Satoshi Tsumabuki
Tsumabuki at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1980-12-13) December 13, 1980 (age 43)
Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • bassist
Years active1998–present
Known forWaterboys
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
[1][2]
Children2
Japanese name
Kanji妻夫木聡
Hiraganaつまぶきさとし

Satoshi Tsumabuki (妻夫木聡, Tsumabuki Satoshi, born December 13, 1980) is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band Basking Lite.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1998 Nazo no Tenkousei Koichi Iwata Kazuya Konaka
1999 Great Teacher Onizuka Ichirōta Masayuki Suzuki
2001 Tomie: Re-birth Takumi Aoyama Takashi Shimizu
Waterboys Suzuki Shinobu Yaguchi Lead role [3]
2002 Sabu Sabu Takashi Miike Lead role
Jam Films Tōjō Isao Yukisada Lead role, segment "Justice"
2003 Sayonara Kuro Ryosuke Kimura Joji Matsuoka Lead role
Dragon Head Teru Aoki George Iida Lead role
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Tsuneo Isshin Inudo Lead role
2004 A Day on the Planet Nakazawa Isao Yukisada Lead role
69 sixty nine Kenichi Yazaki Lee Sang-il Lead role
Thirty Lies or So Sasaki Kentarō Ōtani
2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean Yukito Origasa Shinji Higuchi Lead role
Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims The Phantom Yaijrobei Kankurō Kudō
Spring Snow Kiyoaki Matsugae Isao Yukisada Lead role
It's Only Talk Noboru Ryūichi Hiroki
Tetsujin 28: The Movie Windchime Seller Shin Togashi
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Exceedingly Handsome Guy Justin Lin Cameo, American film
Tears for you Yotaro Aragaki Nobuhiro Doi Lead role
2007 Dororo Hyakkimaru Akihiko Shiota Lead role
Kayōkyoku dayo jinsei wa Takashi Suzuki Shinobu Yaguchi Lead role, episode 9
Welcome to the Quiet Room Komono Suzuki Matsuo
2008 Tokyo! Takeshi Michel Gondry segment "Interior Design"
The Magic Hour Bingo Kōki Mitani
Children of the Dark Hiroaki Yoda Junji Sakamoto
Paco and the Magical Book Muromachi Tetsuya Nakashima
School Days with a Pig Mr. Hoshi Tetsu Maeda Lead role
2009 Pandemic Tsuyoshi Matsuoka Takahisa Zeze Lead role
Boat Toru Kim Young-nam Lead role, South Korean-Japanese film
Villon's Wife Okada Kichitaro Negishi
2010 Surely Someday Policeman Shun Oguri
Villain Shimizu Lee Sang-il Lead role
2011 My Back Page Masami Sawada Nobuhiro Yamashita Lead role
Smuggler Ryōsuke Kinuta Katsuhito Ishii Lead role
2012 Fly with the Gold Hiroyuki Kōda Kazuyuki Izutsu Lead role
For Love's Sake Makoto Taiga Takashi Miike Lead role
2013 Tokyo Family Masatsugu Hirayama Yoji Yamada
The Kiyosu Conference Oda Nobukatsu Kōki Mitani
2014 Judge! Kiichirō Ōta Akira Nagai Lead role
Our Family Kōsuke Wakana Yuya Ishii Lead role
The World of Kanako Asai Tetsuya Nakashima [4]
The Little House Arai Yoji Yamada
Stand by Me Doraemon Adult Nobita (voice) Takashi Yamazaki
The Vancouver Asahi Reggie Kasahara Yuya Ishii Lead role
Lady Maiko Yuichiro Akagi Masayuki Suo
2015 The Assassin The mirror polisher Hou Hsiao-hsien Chinese film
2016 What a Wonderful Family! Shōta Hirata Yoji Yamada
The Magnificent Nine Jin'nai Asanoya Yoshihiro Nakamura
Rage Yūma Fujita Lee Sang-il
Museum Sanae Kirishima Keishi Ōtomo
2017 Traces of Sin Tanaka Kei Ishikawa Lead role
Tornado Girl Yūji Kōroki Hitoshi Ōne Lead role
What a Wonderful Family! 2 Shōta Hirata Yoji Yamada
2018 What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life Shōta Hirata Yoji Yamada
Detective Chinatown 2 Noda Chen Sicheng Chinese film
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan Fuyuno Toshiaki Toyoda
It Comes Hideki Tahara Tetsuya Nakashima
2019 Paradise Next Makino Yoshihiro Hanno Lead role, Taiwanese-Japanese film
The 47 Ronin in Debt Sugaya Han'nojō Yoshihiro Nakamura
2020 Not Quite Dead Yet The manager of the Crown Hotel Shinji Hamasaki
Shape of Red Kurata Yukiko Mishima
I Never Shot Anyone Tomoya Imanishi Junji Sakamoto
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Adult Nobita (voice) Takashi Yamazaki
The Asadas Yukihiro Asada Ryōta Nakano [5]
2021 Detective Chinatown 3 Hiroshi Noda Chen Sicheng Chinese film [6]
2022 A Man Akira Kido Kei Ishikawa Lead role [7]

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1998 Subarashii Hibi Fuji TV
Over Time Fuji TV Episode 2
1999 Omizu no hanamichi Nakata Fuji TV
Koi no Kiseki Taeko's manager EX
2000 Ikebukuro West Gate Park Fujio Saitō TBS
Limit: Moshimo wagako ga Atsushi Shioya NTV
2001 Kabachitare Kazuya Machida Fuji TV Episodes 5, 10 and 11
Heaven Cannot Wait 2: The Teacher Tadashi Okinoshima TBS
Shotgun Wedding Takumi Shinjō Fuji TV
Platonic Sex Takashi Tsujimoto Fuji TV
Chūshingura 1/47 Gunbei Takata Fuji TV TV movie
2002 The Long Love Letter Ryūta Fujisawa Fuji TV
Kisarazu Cat's Eye Little Yamada TBS Episode 9
Wedding Planner Shuhei Narumi Fuji TV
Tokyo Muke Michi Girl Akira NTV
The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine Junzaburō Nabeshima Fuji TV
2003 Say Hello to Black Jack Dr. Eijirō Saitō TBS Lead role
Ikebukuro West Gate Park Special Fujio Saitō TBS
2004 Say Hello to Black Jack Special Dr. Eijirō Saitō TBS Lead role
Toride Naki Mono Kiichirō Yahiro EX TV movie
Orange Days Kai Yūki TBS Lead role
2005 Slow Dance Riichi Serizawa Fuji TV Lead role
2007 High and Low Ginjiro Takeuchi EX TV movie
2009 Tenchijin Naoe Kanetsugu NHK Lead role; Taiga drama
2014 All About My Siblings Asahi Satō Fuji TV Lead role
2016 Kidnap Tour Takashi NHK Lead role; TV movie
2018 Innocent Days Shin'ichi Sasaki Wowow Lead role; also producer
When a Tree Falls Satoshi Kayama EX Lead role; TV movie
2020 The Dangerous Venus Hakurō Teshima TBS Lead role [8]
2021 Shikatanakatta to Iute wa Ikan no desu Taichi Torii NHK Lead role; TV movie [9]
2023 Get Ready! Eisuke Hazama/Shinichi Amano TBS Lead role [10]
2024 Ikitoshi Ikerumono Riku Sakura TV Tokyo Lead role; TV movie [11]

Puppetry

Personal life

Tsumabuki announced through his agency that he has married actress Maiko on August 4, 2016. The two have been in a relationship for over four years, and they met back in 2012 when they co-starred in the Fuji TV drama "Keigo Higashino Mysteries."[12]

Tsumabuki and his wife welcomed the birth of their first child in December 11, 2019,[13] and their second child on September 13, 2022.[14]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work(s) Result
2002 26th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer Award Himself Won
25th Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomer of the Year Waterboys Won
Best Actor Nominated
39th Golden Arrow Awards Newcomer Award Won
11th Japanese Professional Movie Awards Special Award Won
34th Television Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Lunch no Joou Won
2003 37th Television Academy Awards Best Actor Say Hello to Black Jack Won
2004 18th Takasaki Film Festival Best Actor Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Won
2nd Vladivostok Film Festival Best Actor Won
77th Kinema Junpo Awards Best Actor Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead Won
29th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, 69 sixty nine and A Day on the Planet Won
46th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead Nominated
25th Yokohama Film Festival Best Actor Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead Won
12th Hashida Awards Newcomer Award Say Hello to Black Jack Won
41st Television Academy Awards Best Actor Orange Days Won
2005 47th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor 69 sixty nine and A Day on the Planet Nominated
2006 29th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Spring Snow Nominated
2007 30th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Nada Sōsō Nominated
2010 23rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Actor Villain Won
2011 53rd Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Won
34th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Won
2014 37th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Tokyo Family Nominated
2016 29th Tokyo International Film Festival Arigato Award Himself Won
29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Rage and Museum Won
41st Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Rage Nominated
2017 71st Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
40th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Won
2018 60th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Tornado Girl Nominated
2020 45th Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor The Asadas Nominated
33rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
2021 63rd Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated[15]
44th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Nominated[16]
2022 47th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor A Man Nominated[17]
2023 77th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Nominated[18]
65th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Nominated[19]
46th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Won[20]

References

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  2. ^ http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp.e.ck.hp.transer.com/e_news/entertainment/entry/59449.html[dead link]
  3. ^ "ウォーターボーイズ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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  6. ^ "唐人街探偵 東京MISSION". eiga.com. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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  10. ^ "Get Ready!". TV drama database. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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  15. ^ "嵐・二宮和也主演の「浅田家!」が最多5部門でノミネート「第63回ブルーリボン賞」各部門候補を発表". The Chunichi Shimbun. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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  18. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 石川慶監督の「ある男」が最多の9部門でノミネート". Sponichi. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  19. ^ "第65回ブルーリボン賞 各部門候補が決定 受賞者は2月発表". Tokyo Sports. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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