Shinji Yamashita

is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency From First Production. He graduated from Shimonoseki Commercial High School and dropped out from Chuo University's Faculty of Letters.

Biography In 1975, Yamashita was admitted to the Bungakuza's acting school. After graduating he joined Troupe NLT. During that time, he had a part-time job in a disco in Roppongi. Yamashita's television debut was as a sneaker-wearing detective in the television series Taiyō ni Hoero! in 1979.

His first lead role was a passionate teacher in School Wars which became a hit.

Yamashita was later a reporter in the cooking travelogue program Kuishinbō! Banzai and had the longest run in that role until it was broken by Shuzo Matsuoka.

On January 19, 2014, he was the oldest actor to play a Super Sentai ranger as Kyoryu Silver in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.

Filmography

TV series Year Title Role Network Notes 1979 Taiyō ni Hoero! Jun Godai (nicknamed Sneakers) NTV Episodes 364 to 476 and 489 1983 Oshin Jin Takura (adulthood) NHK Asadora 1984 School Wars Kenji Takizawa TBS Lead role 1989 Red Beard TBS Kasuga no Tsubone Inaba Masanari NHK Taiga drama 1996 Kindaichi Case Files Tetsuo Tsuzuki NTV Season 2 Episode 4 2000 Aoi Tokugawa Sandai Kuroda Nagamasa NHK Taiga drama 2003 Tramps Like Us Minori Oishi TBS 2005 Fugo Keiji Kumanari Kamakura TV Asahi Densha Otoko Kengo Aoyama Fuji TV Episodes 8 and 9One Missed Call Shuji Akino TV Asahi 2006 Saiyūki Sekiun Fuji TV 2007 Sushi Ōji! Kurage Okudaira TV Asahi Detective School Q Kinzaburō Tōyama NTV Episode 7 2009 Tenchijin Naoe Nobutsuna NHK Taiga dramaOishinbo Rounded secretary general Fuji TV 2011 Kaitō Royale Hideomi Todo TBS Episode 8 2013 Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Dantetsu Kiryu / Kyoryu Silver TV Asahi 2015 Burning Flower Kijima Matabei NHK Taiga drama

Films Year Title Role Notes References 1987 Tokyo Blackout Yosuke Tamiya 2001 Waterboys 2002 Ping Pong 2014 Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends Dantetsu Kiryu 2015 Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie Kyoryu Silver (Voice)