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Yōsuke Kubozuka
窪塚洋介
Kubozuka at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2023
Born	(1979-05-07) 7 May 1979 (age 45) Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	1994–present
Spouses	Unknown ​ ​(m. 2003; div. 2012)​ PINKY ​(m. 2015)​
Children	2, including Airu Kubozuka
Website	www.manjiline-amatorecordz.com

Yōsuke Kubozuka (窪塚 洋介, Kubozuka Yōsuke, born May 7, 1979 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa) is a Japanese actor and musician.

Career

Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama Kindaichi Case Files. In 1998, he starred in the TV series GTO as the role of an honors student, Yoshito Kikuchi. In 2000, he starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park along with Tomoya Nagase, Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Inception) and Tomohisa Yamashita (Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi, Operation Love, Code Blue). In this drama he starring as the role of "King" of the G-Boys, Takashi Ando.

In 2001, he starred in Strawberry on the Shortcake along with other popular young artists such as Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada. In the drama he took the role of being Kyoko Fukada's first love.

In October of that same year, Go (directed by Isao Yukisada), which tells the story of a Zainichi chosenjin teenager who falls in love with a Japanese girl, was officially released. For his performance in this role, Kubozuka took home two awards (Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year) at Japan Academy Film Prize. Kubozuka also appeared in Mr. Children's 2002 "Kimi ga Suki" music video, which won MTV Video Music Award Japan for Video of the Year in 2002 (Mr. Children also nominated in Best Group Category but losing to Backstreet Boys).

Since then, Kubozuka took on projects starring in Ping Pong, Kyoki no Sakura as well as Samurai Resurrection.

He also appeared in films such as Tokyo Island, Monsters Club, Helter Skelter, and the 2016 remake of Silence directed by Martin Scorsese.

Kubozuka has also been pursuing his career as a reggae musician by the name 'Manji Line' (卍 LINE) since 2006.

Personal life

Kubozuka graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School. He married a non-celebrity woman in May 2003 and had one son. In 2004, he survived after falling 26 metres from his 9th floor apartment. On July 12, 2012, Kubozuka announced through his official website that he had divorced his wife a month earlier, and that he has official custody of his son. Kubozuka remarried in December 2015, a daughter was born in 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Stage Play

Awards and nominations

References

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2. "VIDEOS 歴代VMAJアーカイブ 2002年│MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2007". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
3. Schilling, Mark (27 August 2010). "'Tokyo-jima (Tokyo Island)' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
4. Kaufman, Anthony (10 September 2011). "Monsters Club - Review - Screen". Screen International.
5. Mack, Andrew (12 January 2012). "SAKURAN Director Mika Ninagawa Returns With HELTER SKELTER". Twitch Film.
6. "窪塚洋介、妻・PINKY&長男・愛流らと家族4ショット「美男美女家族」「素敵な家族写真」". Oricon. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
7. Inc1, Natasha. "窪塚洋介の妻PINKYが第1子を妊娠". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. ^ "第25回 日本アカデミー賞 (2002年)". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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10. "沈黙 サイレンス". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
11. "アリーキャット". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
12. "最初の晩餐". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
13. "みをつくし料理帖". eiga.com. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
14. "ファーストラヴ". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
15. "横浜流星×石橋静河×小野翔平×窪塚洋介×笠松将、『DIVOC-12』藤井道人監督チームに出演". Real Sound. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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17. "Sin Clock". eiga.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
18. "スイート・マイホーム". eiga.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
19. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 14, 2023). "Phoenix: Eden17 Anime Reveals Teaser, Cast, More Staff, September 13 Debut, Film Version With Different Ending". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
20. "ナックルガール". eiga.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
21. "次元を超える TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS". eiga.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
22. "小栗旬×松坂桃李×池松壮亮×窪塚洋介、未知のウイルスに挑む「フロントライン」6月公開". Natalie (in Japanese). December 19, 2024. Archived from the original on December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
23. ^ "Live-Action GTO Revival Special Confirms 6 Returning 1998 Cast Members". Anime News Network. 22 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
24. "お見合い結婚の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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26. "「TOKYO VICE」シーズン2がWOWOWで来春放送・配信、新たに窪塚洋介と真矢ミキが参戦". Natalie (in Japanese). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
27. "26年ぶり！「GTO リバイバル」に池内博之、山崎裕太、窪塚洋介らが再集結". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 23 February 2024. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
28. "窪塚洋介「沈黙」糧に主演舞台「怪獣の教え」に決意新た「1本1本が命懸け」". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
29. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
30. 第23回ヨコハマ映画祭 日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 12 December 2010.

External links

• Yosuke Kubozuka at IMDb
• 窪塚洋介 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• Manji Line in Twitter

• 1979 births
• Living people
• Japanese male film actors
• Japanese male television actors
• Japanese reggae singers
• Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture
• Singers from Yokosuka, Kanagawa
• 20th-century Japanese male actors
• 21st-century Japanese male actors
• 21st-century Japanese male singers
• 21st-century Japanese singers