Yōsuke Kubozuka

is a Japanese actor and musician.

Career Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama Kindaichi Case Files. In 1998, he starred in the TV series GTO as the role of an honors student, Yoshito Kikuchi. In 2000, he starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park along with Tomoya Nagase, Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Inception) and Tomohisa Yamashita (Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi, Operation Love, Code Blue). In this drama he plays the role of "King" of the G-Boys, Takashi Ando.

In 2001, he starred in Strawberry on the Shortcake along with other popular young artists such as Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada. In the drama he took the role of being Kyoko Fukada's first love.

In October of that same year, he starred in Go (directed by Isao Yukisada), which tells the story of a Zainichi chosenjin teenager who falls in love with a Japanese girl, was officially released. For his performance in this role, Kubozuka took home two awards (Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year) at Japan Academy Film Prize. Kubozuka also appeared in Mr. Children's 2002 "Kimi ga Suki" music video, which won MTV Video Music Award Japan for Video of the Year in 2002 (Mr. Children also nominated in Best Group Category but losing to Backstreet Boys).

Since then, Kubozuka took on projects starring in Ping Pong, Kyoki no Sakura as well as Samurai Resurrection.

He also appeared in films such as Tokyo Island, Monsters Club, Helter Skelter, and the 2016 remake of Silence directed by Martin Scorsese.

Kubozuka has also been pursuing his career as a reggae musician by the name 'Manji Line' (卍 LINE) since 2006.

Personal life Kubozuka graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School. He married a non-celebrity woman in May 2003 and had one son. In 2004, he survived after falling 26 metres from his 9th floor apartment. On July 12, 2012, Kubozuka announced through his official website that he had divorced his wife a month earlier, and that he has official custody of his son. Kubozuka remarried in December 2015, a daughter was born in 2017.

Filmography Films Year Title RoleNotes 2001 Go Sugihara Lead role 2016 Silence Kichijiro American film 2017 Alley Cat Hideaki Asa / Maru 2019 The First Supper Shun 2020 Mio's Cookbook Komatsubara 2021 First Love Gamon Makabe DIVOC-12 Anthology film Go Seppuku Yourselves 2023 Sin Clock Shinji Takagi Home Sweet Home Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower George (voice) Knuckle Girl Shiraishi South Korean-Japanese film 2025 Frontline: Yokohama Bay Yukiyoshi Sendo The Killer Goldfish Transcending Dimensions Rosuke Yamanaka

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1998 Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) Yoshito Kikuchi Ikebukuro West Gate Park (IWGP) Takashi Ando, G-Boys King 2023 Phoenix: Eden17 George (voice) GTO Revival Yoshito Kikuchi

Stage Play Year Title Role Notes 2015–16 The Teachings of Kaiju Lead role

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work(s) Result 2001 26th Hochi Film Awards Best ActorGo! 200225th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Newcomer of the Year 23rd Yokohama Film Festival Best Actor