David Ito

David Ito
David Ito
デビット伊東
Born	Tsutomu Ito; 12 August 1966 (age 55); Iruma, Saitama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	David (デビット, Debitto); Debi;
Occupation	Actor; comedian;
Years active	1991-present

David Ito (デビット伊東, Debitto Itō, real name Tsutomu Ito (伊藤努, Itō Tsutomu); born 12 August 1966, in Iruma, Saitama) is a Japanese comedian, actor and businessman. He is nicknamed Debi (デビ).

Biography[]

After graduating from Sayama High School, he was a local swimming instructor, but he aimed for being an idol in Tokyo. During the showbub period, he lived in Hiromi's room. In 1986, together with Hiromi and Mister Chin, he formed the conte group B-21 Special. They won the Golden Arrow Award for Performing Arts in 1990.

After that, Ito planned to regenerate in which he had been as a sluggish celebrity within regular appearances in Tunnels no Namade Daradara ika sete!!, in the Fukuoka ramen shop "Ippudo" for training. At that time Ito was injured in his feet, as the above project was around when he was worried about continuing in the entertainment industry, he decided to retire from the front line of entertainment industry and started a ramen business. Currently there are six shop ramen shops named "Debitto" ("Debi" at the beginning) nationwide (Nakanobu Main Store, Sakurashinmachi Store, Ito-Yokado Yamato Tsurumi Store, Higashi Shizuoka Store, Sayama Store, Tachikawa Store), and two overseas stores (Macao shop ("Shinju shop"), Shanghai shop),^[1] he was doing research on soup on the second floor of the Nakanobu branch, and sometimes he stand at the store. The company consolidates opinions by the meeting three times a year by all employees. He temporarily stayed in ramen store management, but TBS' "Seija no Kōshin" co-star Chosuke Ikariya visited the shop without previous notice, even though a few words, "If I try to give back to the entertainment industry Having received a strong invitation with enthusiasm including "why did I not give back to the entertainment industry?", and in parallel with the ramen shop, he is doing a celebrity business such as an actor.

Filmography[]

TV dramas[]

Dates	Title	Role	Network	Notes
	Seija no Kōshin		TBS
	GTO		KTV
	Bayside Shakedown		CX
	Shizuko Natsuki no Ryōkei: Odosa reta Hōtei		NHK
26 Feb 1999	Heaven Cannot Wait: Mono Company Version	Jiro Amakasu	TBS	Episode 8
Feb 1999	Mei Tantei Kogoro Akechi 4: Kyūketsuki	Michihiko Hatayanagi	CX
1999	Otorisōsa-kan Shiho Kitami	Tomihisa Tatsumi	EX
2000	Gekka no Kishi	Sei Muramori		Episode 2; as Tsutomu Ito
	Trick			Episode 5
	Kanojo ga Shin jatta.		NTV
2001–06	Bengoshi Bunsuke Igari		TBS
2001	Shōkyōto Mystery 29	Keiji Saito	NTV
2001	Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File	Shigeaki Onozuka	EX, ABC	Episode 15 "Jibun no Shitai o Kaibō shita Joi!? DNA ga Shōmei shita Hitori no Musume ni Sannin no Oya no Nazo..."
	Shinsengumi!		NHK
	Doll House		TBS
2002	Stewardess Keiji 6	Ryotaro Akahoshi	CX
2004	Yumeko Hinata Chōtei Iin Jiken-bo 2: Mishiranu Otto		CX
	Zeirishi Kusunoki Ginhei no Jiken Chōbo 2: Ryōshū-sho wa Kataru		TBS
	Sky High 2		EX
	Denchi ga Kireru made		EX
	Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy		TX
	Rikon Bengoshi		CX
	Joi Yū: Aozora Clinic		THK
	Onna to Ai to Mystery Jikō: Tokumei Keiji Sakon Tokuda		TX
	Division1: Stage9 miracle		CX
	Tragedy of "M"		TBS
	Yukemuri Wars: Okami ni narimasu		CBC
	Dragon Zakura		TBS
	Astro Kyūdan	Shinjiro Ujiie	EX
	Hana Yori Dango	Nishida	TBS
2005	Hama no Shizuka wa Jiken ga Osuki		CX	Episode 3
	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 12 Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 13	Koichiro Hanabishi	TBS
	Hamidashi Bengoshi Shiro Tatsumi 9		ABC
2006	Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File	Noboru Morishima	EX, ABC	Episode 22 "Shimon wa Nido Uso o tsuku!? Joi mo Kanshiki-kan mo Shiranai 'Yawarakai Yubi no Nazo'"
Apr–Jun 2006	Dahime Obakamīko	Shu Gataka	Mondo21
2006	7-Ri no Onna Bengoshi		EX	Episode 3
	Saiyūki	Kenma Shogun	CX	Episode 10
	Teppan Shōjo Akane!!	Shugo Kitamura	TBS
	Taikō-ki: Tenka o Totta Otoko Hideyoshi	Ganmaku	EX
	An Automaton in Long Sleep	Matsukawa	TBS
	Hana Yori Dango Returns	Nishida
2006	Manbiki G-Men Yuki Nikaido 14: Yasashī Satsui
2007	Hensō Sōsa-kan Yuki Asou	Yuichi Yamamura	EX
	Kirakira Kenshūi	Surgeon	TBS
	Joshideka! -Joshi Keiji-	Yoshiaki Mine	TBS
	Kodomo no Jijō	Shintaro Horie	CBC
	Nyotei	Shigeki Ryuzaki	ABC, EX
19 Jan 2008	Kētai Keiji Zenigataumi Third Series	Orca Tiger Shark	BS-TBS	Episode 3 "The Burn The Burn wa Ikoku no Kaori! -Princess Ansatsu Keikaku-"
25 Jan 2008	4 Shimai Tantei-dan	Kensuke Takaoka	ABC, EX	Episode 2
Jan–Mar 2008	Ashita no, Yoshio Kita: Sekaiichi Fuun na Otoko no, Kiseki no 11-kakan	President Kobayashi	KTV
21 Feb 2008	Anba Tengu	Kōbee Hayashi	NHK	Episode 6
2008	81diver		CX
	7-Ri no Onna Bengoshi	Mitsuo Kayama	EX	Episode 1
	Mama no Kamisama		CBC
	Around40	Sasaki	TBS
	Kansa Hōjin	President's secretary	NHK
10 Mar 2008	3 Tsuki 10-nichi Tokyo Daikūshū Katara renakatta 33-mai no Shinjitsu	GHQ interpreter	TBS
29 Mar 2008	100 no Shikaku o Motsu Onna: Futari no Batsuichi Satsujin Sōsa		ABC
29 Aug 2008	Lot 6 de 3 Oku 2 Sen Man-en Ateta Otoko	Editor	ABC, EX
	Ōoku Saidai no Mystery: Kōjo Kazunomiya no Nazo	Katsu Kaishū	NTV	Reproduction drama
Sep 2008 –	Kagerō no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zōshi	Ridaka Fukusaka	NHK
2008	Team Batista no Eikō	Ryujiishi Okuda	KTV
15 Oct 2008	Sonogo no Atsushihime	Katsu Kaishū	NTV	Reproduction drama
25 Oct 2008	Ware wa Gogh ni naru!: Ai o Hotta Otoko Shiko Munakata to Sono Tsuma		CX
2008	Mirai Seiki Shakespeare	Shy Rock	KTV
	Ryūsei no Kizuna	Takeo Sawai	TBS
	Shōni Kyūmei		EX
	Salaryman Kintaro		EX
17 Jan 2009	Tensai Keiji Bonroku Noro 3: Fukushū no Tenshi		ABC
Jan 2009	Sagi-shi: Ririko	Attorney Kato	TX
2009	Kimi wa Break		TBS	"Ginza no Haha Monogatari"
Apr–Jun 2009	Shiroi Haru	Tatsuya Yasuoka	KTV
2009	Kamen Rider Decade	Hibiki / Kamen Rider Hibiki (voice)	EX
May–Jul 2009	Mr. Brain		TBS
20, 21 Jun 2009	Keiji Kazuyo: Hachibee Hiratsuka no Shōwa Jiken-shi	Chuichi Nishiwaki	EX
Sep 2009	Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo	Detective Kusakabe	TBS
Oct–Dec 2009	Ohitori-sama	Shinsuke Nonomura
3 Nov 2009	Tōshōdaiji 1200-nen no Nazo: Tenpyō o Kake Nuketa Otome-tachi	Tachibana no Naramaro
2010	The Wallflower			Episode 1
2010	Tokujō Kabachi!!	Hiruma Mushiji		Episode 5
18 Feb 2010	Angel Bank: Tenshoku Dairinin	Ichioka	EX	Episode 5
10 Mar 2010	Massuguna Otoko	Director Matsuoka	KTV	Episode 9, Final Episode
20 Nov 2010	Kasai Chōsakan Renjiro Kurenai	Sumi Yamagata	ABC
21 Jan–Mar 2011	Akutō: Jū Hanzai Sōsahan	Yusaku Inohara	ABC, EX
12 Feb 2011	Kenji Yoko Asahina	Yuichi Tashiro	EX
19 Mar 2011	Ai to Shi no Kyōkai-sen -Rinjin to no Kanashiki Arasoi-		ABC
20 Jun 2011	Reiko Kamijo no Jiken Suiri	Kengo Satake	TBS
3 Sep 2011	Shihō Kyōkan Yoshiko Hotaka	Shinji Matsumura	EX
10, 11 Sep 2011	Castle of Sand	Bartender	EX	Episode 1 and 2
6 Oct 2011	Boku-ra Hoshikuzu no Dance	Takamori Sakatani	TX
8 Dec 2011	Runaway: Aisuru Kimi no tame ni	Keisuke Suzuki	TBS
11 Dec 2011	Ore no Sora: Keiji-hen	Shigeru Kurumada	EX	Episode 8
2 Apr 2012	Ekiben Keiji Tokunosuke Jinbo	Takashi Isoyama	TBS
29 Apr–Jun 2012	Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance		Wowow
4 May 2012	Toshi Densetsu no Onna	Teruo Kunieda	EX	Episode 4
18 Jun 2012	Shichō wa Mukotono	Jogasaki	BS Asahi	Episode 7
5 Jul 2012	Kyoto Chiken no Onna: Dai 8 Series	Kiyoshi Komiyama	EX	Episode 1
6 Jul – 7 Sep 2012	Boys on the Run	Tanaka
15 Sep 2012	Damashiwe Utamaro II	Sadakichi
26 Jan 2013	Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain		CX
25 Mar 2013	Ihin no Koe o Kiku Otoko	Keiji Matsuzaki	EX
31 Mar 2013	Konoyo de Ore/Boku dake	Hamaguchi	BS Japan
18 Apr 2013	Sennyū Tantei Tokage	Mitsuru Katayama	TBS	Episode 1
Apr–Jun 2013	Kumo no Kaidan	Susumu Abiko	NTV
8 May 2013	Doubles: Futari no Deka	Kato	EX	Episode 4
Jul 2013	Asu no Hikari o Tsukame	Jingoro Sasaki	THK
7 Aug 2013	Mikkai no Yado	Kazuto Inaba	TX
16 Aug 2013 –	Naru yō ni naru sa.	Nakayama	TBS
11 Dec 2013	Otoshi no Oni Keiji Chinatsu Sawa	Reiji Shinoyama	TX
14 Dec 2013	Shokatsu no Onna	Yuji Takemoto	ABC
18 Dec 2013	Kirawa re Kansatsu-kan Otonashi Ichi Roku: Keisatsu Naibu Chōsa no Oni	Koji Shimauchi	TX
27 Feb 2014	Dr.DMat	Akio Morita	TBS	Episode 8
15, 16 Mar 2014 –	Miyamoto Musashi	Toji Gion	EX
18 Mar 2014	Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu	Jiro Endo	CX	Episode 10
Apr–Jun 2014	White Lab: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku Sōsahan	Eiichi Kishibe	TBS
22 Apr 2014	Bitter Blood	Yoichi Imamura	CX	Episode 2
26 Apr 2014	Sai Sōsa Keiji Yusuke Kataoka	Takahiro Yano	EX
Jul–Sep 2014	A Chef of Nobunaga	Shibata Katsuie	EX
25 Oct 2014	Kōiki Keisatsu	Kijima	ABC
Oct–Dec 2014	Sutekina-sen Taxi	Criminal detective	KTV
8 Nov 2014	Jinrui Gakusha Kumiko Misaki no Satsujin Kantei	Isao Soeda	EX
7 Dec 2014	Seicho Matsumoto Ni-yo Renzoku Drama Special Dai Ni-yo Seicho Matsumoto: Kiri no Hata	Prosecutor	EX
28 Jan 2015	Make-gumi Hōritsu Jimusho: Chinmoku suru Shōnin	Takayoshi Kawai	TX
2015	Ouroboros	Takeo Katsurada	TBS
20 Feb 2015	Kumokiri Nizaemon 2	Sukezo	NHK BS Premium	Episode 3
13 Jun 2015	Kyoto Bishoku Taxi Satsujin Recipe	Keisuke Tadokoro	EX
16 Jul 2015	Saikyō no Futari: Kyoto Fukei Tokubetsu Sōsahan	Mamoru Kawakami	EX	Episode 1
Jul–Sep 2015	Omotesandō Kōkō Gasshō-bu!	Goro Amakusa	TBS
13 Aug 2015	Manma koto -Asa no Jo Saitei-chō- Mokuyō Jidaigeki	Aodake-ya master	NHK
17 Oct 2015	Keishichō Sōsaikkachō: Hira kara Nariagatta Saikyō no Keiji!	Kazuyuki Mizukoshi	EX
29 Nov 2015	Hissatsu Shigoto Hito 2015	Shugoro's subordinate	EX
3 Dec 2015	Seishun Tantei Haruya: Otona no Aku o Yurusanai!	Akira Kawasaki	YTV	Episode 8
6 Jan 2016	Keiji Seiichi Yoshinaga: Namida no Jiken-bo	Daisuke Sakai	TX
27 Feb 2016	Tokusō Seven: Keishichō Sōsaikka 7 Kakari	Koji Mitamura	EX
5 Apr 2016	Sutekina-sen Taxi 2: Jikan-chō Special	Crime detective	KTV
25–26 Jun 2016	Montage: San Oku-en Jiken Kitan	Takeo Odagiri	CX
10 Sep 2016	Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File	Takashi Nakai	EX, ABC	Episode 42 "Yūmei Gaka wa Ni-do Shinu...? Joi no Hagata to sō men no Bikkuri Mizu ga, Kanzen Hanzai o Abaku!! Cotton Kossetsu to Hanbun no Zugaikotsu no Igaina Kankei"
18 Mar 2017	Inagaki-ka no Moshu	Himuro	Wowow	Scenario Grand Prize winning work Drama W series
2018	Boys Over Flowers Season 2	Nishida	TBS

Internet dramas[]

Year	Title	Website	Notes
2009	Love Connector: Renai Kōsaku Hito	BeeTV
2012	Gakkō no Kaidan	BeeTV	Episode 5 "Jindaimokei"; guest appearance

Internet programmes[]

Dates	Title	Website	Notes
Jun 2017 –	Trumpun no Pun Pu Pun	Open Rec TV	Trumpun

TV programmes[]

Dates	Title	Network	Notes
	1or8	CX
	Star Dokkiri (Hi) Hōkoku	CX
	Tunnels no Namade Daradara Ika sete!!	NTV
1995	Men Shoku	TV Tokyo
	Konyamo Doru Bako
	Inaka ni Tomarō
	Cotaetecho-dai	CX
	Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita	CX
	Pittanko Kan Kan	TBS
	27-Jikan TV	CX
1993–94	Woming	SDT	Shizuoka local
2006–	Appare! Kanagawa Dai Kōshin	tvk
	Sanma no Nan demo Derby	EX
	TV Champion	TX
2007	Oricun	CX	"Hanaotoko Aikō-kai"
2010	Kizuna Restaurant	TBS
23 Nov 2010	Tōsō-chū	CX	Episode 19 "Gekidō Meiji no Dai Jihen"; as Itō Hirobumi
14 Aug 2013	Real Dasshutsu Game TV	TBS	Episode 3; as Makiage
Apr–Jun 2014	Real Dasshutsu Game TV	TBS	Serial drama; as Makiage
	24Hour Television	NTV
	Downtown SP	CX
	Yoisho! Debi Channel	TVS
	The! Sekai Gyōten News	NTV
	Style Plus	THK
2016–	Machikomi	TV Saitama
	Dokidoki Takuhaibin: Sore, Todoke ni Ikimasen ka?	TX

Radio[]

Title	Network
On The Way Comedy Michikusa	Tokyo FM

Films[]

Year	Title	Role
1990	Sawako no Koi
1991	Fuzakero!
1992	Future Memories: Last Christmas	Takio Kurabi
1999	Furusato
2000	Keizoku/Eiga Beautiful Dreamer	Person inside TBS office
2008	Hana Yori Dango Final	Nishida
2008	Tokumei Kakarichō: Hitoshi Tadano: Saigo no Gekijō-ban
2009	Yamagata Scream
2012	Rinjō	Yuzo Kakogawa
2015	Konoyo de Ore/Boku dake	Hideo Hamaguchi
2015	Toshokan Sensō -The Last Mission-

Direct-to-video[]

Dates	Title	Notes
1991	Bayside Violence: Gun Ōkami
1995	Bakkure
2002	Jitsuroku: Kyūshū Yakuza Kōsō-shi: LB Kumamoto Keimusho: Kyōkiba
2003–	Jitsuroku Masahisa Takenaka no Shōgai Ara-ra buru Shishi
2004	Kūga no Shiro: Joshū 1316
2004	Minami no Teiō: Odoshi no Site
2006	Akuyaku Papa
2006	Jitsuroku: Hiroshima Gokudō Kōsō: Tetsuo Sasaki no Shōgai
	Kigyō-shi: Tenba
19 Mar 2010	Mukōbuchi 7: Kō Rate Ura Mājan Retsuden-kin Koroshi	Published by All In Entertainment; as Maeno

Stage[]

Year	Title	Screenplay	Creator	Producer	Notes
1998	Shin Bakumatsu Junjō-den			Shunichi Okamura
1998	8-Ri de Sagasu Lear-ō			Shinichi Kamoshita
1999	Shin Bakumatsu Junjō-den			Shunichi Okamura
2006	Colore Produce Haru-chan		LaSalle Ishii	Takahiro Tamura (OneOr8)
2007	Tsukigami	G2			Starring Nakamura Hashinosuke
2009	Kujō no Tegami	Toshinori Nakano		Toshinori Nakano
2010	Nancy	Shigeki Kaneko		Kazuya Yamada
2012	BS-TBS Summer Party 2012 Real Etude			Tomoyuki Furumaya
2012	Warau Kyotō Tokyo Seleson Deluxe Kaisan Kōen	Takayuki Takuma		Takayuki Takuma
2013	Doris&Orega Collection Vol.7 Brother Brother
2017	Doris&Orega+Mito Geijutsukan Coaster2017	Shigeki Kaneko		Yoshihiko Oe

Music[]

Year	Title	As	Notes
1997	Freedom	Andy's	Andy's was formed with Takaaki Ishibashi, Shoji Sadaoka together with the project within the TV programme Tunnels no Namade Daradara Ika sete!!

Voice acting[]

Title	Notes
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!	Debbie
Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior	Jaggi

Advertisements[]

Product	Notes
Sagawa Express
Boss Coffee Luxurious sugar	As Zeitaku David
Digital Tu-Ka Kyushu
Saitama Prefecture Department of Consumer Life Section Consumer Damage Prevention CM

Narration[]

Title
Orange Page

Video games[]

Year	Title	Role	Publisher
2011	Yakuza: Dead Souls	Someya	Sega

References[]

^ "でびっとらーめん公式ウェブサイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 Jul 2017.

External links[]

Profile – Orega (in Japanese)
David Ramen official website (in Japanese)
David Ramen official blog (in Japanese)

[1] "でびっとらーめん公式ウェブサイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 Jul 2017.

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David Ito
デビット伊東
Born	Tsutomu Ito (1966-08-12) 12 August 1966 (age 55) Iruma, Saitama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	David (デビット, Debitto) Debi
Occupation	Actor comedian
Years active	1991-present