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Yujiro Shirakawa
白川 裕二郎
Born (1976-12-11) December 11, 1976 (age 47)
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Actor, Singer
Years active2002 -
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Yujiro Shirakawa (白川 裕二郎, Shirakawa Yūjirō, born December 11, 1976, in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by the talent agency, G.P.R.

Biography

Tsunanofuji Yūjiro
綱ノ富士 裕二郎
Personal information
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career
StableAsahiyama
Record16-12-14
DebutNovember 1995
Highest rankJonidan (May, 1996)
RetiredSeptember, 1996

Shirakawa began his public career as a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi). He decided to become a wrestler because he regularly watched sumo on TV with his parents and admired popular wrestlers of the time like Chiyonofuji.[2] He enrolled in Asahiyama stable and began his wrestling career by first wrestling under his real name of Shirakawa (白川) and then adopted the shikona, or ring name, Tsunanofuji (綱ノ富士), to pay homage to Chiyonofuji and to recall his dream of reaching the top of sumo.[2] At the time, he got early successes but recalls he never gained weight, "no matter how much [he] ate".[2] After a while, Shirakawa aggravated back problems that were already latent. He began to feel pain so severe that he couldn't even put on his mawashi without suffering. Since he could no longer fight or even train, he decided to retire on September 1996 (intai).

In 2002, Shirakawa debuted in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger as Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger. He contested with Shun Shioya which became the "Handsome Hero Boom". Shirakawa played a big brother in the series, but he actually has an older sister.

He was also active in stage as an actor. He is also the main vocal of the chorus group Junretsu.

Shirakawa, with Kohei Yamamoto, Nobuo Kyo, Ryuichiro Nishioka, and Yūsuke Tomoi, became a member of the clothes brand Anunnaki.

Filmography

TV series

Year Title Role Network Notes
2002 Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger TV Asahi
2003 Tenbatsu-ya Kurenai Yami no Shimatsu Jō Chinmoku (Samari) no Ichimatsu TV Asahi
17-Sai Natsu Akira Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
2004 Botan to Bara Masaya Kashiwagi Fuji TV
Damenari Tatsumi Kuroyama Yomimuri TV
2006 Gekitō! Idol Yobikō Shinya Hasaki Kyoto Broadcasting
Kōmyō ga Tsuji Hirano Nagayasu NHK Taiga drama
Keijirō Engawa Nikki 3 NHK General TV

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushutto the Movie Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger
2004 Atarashī Kaze Ison no Sshi
Twilight File / Gekkō
2006 Chōja Bandzuke ni Idonda Otoko Fūunji
2013 Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: 10 YEARS AFTER Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger
2021 JUNretsuger JUNRed

Sumo career record

Tsunanofuji Yūjiro[3]
Year January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
March
Haru basho, Osaka
May
Natsu basho, Tokyo
July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya
September
Aki basho, Tokyo
November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1995 x x x x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #53
4–3
 
1996 West Jonokuchi #13
5–2
 
East Jonidan #131
4–3
 
East Jonidan #99
3–4
 
East Jonidan #127
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
West Jonokuchi #9
Retired
0–0–7
x
Record given as wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: MakuuchiJūryōMakushitaSandanmeJonidanJonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: YokozunaŌzekiSekiwakeKomusubiMaegashira

References

  1. ^ "Official profile". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. ^ a b c "特集 - 純烈 白川裕二郎 相撲部屋で学んだことで頑張れた". NHK (in Japanese). 8 January 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Tsunanofuji Yujiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2023-09-01.