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Shunsuke Kazama (風間 俊介, Kazama Shunsuke, born June 17, 1983 in Sumida, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and tarento affiliated with Johnny & Associates.
Biography
In 1997, when Kazama was in his second year of junior high school, he entered Johnny & Associates and started activities as a trainee. He made his debut on stage that same year in a Shonentai stageplay. In 1999, he played Kenjiro Kanesue in Kinpachi-sensei. His performance earned him the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix award for Best Newcomer.
In 2002, Kazama formed a unit, "4TOPS" with fellow trainees Tomohisa Yamashita, Toma Ikuta, and Jun Hasegawa. The quartet hosted Shounen Club, a Johnny's Jr. variety show. In September 2003, Yamashita was chosen to be a member of a new unit, News. 4TOPS was dissolved with News' debut and the remaining members would focus on acting. In 2011, Kazama won a Television Drama Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Kazama married a non-celebrity woman in 2013, after dating for ten years.
He was also a member of TU→YU along with V6's Hiroshi Nagano, NEWS's Takahisa Masuda, Hey! Say! JUMP's Hikaru Yaotome and actor Tatsuya Takeda.
He starred in the feature-length film Maebashi Visual Kei, as a young farmer who tries to make it big in a visual kei band.
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Johnny's Fantasy Kyo to Kyo | ||
| 2000 | Big: Yume wa Kanau | Billy Copepki | Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo |
| 2000 | Millennium Shock | Company worker Jun | Imperial Theatre, Tokyo |
| 2001−2002 | Show-geki Shock | Company worker Jun | Imperial Theatre, Tokyo |
| 2002 | Playzone 2002: Yoshifumi | Policeman Townsperson | Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo Festival Hall, Osaka |
| 2003 | Shock is Real Shock | Shunsuke | Imperial Theatre, Tokyo |
| 2003 | Playzone 2003: Vacation | Local correspondent Terrorist boy Soldier | Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo Festival Hall, Osaka |
| 2004 | Shocking Shock | Shunsuke | Imperial Theatre, Tokyo |
| 2004 | Chikyū Gorgeous Vol 7. "Claudia" | Dragon child | Nissay Theatre, Tokyo Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya Fukuoka Sunpalace, Fukuoka Festival Hall, Osaka Niigata Terrsa, Niigata |
| 2004−2005 | West Side Story | Chino | Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo Orix Theater, Osaka |
| 2004 | Chikyū Gorgeous 10th Anniversary "Claudia" | Dragon child | Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo NHK Osaka Hall, Osaka |
| 2006 | Fall Guy | Yasu | Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo Theater Brava!, Osaka |
| 2007 | Takizawa Enbujō 2007 | Saburo | Shinbashi Enbujō, Tokyo |
| 2008 | Koi wa Comedy | Pierre | Japan Tour |
| 2008 | Full House | Seiya | Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Nishinomiya |
| 2008 | Frying Pan and Handgun | Shigeta | Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo Sankei Hall, Osaka |
| 2009 | Kagotsurube | Rikkyo | Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo NHK Osaka Hall, Osaka |
| 2010 | Alibi no nai Tenshi | Masashi Tada | Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo Sankei Hall, Osaka |
| 2010 | Believer | Steven | Setagaya Public Theater, Tokyo Umeda Arts Theater, Osaka Fukuoka Civic Hall, Fukuoka Denryoku Hall, Sendai |
| 2011 | Watashi wa Dare!? | Kunike Nomura | Mitsukoshi Theater, Tokyo |
| 2011 | Destiny 30 − Delux The Ninth Live | Aran | Telepia Hall, Nagoya Umeda Arts Theater, Osaka Sunshine Theatre, Tokyo |
| 2011 | Watashi wa Dare!? Replay | Kunike Nomura | Shin Kabuki-za, Osaka |
| 2012 | Otoko no Hanamichi | Kosuke Tōdō | Shin Kabuki-za, Osaka Hashima City Arts Centre, Hashima Le Theatre Ginza by Parco, Tokyo |
| 2014 | Chikyū Gorgeous Vol 13. "Kuzariāna no Tsubasa" | Gankutsu | Akasaka ACT Theater, Tokyo Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya Canal City Theater, Fukuoka Umeda Arts Theater, Osaka |
| 2014 | Sakamoto Yūji Rōdoku geki 2014 | Sogetsu Hall, Tokyo | |
| 2014 | Rōsoku Rōdoku Nakameguro | Woody Theatre, Tokyo | |
| 2015 | Better Half | Yūta Suwa | Honda Theatre, Tokyo Sankei Hall, Osaka Yomiuri Otemachi Hall, Tokyo |
| 2015 | Baghdad Zoo no Bengal Tiger | New National Theatre Tokyo | |
| 2016 | Kokami@network Vol 14. Intolerance no Matsuri | Kengo Sado | Space Zero, Tokyo Theater Brava!, Osaka Yomiuri Otemachi Hall, Tokyo |
| 2016 | Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour | Terry | Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka Yokohama Arena, Yokohama |
| 2017 | Better Half Replay | Yūta Suwa | Honda Theatre, Tokyo Winc Aichi, Aichi Kurume City Plaza, Fukuoka Sankei Hall, Osaka |
Awards
| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3rd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix | Best Newcomer | Kinpachi-sensei | Won |
| 2011 | 70th Television Drama Academy Award | Best Supporting Actor | Soredemo, Ikite Yuku | Won |
| 2011 | 66th Japan Broadcast Film Arts Award | Best Supporting Actor | Soredemo, Ikite Yuku | Won |