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Yōsuke Kubozuka

Yosuke Kubozuka
窪塚洋介
Born (1979-05-07) 7 May 1979 (age 37)
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation Actor
Website www.manjiline-amatorecordz.com

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

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 as 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 2001, Go! was officially released for evaluation and this production describes the love story of a young Korean boy living in Japan. The film portrays the day to day challenges faced by foreigners living in Japan. For his performance in this role, Kubozuka took home two awards during the Japan Oscar Awards.

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 Martin Scorsese's Silence.

He now starts a singing career as the reggae singer Manji Line (卍 LINE).

Kubozuka graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School. He married 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 ago. Kubozuka has official custody of his son.


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