is a Japanese actor and musician.

Career

Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama ''

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''. In 1998, he starred in the TV series '' GTO'' as the role of an honors student, Yoshito Kikuchi. In 2000, he starred in ''

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. In the drama he took the role of being Kyoko Fukada's first love. In October of that same year, '' Go'' (directed by Isao Yukisada), which tells the story of a Zainichi chosenjin teenager who falls in love with a Japanese girl, was officially released. For his performance in this role, Kubozuka took home two awards ( Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year) at

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. Kubozuka also appeared in Mr. Children's 2002 "Kimi ga Suki" music video, which won MTV Video Music Award Japan for Video of the Year in

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). Since then, Kubozuka took on projects starring in '' Ping Pong'', ''Kyoki no Sakura'' as well as ''Samurai Resurrection''. He also appeared in films such as ''Tokyo Island'', ''Monsters Club'', '' Helter Skelter'', and the 2016 remake of ''

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. Kubozuka has also been pursuing his career as a reggae musician by the name 'Manji Line' (卍 LINE) since 2006.

Personal life

Kubozuka graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School. He married a non-celebrity woman in May 2003 and had one son. In 2004, he survived after falling 26 metres from his 9th floor apartment. On July 12, 2012, Kubozuka announced through his official website that he had divorced his wife a month earlier, and that he has official custody of his son. Kubozuka remarried in December 2015, a daughter was born in 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Stage Play

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kubozuka, Yosuke 1979 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese reggae singers Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture Singers from Yokosuka, Kanagawa 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers