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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Japanese singer and actor

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

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Japanese singer and actor
A.K.A.
草彅剛 草なぎ剛
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
Age
50 years
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Biography

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, born July 9, 1974 in Seiyo, Ehime, Japan) is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a member of SMAP, the best-selling boy band in Asia.

Early life

Kusanagi grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan.

Career

Music

In 1987, at age 13, Kusanagi auditioned to enter Johnny & Associates, a Japanese talent agency that recruits and trains young boys, preteens to teens, to become singers and members of boy bands. After five of the other band members auditioning individually from 1986 through 1987, in autumn 1987, twenty boys, from ages ten to seventeen, were put together into a group called The Skate Boys, which was initially created as backup dancers for a famous boy band, Hikaru Genji. In April 1988, producer Johnny Kitagawa chose six out of the twenty boys to create a new boy band and named them "SMAP".

Acting

He had the lead role in the movie, Yomigaeri (黄泉がえり) (January 18, 2003; a Japan public presentation). Moreover, his Korean-language-Japanese-produced movie Hotel Venus (ホテルビーナス, Hoteru Bīnasu) (March 6, 2004 Japan public presentation) was submitted to the Moscow International Film Festival on June 25, 2004.

Television

Personal life

Arrest

On April 23, 2009, at around 3 a.m., Kusanagi was arrested on suspicion of public indecency at Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.

On April 24, 2009, he held a press conference accompanied by his attorney and apologized for his misbehavior. Prosecutors decided not to indict Kusanagi because of his apology. He took a one-month-long hiatus and returned to the taping of SMAPxSMAP on May 28, 2009.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Shoot!Kamiya AtsushiMain role
1995The Diary of Anne FrankPeter (voice)
1999MessengerHironori SuzukiMain role
2001KoureiFumio HayasakaGuest appearance
2003YomigaeriHeita KawadaMain role
2004The Hotel VenusChonanMain role
The Taste of TeaProjectionistCameo appearance
NinxNin Ninja Hattori-kun The MovieManCameo appearance
2005RobotsRodney (voice)Main role; Japanese dubbed version
2006Sinking of JapanToshio OnoderaMain role
Like a VirginJapanese teacherCameo appearance
2007StringsHal (voice)Main role; Japanese dubbed version
SaiyukiSagoshoCameo appearance
2008Yama no AnataTokuichiMain role
Watashi wa Kai ni NaritaiSaburo OnishiCameo appearance
2009Ballad Namonaki Koi no UtaMatabe IjiriMain role
20111,778 Stories of Me and My WifeSakutaro MakimuraMain role
2012A Ghost of a ChanceTeruo Hosho
Anata eYuji Tamiya
Ninkyo HelperHikoichi TsubasaMain role
2013Chugakusei MaruyamaTatsuo ShimoiMain role
2015Attack on TitanGrishaCameo appearance
Attack on Titan End of the WorldGrishaCameo appearance

Television (as actor)

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988-1989Abunai Shonen IIIHimselfMain role
1989Jikan desuyo Heisei GannenHattori
1990P.S. OboetokeyoTsuyoshi
1991Furimukeba Kimi…Takashi Kobayashi
1992Motto, Tokimeki woHimselfGuest appearance
1992-1993Hime-chan no RibbonKoichi Shikura / Himself (voice)
1995Inochi UruwashikuDaisuke Tsugawa
Tsuki Uma-ya Oen JikenchoSeinosuke Ikeda
Ienakiko 2Tsuyoshi Kuroiwa
Mada Koi wa HajimaranaiHiroshi Ochiai
Mokuyou no KaidanShinichi ImamuraMain role
1996Nagoya Yomeiri Monogatari 8Ichiro Hiraoka
Kekkon ShiyouyoJyunya Sugimura
Oishii KankeiKazuma Kimura
1997Boku ga Boku de Arutame niEtsuro MizoguchiMain role
Sasho TaekoSadatsugu Yurioka
Ii HitoYuji KitanoMain role
GiftYuji KitanoGuest appearance; episode 7
Yonimo Kimyou na MonogatariIchiro KawashimaMain role
Narita RikonIchiro HoshinoMain role
1998Sensei Shiranaino?Yusaku KinoshitaMain role
JinbeeShin Teranishi
1999Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAPHimselfMain role
Bakayaro 1999Masato YamaguchiMain role
KoureiFumio HayasakaCameo appearance
1999-2003TeamYusuke KazamiMain role
2000Yonimo Kimyouna MonogatariTaro TanakaMain role
2000-2001Food FightMichiru InoharaMain role
2001Yonimo Kimyouna MonogatariKenichiro HondaMain role
Star no KoiSosuke NakataMain role
2002SaranheyoChonan KanMain role
2003Boku no Ikiru MichiHideo NakamuraMain role
Taikouki Saru to Yobareta OtokoHideyoshi ToyotomiMain role
2004Shinsengumi!Takeaki EnomotoGuest appearance
Kaikyou wo Wataru ViolinChanhyon ChinMain role
X’smapMasterMain role
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Inu to Yobareta OtokoTsunayoshi TokugawaMain role
2005Koi ni OchitaraShimao SuzukiMain role
Chiisana UntenshuYohei TakanashiGuest appearance
2005-presentPythagoraSwitchHimself (voice)
2006Ai to Shi wo MitsumeteMinoru KonoMain role
Boku no Aruku MichiTeruaki OtakeMain role
2008Suzuki Fusai no Jingi naki TatakaiLawyerCameo appearance; episode 1 and 2
Ryoki-teki na KanojyoSaburo MasakiMain role
2009Yume wo Kanaeru ZouFumio Fumiyama (voice)Main role
Crayon Shin-chanMataro (voice)Guest appearance
2009-2011Ninkyo HelperHikoichi TsubasaMain role
201099 Years of Love: Japanese AmericansNagayoshi / Ichiro HiramatsuMain role
Dokutomato Satsujin JikenHimselfMain role
2011Fuyu no SakuraTasuku InabaMain role
201237sai de Isha ni natta BokuYuta KonnoMain role
Yonimo Kimyou na MonogatariMakoto SaekiMain role
2013Aji IchimonmeYoshito TakumaCameo appearance
Kamisama no BelebouOsamu TezukaMain role
Dokushin KizokuMamoru HoshinoMain role
Furuhata vs SMAP The AftermathHimselfMain role
2013-2016SpecialistYoshito TakumaMain role
2014Honto ni Atta Kowai HanashiKenta MisawaMain role
Oretachi ni Asu wa aruHimselfMain role
Sazae-sanHimself (voice)Guest appearance; episode 7148
2015Zeni no SensouTomio ShiraishiMain role
Shin Naniwa KinyudoTomio ShiraishiGuest appearance
2017Uso no SensouKoichi IchinoseMain role

Television (as personality)

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994-2014Waratte IitomoHimself
1995-1996Tamori’s The World of MusicHimself
1996-1997Oh! El ClubHimself (host)
1996-2016SMAPxSMAPHimself (host, chef, performer)
1997ScratchHimself (host)
1997-2005Docchi no Ryori ShowHimself
1998Muchu Sengen GanbarimasuHimself (host)
1998-presentPussmaHimself (host)
2001-2003Chikyu Fushigi DaishizenHimself (narrator)
2001-2010Chonan KanHimself (host)
2003-presentTsuyoshi Kusanagi’s Ganbatta TaishouHimself (host)TV special; 16 episodes
2004-2014Bokura no OngakuHimself (host)
200524 Hour TelevisionHimself (host)Telethon
2005-2014FNS KayousaiHimself (host)TV special; 15 episodes
2007-presentBaby SmapHimself (host)
2012-2014FNS Uta no NatsumatsuriHimself (host)TV special; 3 episodes
2014-2015SmaShipHimself (host)TV special; 2 episodes
2015-presentBuraTamoriHimself (narrator)

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994-presentOhayo SMAPHimself
1995-presentSMAP Power SplashHimself

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Saint SeiyaShiryuLead role
1992Dragon QuestAtlasLead role
1993AnotherShunichiLead role
Hime-chan no RibbonDaichi KobayashiLead role
1995Haisenkoku no OjiTaketoshi HanezawaLead role
1999-2000Kamata KoshinkyokuYasuji MuraokaLead role
2002Tsubaki HimeHimselfLead role
2006Chichi KaeruKenichiro KurodaLead role
2008Mabuta no HahaChutaroLead role
2010K2TaylorLead role
2012-2013Boku ni Honou no Sensha woNaoki YanagiharaLead role
2013Nito MonogatariSukuneLead role
2015burst!HimselfLead role

Publications

  • Kore ga Boku desu. (April 1997) ISBN 978-4847012792
  • Okiraku (March 2007) ISBN 978-4048944892
  • Kusanagiron (May 2008) ISBN 978-4087804942
  • Okiraku 2 (March 2016) ISBN 978-4047317321
  • Jeongmal Book (December 2002) ISBN 978-4838714254
  • Jeongmal Book Hangul (December 2002) ISBN 978-4838714186
  • Jeongmal Book 2 (November 2004) ISBN 978-4838715589
  • Jeongmal Book 2.5 (November 2004) ISBN 978-4838715596
  • Tsuki no Machi Yama no Machi (February 2011) ISBN 978-4847019647
  • Document Kusanagi Tsuyoshi in Yomigaeri (2003) ISBN 978-4048535755
  • The Hotel Venus Starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (2004) ISBN 978-4048537353
  • Nippon Chinbotsu Photo Book featuring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (2006) ISBN 978-4048539807
  • Yama no Anata Tokushi no Koi (2008) ISBN 978-4087804959
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