, he played a role in

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Hanzawa Naoki is a 2013 and 2020 Japanese television series by Japanese broadcaster TBS based on the of novels by . It follows the story of Hanzawa Naoki, a banker working for the largest bank in Japan, Tokyo Chuo Bank. He faces numerous obstacles from upper ...

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Appearances

Films

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Detroit Metal City is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal'' from September 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volume ...

'' (23 Aug 2008,

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) – as Tetra Pot Melon Ti Watanabe *'' Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship'' (1 May 2009,

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) *''Kondo wa Aisai-ka'' (16 Jan 2010, Toei Company) *'' Troubleshooting! The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition'' (20 Feb 2010,

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) – as Yosuke Isobe *''Bakuhatsu! Suke-ban Hunters Sōkatsu Magurikomi Sakusen'' (29 May 2010, United Entertainment) – as Kato *''

The Lone Scalpel is a 2010 Japanese medical drama film directed by Izuru Narushima. The film was nominated for Best Picture at the 34th Japan Academy Prize. Cast * Shinichi Tsutsumi as Dr. Toma * Yui Natsukawa as Ryoko Nakamura * Hisashi Yoshizawa * Noriko ...

'' (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 *''

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Tomie Unlimited is a 2011 Japanese psychological-body horror film directed by Noboru Iguchi and the eighth installment and reboot of the ''Tomie'' film series. Plot Tsukiko Izumikawa (Moe Arai) is a member of the photography club in high school. On her way hom ...

'' (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 is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa. It is based on a bestselling novel of the same name written by Sosuke Natsukawa. Plot Dr. Ichito Kurihara (Sho Sakurai) works at a clinic in Nagano Prefecture. He rarely has any free time d ...

'' (27 Aug 2011, Toho) *'' Gokudō Meshi'' (23 Sep 2011,

Showgate , until October 1, 2015 , is a Japanese production company and distributor of films and series. Works *''CB Chara Go Nagai World'' (1990) *'' Burn Up'' (1991) *'' Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1992) **''GinRei Specials'' (1994 ...

) – 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,

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) – as Last Samurai *''Subete wa "Hadaka ni naru" kara Hajimatte'' (11 Feb 2012, Banana Fish) – as Machida *''

Ouran High School Host Club is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Bisco Hatori, and serialized in Hakusensha's '' LaLa'' magazine between the September 2002 and November 2010 issues. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran Ac ...

'' (17 Mar 2012, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan) – as Secretary Lawrence *''Home Itoshino Zashikiwarashi'' (28 Apr 2012, Toei Company) – as Saito *''

The Boy Inside is a 2012 Japanese film directed and written by Tetsu Maeda. It centers on a teenager having the IQ of a 6-year-old and his childhood friend, who tries to get him to fit into the society. The film is based on the manga with same name by Yamada Na ...

'' (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,

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/Toho) – as Hiraiwa *''Short Movie Crash 2013'' 1st "Crash Return of the bad girl" (26 Oct 2013, Adways Pictures) *''

The Eternal Zero is a 2013 Japanese war drama film directed by Takashi Yamazaki and based on a novel by Naoki Hyakuta, published in English by Vertical Inc. The film starts with a frame story set in 2004. A Japanese man in his twenties learns that he is the g ...

'' (21 Dec 2013, Toho) *''

Girl in the Sunny Place is a 2013 Japanese fantasy romance film directed by Takahiro Miki. The film, about an ordinary young couple named Kosuke and Mao, is based on a novel by Osamu Koshigaya of the same name that ranked first among novels which Japanese girls wanted bo ...

'' (2014) – as Wataru *''

Crows Explode is a 2014 Japanese action film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda. It is the third film based on the manga ''Crows'' by Hiroshi Takahashi. It is the sequel to 2009's '' Crows Zero 2''. It features new characters and an almost entirely new cast, inclu ...

'' (12 Apr 2014, Toho) *''A Family'' (24 May 2014, Warner Bros.) – as Furuya *''

Climbing to Spring is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Daisaku Kimura. It was released on 14 June 2014. Plot Tōru, a struggling securities trader in Tokyo, learns that his father Isao has died in a mountain rescue operation. He returns to his home town in ...

'' (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

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Sanada 10 Braves is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki action film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. It was released in Japan by Shochiku and Nikkatsu on September 22, 2016. Plot Cast * Nakamura Kankurō VI as Sarutobi Sasuke *Tori Matsuzaka as Kirigakure Saizō * Yuko O ...

'' (22 Sep 2016, Nikkatsu/Shochiku) – as Miyoshi Seikai *''Cinderella Game'' (2016, AMG Entertainment) – as Takimoto *''

Her Love Boils Bathwater is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Ryōta Nakano. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Futaba (Rie Miyazawa) single-handedly raising her teenage ...

'' (2016, Clockworks) – as Takimoto *''Samurai's Promise'' (2018) *''

The Blood of Wolves is a 2018 Japanese crime and yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi. Plot 1988, Hiroshima, Japan. Shūichi Hioka ( Tori Matsuzaka) gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Shōgo Ōgami (Kōji Yakusho), a detective rumored to have m ...

'' (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,

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) – 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 is a Japanese comedy tokusatsu series directed by Noboru Iguchi, director of ''The Machine Girl'' and '' RoboGeisha''. The show airs on MBS every Wednesday night at 25:25 JST. The ending theme is Denki Groove's . In October 2010, ''Dogoo Girl' ...

'' Episode 5 (4 Nov 2009,

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) – as Yosuke Isobe * Taiga drama (NHK) **''

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'' Episode 4 – Final Episode (24 Jan – 28 Nov 2010) – as Seikichi Nogami **''

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'' Episode 14 – Final Episode (8 Apr – 23 Dec 2012) – as

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'' 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,

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) – 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,

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) *''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 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura. The manga was first serialized in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Gangan'' from December 2004 to July 2015. An anime television series adaptation consisting of 26 e ...

'' (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 *

'' 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 is a Japanese television drama series based on a video game from DeNA. It premiered on TBS on 28 October 2011. The theme song of the series is ''Lock On'' by Yui. Cast * Tori Matsuzaka as Rei Kamimura * Aya Ōmasa as Karen Katagiri * Seiji ...

'' Episode 6 (2 Dec 2011, TBS) – as Yuta Ito *''

Saiko no Jinsei is a Japanese television drama series. It premiered on TBS on January 12, 2012. The drama revolves around the members of the Ihara family who operate a funeral parlor in Tokyo. Show Synopsis The funeral parlor has been run by Ihara Masato’s ...

'' 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) *''

'' 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 *''

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'' (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 *''

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'' (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 Awaiting Kirin is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama, premiering on January 19, 2020. It is t ...

'' (2020, NHK) – as

Tsutsui Junkei son of Tsutsui Junshō, and a ''daimyō'' of the province of Yamato. On 1571, Junkei, through the offices of Akechi Mitsuhide, pledged to service of Oda Nobunaga. Military life Early in his career, in 1565, Matsunaga Hisahide, one of the most ...

*''Bakumatsu Aibō-den'' (2022, NHK) – as

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Shin Shinchō Kōki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. It was first serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' March 2019 to June 2020 and later on the ''Comic Days'' manga application fro ...

'' (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 is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

" 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 The Panasonic Globe Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, was designed by Isozaki Arata and opened in 1988 to showcase local and international productions of Shakespeare's plays. Guest companies and artists have included the British Royal National 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)

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

α350 (Mar 2008 –) *Heian-kaku Marriyell (Aug 2008 –) *

Shionogi is a Japanese pharmaceutical company best known for developing Crestor. Medical supply and brand name also uses katakana (シオノギ). Shionogi has business roots that date back to 1878, and was incorporated in 1919. Among the medicines prod ...

Popon S (Mar 2009 –) *

Chubu Electric Power , abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is a Japanese electric utilities provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshu island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of Nagano Prefecture uses 50 Hz. Chubu Electric ...

"Denki ga Kurashi o Kaeru" (May 2009 –) *

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"Kodomo Kosodate Shien–Mirai-tachi e" (Jun 2010 –) *Bathclin Yakuyō Nyūyoku-zai Bathclin (Oct 2010 –) *Kirin Brewery Kirin Free (28 Jan 2011 –) *Yamaki **Katsuobushi-ya no dashi men tsuyu (Apr 2011 –) **Katsuobushi-ya no dashi Kappō Shiradashi (Oct 2014 –) *

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Attack Neo Kōkin EX Power (Mar 2012 –) *

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(19–25 Dec 2012) *

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"Calpis wa Suki?" (Mar 2013 –) *Nihon Full Hop (Mar 2013 –) *The Asahi Shimbun Company ''

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CS, cable television

*''Space Shower Music Update'' (Oct 2008 – Mar 2009,

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) – 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 is a Japanese male singer-songwriter. He was born on April 5, 1946 in Okuchi, Kagoshima and raised in Hiroshima. He made his debut with the single "Imeji no Uta / Mark II" on June 1, 1970. His 1972 recording of "Tabi no Yado" sold over one m ...

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)

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* – Ameba Blog * * – FC2 (former blog) * – FC2 (former blog) {{DEFAULTSORT:Suruga, Taro Japanese male actors Japanese male musicians Actors from Hyōgo Prefecture 1978 births Living people

Biography

Appearances

Films

TV dramas

Variety

Direct-to-video

Music videos

Stage

Voice acting

Advertisements

CS, cable television

Radio

Discography

As taro

Singles

Mini albums

With sleepydog

Singles

Mini albums

Music provided

Notes

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