is a Japanese

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. His talent agency is

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. He has been active as a solo comedian since 2001, but started in the entertainment industry in 1992 as a '' kombi'' called ''U-Turn'' with Morihiro Tsushima, which dissolved in 2001 when Tsushima retired from the industry.

Life and career

Tsuchida lived in Tokyo until the first grade of elementary school when he moved to Omiya, Saitama prefecture. Throughout his school years, Tsuchida has experienced difficulty keeping up with his studies and had attitude problems, causing him to drop out and be suspended multiple times. He was a delinquent in those years, and only managed to stay in school at the behest of his father despite his poor grades and rebellious attitude. After graduating high school, Tsuchida enrolled in the ''Tokyo Announcer Academy'' for the comedy talent course. His classmates noted that he was good at acting, but had troubles because he was unable to read some of the ''

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'' on the scripts. During this period, he also worked part time as an

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, appearing in several variety programs at the time. At the ''Tokyo Announcer Academy'', Tsuchida met Morihiro Tsushima, who was the president of the

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in high school. The combination of ''former delinquent'' and ''former student council president'' generated popularity for the duo as they decided to form a comedy unit together called ''U-Turn''. The duo was well received immediately after formation with their

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skits. However, throughout the 10 years leading up to the unit's dissolve, their popularity did not rise and dwindled as by 1999, the group had almost zero regular programs and little income compared to earlier years. In 2001, Tsushima retired from the industry and ''U-Turn'' was dissolved. Tsuchida continued activities as a solo comedian and thrived as a comedic reporter at first. He slowly gained popularity with his talk skills and persona with appearances on multiple talk shows and achieved success. Recently, he has also worked as a

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and expresses his views on various issues on TV.

Character

*Played

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in elementary school and

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in middle school. Because he was not very athletic, he was forced to play in the position of defender. *His biggest interests are soccer, idols, and

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(mainly

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) and was able to receive many bookings related to them in his career. *Very knowledgeable in regards to home

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(such as

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References

External links

Ohta Productions Official Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuchida, Teruyuki Japanese male comedians Japanese television presenters People from Saitama Prefecture 1972 births Living people People from Nerima