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Tsuyoshi Ihara (いはら つよし, Ihara Tsuyoshi, Korean: 윤유구; born November 6, 1963) is a Japanese actor, martial artist, and writer of Korean descent.

Tsuyoshi Ihara
伊原 剛志
Ihara in 2015
Born	Yun Yu-gu (1963-11-06) November 6, 1963 (age 58) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Biography

Ihara is a Japanese person of Korean descent, born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyūshū as Yun Yu-gu (윤유구/尹惟久) and who grew up in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, Naniwa-ku, Osaka.

Career

Ihara joined the Japan Action Enterprise, a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to work in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series Futarikko. In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film Letters from Iwo Jima, introducing him to a wider international audience.[1]

Ihara authored a book, Kokorozashite Sōrō (志して候う), published in Japan by Amoeba Books.[2]

Appearances

Films

Television dramas

• Shadow Warriors　(Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan series) (Fuji TV, 1980-)
  • Kage no Gundan IV
  • Kage no Gundam Bakumatsu-hen
• Takeda Shingen (1988 NHK Taiga drama; portraying Oda Nobuyuki)
• Oishii no ga suki (TBS, 1989)
• Kyō, Futari (1990 NHK morning drama)
• Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari (1991, Fuji TV)
• Futarikko (1996, NHK morning drama) - Masao kuroiwa
• Only You ~Aisarete~ (1996, Nippon TV)
• Ichigen no Koto (2000, NHK)
• Star no Koi (2001, Fuji TV)
• Kowloon de Aimashō (2002, TV Asahi)
• Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho (2002, TBS)
• Mibu Gishi Den ~Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko~ (2002; portraying Hijikata Toshizō)
• Koi wa Tattakai (2003, TV Asahi)
• Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 2 (2003, TBS])
• Chūshingura ~ Ketsudan no Toki (2003, TV Tokyo; portraying Horibe Yasubei)
• Sky High 2 (2004, TV Asahi)
• Shinsengumi! (2004 NHK Taiga drama; portraying Sasaki Tadasaburō)
• Last Christmas (2004, Fuji TV)
• Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 4 (2004, TBS)
• Magari Kado no Kanojo (2005, Fuji TV) - Masamitsu Horiuchi
• Shiawase ni Naritai! (2005, TBS)
• Koi no Jikan (2005, TBS)
• Grave of the Fireflies (2005, Nippon TV) - Genzo Sawano (Hisako's husband)
• Umeko (2005, TBS)
• Kuroi Taiyō (2006, TV Asahi)
• Jotei (2007, TV Asahi)
• Team Batista no Eiko (2008, Fuji TV) - Kiryu Kyoichi
• Hanako to An (2014; portraying Ando Kippei, NHK Asadora)
• Hana Moyu (2015 NHK Taiga drama; portraying Sakamoto Ryōma)
• The Naked Director Season 2 (2021, Netflix)[3]

Anime

• Karasu (1995, Toei)

Theater

• We Love JAC (1986)
• Jōji ta JAC Kōen
• Mayonaka no Party (1991)
• Honkon Rhapsody (1993)
• Dā! Dā! Dā! (1993)
• Hikoma ga Yuku (2002)
• Blood Gets in Your Eyes (2003)
• Rōnin Gai (2004)
• Kātenkōru (2005)
• shuffle (2005)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Other programs

• Kimama ni Toygyazā (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Kansai Local)
• Ōra no Izumi (December 13, 2006, TV Asahi)

Books

• Kokorozashite Sōrō (author)[2]

References

External links

• K Dash
• Drive Music
• Tsuyoshi Ihara at IMDb

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