Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki
Native name 佐々木 蔵之介
Born Hideaki Sasaki
(1968-02-04) February 4, 1968
Kyoto, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 1990 - present
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Website www.k-factory.net/profiles/kuranosuke-sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki (佐々木 蔵之介, Sasaki Kuranosuke, born February 4, 1968) (real name Hideaki Sasaki (佐々木秀明 Sasaki Hideaki)) is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television drama.

Biography

He was born into a family of a sake brewery in Kyoto, Japan. After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency, he played an active part in a Japanese theatrical group called "Planet Pistachio," as a stage actor, from 1990 to 1998.

He later extended the range of activities on TV dramas and movies, and has played important roles on many works in Japan. He made his film debut starring in Mamiya Kyodai in 2006, and his TV series debut starring in Gira Gira in 2008.

When Sasaki was a freshman and received a phone call from his college company to decide on a stage name, his father suggested the name Kuranosuke, with a double meaning; for Kura, a sake cellar/brewery for their sake brewery, and for Ōuchi Kuranosuke, a famous historical drama role.[1]

Sasaki's initial plan was to join the family business of sake brewing as the eldest son when graduated from college. Learning sales strategy at an advertisement company was also part of his plan.[1]

His family was not supportive when he aspired to be an actor, until he played a part in Audrey (NHK, 2000). His father sold sake named "Audrey", and then a premium junmai sake Hancho for a limited period while the TV drama was aired; Kuranosuke played a lead in Hancho.[2]

Selected filmography

TV series

Year Title Role
2000AudreyKohtaro Miki
2001Handoku!!!Makoto Takano
2003Bijo ka YajūHiroshi Kobukuro
Shiroi KyotōYūta Takeuchi
2004Rikon BengoshiToshifumi Yanagida
Last PresentSatoshi Oda
2005Roomshare no OnnaShūhei Sugita
M no HigekiAkira Kubo
Rikon Bengoshi 2Toshifumi Yanagida
Kon-ya hitori no bed deShunsuke Kuzumi
2006Team Medical DragonKeisuke Fujiyoshi
Shimokita SundaysTsubasa Akutagawa
Boku no aruku michiHideharu Ohtake
2007Fūrin Kazan (Taiga drama)Yukitaka Sanada
Bambino!Atsushi Kuwabara
Team Medical Dragon 2Keisuke Fujiyoshi
2008Saitō-sanTōru Mano
Shikaotoko AwaniyoshiShigehisa Fukuhara
Absolute BoyfriendGaku Namikiri
Monster ParentKeigo Miura
Gira GiraKōhei Nanase
2009TriangleRyō Akimoto
HanchōTsuyoshi Adumi
Orthros no InuTakayuki Sawamura
Fumō ChitaiSeiki Akitsu
ChallengedKeiichirō Hanawa
2010Hanchō 2Tsuyoshi Azumi
Hanchō 3Tsuyoshi Adumi
HimitsuHeisuke Sugita
Team Medical Dragon 3Keisuke Fujiyoshi
2011Hanchō 4Tsuyoshi Azumi
2016Kaitō YamanekoShūgo Sekimoto[3]
2017HiyokkoMakino
2019Ieyasu, Edo wo TateruŌkubo Tadayuki

Movies

Year Title Role
2003Bayside Shakedown 2
Densha OtokoHisashi
2005Summer Time Machine BluesKōtarō Hoseki
2006Kenchō no hoshiKeita Sakurai
Mamiya kyodaiAkinobu Mamiya （lead）
Rainbow SongShinsuke Higuchi
2007TsukigamiSahei Bessho
Tsubaki SanjūrōKimura
2008Bokutachi to chūzai-san no 700-nichi sensōChūzai-san
After SchoolMasayuki Kitazawa
20th Century Boys : Beginning of the EndFukubē
2009 20th Century Boys 2 : The Last Hope Fukubē
20th Century Boys 3 : RedemptionFukubē
Daremo mamotte kurenaiKōji Umezawa
2010 Ōoku Fujinami
2011 Gaku Masato Noda
2013 A Boy Called H
2014 Samurai Hustle Masaatsu Naito[4]
2015Solomon's PerjuryFujino
2016The InerasableYoshiaki Hiraoka
2017Flower and SwordMaeda Toshiie
March Comes in Like a LionKai Shimada
Hamon: Yakuza BoogieYasuhiko Kuwabara
A Beautiful StarKatsumi Kuroki
2018We Make AntiquesSasuke
RecallHirohisa Aizawa
2019Aircraft Carrier IbukiToshiya Niinami
2020Touge: The Last SamuraiKoyama Ryōun

Awards

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Television

References

  1. 1 2 "Watashino chizu - ano bashoe kaeritai" series, No.196, Sasaki Kuranosuke. Shūkan Gendai July 5 issue, 2014: pp.78-80.
  2. ↑ ""A-Studio" program detail for June 5, 2009, 23:00 - 23:30. Sasaki Kuranosuke as a guest" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com, Inc. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ↑ 池内博之『怪盗山猫』で亀梨和也のライバル役に決定. ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME Inc. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. ↑ "超高速！参勤交代(2014)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "the 38th Japan Academy Prize was awarded!" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize official site. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Kuranosuke Sasaki and Hana Kuroki join for Suntory's veberage". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME Inc. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  7. ↑ "Kansai Electric Power Company resumes its advertisements on television with Kuranosuke Sasaki... against Takao Osawa for Osaka Gas". Sankei WEST (in Japanese). 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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