Yōsuke Kubozuka
| Yosuke Kubozuka | |
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| Born | May 7, 1979  Kanagawa, Japan |
Yosuke Kubozuka (窪塚洋介 Kubozuka Yōsuke, born May 7, 1979) is a male Japanese actor born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. He graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School (神奈川県立横須賀高等学校). Yosuke is married and has one son.
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[edit] Film 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 Kindaichi Case Files. In 1998, he starred in the TV series GTO as the role of an honors student, 菊池善人 Kikuchi Yoshito. In 2000, he starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park aka IWGP (TBS) as Andoh Takashi.
In 2001, he starred in Strawberry on the Shortcake (TBS) 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 2001, GO! was officially released for evaluation and this production describes the love story of a young Korean boy living in Japan. The film portrays the day to day challenges faced by foreigners living in Japan. For his performance in this role, Yosuke took home two awards during the Japan Oscar Awards.[citation needed]
Since then, Yosuke took on projects starring in Ping Pong (ピンポン)、Kyouki no Sakura (凶気の桜) as well as Samurai Resurrection (魔界転生).
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Movies
- 1996: Midori
- 1998: Ping Pong Bath Station
- 2000: Oboreru Sakana
- 2000: Tomie: replay (富江 Tomie)
- 2001: Go!
- 2001: Laundry
- 2002: Ping-Pong (ピンポン)
- 2002: Kyouki no Sakura (凶気の桜)
- 2003: Samurai Resurrection (魔界転生)
- 2005: Onaji Tsuki wo Miteiru (Under the Same Moon)
- 2006: Amour-Legende
- 2007: Ore wa, Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shini ni Iku (lit. I Will Surely Go to My Death For You) (俺は、君のためにこそ死ににいく)
- 2008: Ichi
- 2011: Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo
[edit] TV Dramas
- 1995: Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo
- 1998: Wakaba no koro
- 1999: Great Teacher Onizuka as Kikuchi Yoshito
- 1999: Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko as Yuki Satoru
- 1999: Lipstick as Makimura
- 2000: Soshite, tomodachi
- 2000: Moichido Kiss
- 2000: Omiai Kekkon as Ohata Junichi
- 2000: Ikebukuro West Gate Park (King, Leader of the G-Boys) as Takashi
- 2001: Strawberry on the Shortcake as Saeki Tetsuya
- 2001: Number One
- 2002: Long Love Letter as Asami Akio
- 2002: Laundry
- 2002: Kaidan Hyaku Monogatari in story 6
[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Awards
- 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: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Actor & Newcomer of the Year for Go!
- 2001: Hochi Film Awards: Best Actor for Go![1]
- 2001: Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award for Go!
- 2002: Kimema 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[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2001/. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "第23回ヨコハマ映画祭 日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/23-2001/23-2001_shou.html. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
