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of the ''

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'' musical series, ''

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'', and as

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in the rock musical ''

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''.

Early life

Yuichi Tsuchiya grew up in the

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region of Yamanashi Prefecture. He has a younger sister, and his mother Yumiko runs a beauty parlor. He is a graduate of Yamanashi Prefectural Koufu First High School.

Early career

Tsuchiya's career as an actor is primarily that of a stage actor with occasional movie parts. His first few performances were in 1997 with a traveling theatre troupe, "Gekidan Geiyuuza". After one year with them he signed on with the theatre troupe BQMAP in 1998. He first appeared in one of their shows in July 1998, a production called ''Re-''. He continued to perform with them until late 2000. In early 2000 (concurrent with his involvement with BQMAP), Tsuchiya began to perform with a group called "ShiroxKuro". In June 2000 they put on their first performance, ''Best Team'', following up in February 2001 with ''Set a Trap''. On July 1, 2001, ShiroxKuro renamed themselves .
/ref> The group has been involved in ten stage performances, their own radio program (which ended in June 2008) and their own weekly television show ('). Tsuchiya was a member of the original nine-member troupe, which now consists of four performers.

Tenimyu

Tsuchiya's major stage appearance came in 2003 when he originated the role of

, the motherly vice-captain of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club, as part of the first generation Seigaku cast in ''

'', the ''Prince of Tennis'' musical series. He played the role from 2003 to 2005, and his character served as the emcee of the first ''Dream Live'' live concert. During his run on the series, he worked with fellow actor Eiji Moriyama (who played

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). Tsuchiya graduated from his role after the ''Side Fudomine'' musical; along with several other graduated Tenimyu actors, Tsuchiya got a cameo in the ''Prince of Tennis'' live film adaptation. Since Tsuchiya left the ''Prince of Tennis'' the role of Oishi has been played by Hiroki Suzuki,

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, Yuya Toyoda, Yuki Tsujimoto, and is currently played by Jin Hiramaki. Tsuchiya returned to his role as Oishi and reunite with the 1st generation Seigaku cast to perform in Tenimyu's ''Dream Live 7th'' to celebrate the end of Tenimyu's first season.

Other roles

Tsuchiya stars as

in the rock musical ''

'', which has also featured some of his old Tenimyu castmates. Tsuchiya played a double role in the ''

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'' musical ''Hunter x Hunter: Nightmare of Zaoldyeck'' in 2002, where he worked with ''Prince of Tennis'' voice actors Kaida Yuki and

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. He portrayed Zebro the gatekeeper, as well as a butler.

Career summary

Stage work

performances * ''Panic Rush, Panic Dance, Panic Nine, Panic Cafe, Panic Age, RokuAkuTou, Monster Box, Treasure Box, Wonder Box, Secret Box, Samurai Mode'', all ''On'' performances, all ' performances, all ''Panic Room'' events (2001 to present). ''

'', the ''Prince of Tennis'' musical series (as

) *''The Prince of Tennis Musical'' (2003) *''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Remarkable 1st Match Fudomine (2003–2004) *''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 1st (2004) *''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': More Than Limit St. Rudolph Gakuen (2004) *''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Side Fudomine ~Special Match~ (2004–2005) *''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 7th (2010) Rock Musical ''

'' (as

) * Rock musical ''Bleach'' (August 2005) * Rock musical ''Bleach: Saien'' (January 2006) * Rock musical ''Bleach: The Dark of the Bleeding Moon'' (August 2006) * Rock musical ''Bleach: The Live Bankai Show'' (January 2007) * Rock musical ''Bleach: No Clouds in the Blue Heavens'' (March - April 2007) * Rock musical ''Bleach: The All'' (March 2008) * Rock musical ''Bleach: The Live Bankai Show code: 002'' (March 2008) * Rock musical ''Bleach: The Live Bankai Show code: 003'' (January - February 2010) Other theatre work * Musical

: Nightmare of Zaoldyeck (2002) * ''Sayonara no Love Song'' * Suspense Musical ''Zipper'' * Gekidan Dougaku Sensei's ''Sake Bocchan'' * Gekidan Dougaku Sensei's ''Kyoudai Donburi'' * BQMAP's ''Sentimental Tiger Case.01 ~ Sleeping Beauty'' * ''Hageretto'' * ''Etto, Oira wa Dare Dakke? ~ Cash On Delivery'' * Akazaka Red Theater presents ''Kenran toka Ranman toka'' * ''Aru Hi, Bokura wa Yume no Naka de Deau'' (September 2007) * Gekidan Unit Keizai to H's ''Flowers'' (October 2007)

Movies

* ''

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'' as Kite Eishirou * '' Futari Ecchi: Triple Love'' as Akira Onoda

Television

* ''P-na Kanojo'' ( TBS) * ''Machi e Tobidasou'' - weekly performance as "Tsucchi" (

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) * ''Keitai Net Shakai no Otoshiana'' (NHK) * ''59th Proposal'' (

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) * ''Dounichi Love'' ( TVK) * ''JOKER Yurusarezaru Sosakan'' (Fuji TV) * ''Detective Conan Live Action Series''(Wataru Takagi)

References

* Wikipedia Japanese article on 土屋裕一 * Wikipedia Japanese article on
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External links

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Bleach Musicals Website

Prince of Tennis Musicals Website
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