is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Okinawa Prefecture Koza High School. He is represented with Veleta 104.
Mitsushima's older sister is former Folder and
Folder 5
Folder 5 (also spelled Folder5) (フォルダファイヴ ''Forudafaivu'') was a five-girl Japanese pop idol group on the Avex Trax music label. The group's music was known for its Eurobeat style. The band's music was produced by Takashi Kimur ...
member turned actress
Hikari Mitsushima
is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 35 million views on YouTube as of February 2023, and "In this World".
Career
She is a graduate ...
.
His younger sister is model Minami Mitsushima.
Mitsushima's younger brother is Kotaro Mitsushima, a basketball player for
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the Japan Basketball League.
Biography
He was born in the Okinawa prefecture, and is a quarter Italian through his grandfather. After graduating from high school Mitsushima moved to Tokyo from Okinawa, he worked as an
after-school childcare worker there, and became a production director for the film ''
Be Sure to Share''.
After living in Tokyo for about two years, he took a chance to cycle around Japan for seven months from May to November 2009. Mitsushima traveled around the country from
Hokkaido
is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...
to
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square m ...
. On the street, he saw posters, signboards, and magazines of a film in which his older sister appeared and realized that his sister "impressed a lot of people" and he has "to work hard as well", and came to aim for the way of acting.
Later in December, Mitsushima joined to the office in which his sister has belonged.
In 2010, he made his acting debut as the lover of
Tomoko Nakajima's character in ''Osorubeki Oya-tachi'' performed in the
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
is a centre for the performing arts located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.
History
The theatre opened in 1990 and is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.
Yoshinobu Ashihara was the architect, with a ...
.
Mitsushima made his starring debut in the film ''Zoku Ittara Jinsei Kawatta www'' released 9 November 2013.
He later married his sister Hikari's manager at the end of 2014.
In 2016, he voiced the main character Satoru Fujinuma in the anime television ''
Erased'' in which he made his voice acting debut.
In 2019 Mitsushima announced on his official Instagram his agency has changed to from Humanite to Veleta 104. Becoming a more independent artist.
Filmography
TV dramas
Films
Stage
TV anime
Anime films
TV programs
Radio programs
Advertisements
Dubbing
Awards and nominations
; 2012
References
External links
* – Humanitè
Tokushū: Ano Hito no totte oki Selection: Shinnosuke Mitsushima-san NHK Archives
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Japanese male stage actors
Japanese people of Italian descent
Japanese people of American descent
Actors from Okinawa Prefecture
1989 births
Living people