Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki (妻夫木聡, Tsumabuki Satoshi, born December 13, 1980) is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the "Best Actor" award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the "Newcomer of the Year" prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band Basking Lite.

Satoshi Tsumabuki
Tsumabuki at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1980-12-13) December 13, 1980 (age 44) Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupations	Actor singer bassist
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Waterboys
Spouse	Maiko ​ (m. 2016)​ [1][2]
Children	2
Japanese name
Kanji	妻夫木聡
Hiragana	つまぶきさとし
Transcriptions Romanization Tsumabuki Satoshi

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1998	Nazo no Tenkousei	Koichi Iwata
1999	Great Teacher Onizuka	Ichirōta
2001	Tomie: Re-birth	Takumi Aoyama
	Waterboys	Suzuki	Lead role	[3]
2002	Sabu	Sabu	Lead role
	Jam Films	Tōjō	Lead role; "Justice" segment
2003	Sayonara Kuro	Ryosuke Kimura	Lead role
	Dragon Head	Teru Aoki	Lead role
	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Tsuneo	Lead role
2004	A Day on the Planet	Nakazawa	Lead role
	69 sixty nine	Kenichi Yazaki	Lead role
	Thirty Lies or So	Sasaki
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean	Yukito Origasa	Lead role
	Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims	The Phantom Yaijrobei
	Spring Snow	Kiyoaki Matsugae	Lead role
	It's Only Talk	Noboru
	Tetsujin 28: The Movie	Windchime Seller
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Exceedingly Handsome Guy	Cameo; American film
	Tears for you	Yotaro Aragaki	Lead role
2007	Dororo	Hyakkimaru	Lead role
	Kayōkyoku dayo jinsei wa	Takashi Suzuki	Lead role, episode 9
	Welcome to the Quiet Room	Komono
2008	Tokyo!	Takeshi	"Interior Design" segment
	The Magic Hour	Bingo		[4]
	Children of the Dark	Hiroaki Yoda
	Paco and the Magical Book	Muromachi
	School Days with a Pig	Mr. Hoshi	Lead role
2009	Pandemic	Tsuyoshi Matsuoka	Lead role
	Boat	Toru	Lead role; South Korean-Japanese film
	Villon's Wife	Okada
2010	Surely Someday	Policeman
	Villain	Shimizu	Lead role
2011	My Back Page	Masami Sawada	Lead role
	Smuggler	Ryōsuke Kinuta	Lead role
2012	Fly with the Gold	Hiroyuki Kōda	Lead role
	For Love's Sake	Makoto Taiga	Lead role
2013	Tokyo Family	Masatsugu Hirayama
	The Kiyosu Conference	Oda Nobukatsu		[5]
2014	Judge!	Kiichirō Ōta	Lead role
	Our Family	Kōsuke Wakana	Lead role
	The World of Kanako	Asai		[6]
	The Little House	Arai
	Stand by Me Doraemon	Adult Nobita (voice)
	The Vancouver Asahi	Reggie Kasahara	Lead role
	Lady Maiko	Yuichiro Akagi
2015	The Assassin	The mirror polisher	Chinese film
2016	What a Wonderful Family!	Shōta Hirata
	The Magnificent Nine	Jin'nai Asanoya
	Rage	Yūma Fujita
	Museum	Sanae Kirishima
2017	Traces of Sin	Tanaka	Lead role
	Tornado Girl	Yūji Kōroki	Lead role
	What a Wonderful Family! 2	Shōta Hirata
2018	What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life	Shōta Hirata
	Detective Chinatown 2	Noda	Chinese film
	The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan	Fuyuno
	It Comes	Hideki Tahara		[7]
2019	Paradise Next	Makino	Lead role; Taiwanese-Japanese film
	The 47 Ronin in Debt	Sugaya Han'nojō
2020	Not Quite Dead Yet	The manager of the Crown Hotel
	Shape of Red	Kurata		[8]
	I Never Shot Anyone	Tomoya Imanishi		[9]
	Stand by Me Doraemon 2	Adult Nobita (voice)		[10]
	The Asadas	Yukihiro Asada		[11]
2021	Detective Chinatown 3	Hiroshi Noda	Chinese film	[12]
2022	A Man	Akira Kido	Lead role	[13]
2024	The Real You	Masato Nozaki		[14]
2025	Hero's Island	Gusuku	Lead role	[15]

TV dramas

Year	Title	Rol	Notes	Ref.
1998	Subarashii Hibi
	Over Time		Episode 2
1999	Omizu no hanamichi	Nakata
	Koi no Kiseki	Taeko's manager
2000	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Fujio Saitō
	Limit: Moshimo wagako ga	Atsushi Shioya
2001	Kabachitare	Kazuya Machida	Episodes 5, 10 and 11
	Heaven Cannot Wait 2: The Teacher	Tadashi Okinoshima
	Shotgun Wedding	Takumi Shinjō
	Platonic Sex	Takashi Tsujimoto
	Chūshingura 1/47	Gunbei Takata	Television film	[16]
2002	The Long Love Letter	Ryūta Fujisawa
	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Little Yamada	Episode 9
	Wedding Planner	Shuhei Narumi
	Tokyo Muke Michi Girl	Akira
	The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine	Junzaburō Nabeshima		[17]
2003	Say Hello to Black Jack	Dr. Eijirō Saitō	Lead role
	Ikebukuro West Gate Park Special	Fujio Saitō
2004	Say Hello to Black Jack Special	Dr. Eijirō Saitō	Lead role
	Toride Naki Mono	Kiichirō Yahiro	Television film
	Orange Days	Kai Yūki	Lead role	[18]
2005	Slow Dance	Riichi Serizawa	Lead role
2007	High and Low	Ginjiro Takeuchi	Television film	[19]
2009	Tenchijin	Naoe Kanetsugu	Lead role; Taiga drama	[20]
2014	All About My Siblings	Asahi Satō	Lead role	[21]
2016	Kidnap Tour	Takashi	Lead role; Television film	[22]
2018	Innocent Days	Shin'ichi Sasaki	Lead role; also producer	[17]
	When a Tree Falls	Satoshi Kayama	Lead role; Television film	[23]
2020	The Dangerous Venus	Hakurō Teshima	Lead role	[24]
2021	Shikatanakatta to Iute wa Ikan no desu	Taichi Torii	Lead role; Television film	[25]
2023	Get Ready!	Eisuke Hazama/Shinichi Amano	Lead role	[26]
2024	All Lives	Riku Sakura	Lead role; Television film	[27]
2025	Anpan	Shinnosuke Yagi	Asadora	[28]

Puppetry

• Sherlock Holmes (2014) as Jefferson Hope (voice)^[29]

Personal life

Tsumabuki announced through his agency that he has married actress Maiko on August 4, 2016. The two have been in a relationship for over four years, and they met back in 2012 when they co-starred in the Fuji TV drama "Keigo Higashino Mysteries."^[30]

Tsumabuki and his wife welcomed the birth of their first child on December 11, 2019,^[31] and their second child on September 13, 2022.^[32]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result
2002	26th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer Award	Himself	Won
	25th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Waterboys	Won
		Best Actor		Nominated
	39th Golden Arrow Awards	Newcomer Award		Won
	11th Japanese Professional Movie Awards	Special Award		Won
	34th Television Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Lunch no Joou	Won
2003	37th Television Academy Awards	Best Actor	Say Hello to Black Jack	Won
2004	18th Takasaki Film Festival	Best Actor	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Won
	2nd Vladivostok Film Festival	Best Actor		Won
	77th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actor	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead	Won
	29th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actor	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, 69 sixty nine and A Day on the Planet	Won
	46th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead	Nominated
	25th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Sayonara Kuro and Dragonhead	Won
	12th Hashida Awards	Newcomer Award	Say Hello to Black Jack	Won
	41st Television Academy Awards	Best Actor	Orange Days	Won
2005	47th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	69 sixty nine and A Day on the Planet	Nominated
2006	29th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Spring Snow	Nominated
2007	30th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Nada Sōsō	Nominated
2010	23rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	Villain	Won
2011	53rd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor		Won
	34th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor		Won
2014	37th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Tokyo Family	Nominated
2016	29th Tokyo International Film Festival	Arigato Award	Himself	Won
	29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Rage and Museum	Won
	41st Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Rage	Nominated
2017	71st Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	40th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor		Won
2018	60th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	Tornado Girl	Nominated
2020	45th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Asadas	Nominated
	33rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won
2021	63rd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated[33]
	44th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated[34]
2022	47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actor	A Man	Nominated[35]
2023	77th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor		Nominated[36]
	65th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor		Nominated[37]
	46th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor		Won[38]