He graduated from the Faculty of Letters of Chuo University; and worked part time at Magazine House publishing. In 2001 he joined the Bungakuza literary arts theater institute as a part of the 41st generation. In 2002, he first appeared on stage in "BENT" with TPT (Tokyo Theater Project). In 2004 he completed his training and became an associate player. In the same year, he won the Bungakuza Supporters Best Newcomer Award (zanaisho). In 2006, he was promoted to a resident player. He left Bungakuza in the same year.
In 2007, he transferred to Foster co.,ltd., and in 2010, transferred to Hirata Office, where he is now affiliated.
In 2010 he appeared in the NHK drama "Second Virgin". In 2011, he starred in his first commercial TV drama "Suzuki Sensei" by TV Tokyo. In the same year, he played a useless, indecisive father in Nippon TV's "Kaseifu no Mita".
In 2014, he played the villain, Higashi Kazuo, in the TBS and WOWOW co-produced broadcast "MOZU".
Starting January 19, 2015, he played a jobless otaku in the Fuji Television "Monday 9" drama "Date ~koi to wa donna mono kashira~".
He played the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yaguchi Rando in the 29th movie in the Godzilla series "Shin Godzilla" which was released on July 17, 2016.
Starting April 16, 2017, he will play Kosaka Shinichiro in the weekly "Sunday Theater" TBS drama "Chiisana Kyojin", broadcast every Sunday at 9:00.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/eYyR6K_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tabata Tomoko", "alternateName": "田畑智子", "birthDate": "December 26, 1980", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Tomoko Tabata is a Japanese actress. She won the best-supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for The Hidden Blade and Blood and Bones, and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky in 2012.
She married actor Okada Yoshinori on New Year's Day in 2018 after six and a half years of dating. They had their first child, a son, in October of 2018. On February 12, 2021, they announced that they have welcomed their second child, another son.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/ZDr7J_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ohara Sakurako", "alternateName": "大原櫻子", "birthDate": "January 10, 1996", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Newcomer Chosen out of 5,000 other applicants to Star as female lead in Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru with Takeru Sato.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/ZqLdq_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Takenaka Naoto", "alternateName": "竹中直人", "birthDate": "March 20, 1956", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Takenaka Naoto is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/4WgKd_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fuji Sumiko", "alternateName": "富司純子, 富司纯子, 藤純子, 寺島純子, ふじ すみこ, 후지 스미코, Sumiko Fuji, Fuji Junko, Junko Fuji, Фудзи, Дзюнко", "birthDate": "December 01, 1945", "nationality": "Gobō, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan", "description": "Fuji Sumiko is a Japanese actress and moderator from Gobo City, Wakayama Prefecture. She received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2007, and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays in the spring of 2016. She graduated from Osaka Municipal Honjo Junior High School. She became a fan of Takarazuka Revue when she was in junior high school, and when she graduated she was thinking of taking the Takarazuka Music School exam. However, due to the opposition of her father, she abandoned her dreams. In 1962, when she was in the second year of Shijonawate Gakuen High School, she appeared with her sister, Mitsuko, as a cover girl for the Yomiuri TV song program "Hi-Hi, Mahina desu". In 1972, she married Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro 4th (currently Onoe Kikugoro 7th) who co-starred in NHK's taiga drama "Minamoto no Yoshitsune". In 1974 (Showa 49), she was appointed as the moderator of Fuji TV's wide show "3-ji no Anata", and returned to the entertainment world as a moderator" She temporarily dropped her program for childbirth and childcare for three years from 1977. In 1996, she received the Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award for "Gion no Shimai". In 2006, she won the Nikkan Sports Film Awards Supporting Actress Award for the movie "Hula Girl". She is the fourth person to win the leading and supporting awards of the same award. In 2010, she played the role of the main character's grandmother in the serial television novel "Teppan" and won the Galaxy Award February 2011 Monthly Award.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/sumiko-fuji.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kamishiraishi Mone", "alternateName": "上白石萌音", "birthDate": "January 27, 1998", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Kamishiraishi Mone is a Japanese actress and singer managed by Toho Entertainment. Her music label is Universal Music Japan. She spent three years of her childhood in Mexico. Due to that, she became fluent in English and is able to speak basic Spanish. She is the older sister of actress Kamishiraishi Moka.
She is also known for her voice acting as Miyamizu Mitsuha in the movies "Kimi no Na wa (Your Name)" in 2016 and "Tenki no Ko (Weathering With You)" in 2019. On December 24, 2020, it was announced that she will play the main role of Yasuko in the 105th Asadora "Come Come Everybody". Kamishiraishi Mone was selected through an audition from 3061 applicants.
From February to July 2022, she played Chihiro in the stage play "Spirited Away" from Studio Ghibli.
In March and April 2023, she will play the main role of Jane Eyre in the musical “Jane Eyre” directed by John Caird.
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His debut as a director came in 1984 with the pink film "Abnormal Family - My Brother's Bride" for which he received acclaims from the critics. He became a prominent figure in Japanese entertainment industry when his 1992 work "Sumo Do, Sumo Don't" won Best Film at the Japanese Academy Awards. He and Masui Shoji, the producer for Fancy Dance (1989) founded their own production company, Altamira Pictures in 1993.
Suo's 1996 work "Shall We Dance?" won fourteen awards at the Japanese Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Film. The movie performed strongly in U.S. theaters, and eventually influencing to produce an American remake version starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. His 2007 work "I Just Didn't Do it" won multiple accolades and helped to catalyze a shift in attitudes within Japan's legal system.
He is married to the actress Kusakari Tamiyo since 1996. He directed "Dancing Chaplin" in 2011, a documentary film about the ballet career of his wife Kusakari Tamiyo.
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