Ken Yasuda (actor)
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Ken Yasuda | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1993–present |
Agent | Amuse Inc. (Business Partnership) |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
Ken Yasuda (安田 顕, Yasuda Ken, born 8 December 1973) is a Japanese actor, TV personality and seiyu. He was born in Muroran, Hokkaido. He is a member of the Team Nacs. He graduate from Hokkaido Muroran Sakae High School and, Hokkai Gakuen University. His older brother is Fumio Yasuda.
Biography[]
At Hokkai Gakuen University, Yasuda joined the theater club and the theatrical company OOPARTS(led by its president Takayuki Suzui).[2] In 1996, to commemorate the university graduation, the theater unit TEAM NACS was formed with his friends from the theater club , Shigeyuki Totsugi, Yo Oizumi, and .[2] Disbanded in a one-time performance.
After graduating from university, he got a job as a medical office worker in dentistry in a general hospital, but he retired after 10 months of joining the company because he was not familiar with the workplace and concentrated on performing arts activities. After retirement, he worked part-time in Hokkaido, such as a hotel breakfast buffet, while doing entertainment activities.
In 1997, Morisaki retired from the company like himself and reunited TEAM NACS. Since 1998, he has appeared semi-regularly as a suit actor for the mascot character "on-chan" in "How Do You Like Wednesday?".
First advance to Tokyo on the stage of TEAM NACS held in May 2004. In 2006, he made his first appearance in a nationwide online drama series "Jirocho Seoi Fuji" (NHK). Since then, he has also appeared in serial dramas and movies of the Tokyo flagship station, and has also starred in the series, and has become able to handle work in Tokyo.
Filmography[]
Bold is starring.
TV dramas[]
- Sikoku R-14(2001、HTB)
- Natsu no Yakusoku (2002, HTB)
- Jirocho Seoi Huji (2005, NHK)
- Taiga drama Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006, NHK)
- The Pride of the Temp (2007, NTV)
- Hotaru no Hikari (2007–2010, NTV)
- Edison no Haha (2008, TBS)
- Lost Time Life (2008, CX)
- average (2008, CX)
- Asadora (NHK)
- Hitomi (2008)
- Natsuzora (2019)
- Sensei wa Erai (2008, NTV)
- Oyakoko Play (2008, MBS)
- The Naminori Restaurant (2008, NTV)
- Kaettekuruka!? 33hunntantei (2008, NTV)
- Call Center no Koibito (2009, ABC/EX)
- Hataraku Gonn! (2009, NTV)
- Shōkōjo Seira (2009, TBS)
- Mieruhi (2009, HTB)
- TAXMAN (2010, MX/TVK)
- SPEC (2011, TBS)
- THE MUSIC SHOW (2011, NTV)
- Kaze wo Atsumete (2011, NHK)
- Team Batista (2011–2014, KTV)
- Yūsha Yoshihiko to Maō no Shiro (2011, TX)
- Tsukaharatoden (2011, NHK)
- Dirty Mama! (2012, NTV)
- Soup Corry (2012, HBC/TBS)
- Beautiful Rain (2012, CX)
- THE QUIZ (2012, NTV)
- Going My Home (2012, KTV)
- All Esper Dayo! (2013, TX)
- All Esper Dayo! SP (2015, TX)
- Mondai no Aru Restaurant (2015, CX)
- Shitamachi roketto (2015–2018, TBS)
- Jūhan Shuttai! (2016, TBS)
- Tsumi no Senso (2017, KTV)
- Chisana Kyojin (2017, TBS)
- Channel wa Sonomama! (2019, HTB)
- Zekkyo (2019, Wowow)
- Hakui no Senshi
- If Talking Paid (2019, NTV)
- Kiroi Renga (2020, NHK)
- Aribai Kuzushi Uketamawimasu (2020, EX)
- Food Lore "Life in a Box" (2020, HBO)
- America ni Makenakatta Otoko (2020, TX)
- Ganbare! TEAM NACS (2021, WOWOW)
- Kiyoshiko (2021, NHK)
- Dragon Zakura (2021, TBS)
Film[]
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
- man-hole (2001)
- Pakodatejinn (2002)
- river (2003)
- Gin no Engels (2004)
- Into the Sun (2005)[3]
- Ame no Machi (2006)
- Presents: Sea Urchin Rice Cracker (2006)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007)
- Tatoe Sekaiga Owattemo (2007)
- Mayu -Kokoro no Hoshi- (2007)
- TEAM NACS FILMS "N43°" (2009) – Also in charge of director and screenplay
- Chasing My Girl (2009)
- Giniro no Ame (2009)
- Hotaru no Hikari (2012)
- Rakugo Eiga (2013)
- Hentai Kamen (2013)
- SPEC: Close Zen no Hen (2013)
- SPEC: Close Kou no Hen (2013)
- Black Butler (2014)
- Joshi Zu (2014)
- My Hawaiian Discovery (2014)
- Ogawamachi Serenaade (2014)
- Again (2015)
- Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)
- Flying Colors (2015)
- Shinjuku Swan (2015)
- All Esper Dayo! (2015)
- Haiyu kameokatakuji (2016)
- Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis (2016)
- Ninkyō yarō (2016)
- Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (2016)
- Kyō no Kira-kun (2017)
- Reminiscence (2017)
- Gintama (2017)[4]
- Hunohan (2018)
- Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) – Hisashi Sugimoto
- When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead. (2018) – Jun Kagami
- Aishi no Eyeclean (2018)
- The Fable (2019) – Ebihara[5]
- Haha o nakushita toki, boku wa ikotsu o tabetai to omotta. (2019) – Satoshi Miyagawa[8]
- Urakage (2020)[9]
- Hotel Royal (2020) – Daikichi Tanaka[10]
- Struggling Man (2021) – Haruo Izawa[11]
- Ganbare! Team Nacs: The Movie (2021) – Himself[12]
- Hazard Lamp (2022)[13]
- Ring Wandering (2022)[14]
Variety Shows[]
- How Do You Like Wednesday? (1996–2002, HTB)
- Hanatare NACS (2003–, HTB)
Voice acting roles[]
- Spirited Away (2001) – Radish Spirit
- The Cat Returns (2002) – Additional Voices
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004) – Soldier
- When Marnie Was There (2014) – Toichi
- DC Superheroes vs. Eagle Talon (2017) – Joker
- Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019) – Pusan
Video Games[]
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020)
References[]
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- ^ Inc, Natasha. "綾野剛×松田龍平「影裏」新キャストに國村隼、筒井真理子、中村倫也、安田顕ら(コメントあり)". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "安田顕、原作者ご指名で波瑠の父親役!松山ケンイチ&伊藤沙莉らも出演『ホテルローヤル』". cinemacafe.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "私はいったい、何と闘っているのか". eiga.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "「がんばれ!TEAM NACS」劇場版として上映へ 9月3日公開". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "安田顕、かつての"息子"山田裕貴と再共演 運転代行で働く男たちの物語". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "安田顕、片岡礼子、長谷川初範、田中要次ら、笠松将主演『リング・ワンダリング』出演決定". Real Sound. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
External links[]
- Ken Yasuda on Twitter
- 安田顕 on Instagram
- Official profile – CREATIVE OFFICE CUE(in Japanese)
- TEAM NACS Official profile – Amuse Inc.(in Japanese)
- Ken Yasuda at IMDb
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Japanese male film actors
- Japanese male television actors
- Male voice actors from Hokkaido
- People from Muroran, Hokkaido
- Amuse Inc. talents