Occupation Actor Spouse Akiko Matsumoto (m. 2010) Role Actor | Name Dante Carver Years active 2006– | |
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Born January 17, 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-01-17 ) New York, United States Website www.remix-model.co.jp/model/dante.html Education Virginia Commonwealth University Movies Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max, Happily Ever After Similar People Kanako Higuchi, Akiko Matsumoto, Bobby Ologun, Aya Ueto, Koichi Sakamoto | ||
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Dante Carver (born January 17, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African-American actor working in Japan. He moved to Japan in 2005, and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking "Yosō Guy" (予想GUY) character (the name being a pun on yosōgai (予想外), the Japanese for "unexpected"), and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as part of the fictional "White family" headed by a white Hokkaido dog.
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- Akasan s quickie that time i got to met dante carver family
- SDCC 2017 Dante Carver
- Private life
- TV commercials
- CD releases
- Filmography
- References
In 2008, Carver was voted the most popular male actor in a TV commercial in Japan, beating Takuya Kimura, who had previously held the top position for eight consecutive years.
SDCC 2017 - Dante Carver
Private life
A native of New York City, Carver attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, studying International Business.
On August 4, 2010, Carver married former model Akiko Matsumoto. They formally celebrated the marriage in a wedding ceremony in April 2011.
In July 2011, Carver was stopped by police while driving in Shibuya, Tokyo, after making an illegal U-turn. He was found to be driving on an invalid International Driving Permit, and his case was sent to the public prosecutor's office.