is an American actor. Tsuji is best known for his performance as Jin Sakai in the video game ''

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'' (2020) and as the Crown Prince

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in the TV series ''

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'' (2015–2019).

Early life

Daisuke was born in Kuwait to Japanese parents, where his father worked as an architect. His brother Hisayasu, or Yasu, Tsuji is a documentary producer and editor. At two years old Daisuke moved to Chiba in Japan and at eight years old he moved to

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, California. He attended the

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and

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. He gained a bachelor in Theatre Arts at

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Career

Tsuji worked at

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in Los Angeles. He started working at two theatre companies, Tim Robbins'

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and The Three Chairs Theatre Company. He was a party clown before he became a professional clown at

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. went on several tours in the US and internationally such as Speak Theater Arts' and Cirque du Soleil's Dralion. Tsuji created his own clown shows called ''Death and Giggles'', ''Limerence'', and ''Clowns are Peoples Too''. In 2006, he played a cave soldier in ''

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''. In 2009, Tsuji wrote and directed ''Monkey Madness'', which was produced by The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble. The same year, he wrote and starred in ''Death and Giggles''. In 2010, he became a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2010, and appeared in more than 10 productions. In 2013, he returned to Los Angeles to focus on television and films. In 2019, he was Chief Warrant Officer Lee in the ''

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'' TV series on

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. He did voice acting for the video games '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' (2018) and '' Prey: Mooncrash'' (2018). In 2017, Tsuji played

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in the three-act play '' Imogen Says Nothing''. In 2020, he was the voice actor and face of the protagonist Jin Sakai in the

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''. He played the Crown Prince Akihito in the TV series ''

'' (2015–2019) on

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. In 2019, he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in ''Cambodian Rock Band'' at South Coast Rep!.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuji, Daisuke Living people Male actors from Chiba Prefecture American male actors of Japanese descent American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Japanese emigrants to the United States Male actors from Sacramento, California People from Chiba (city) Cirque du Soleil performers 21st-century American male actors Year of birth missing (living people)