Yōsuke Kubozuka
Yōsuke Kubozuka | |
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| 窪塚洋介 | |
 Kubozuka at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2023 | |
| Born | 7 May 1979 Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Children | 2, including Airu Kubozuka |
| Website | www |
Yōsuke Kubozuka (窪塚 洋介, Kubozuka Yōsuke, born May 7, 1979 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa) is a Japanese actor and musician.
Career
[edit]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 Kindaichi Case Files. In 1998, he starred in the TV series GTO as the role of an honors student, Yoshito Kikuchi. In 2000, he starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park along with Tomoya Nagase, Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Inception) and Tomohisa Yamashita (Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi, Operation Love, Code Blue). In this drama he starring as the role of "King" of the G-Boys, Takashi Ando.
In 2001, he starred in Strawberry on the Shortcake along with other popular young artists such as Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada. 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 Japan Academy Film Prize.[1] 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 2002 (Mr. Children also nominated in Best Group Category but losing to Backstreet Boys).[2]
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,[3] Monsters Club,[4] Helter Skelter,[5] and the 2016 remake of Silence directed by Martin Scorsese.
Kubozuka has also been pursuing his career as a reggae musician by the name 'Manji Line' (卍 LINE) since 2006.
Personal life
[edit]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.[6][7]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Midori | Minoru Kobayashi | Ryūichi Hiroki | ||
| 1998 | Ping Pong Bath Station | Atsusi Fujiki | Gen Yamakawa | ||
| 2000 | Oboreru Sakana | Munetaka Akiyoshi | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | ||
| Tomie: Replay | Fumihito Sato | Fujiro Mitsuishi | |||
| 2001 | Go | Sugihara | Isao Yukisada | ||
| Laundry | Teru | Junichi Mori | |||
| 2002 | Ping-Pong | Yutaka Hoshino / Peco | Fumihiko Sori | ||
| Kyoki no Sakura | Susumu Yamaguchi | Kenji Sonoda | |||
| Doing Time | Hamamura | Yoichi Sai | |||
| 2003 | Samurai Resurrection | Shiro-Tokisada Amakusa | Hideyuki Hirayama | ||
| 2005 | Tobi ga kururito | Beautician | Kenji Sonoda | ||
| Onaji Tsuki o Miteiru | Tetsuya Kumakawa | Kenta Fukasaku | |||
| 2006 | Amour-Legende | Oshima | Mi-sen Wu | ||
| 2007 | Ore wa Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shini ni Iku | Katsuji Bando | Taku Shinjyo | ||
| Paradise Now | Khaled (Japanese dubbed) | Hany Abu-Assad | |||
| 2008 | Ichi | Toraji Shirakawa | Fumihiko Sori | ||
| Where the Legend Lives | Kazuma Sasaki | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | |||
| 2009 | Pandora's Box | Tsukushi | Masanori Tominaga | ||
| 2010 | Tokyo Island | Watanabe | Makoto Shinozaki | ||
| Strangers in the City | Nakagome | Junji Sakamoto | |||
| 2011 | Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo | Abe Seimei | Yasuo Tsuruhashi | ||
| UGLY | Kazuya | Kensaku Kakimoto | |||
| Monsters Club | Yuki Kakiuchi | Toshiaki Toyoda | |||
| Himizu | Teruhiko | Sion Sono | |||
| 2012 | Helter Skelter | Takao nanbu | Mika Ninagawa | ||
| 2014 | Love's Whirlpool | clerk | Daisuke Miura | ||
| One Third | Sho Hama | Hiroshi Shinagawa | |||
| Tokyo Tribe | Nkoi | Sion Sono | |||
| Fuja | Kikuo Himura | Izo Hashimoto | |||
| 2013 | The extreme sukiyaki | Ohkawa | Shirou Maeda | ||
| 2015 | Deadman Inferno | Shirakawa | Hiroshi Shinagawa | ||
| 2016 | Silence | Kichijiro | Martin Scorsese | American film | |
| 2017 | Alley cat | Hideaki Asa / Maru | Hideo Sakaki | ||
| 2019 | The First Supper | Shun | Shirō Tokiwa | ||
| 2020 | Mio's Cookbook | Komatsubara | Haruki Kadokawa | [8] | |
| 2021 | First Love | Gamon Makabe | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | ||
| DIVOC-12 | Hirokawa Hayashida | Anthology film | [9] | ||
| Go Seppuku Yourselves | Toshiaki Toyoda | [10] | |||
| 2023 | Sin Clock | Shinji Takagi | Kenji Maki | [11] | |
| Home Sweet Home | Takumi Saitoh | [12] | |||
| Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower | George (voice) | Shōjirō Nishimi | [13] | ||
| Knuckle Girl | Shiraishi | Chang | South Korean-Japanese film | [14] | |
| 2024 | Transcending Dimensions | Toshiaki Toyoda | [15] |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo | Mitsuru Fukamachi | NTV |
| 1996 | Wakaba no Koro | Itaru Toda | TBS |
| Hen Chizuru-chan to Azumi-Chan (TV Series) | Ryûichi Kobayashi | ANB | |
| 1997 | machi | Kenji Kawabe | CX |
| 1998 | ATHENA | Hiroki Ohsawa | TX |
| Bisyoujyo H -Rokugatsu No Tebukuro- | Toru Kawashima | CX | |
| Great Teacher Onizuka | Yoshito Kikuchi | CX | |
| Nachan-chi | Onodera | ANB | |
| Hashire Koumuin | Hayato Onoda | CX | |
| 1999 | Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko | Satoru Yuki | TBS |
| Lipstick | Koki Makimura | CX | |
| Meguriai | Keisuke Nakamaru | CX | |
| Hontou ni Atta Kowai Hanashi -Natsu No Houmonsha- | Kenji Morii | CX | |
| SP Drama Shounen H | Keisaburou Hanahusa | CX | |
| 2000 | A un | Kenichiro Tsujimoto | TBS |
| Soshite Tomodachi | Takashi Nishimori | ANB | |
| Omiai Kekkon | Junichi Ohata | CX | |
| Ikebukuro West Gate Park (IWGP) | Takashi Ando, G-Boys King | TBS | |
| Hontou ni Atta Kowai Hanashi2 -Mouhitori no Watashi- | Atsushi Sugiyama | CX | |
| Moichido Kiss | Ayumu Saegusa | NHK | |
| 2001 | Strawberry on the Shortcake | Tetsuya Saeki | TBS |
| Number One | Ryunosuke Araki | TBS | |
| 2002 | Long Love Letter | Akio Asami | CX |
| Shiritsu Tantei Hama Mike -hana- | Akio Kitamura | NTV | |
| Kaidan Hyaku Monogatari | Shokichi | CX | |
| 2003 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park (IWGP) 「Soup」SP Drama | Takashi Ando | TBS |
| 2019 | Giri/Haji | Yuto Mori | BBC/Netflix |
| 2023 | Phoenix: Eden17 | George (voice) | Disney+[13] |
| 2024 | Tokyo Vice (TV series) | Naoki Hayama | Max |
| GTO Revival[16][17] | Yoshito Kikuchi | Fuji TV |
Stage Play
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chiha-tattamama-nemutteiru | Yukio Ninagawa | |
| 2011 | blood wedding (Chino-konrei) | Yukio Ninagawa | |
| 2012 | Cymbeline | Iachimo | Yukio Ninagawa |
| 2013 | iSAMU | Noguchi Isamu | Amon Miyamoto |
| 2015 | The Teachings Of Kaiju(kaijuno-oshie) | Toshiaki Toyoda | |
| 2016 | The Teachings Of Kaiju(kaijuno-oshie)Replay | Toshiaki Toyoda |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Awards
[edit]- 25th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Ikebukuro West Gate Park
- 28th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Strawberry on the Shortcake
- 2002: 25th Japan Academy Film Prize: Best Actor & Newcomer of the Year for Go!
- 2001: Hochi Film Awards: Best Actor for Go![18]
- 2001: Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award for Go!
- 2002: Kinema Junpo Awards: Best Actor for Go! & Oboreru Sakana, Best New Actor for Go!
- 2002: Mainichi Film Concurs: Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award
- 2002: Marrakech International Film Festival: Best Actor for Go!
- 2002: Yokohama Film Festival: Best Actor for Go! & Oboreru Sakana[19]
- 2017: Parenting Award：Best Father Category
References
[edit]- ^ "GO". Cut Japan. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ^ "VIDEOS 歴代VMAJアーカイブ 2002年│MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2007". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Schilling, Mark (27 August 2010). "'Tokyo-jima (Tokyo Island)' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
- ^ Kaufman, Anthony (10 September 2011). "Monsters Club - Review - Screen". Screen International.
- ^ Mack, Andrew (12 January 2012). "SAKURAN Director Mika Ninagawa Returns With HELTER SKELTER". Twitch Film.
- ^ "窪塚洋介、妻・PINKY&長男・愛流らと家族4ショット「美男美女家族」「素敵な家族写真」". Oricon. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ Inc1, Natasha. "窪塚洋介の妻PINKYが第1子を妊娠". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "みをつくし料理帖". eiga.com. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ "横浜流星×石橋静河×小野翔平×窪塚洋介×笠松将、『DIVOC-12』藤井道人監督チームに出演". Real Sound. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "全員切腹". eiga.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ "Sin Clock". eiga.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- ^ "スイート・マイホーム". eiga.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 14, 2023). "Phoenix: Eden17 Anime Reveals Teaser, Cast, More Staff, September 13 Debut, Film Version With Different Ending". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ "ナックルガール". eiga.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ "次元を超える TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS". eiga.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "Live-Action GTO Revival Special Confirms 6 Returning 1998 Cast Members". Anime News Network. 22 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "26年ぶり！「GTO リバイバル」に池内博之、山崎裕太、窪塚洋介らが再集結". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 23 February 2024. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ 第23回ヨコハマ映画祭 日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
External links
[edit]
- Yosuke Kubozuka at IMDb
- 窪塚洋介 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Manji Line in Twitter
