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.
25th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Ikebukuro West Gate Park 28th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Strawberry on the Shortcake 2002: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Actor & Newcomer of the Year for Go! 2001: Hochi Film Awards: Best Actor for Go! 2001: Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award for Go! 2002: Kimema Junpo Awards: Best Actor for Go! & Oboreru Sakana , Best New Actor for Go! 2002: Mainichi Film Concurs : Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award 2002: Marrakech International Film Festival: Best Actor for Go! 2002: Yokohama Film Festival : Best Actor for Go! & Oboreru Sakana Actor
2023
Sin Clock as
Shinji Takagi
2021
Zenin seppuku (Short)
2021
First Love as
Gamon Makabe
2020
Mio's Cookbook as
Komatsubara
2020
The Day of Destruction as
Toru
2019
The First Supper as
Shun Azuma
2019
Giri/Haji (TV Series) as
Yuto
- Episode #1.8 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.7 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.6 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.5 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.4 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.3 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.2 (2019) - Yuto
- Episode #1.1 (2019) - Yuto
2017
Alley Cat as
Hideaki Ashita
2016
Silence as
Kichijiro (as Yosuke Kubozuka)
2015
Deadman Inferno as
Shirakawa
2014
Love's Whirlpool as
Clerk
2013
The Extreme Sukiyaki as
Ohkawa
2012
Helter Skelter as
Takao nanbu
2011
Genji monogatari: Sennen no nazo as
Abe Seimei
2011
Monsters Club as
Yuki Kakiuchi
2010
Strangers in the City as
Yasuhiro Nakagomi
2009
Pandora no hako as
Tsukushi
2008
Maboroshi no Yamataikoku as
Kazuma Sasabe
2007
For Those We Love as
Katsuji Bando
2006
Song shu zi sha shi jian as
Oshima
2005
Onaji tsuki wo miteiru as
Tetsuya
2005
Tobi ga kururi to as
Beautician
2003
Samurai Resurrection as
Amakusa Shiro Tokisada
2002
Kyoki no sakura as
Yamaguchi Susumu
2002
Pinpon as
Yutaka Hoshino / Peco
2002
Rongu rabu retâ: Hyôryû kyôshitsu (TV Series) as
Akio Asami
2001
Strawberry on the Shortcake (TV Series) as
Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.9 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.10 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.8 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.6 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.5 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.4 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.3 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.7 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.2 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
- Episode #1.1 (2001) - Saeki Tetsuya
2001
Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko (TV Series) as
Yuki Satoru
2001
Drowning Fish as
Munetaka Akiyoshi
2000
Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko special (TV Movie) as
Yuki Satoru
2000
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV Series) as
Takashi
- The Longest Day In 'Bukuro, June the 23rd (2000) - Takashi
- My City Has Become A Battlefield (2000) - Takashi
- Farewell, Dear Friends (2000) - Takashi
- I Fell In Love With A Girl From Odaiba (2000) - Takashi
- Don't Put Your Hand On My Baba! (2000) - Takashi
- My Only Friend (2000) - Takashi
- The Most Masculine Girl In The World (2000) - Takashi
- Lover From A Distant Country (2000) - Takashi
- Ballad Dedicated To A Princess (2000) - Takashi
- I Will Take The Enemy! (2000) - Takashi
- We Are Not Garbage (2000) - Takashi
2000
Omiai Kekkon (TV Series) as
Jun'ichi Oohata
2000
Tomie: Replay as
Fumihito Sato
2000
Soshite, tomodachi (TV Movie)
1999
Lipstick (TV Series) as
Kouki Makimura
1998
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV Series) as
Kikuchi Yoshito / Yoshito Kikuchi
- I'm a Great Teacher (1998) - Yoshito Kikuchi
- The Violent Teacher Who Was Scolded by a Beautiful Nurse (1998) - Yoshito Kikuchi
- The Teacher Who Gets Excited Over Staying at Fuyutsuki's Room (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- The Teacher Who Has Students Withdraw from School by Force (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- The Teacher Who Was Fired in the Opening Ceremony of the Second Semester (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- The Teacher Who Does Compensated Dating (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- The Dangerous Teacher Who Puts Out His Hand to a Student's Mother (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- It's the Teacher Stalker (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- Idol Making Money (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- It's the Problem Teacher (1998) - Kikuchi Yoshito
- The Pervert Teacher and the Madonna Teacher (1998) - Yoshito Kikuchi
- First, I'm a teacher (1998) - Yoshito Kikuchi
1998
Takkyû onsen as
Atsushi Fujiki
1996
Midori as
Minoru Kobayashi (as Yosuke)
1994
Hen (TV Series) as
Ryûichi Kobayashi
Director
2023
City Lives (TV Mini Series)
Writer
2023
City Lives (TV Mini Series)
Editor
2023
City Lives (TV Mini Series)