Kenjirō Tsuda

is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director. His talent agency is ANDSTIR.

Early life

Tsuda lived in Jakarta until he was seven years old. He attended Meiji University, where he majored in theater studies in the department of literature. He wanted to become a film director, when he became interest in the field of performance. At the En • Theater Research Institute, he took and passed a non-degree course, being enthusiastic about theater work.

Career

After graduating from a trading school, Tsuda entered a theatre group office for auditions. He starred in the 1995 anime series '' H2''. He has lived in poverty to the extent of agonizing over buying even a single piece of bread, but this work became a turning point for him.

Tsuda likes both filming and watching movies. While in university, he joined a film making club. He attended movie theaters in junior high, though he had watched western films until senior high, and focused on artistic films after entering college, fundamentally his interest lies, evidently, in non-genres.

In 2017, Tsuda replaced Keiji Fujiwara for a few roles in the series, including '' Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love'' and ''Attack on Titan''.

On February 2, 2019, Tsuda debuted as a film director with the release of ''Documentertainment AD-LIVE'' (a term being a portmanteau of documentary and entertainment).

On November 24, 2020, ''Actor's Short Film'' was launched by Wowow to commemorate the station's 30th year since the opening. Five actors (facing the same conditions, such as budget and time) would individually direct short films up to 25 minutes long each. One of them will be chosen, based on the votes of viewers and film critics, to be presented at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia held in 2021 — was announced on Twitter; Tsuda starred in the short film ''GET SET GO'', alongside Ryo Ryusei and Shunsuke Daito. (On January 13, 2021, distribution of these five films began.)

Tsuda made a cameo appearance in the morning drama ''Yell''. Since then, he has achieved success on the series, such as ''Dearest'' (2021), '' Ōoku: The Inner Chambers'', and ''Reversal Orchestra'' (both 2023). In 2023, his photo book recorded second place. It is unusual for a photo book of a voice actor over 50 years old.

Personal life

Tsuda married a woman he encountered around when he was starting out as a stage actor (she is not a celebrity, as Tsuda mentioned it in his Instagram announcement) and has two children. By not officially announcing his marriage, Tsuda thought he could protect his family. Another reason for this approach is the large appeal that his favourite actors have carried as figures who have not displayed their private lives, and he had thoughts of wanting to become an expressive person like that. He never made his marriage public. However, in July 2020, he received notice that a news story about his marriage had been published in one section of a weekly magazine ( Shūkanshi) and decided to bring these facts to light via his Instagram.

Filmography

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Anime series

Anime films

Original Net Animation

Original Video Animation

Dubbing

Actor in charge

Film

Dramas

Animation

Stage (theatre)

Television dramas

Film

Original videos

Video games

Drama CDs

Digital comics

Tokusatsu

Narration

Radio

Video products

Publications

Other

Discography

Character songs

Footnotes

Annotation

Unit Members

References

External links

Official website

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuda, Kenjiro
1971 births
Living people
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors
Best Actor Seiyu Award winners
Japanese male musical theatre actors
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Male voice actors from Osaka Prefecture
Seiyu Award winners
Stardust Promotion artists