Yōsuke Eguchi

Yōsuke Eguchi (江口 洋介, Eguchi Yōsuke, born December 31, 1967) is a Japanese actor and singer. Since 1986, he has appeared in a number of television series and movies.

Yōsuke Eguchi 江口洋介
Born	(1967-12-31) December 31, 1967 (age 57) Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Chisato Moritaka ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	2

Personal life

He is married to the singer-songwriter Chisato Moritaka, with whom he has a son and a daughter.^[1][2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1986	Onyanko the Movie Kiki ippatu!	Marathon Boy
1987	Shonan bakusozoku: Bomber Bikers of Shonan	Yōsuke Eguchi	Lead role
1992	Shichi-nin no otaku: cult seven	Takashi Tagawa
1994	Hero Interview	Mizushima
1996	The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius	Haoka
	Swallowtail	Ryou Ryanki
1998	April Story	Oda Nobunaga
1999	Shooting Star	Kawasaki
2000	Another Heaven	Manabu Hayase	Lead role
2002	Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover	Torazo
	Madness in Bloom	Sweeper Saburo
2005	Synesthesia	Shinsuke Hayama	Lead role
	Samurai Commando: Mission 1549	Yusuke Kashima	Lead role
2006	Silk	Hashimoto	Taiwanese film
2007	Tonari machi sensō	Shuji Kitahara	Lead role
	Unfair: The Movie	Jin Saiki
	The Haunted Samurai	Katsu Kaishū
2008	Shaolin Girl	Kenji Iwai
	Children of the Dark	Hiroyuki Nanbu	Lead role
2009	Goemon	Goemon Ishikawa	Lead role
2010	Permanent Nobara	Kashima
2011	Patisserie Coin de rue	Ryōtarō Tomura	Lead role
2012	Rurouni Kenshin	Saitō Hajime		[3]
2014	Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno	Saitō Hajime		[3]
	Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends	Saitō Hajime		[3]
2015	The Big Bee	Kazuaki Yuhara	Lead role
2016	A Living Promise	Tetsuya Watanabe
2017	Napping Princess	Momotarō Morikawa	Voice
2018	The Blood of Wolves	Moritaka Ichinose
	Bleach	Isshin Kurosaki		[4]
2019	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	Eisuke Akaboshi		[5]
2020	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess	Eisuke Akaboshi		[5]
	I Never Shot Anyone	Shūhei Moriyama		[6]
2021	Rurouni Kenshin: The Final	Saitō Hajime		[3]
	Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning	Saitō Hajime		[3]
2022	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero	Eisuke Akaboshi		[5]
	Akira and Akira	Kōji Fudō		[7]
	7 Secretaries: The Movie	Keitarō Ban		[8]
	The Lines That Define Me	Nishihama		[9]
2023	Nemesis: The Movie	Kazuaki Kurita		[10]
	The Silent Service	Wataru Unabara		[11]
	Kyrie	Kazuhiko Shiomi		[12]
2024	Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie	Mr. Tanabe		[13]
	Gold Boy	Iwao		[14]
2025	Under the Big Onion	Radio personality		[15]
	The Silent Service: The Battle of the Arctic Ocean	Wataru Unabara		[16]
	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie 2	Hidemi Makishi		[17]

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1989	Kasuga no Tsubone	Tokugawa Iemitsu	Taiga drama
1991	Tokyo Love Story	Ken'ichi Mikami		[18]
	101st Marriage Proposal	Junpei
1992	In the Name of Love	Tokio Jinno		[19]
1993–1997	Under the Same Roof	Tatsuya Kashiwagi	Lead role; 2 seasons	[20]
1995	Love Us	Harumi Ide	Lead role
1999–2009	Emergency Room 24 Hours	Kazuo Shindo	Lead role; 4 seasons
2000	Ai o kudasai	Nagasawa
	Namida o fuite	Katsuo Ohnishi	Lead role
	Monariza no hohoemi	Masakyuki Tachibana	Lead role
2002	The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine	Yujiro Nabeshima
2003	The Great White Tower	Shuji Satomi		[21]
2004	Shinsengumi!	Sakamoto Ryōma	Taiga drama
2006	Unfair: Code Breaking	Jin Saiki
	Walkers		Lead role
2009	Triangle	Ryoji Goda
	The Policeman's Lineage	Anjo Seiji
2011	School	Seichiro Naruse	Lead role
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	Oda Nobunaga	Taiga drama	[22]
2015	Shingari	Kajii
	Lady Girls	Takayama Fumio
2017	Black Leather Notebook	Tomio Yasujima
	Ishitsubute	Teruaki Saimi
	Chiisana Hashi de
2018	BG: Personal Bodyguard	Yoshiaki Ochiai
	The Confidence Man JP	Eisuke Akaboshi
2019	The Eternal Nispa	Ōkubo Toshimichi	TV movie
2020	Cold Case Season 3	Hideki Hyūga	Episodes 1 and 2	[23]
	7 Secretaries	Keitarō Ban		[8]
2021	Nemesis	Kazuaki Kurita		[24]
2024	House of Ninjas	Soichi Tawara		[25]
	The Silent Service	Wataru Unabara		[26]
	Teasing Master Takagi-san	Mr. Tanabe		[13]
	Someone in This Town	Yūichi Masaki	Lead role; miniseries	[27]

Japanese dub

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2019	The Lion King	Scar		[28]