Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki
Tsumabuki at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1980-12-13) December 13, 1980 Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, bassist
Years active	1998-present
Known for	Waterboys
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)

Satoshi Tsumabuki (妻夫木聡, Tsumabuki Satoshi, born December 13, 1980) is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band Basking Lite.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role
1998	Nazo no Tenkousei	Koichi Iwata
1999	Great Teacher Onizuka
2001	Tomie: Re-birth	Takumi Aoyama
	Waterboys	Suzuki
2002	Sabu	Sabu
	Jam Films - Justice
2003	Sayonara Kuro	Ryosuke Kimura
	Dragon Head	Teru Aoki
	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Tsuneo
2004	A Day on the Planet	Nakazawa
	69 sixty nine	Kenichi Yazaki
	Thirty Lies or So	Sasaki
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean	Yukito Origasa
	Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims	The Phantom Yaijrobei
	Spring Snow	Kiyoaki Matsugae
	It's Only Talk	Noboru
	Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Exceedingly Handsome Guy
	Tears for you	Yotaro Aragaki
2007	Dororo	Hyakkimaru
	Kayōkyoku dayo jinsei wa
	Welcome to the Quiet Room	Komono
2008	Tokyo!	Takeshi
	The Magic Hour	Bingo
	Children in the Dark	Hiroaki Yoda
	Paco and the Magical Book	Muromachi
	School Days with a Pig	Mr. Hoshi
2009	Pandemic	Tsuyoshi Matsuoka
	Boat	Toru
	Villon's Wife	Okada
2010	Surely Someday
	Villain	Shimizu
2011	My Back Pages
	Smuggler	Ryōsuke Kinuta
2012	Fly with the gold
	Ai to Makoto	Makoto Taiga
2013	Tōkyō Kazoku	Masatsugu Hirayama
	The Kiyosu Conference	Oda Nobukatsu
2014	Judge!	Ōta
	Bokutachi no Kazoku	Kōsuke Wakana
	The World of Kanako	Asai
	The Little House	Arai
	Stand by Me Doraemon	Nobita (adult)
	The Vancouver Asahi	Reggie Kasahara
	Lady Maiko	Yuichiro Akagi
2015	The Assassin	The mirror polisher
2016	What a Wonderful Family!	Shōta Hirata
	Tono, risoku de gozaru!	Jin'nai Asanoya
	Anger	Yūma Fujita
2017	Gukōroku	Tanaka

TV dramas

• Subarashii Hibi (1998 Fuji TV)
• Over Time (1998 Fuji TV)
• Omizu no hanamichi (1999 Fuji TV)
• Koi no Kiseki (1999 TV Asahi)
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000 TBS) as Fujio Saitou
• Limit: Moshimo wagako ga (2000 YTV)
• Kabachitare (2001 Fuji TV)
• Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko 2 (2001 TBS)
• Dekichatta Kekkon (2001 Fuji TV) as Takumi
• Platonic Sex (2001 Fuji TV) as Tsujimoto Takashi
• Chūshingura 1/47 (2001 Fuji TV) as Gunbe Takada
• Long Love Letter (2002 Fuji TV) as Ryuta Fujisawa
• Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002 TBS) as Little Yamada in episode 9
• Wedding Planner (2002 Fuji TV) as Shuhei Narumi
• Tokyo Muke Michi Girl (2002 NTV)
• Lunch no Joou (2002 Fuji TV) as Junzaburo Nabeshima
• Say Hello to Black Jack (2003 TBS) as Eijiro Saito
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park Special (2003 TBS) as Fujio Saitou
• Say Hello to Black Jack Special (2004 TBS) as Eijiro Saito
• Toride Naki Mono (2004 Asahi TV) as Yahiro Kiichiro
• Orange Days (2004 TBS) as Kai Yuuki
• Slow Dance (2005 Fuji TV) as Riichi Serizawa
• High and Low (2007 Asahi TV) as Ginjiro Takeuchi
• Tenchijin (2009 NHK) as Naoe Kanetsugu
• Wakamonotachi/All About My Siblings 2014 (2014 Fuji TV) as Asahi Satō

Puppetry

• Sherlock Holmes (2014 NHK) as Jefferson Hope (voice)

Awards and nominations

Television awards

• 34th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor in Lunch no Joou (2002)
• 37th Television Academy Awards: Best Actor in Say Hello to Black Jack (2003)
• 12th Hashida Awards: Newcomer Award for Say Hello to Black Jack (2004)
• 41st Television Academy Awards: Best Actor in Orange Days (2004)

Film awards

• 11th Japanese Professional Movie Awards: Special Award for Waterboys (2001)
• 25th Japanese Academy Awards: Newcomer of the Year for Waterboys (2002)
• 39th Gold Arrow Awards: Newcomer Award for Waterboys (2002)
• 26th Élan d'or Awards: Newcomer Award for Waterboys (2002)
• 25th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Actor for Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead (2003)
• 77th Kinema Junpo Awards: Best Actor for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead (2004)
• 18th Takasaki Film Festival: Best Actor for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2004)
• 2nd Vladivostok Film Festival: Best Actor for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2004)
• 29th Hochi Film Awards: Best Actor for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, 69 sixty nine and A Day on the Planet (2004)
• 53rd Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actor for Villain (2010)
• 23rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Best Actor for Villain (2010)
• 34th Japan Academy Prize Awards: Best Actor for Villain (2011)

Film nominations

• 25th Japanese Academy Awards: Best Actor for Waterboys (2002)
• 46th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actor for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead (2004)
• 47th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actor for 69 sixty nine and A Day on the Planet (2005)
• 29th Japanese Academy Awards: Best Actor for Spring Snow (2006)
• 30th Japanese Academy Awards: Best Actor for Tears for you (2007)

External links

• Satoshi Tsumabuki Official Web Site in Japanese
• Satoshi Tsumabuki at IMDb