Yuki Kubota
Yuki Kubota | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Actor, model |
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Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Yuki Kubota (久保田 悠来, Kubota Yūki, born June 15, 1981, in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and model whose work has included stage, television and film roles. He is best known as the character Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin in the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Gaim. He is currently affiliated with the Japan Music Entertainment agency.
Career[]
Kubota debuted as a magazine model in 2002 after being scouted in Harajuku.[1] In 2007 he made his theatrical debut as Hal Kurabayashi in the stage play Switch, based on the manga of the same name. Also in the same year he got small roles in TV series such as Oniyome Nikki and Jotei, as well as a brief appearance in Kamen Rider: The Next. A year later he got the part of Keigo Atobe in the stage play Prince of Tennis Musical. In 2009 he starred in the stage adaptation of Capcom's video game Sengoku Basara as Date Masamune. After playing the character for four years, he transitioned to a broader career in films and TV.
In 2010, Kubota got his first main role in the movie Gachinko Kenka Joto. On January 31, 2012, he left his agency of two years, Riseki Agency Co., Ltd., for personal reasons. After freelancing for ten months, he joined Japan Music Entertainment at the end of November 2012. In 2013, he was given the role of Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Gaim (2013–14). Since then, he has appeared in various TV shows and movies, including Shinjuku Swan, and in V-Cinema films.[2] He has played a wide range of characters, from geeks to killers,[3] although he has played mostly antagonist and rival roles. He claimed to prefer playing bad guys and dark heroes.[4]
He is a fan and avid supporter of the local Hiratsuka soccer team Shonan Bellmare, and in April 2015 was appointed to Berusapo Public Relations Office as General Manager of Shonan Living Newspaper.
In 2018 he returned to the theater, appearing in the stage plays Gantz: L[5] and Hachioji Zombies, the latter alongside Kenjiro Yamashita from Sandaime J Soul Brothers.[6] In 2019 he reprised his role as Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu in the stage play Kamen Rider Zangetsu - Gaim Gaiden.[7]
In addition to acting roles, Kubota has participated in a number of TV variety shows. He was the Monday host of TV Kanagawa's information programme Neko no Hitai Hodo Wide from April 2019 to March 2020.[8][9] He also directed a promotional video for the stage play Psycho-Pass: Chapter 1 - Crime Coefficient.
On August 3, 2020, he launched his YouTube channel "久保田悠来の悠給休暇 (Yuki Kubota's Paid Vacation)" which primarily posts Let's Play videos of multiplayer online games.
In May 2021, he had a minor role as a radio staff named Shinomiya on the NHK drama Ochoyan and made a good impression on viewers that the name "Shinomiya-san" became trending on Japanese Twitter.[10]
Personal life[]
Kubota is the second and youngest child in his family. His hobbies include sports, watching movies, driving and hitchhiking. He is skilled in soccer, swimming and sword fighting. A soccer enthusiast, he visited South Africa to support Japan's national team in the 2010 World Cup.[11]
He has an easygoing personality and often cracks jokes during interviews.[4] He loves to make his co-stars laugh, to make their working atmosphere more fun.[12] Kubota stated that he was nothing like the character Takatora Kureshima he portrayed in the series Kamen Rider Gaim.[11]
Filmography[]
TV series[]
Year | Title | Role | Network | Other notes |
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2007 | Oniyome Nikki | Pick-up artist | Fuji TV | Episode 2 |
Jotei | Black clothes man | TV Asahi | Episodes 4-5 | |
2008 | Gokusen | Club host | Nihon TV | Episode 4 |
2011 | Garo: Makai Senki | Juran | TV Tokyo | Episode 9 |
2013 | TAKE FIVE - Oretachi wa Ai wo Nusumeru ka | Tachibana | TBS | Episodes 5-6 |
Kamen Rider Gaim | Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Shin Zangetsu | TV Asahi | ||
2014 | Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special | Takatora Kureshima | TV Asahi | |
2015 | Keibuho Sugiyama Shintaro (Daddy Detective) | Tatsuya Aragaki | TBS | |
Naniwa Kin'yūdō | Kenta Kurozumi | Fuji TV | ||
Do S Deka | Takashi Kaitou | NTV | Episode 10 | |
Konkatsu Deka | Masashi Shiina | Yomiuri TV | Episode 1 | |
Detective Catherine | Detective Suzuki | TV Asahi | ||
2016 | Detective Catherine: The Disappeared Heir | Detective Suzuki | TV Asahi | |
Ya-san - From Tsukiji! Delicious Case Book | Kentaro Nitta | TV Tokyo | Final episode | |
2017 | Kasouken no Onna Season 16 | Teruto Koda | TV Asahi | Episode 10 |
Kirawareru Yūki | Takamasa Kondō | Fuji TV | Episodes 9-10 | |
Sanbiki no Ossan - Seigi no Mikata, Mitabi! | Taiga | TV Tokyo | Episode 8 | |
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger | Scorpio | TV Asahi | Episodes 5, 12-13, 15-21 | |
Thrill! The Black Chapter | Mitsuru Kawada | NHK BS Premium | Episode 4 | |
Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) | Ren Tōjō | TV Kanagawa | ||
Code Name: Mirage | Thunder / Ryosuke Muto | TV Tokyo | Episodes 7-25 | |
Minshuu no Teki (The Public Enemy) | Takahiro Abe | Fuji TV | Episodes 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 | |
2018 | Mob Psycho 100 | Kenji Mitsuura | TV Tokyo | |
The Count of Monte Cristo: Gorgeous Revenge | Naoki Ushiyama | Fuji TV | Episodes 3-9 | |
Signal | Detective Sasaki | Fuji TV | Episodes 8-9 | |
2019 | Meiji Tokyo Renka | Fujita Gorō | TV Kanagawa, U-NEXT | |
Two Weeks | Yu Mamiya | Kansai TV (Fuji Network System) | Adaptation of the Korean drama Two Weeks | |
Sherlock: Untold Stories | Masaki Shibata | Fuji TV | Episode 8 | |
2020 | Hachioji Zombies | Jin | MXTV | |
Rentaru Nanmo Nai Hito no Nanmo Shinakatta Hanashi | Bartender | TV Tokyo | Episode 12 | |
Ano Ko no Yume wo Mitan desu | Marketing staff | TV Tokyo | Episode 5 | |
2021 | Metropolitan Police Department Law Enforcement Officer Akira Higuchi | Michio Araki | TV Tokyo | Final episode |
Ochoyan | Kazuo Shinomiya | NHK | Episodes 101, 105-112 | |
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō (Police Department Investigation Division Chief) Season 5 | Shunsuke Mizoguchi | TV Asahi | Episode 3 | |
Love Phantom | Yu Fukami | MBS TV | Episodes 3-10 |
Films[]
Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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2007 | Dear Friends | Club patron | |
Kamen Rider: The Next | Tourist | Epilogue | |
2009 | Randies | Masami Kasuga | |
2010 | Gachinko Kenka Jōtō (High School War - Throwdown!) | Satoshi Saeki | |
Local Boys! | Tohru | ||
2011 | Gangsta | Riki Shiraishi | |
Kōshōnin Dōmoto Reiji | Reiji Dōmoto | V-Cinema | |
An Assassin | Shunichi Misaki | ||
2012 | Kirin: Point of No Return | Chosuke | |
Shi Gata Futari Wowakatsumade... Chapter 1: Iro no Nai Ao | cameo | ||
Happiness in Little Place | Renji Ogawa | ||
2013 | Garo: Soukoku no Maryu | Kakashi | |
Kyūkyoku!! Hentai Kamen | Reporter | ||
Hadaka no Itoko | Takeshi | ||
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle | Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu | ||
Yokohama Story | Yuuya Tanabe | ||
2014 | Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai | Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin, Kamen Rider Shin (Voice) | |
Boku to 23-nin no Dorei (Tokyo Slaves) | Shinjuku Seiya | ||
Magic Night | Nasuka | ||
Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! | Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Shin Zangetsu | ||
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle | Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu/Kamen Rider Shin Zangetsu | ||
2015 | Shinjuku Swan | Yosuke | |
Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu/Kamen Rider Baron | Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Shin Zangetsu | V-Cinema | |
Kiri: The Chronicles of a Professional Killer | Ryo | ||
Uchimura Summers The Movie: Angel | Ito | ||
Mr. Maxman | Takatoshi Kanda | ||
Wasureyuki | Narumi | Directed by South Korean director Han Sang-Hee, and starring Chansung, member of the Korean boy band 2PM | |
Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Duke/Kamen Rider Knuckle | Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin | V-Cinema | |
2016 | Trumpet on the Cliff | Kōichi | Directed by South Korean director Han Sang-Hee, and starring Byung Hun (L. Joe), past member of the Korean boy band Teen Top. |
Bros. Maxman | Takatoshi Kanda | ||
Love is a Dog from Hell | Directed by Edmund Yeo. Screened at 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and at 2017 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival | ||
SCOOP! | Ryū Ishiwatari | ||
Derushine: El Shuriken vs Shin Konchū Deathquito | Kōji Higashi | ||
2017 | Shinjuku Swan II | Yosuke | |
NY Maxman | Takatoshi Kanda | ||
Tomodachi Game Gekijoban | Ren Tōjō | ||
Karada no Uttara Sayonara (Love for Sale) | Rei | ||
Tomodachi Game Gekijoban: FINAL | Ren Tōjō | ||
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: | Scorpio | V-Cinema | |
2018 | Misoji Onna wa Romanchikku na Yume wo Miru ka? | Takuto Kazama | |
Futatsu no Kinō to Boku no Mirai | Kenzō Kurokawa | ||
2019 | Meiji Tokyo Renka | Fujita Gorō | |
Gozen | Masaki Kazuma | ||
Tokyo Wine Party People | Murasaki Sakuragi's father | Special appearance | |
Doubt - Usotsuki Otoko wa Dare? | Kazumi Kagami | ||
BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja | Shigetsugu Toda | Web-distributed, live action spin-off of the anime Blackfox | |
2020 | Hachioji Zombies | Jin | |
Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Gridon vs. Kamen Rider Bravo | Takatora Kureshima | Web-release miniseries |
Theatrical Performances[]
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Switch | Hal Kurabayashi | September 20–23, 2007, at Differ Ariake |
2008 - 2010 | Prince of Tennis Musical | Keigo Atobe |
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2008 - 2009 | THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT | Alan |
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2009 | Bakumatsu Taiyou-den | Okada Izō | January 29 - February 1, 2009, at Kichijoji Theater |
2009 - 2013 | Butai Sengoku Basara | Date Masamune |
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2009 | Sora no Kyōkai: Okada Izō Ibun | Okada Izō | August 27–30, 2009, at Theater Green BIG TREE THEATER |
2009 | Existence: Episode 0 | Hikaru | December 5–7, 2009, at Rikkoukai Hall |
2010 - 2012 | Hanasakeru Seishōnen | Lee-Leng Huang |
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2010 | BUTLER x BATTLER - Gekidō no toki o koete, seiya no okurimono | Eisuke Nishikata | December 22–26, 2010, at Theater 1010 |
2011 | AND ENDLESS 15th Anniversary Special Program vol. 1 | Okada Izō | March 27 - May 5, 2011, at Zenshinza |
2012 | A Study in Scarlet (Recitation Drama) | Watson / Holmes | September 30 - October 11, 2012, at Tennozu Ginga Theater |
2012 | Basara | Ageha | December 12–16, 2012, at Zenrosai Hall / Space Zero |
2015 | Love Letters | Andy | January 10, 2015, at Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi |
2018 | GANTZ: L - ACT & ACTION STAGE | Shion Izumi | January 26 - February 4, 2018, at Tennozu Ginga Theater |
2018 | Hachioji Zombies | Jin | August 5–18, 2018, at TBS Akasaka ACT Theater |
2019 | Kamen Rider Zangetsu - Gaim Gaiden | Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu | March 9–24, 2019, at Nippon Seinenkan Hall; March 28–31, 2019, at Kyoto Theater |
2019 | Reading Theater 'Dark Alice' | June 1, 2019, at Sunshine Theater | |
2019 | Psycho-Pass: Chapter 1 - Crime Coefficient | Shinya Kogami | October 25 - November 10, 2019, at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball |
2021 | Engeki no Mori-san - The Entertainment Theater Vol. 0 | Narrator (The Prince of the Stars), Rivière (Night Flight) |
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 男の履歴書 久保田悠来編|インライフ
- ^ ^ Collection〜 vol.2】歌舞伎町の“ブラック”王子様久保田悠来のクールな瞳にズッキュン!
- ^ "【ダレコレ~Dare Collection~ vol.2】歌舞伎町の"ブラック"王子様久保田悠来のクールな瞳にズッキュン!". Retrieved 2015-06-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 鎧武COMPLETE TRACKS 2014, p. 24, 「久保田悠来インタビュー(ハイパーホビー2013年11月号掲載)」
- ^ 久保田悠来が4年半ぶりに舞台へ「もう1回ゼロからスタートを切る」 舞台『GANTZ:L』の裏に見た久保田の本音
- ^ 陽気なイケメンゾンビにダンスを教える?山下健二郎主演「八王子ゾンビーズ」
- ^ 「仮面ライダー斬月」ビジュアル解禁、久保田悠来「果汁を浴びに来てくださいませ」
- ^ 久保田悠来、情報番��のMC就任「ねこ耳に水」マジプリ・大城らも“猫ひた”メンバーに
- ^ 猫ひた 月曜日、ご視聴ありがとうございました!
- ^ ““夜顔”久保田悠来は朝もいける 朝ドラ「おちょやん」のNHK職員役が大好評”. スポニチ (2021年5月7日). Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 鎧武COMPLETE TRACKS 2014, p. 55, 「久保田悠来インタビュー(ハイパーホビー2014年4月号掲載)」
- ^ 鎧武外伝公式VB 2015, pp. 22-23、29.
External links[]
- Official profile at Japan Music Entertainment (in Japanese)
- Yuki Kubota (@yuk1_kbt) - Twitter (in Japanese)
- Yuki Kubota (@yuki_kubota.0615) - Instagram (in Japanese)
- Yuki Kubota Official Blog - Ameba Blog (in Japanese)
- 久保田悠来 - Japanese Wikipedia
- Kubota Yūki Profile - Natalie (in Japanese)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Japanese male models
- Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture
- People from Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
- Kamen Rider