Yuki Kubota

Yuki Kubota
Yuki Kubota
Born	June 15, 1981 (age 43); Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Actor, model
Years active	2002 - present (model); 2007 - present (actor);
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Yuki Kubota (久保田悠来, Kubota Yūki, born June 15, 1981, in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and model whose work has included stage, television and film roles. He is best known as the character Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin in the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Gaim. He is currently affiliated with the Japan Music Entertainment agency.

Career

Kubota debuted as a magazine model in 2002 after being scouted in Harajuku.^[1] In 2007 he made his theatrical debut as Hal Kurabayashi in the stage play Switch, based on the manga of the same name. In 2008, he got the part of Keigo Atobe in the stage play Prince of Tennis Musical. In 2009 he starred in the stage adaptation of Capcom's video game Sengoku Basara as Date Masamune. After playing the character for four years, he transitioned to a broader career in films and TV.

In 2010, Kubota got the main role in the movie Gachinko Kenka Joto. On January 31, 2012, he left his agency of two years, Riseki Agency Co., Ltd., for personal reasons. After freelancing for ten months, he joined Japan Music Entertainment at the end of November 2012. In 2013, he was given the role of Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Gaim (2013-14). Since then, he has appeared in various TV shows and movies, including Shinjuku Swan. He has also had roles in V-Cinema films.^[2]

In 2018 he returned to the theater, appearing in the stage plays Gantz: L^[3] and Hachioji Zombies, the latter alongside Kenjiro Yamashita from Sandaime J Soul Brothers.^[4] In 2019 he reprised his role as Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu in the stage play Kamen Rider Zangetsu - Gaim Gaiden.^[5]

In addition to acting roles, Kubota has participated in a number of TV variety shows. He was the Monday host of TV Kanagawa's information programme Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide from April 2019 to March 2020.^[6] ^[7]

Kubota has played a wide range of characters, from geeks to killers,^[8] although he has played mostly antagonist and rival roles. He claimed to prefer playing bad guys and dark heroes.^[9]

He is a fan and avid supporter of the local Hiratsuka soccer team Shonan Bellmare, and in April 2015 was appointed to Berusapo Public Relations Office as General Manager of Shonan Living Newspaper.

Personal Life

Kubota is the second and youngest child in his family. His hobbies include sports, watching movies, driving and hitchhiking. He is skilled in soccer, swimming and sword fighting. A soccer enthusiast, he visited South Africa to support Japan's national team in the 2010 World Cup.^[10]

He has an easygoing personality and often cracks jokes during interviews^[9]. He loves to make his co-stars laugh, to make their working atmosphere more fun^[11]. Kubota stated that he was nothing like the character Takatora Kureshima he portrayed in the series Kamen Rider Gaim.^[10]

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Other notes
2011	Garo: Makai Senki	Juran	TV Tokyo	Episode 9
2013	Kamen Rider Gaim	Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin	TV Asahi
2015	Keibuho Sugiyama Shintaro (Daddy Detective)	Tatsuya Aragaki	TBS
	Naniwa Kin'yūdō	Kenta Kurozumi	Fuji TV
	Do S Deka	Takashi Kaitou	NTV	Episode 10
	Detective Catherine	Detective Suzuki	TV Asahi
2016	Detective Catherine: The Disappeared Heir	Detective Suzuki	TV Asahi
2017	Kasouken no Onna Season 16	Teruto Koda	TV Asahi	Episode 10
	Kirawareru Yūki	Takamasa Kondō	Fuji TV	Episodes 9, 10
	Sanbiki no Ossan - Seigi no Mikata, Mitabi!	Taiga	TV Tokyo	Episode 8
	Uchu Sentai Kyuranger	Scorpio	TV Asahi	Episodes 5, 12 - 13, 15 - 21
	Code Name: Mirage	Thunder / Ryosuke Mutō	TV Tokyo	Episodes 7 - 25
	Minshuu no Teki (The Public Enemy)	Takahiro Abe	Fuji TV	Episodes 2, 3, 5, 8, 10
2018	Mob Psycho 100	Kenji Mitsuura	TV Tokyo
	The Count of Monte Cristo: Great Revenge	Naoki Ushiyama	Fuji TV	Episodes 3 - 9
	Signal	Detective Sasaki	Fuji TV	Episodes 8 - 9
2019	Meiji Tokyo Renka	Fujita Gorō	TV Kanagawa, U-NEXT
	Two Weeks	Yu Mamiya	Kansai TV (Fuji Network System)	Adaptation of the Korean drama Two Weeks
	Sherlock	Masaki Shibata	Fuji TV	Episode 8
2020	Hachioji Zombies	Jin	MXTV

Films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	Dear Friends	Club Host
2007	Kamen Rider: The Next	Tourist	Epilogue
2010	Gachinko Kenka Jōtō (High School War - Throwdown!)	Satoshi Saeki
2011	Gangsta	Shiroishi
	Kōshōnin Dōmoto Reiji	Reiji Dōmoto	V-Cinema
	An Assassin	Misaki
2012	Kirin	Chosuke
2013	Garo: Soukoku no Maryu	Kakashi
	Kyūkyoku!! Hentai Kamen	Reporter
	Hadaka no Itoko	Takeshi
	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle	Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu
2014	Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai	Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin, Kamen Rider Shin (Voice)
	Boku to 23-nin no Dorei (Me and 23 Slaves)	Shinjuku Seiya
	Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!	Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin
	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle	Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu/Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin
2015	Shinjuku Swan	Yosuke
	Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu/Kamen Rider Baron	Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu/Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin	V-Cinema
	Kiri: The Chronicles of a Professional Killer	Ryo
	Uchimura Summers The Movie: Angel	Ito
	Mr. Maxman	Takatoshi Kanda
	Wasureyuki	Narumi	Directed by South Korean director Han Sang-Hee, and starring Chansung, member of the Korean boy band 2PM
	Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Duke/Kamen Rider Knuckle	Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin	V-Cinema
2016	Trumpet on the Cliff	Kōichi	Directed by South Korean director Han Sang-Hee, and starring Byung Hun (L. Joe), past member of the Korean boy band Teen Top.
	Bros. Maxman	Takatoshi Kanda
	Love is a Dog from Hell		Directed by Edmund Yeo. Screened at 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and at 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
	SCOOP!	Ryū Ishiwatari
	Derushine: El Shuriken vs Shin Konchū Deathquito	Kōji Higashi
2017	Shinjuku Swan II	Yosuke
	NY Maxman	Takatoshi Kanda
	Tomodachi Game Gekijoban	Ren Tōjō
	Karada no Uttara Sayonara	Rei
	Tomodachi Game Gekijoban: FINAL	Ren Tōjō
	Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Episode of Stinger	Scorpio	V-Cinema
2018	Misoji Onna wa Romanchikku na Yume wo Miru ka?	Takuto Kazama
2018	Futatsu no Kinō to Boku no Mirai	Kenzō Kurokawa
2019	Meiji Tokyo Renka	Fujita Gorō
	Gozen	Masaki Kazuma
	Tokyo Wine Party People	Murasaki Sakuragi's father	Special appearance
	Doubt - Usotsuki Otoko wa Dare?	Kazumi Kagami
	BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja	Shigetsugu	Web-distributed, live action spin-off of the anime Blackfox
2020	Hachioji Zombies	Jin

Theatrical Performances

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Switch	Hal Kurabayashi	September 20 - 23, 2007, at Differ Ariake
2008 - 2010	Prince of Tennis Musical	Keigo Atobe	The Imperial Presence Hyotei feat. Higa (July 29 - September 15, 2008, at Nippon Seinenkan Hall) The Treasure Match Shitenhouji feat. Hyotei (December 13, 2008 - March 31, 2009, at Nippon Seinenkan Hall) Dream Live 6th (May 2 - 3, 2009, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium; May 9 - 10, 2009, at Kobe World Hall) The Final Match Rikkai First feat. Shitenhouji (July 30 - October 4, 2009, at Nippon Seinenkan Hall) The Final Match Rikkai Second feat. The Rivals (December 17, 2009 - March 14, 2010, at Nippon Seinenkan Hall) Dream Live 7th (May 7 - 9, 2010, at Kobe World Hall; May 20 - 23, 2010, at Yokohama Arena)
2008 - 2009	THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT	Alan	Premiere (October 31 - November 3, 2008, at Theater Green BOX in BOX THEATER) Replay (April 9 - 12, 2009, at Minami-osawa Cultural Hall)
2009	Bakumatsu Taiyou-den	Okada Izō	January 29 - February 1, 2009, at Kichijoji Theater
2009 - 2013	Butai Sengoku Basara	Date Masamune	Sengoku Basara (July 3 - 12, 2009, at Theater G-Rosso) Sengoku Basara - Soukou Kyoutou (April 9 - 18, 2010, at Sunshine Theater) Sengoku Basara 3 (October 14 - 16, 2011, at Ion Keshohin Theater BRAVA!; October 23 - 30, 2011, at Theater G-Rosso) Sengoku Basara 2 (May 11 - 15, 2012, at Le Theatre Ginza; May 19 - 20, 2012, at Ion Keshohin Theater BRAVA!; June 2 - 3, 2012, at Chunichi Theatre) Sengoku Basara 3 - Setouchi Hibiki Arashi (November 2 - 11, 2012, at Tokyo Dome City Hall; November 16 - 18, 2012, at Nippon Seinenkan Big Hall; May 23 - 26, 2012, at Morinomiya Piloti Hall) Butai Sengoku Basara Bushou Matsuri 2013 (July 13 - 14, 2013, at Ariake Coliseum)
2009	Sora no Kyōkai: Okada Izō Ibun	Okada Izō	August 27 - 30, 2009, at Theater Green BIG TREE THEATER
2009	Existence: Episode 0	Hikaru	December 5 - 7, 2009, at Rikkoukai Hall
2010 - 2012	Hanasakeru Seishōnen	Lee-Leng Huang	The Budding Beauty (September 29 - October 6, 2010, at Sogetsu Hall) The Budding Beauty in the Oriental Blue Wind (February 16 - 27, 2011, at Sogetsu Hall) The Blooming Princess Special Event (November 26 - 27, 2011, at Harajuku Quest Hall) The Blooming Princess (Raginei Revolution) (January 13 - 15, 2012, at Sunshine Theater) The Blooming Princess (Love and Fate) (January 17 - 18, 2012, at Sunshine Theater)
2010	BUTLER x BATTLER - Gekidō no toki o koete, seiya no okurimono	Eisuke Nishikata	December 22 - 26, 2010, at Theater 1010
2011	AND ENDLESS 15th Anniversary Special Program vol. 1	Okada Izō	March 27 - May 5, 2011, at Zenshinza
2012	A Study in Scarlet (Recitation Drama)	Watson / Holmes	September 30 - October 11, 2012, at Tennozu Ginga Theater
2012	Basara	Ageha	December 12 - 16, 2012, at Zenrosai Hall / Space Zero
2015	Love Letters	Andy	January 10, 2015, at Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi
2018	GANTZ: L - ACT & ACTION STAGE	Shion Izumi	January 26 - February 4, 2018, at Tennozu Ginga Theater
2018	Hachioji Zombies	Jin	August 5 - 18, 2018, at TBS Akasaka ACT Theater
2019	Kamen Rider Zangetsu - Gaim Gaiden	Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu	March 9 - 24, 2019, at Nippon Seinenkan Hall; March 28 - 31, 2019, at Kyoto Theater
2019	Reading Theater 'Dark Alice'		June 1, 2019, at Sunshine Theater
2019	Psycho-Pass: Chapter 1 - Crime Coefficient	Shinya Kogami	October 25 - November 10, 2019, at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball

References

^ ^a ^b 男の履歴書久保田悠来編｜インライフ[1]
^ ^ Collection〜 vol.2】歌舞伎町の“ブラック”王子様久保田悠来のクールな瞳にズッキュン！[2]
^ 久保田悠来が4年半ぶりに舞台へ「もう1回ゼロからスタートを切る」舞台『GANTZ:L』の裏に見た久保田の本音
^ 陽気なイケメンゾンビにダンスを教える？山下健二郎主演「八王子ゾンビーズ」
^ 「仮面ライダー斬月」ビジュアル解禁、久保田悠来「果汁を浴びに来てくださいませ」
^ 久保田悠来、情報番組のMC就任「ねこ耳に水」マジプリ・大城らも“猫ひた”メンバーに
^ 猫ひた月曜日、ご視聴ありがとうございました！
^ "【ダレコレ～Dare Collection～ vol.2】歌舞伎町の"ブラック"王子様久保田悠来のクールな瞳にズッキュン！". Retrieved 2015-06-13.
^ ^a ^b 鎧武COMPLETE TRACKS 2014, p. 24, 「久保田悠来インタビュー（ハイパーホビー2013年11月号掲載）」
^ ^a ^b 鎧武COMPLETE TRACKS 2014, p. 55, 「久保田悠来インタビュー（ハイパーホビー2014年4月号掲載）」
^ 鎧武外伝公式VB 2015, pp. 22-23、29.

External links

Official profile at Japan Music Entertainment (in Japanese)
Yuki Kubota (@yuk1_kbt) - Twitter (in Japanese)
Yuki Kubota (@yuki_kubota.0615) - Instagram (in Japanese)
Yuki Kubota Official Blog - Ameba Blog (in Japanese)
久保田悠来 - Japanese Wikipedia
Kubota Yūki Profile - Natalie (in Japanese)

[web1-1] 男の履歴書久保田悠来編｜インライフ[1]

[2] Collection〜 vol.2】歌舞伎町の“ブラック”王子様久保田悠来のクールな瞳にズッキュン！[2]

[3] 久保田悠来が4年半ぶりに舞台へ「もう1回ゼロからスタートを切る」舞台『GANTZ:L』の裏に見た久保田の本音

[4] 陽気なイケメンゾンビにダンスを教える？山下健二郎主演「八王子ゾンビーズ」

[5] 「仮面ライダー斬月」ビジュアル解禁、久保田悠来「果汁を浴びに来てくださいませ」

[6] 久保田悠来、情報番組のMC就任「ねこ耳に水」マジプリ・大城らも“猫ひた”メンバーに

[7] 猫ひた月曜日、ご視聴ありがとうございました！

[8] "【ダレコレ～Dare Collection～ vol.2】歌舞伎町の"ブラック"王子様久保田悠来のクールな瞳にズッキュン！". Retrieved 2015-06-13.

[Magz24-9] 鎧武COMPLETE TRACKS 2014, p. 24, 「久保田悠来インタビュー（ハイパーホビー2013年11月号掲載）」

[″Magz55″-10] 鎧武COMPLETE TRACKS 2014, p. 55, 「久保田悠来インタビュー（ハイパーホビー2014年4月号掲載）」

[11] 鎧武外伝公式VB 2015, pp. 22-23、29.

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