is a Japanese

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. His breakthrough film was '' Waterboys'' for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the

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, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band Basking Lite.

Filmography

Film

TV dramas

Puppetry

* '' Sherlock Holmes'' (2014 NHK) ''as Jefferson Hope'' (voice)

Awards and nominations

References

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Official agency profile
* 1980 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors People from Yanagawa, Fukuoka Actors from Fukuoka Prefecture Taiga drama lead actors Horipro artists 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub