Muga Tsukaji

Muga Tsukaji
Muga Tsukaji
塚地武雅
Born	25 November 1971 (age 52); Hannan, Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Tsukacchan
Education	Momoyama Gakuin University Department of Economics; School JCA;
Occupations	Comedian; actor;
Years active	1996–
Agent	Production Jinrikisha
Notable work	"Iitai koto mo Iezu ni"; "Ika Daiō Taisō Dai 2";
Style	Conte (boke)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Partner	Taku Suzuki
Awards	Kinema Junpo Best New Actor (2006); 30th Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year/Popularity Award (2006); Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer (2006); Mainichi Film Awards Newcomer Award (2006);
Website	Drunk Dragon official profile
Notes
	Same year/generation as:; Rahmens; Shinagawa Shoji; Rozan; License; Shuhei Shimada

Muga Tsukaji (塚地武雅, Tsukaji Muga, born 25 November 1971, in Hannan, Osaka)^[1] is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs boke (sometimes tsukkomi) in the comedy duo Drunk Dragon. His partner is Taku Suzuki. He is nicknamed Tsukacchan (塚っちゃん).

Tsukaji is represented with Production Jinrikisha. He graduated from Hannan Municipal Tottori Junior High School, Osaka Prefectural Sano High School and Momoyama Gakuin University Department of Economics.

Tsukaji co-starred with the comedy duo Hokuyō, who shared the same agency, in Haneru no Tobira.

Filmography

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2002	Bara no Jūjika		Fuji TV
2003	Itsumo futari de
	Natsu no Kyōfu Mystery: Hontoni atta Kowai Hanashi			One-off drama
	Ryūkyū Ijin Densetsu			One-off drama
	Manhattan Love Story		TBS
2004	Koinu no Waltz	Shogo Minazuki	NTV
2005	Aikurushii	Ichi Otomo	TBS
2005	Densha Otoko	Hirokazu Kinoshita	Fuji TV
2006	Tokyo Tower: Okan to Boku to, tokidoki, Oton		Fuji TV
2007	Tsukaji no Muga: 12-ri no Shōgen-sha	Taukaji	WOWOW	Lead role
	Hadaka no Taishō: 21 Seiki-ban	Kiyoshi Yamashita	Fuji TV	Lead role
	Oishī gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Komemise	Goro	TV Asahi
	Galileo		Fuji TV	Episode 7; guest
2008	Toraware Tsukaji: 13-ri no Yōgi-sha	Tsukaji	WOWOW	Lead role
2008	Shibatora	Hakuton	Fuji TV
2009	Chōjin Utada	Mamoru Utada	WOWOW	Lead role
	Kīna: Fukanō Hanzai Sōsa-kan	Shinichiro Kudo	NTV
	Handsome Suits The TV	Man in black apricot kimono	Fuji TV
	Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka Han	Saburo Suda	TBS
	The Negotiator	Kenji Sakuraba	TV Asahi
2010	Warau Joyū	Kotaro Asakura	NTV
	Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari 20-shūnen Special Haru –Ninki Bangumi Kyōen-hen–: Nade-sama no Yubiwa		Fuji TV
	Wagaya no Rekishi	Kiyoshi Yamashita	Fuji TV	Episode 3
	Gakeppuchi no Erie: Konoyo de Ichiban Daijina "Kane" no Hanashi	Takeichi Kamoda	ABC
	Nasake no Onna: Kokuzeikyoku Sasatsu-kan	Kentaro Oda	TV Asahi	Episode 4
	Rei Nōryoku-sha Kirikyoko Oda no Uso	Wake Sonoda	TV Asahi	Episode 7
2011	Misaki Number One!!	Cabaret Boy Umeda (Ume-chan)	NTV
	Lady: Saigo no Hanzai Profile	Tokoyama-keiji	TBS	Episode 2
	Meitantei Conan: Shinichi Kudo e no Chōsen-jō	Jiro Sumi	YTV	Episode 2
	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de	Shoichi Yoneyama	Fuji TV	Episode 7
2012	Tonbi	Kuzuhara	NHK-G
	Kuroneko Lucy	Ken Kamoshida	TVK, TV Saitama
	Taira no Kiyomori	Fujiwara no Nobuyori	NHK-G
	Ghost Mama Sōsa-sen: Boku to Mama no Fushigina 100-nichi	Futoshi Takakura	NTV
	Hana no Zubora-Meshi	Ucchi	MBS
	Irodori Himura	Cop	TBS	Episode 10
2013	Otoriyose Ōji Iida Yoshimi	Chief Shori Kubota	NBN
	Legal High	Kengo Kumai	Fuji TV	Episode 3
	Kuro Neko, tokidoki Hanaya	Teacher	NHK BS Premium	Episode 7
2014	Otoko no Kejime		KTV	Lead role
	Mai Hanasaki ga Damattenai	Taichi Shibasaki	NTV
	Naze Shōjo wa Kioku o Ushinawanakereba naranakatta no ka? Kokoro no Kagaku-sha Narumi Saku no Chōsen	Jiro Ando	NTV
2015	Mare	Masato Teraoka	NHK
	Densetsu no Kansatsu-i: Oniguma no Jiken-bo	Taku Hanada	TBS
	Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon shite kudasai.	Ika Daiō	NHK BS Premium
	Iyashi-ya Kiriko no Yakusoku	Shuzo Tanishimoda	Fuji TV
	Kodoku no Gourmet Season 5	Yamazaki	TV Tokyo	Episode 9
2016	Kaitō Yamaneko	Masao Hosoda	NTV
2018	Segodon	Kumakichi	NHK	Taiga drama
2019	Shibo flag ga Tachimashita!	Akio Motomiya	Kansai TV
2020	Papa fell in love again	Ossan-Taeko	Fuji TV

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Finding Nemo	Crab	Japanese dub
2005	Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki	Official
2006	Mamiya kyodai	Tetsunobu Mamiya
2007	Mushiking: The King of Beetles	Sujibutohirata Kuwagata	Voice; lead role
2007	Kisaragi	Yasuo
2008	The Handsome Suit	Takuro Oki
2010	Kōshō Hito The Movie: Time Limit Kōdo 10,000 m no Zunō-sen	Kenji Sakuraba
2011	High School Debut	Tsukaxile
2012	Himitsu no Akko-chan	Guard
	Kuroneko Lucy	Ken Kamoshida	Lead role
	Gummo Evian!	Gakunen Shunin Kani
2013	Genge	Yohei Tanaka	Lead role
2014	Miracle Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahō	Mori Yumeno
2015	Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion	Yohei Asai
	Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment	Yohei Asai
	Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future	Truck driver
	Tokyo City Girl	Guchikikiya	Lead role	^[2]
2016	Something Like, Something Like It	Public bath man
	I Am a Hero	Mitani
	The Kodai Family	Minoru Wakita
2018	We Make Antiques
2019	Murders at the House of Death

Stage

Year	Title	Role
2013	Like Dorothy	Rio

Variety and information programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2008	Renai Shintō	NTV
2010	Ippon Grand Prix	Fuji TV
	Omobaka 8	Fuji TV
	Tsurube no Sujinashi	CBC
	Hitoshi Matsumoto no suberanai Hanashi	Fuji TV
	Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Zettai ni Warattehaikenai Spy 24-ji	NTV
	Futtonda	CTV
	Hitoshi Matsumoto no Maru Maru na Hanashi	Fuji TV
2011	Zatsugaku-ō	TV Asahi
	Hanamaru Market	TBS	Hanamaru Cafe guest
	Star Draft Kaigi	NTV
	Futari no Shokutaku: Arigatō no Recipe	TV Asahi
	Guruguru Ninety Nine	NTV
	Ameagari Ketsushitai no Talk Bangumi Ame-talk!	TV Asahi
2012	Himura-Tsuchida-Tsukaji no Bakushō Teppan Street	NHK
2012	Studio Park kara konnichiwa		As Ika Daiō
2013	Kōhaku Uta Gassen		As Ika Daiō
2013	Aiba Manabu	TV Asahi	He sometimes appeared with Taku Suzuki as a support member when he appears alone
	PS Junkin	CTV

Regular programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2012	Life! Jinsei ni Sasageru Conte	NHK BS Premium, NHK-G
2012	Tokyo Hi-Imagine	NTV
2014	Mezase Kōshien! Tsuka tako Rainbow Road!	KTV	MC
2014	Zaki Yamagoya	ABC	MC
2016	Disney Korekita!	Dlife	As Korezo Watasaki; co-starring with Mina Sayato
	Honda Smile Mission	Tokyo FM	Biweekly appearances
	EX Maniakkusu	T-Asa Channel 2	MC	^[3]

Music videos

Title	Notes
Rip Slyme "Hey, Brother"	Video from the film Mamiya kyodai

CD

Year	Title
2005	Muga Tsukaji, Atsushi Tsutsumishita, Yuta Kajiwara "Iitai koto mo Iezu ni"
2008	Missing Link to Muga Tsukaji "My Revolution"
2015	Ika Daiō (Muga Tsukaji) "Ika Daiō Taisō Dai 2"

References

^ "ファミリーヒストリー". Family History (in Japanese). 13 Nov 2015. NHK General TV. Retrieved 20 Jan 2017.
^ "ドランクドラゴン塚地が「愚痴聞き屋」役でオムニバス映画出演". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 30 Jun 2015. Retrieved 20 Jan 2017.
^ "ドランクドラゴン塚地MC、円谷プロ"幻の作品"蔵出し". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 22 Dec 2016. Retrieved 19 Jan 2017.

External links

Drunk Dragon official profile (in Japanese)

[1] "ファミリーヒストリー". Family History (in Japanese). 13 Nov 2015. NHK General TV. Retrieved 20 Jan 2017.

[2] "ドランクドラゴン塚地が「愚痴聞き屋」役でオムニバス映画出演". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 30 Jun 2015. Retrieved 20 Jan 2017.

[3] "ドランクドラゴン塚地MC、円谷プロ"幻の作品"蔵出し". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 22 Dec 2016. Retrieved 19 Jan 2017.

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Year	Title	Notes
2008	Aoyama Trading	Co-starred with Shōsuke Tanihara for the Yōfuku no Aoyama Handsome Suits campaign
2009	Yoshinoya	Co-starred with Ryuta Sato and Yui Ichikawa
2010	Meta-barrier Neo	Co-starred with Maki Horikita
2013	Kuro Ūroncha	Co-starred with Katsuhisa Namase, Hiromasa Taguchi and Shigeru Matsuzaki

v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer
1950s	Shin Saburi (1950) Rentarō Mikuni (1951) Yoshitarō Nomura (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Tsuneo Kobayashi (1955) Kōji Nanbara (1955) Yoshirō Kawazu (1956) Yūjirō Ishihara (1957) Shohei Imamura (1958)
1960s	Nagisa Ōshima (1960) Shima Iwashita (1961) Kirio Urayama (1962) Junya Sato (1963) Mako Midori (1964) Kei Kumai (1965) Tetsuya Watari (1966)
1970s	Tomokazu Miura (1975) Shinobu Otake (1975) Mieko Harada (1976) Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1978) Kenichi Kaneda (1979)
1980s	Daisuke Ryu (1980) Kōichi Satō (1981) Jun Miho (1982) Tomoyo Harada (1983) Shōji Kaneko (1983) Kōji Kikkawa (1984) Yuki Saito (1985) Narimi Arimori (1986) Masahiro Takashima (1987) Naoto Ogata (1988) Ayako Kawahara (1989)
1990s	Riho Makise (1990) Joji Matsuoka (1990) Hikari Ishida (1991) Yuki Sumida (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Kyōko Tōyama (1993) Sawa Suzuki (1994) Makiko Esumi (1995) Ninety-nine (1996) Kōki Mitani (1997) Hitomi Satō (1997) Rena Tanaka (1998) Ryuhei Matsuda (1999)
2000s	Tatsuya Fujiwara (2000) Ko Shibasaki (2001) Nakamura Shidō (2002) Manami Konishi (2002) Satomi Ishihara (2003) Anna Tsuchiya (2004) Mirai Moriyama (2004) Mikako Tabe (2005) Muga Tsukaji (2006) Rei Dan (2006) Yui Aragaki (2007) Yuriko Yoshitaka (2008) Lily Franky (2008) Masaki Okada (2009) Daisaku Kimura (2009)
2010s	Toma Ikuta (2010) Nanami Sakuraba (2010) Mana Ashida (2011) Makita Sports (2012) Haru Kuroki (2013) Fuka Koshiba (2014) Anna Ishii (2015) Izumi Okamura (2016) Shizuka Ishibashi (2017) Sara Minami (2018) Nagisa Sekimizu (2019)
2020s	Daiken Okudaira (2020) Yuumi Kawai (2021) Kōki (2022) Sōya Kurokawa (2023)

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