is a Japanese former

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. He was a member of the acting group

D-Boys D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a young male actors group affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The ''D'' in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement). Although ...

. Yanagishita joined the unit D-Date (D☆DATE) of the same agency as a new member. It was announced at the last performance of the live tour in Tokyo Dome City Hall on June 29, 2012.

Biography

In 2006, Yanagishita won the

Watanabe Entertainment is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entert ...

s 3rd official D-Boys audition with the Grand Prix and became an official member of the group. In Winter of the same year, Yanagishita won the role of Kaoru Kaidoh, the viper-like 2nd year regular of

Seigaku ''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the variou ...

Middle School's tennis club, in the ''

Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

'' musical series,

Tenimyu , also known as for short, is a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on the manga series ''The Prince of Tennis'' created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. The first music ...

, as part of the third generation Seigaku cast. Prior to his casting, Kousuke Kujirai, who had played the role before him with the second Seigaku cast, had filled in as Kaidoh with the third cast due to actor Takahiro Tasaki's withdrawal from the show. Yanagishita debuted as Kaidoh in the ''Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service'' musical on December 13, 2006. After the ''Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service'' show, Yanagishita did not to graduate with his fellow third cast members, and instead stayed as an alternative with the fourth generation cast. He shared the role with Yuuichirou Hirata, who was cast as the new Kaidoh, for two shows: ''The Progressive Match Higa Chuu feat. Rikkai'' and ''Dream Live 5th'', taking turns for different performances. Yanagishita graduated from his role as Kaidoh after the last performance of the ''Dream Live 5th'' live concert. During his run of the series, he got to work with fellow D-Boys members Tetsuya Makita,

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, and

Masato Wada is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known for his role as Sengoku Kiyosumi in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu (and making a cameo in the ''Prince of Tennis'' live action film adaptation). He is also part of a young men's sta ...

. He and Kujirai have both played Kaidoh the longest. In 2020, Yanagishita got married and announced his retirement from the entertainment industry.

Filmography

Television

Movies

Stage Work

TENIMYU: THE PRINCE OF TENNIS MUSICAL SERIES (as Kaoru Kaidoh) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service (In Winter of 2006-2007) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 4th (2007) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 4th ~extra~ (2007) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service (2007) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Progressive Match Higa feat. Rikkaidai (shared the role with Yuuichirou Hirata) (In Winter of 2007-2008) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 5th (shared the role again with Hirata) (2008) D-Boys * 2007 - ''

D-BOYS D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a young male actors group affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The ''D'' in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement). Although ...

STAGE'' Volume 1 as Yagishita Kiyoshi * 2008 - ''

STAGE: The Last Game'' Volume 2 as Kanemoto Akio * 2009 - ''

STAGE: Karasu'' Volume 3 (April Performances) as Hutoshi Hazime Other stage work * 2007 - SWITCH WO OSUTOKI 2 ~Kimitachi wa naze ikiteirunda?~

Guest Star appearances

* 2007 - Out of Order (Live Entertainment Stage Show) as Guest Star

Discography

Official DVDs

* 2006 -

- Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service DVD as Kaoru Kaidoh * 2007 -

- Dream Live 4th DVD as Kaoru Kaidoh * 2007 -

Stage Volume 1 * 2007 - Renai Shindan ~Tsubasa no Kakera~ DVD (release date 21 November 2007) * 2007 -

- Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku - Second Service DVD as Kaoru Kaidoh (release date 22 November 2007) * 2007 -

- Supporter DVD Vol. 6 ~ Seigaku's 3rd Generation ~ (in production/release 22 December) * 2008 -

Stage Volume 2 ~ ''The Last Game'' * 2009 -

BOY FRIEND DVD series vol.5　''TOMORROW''

Official Photobooks

Special events

* 2007 -

Press conference

References

External links

* Wikipedia Japanese article about 柳下大 * Wikipedia Japanese article on D-Boys
Tomo Yanagishita's Blog

Tomo Yanagishita's D-BOYS Profile

Tomo Yanagishita's Friendster's Official Profile

D-Boys Official Website

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yanagishita, Tomo 1988 births Living people Japanese male actors People from Kanagawa Prefecture