Asuka Kudō
Quick Facts
Biography
Asuka Kudoh (工藤 阿須加, Kudō Asuka, born 1 August 1991 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented with Papado.
Biography
Kudoh's father is professional baseball player and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks coach Kimiyasu Kudoh and his sister is professional golfer Haruka Kudoh. He is the first and eldest child of five siblings. Kudoh had played tennis himself, but had no experience on professional baseball.
His acting debut was the Nippon TV drama Perfect Son in 2012. In 2013 Kudoh appeared in NHK Taiga drama Yae no Sakura as Yamamoto Yaeko's younger brother Yamamoto Saburō, and later from July to September he appeared in the Fuji Television drama Shomuni 2013.
He later played pitcher Kazuya Okihara in the Tokyo Broadcasting System Nichiyō Gekijō series Roosevelt Game in 2014. Kudoh was chosen from the audition from about a hundred applicants, and played as the same position as his father. Later in the 24 May between the Saitama Seibu Lions and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Seibu Prince Dome he wore the Seibu Lions uniform number 47, the same as his father's, and went to the ceremonial first pitch. Kudoh played a gay lover in the Nippon TV drama Gisō no Fūfu.
Awards
- 24th Japanese Movie Critics Awards Newcomer Award for Best Actor (Toshiko Minami Award) (1/11: Jū ichi bun no ichi, Momose, kocchi o Mui te.)