Satoshi Tsumabuki
Biography
Satoshi Tsumabuki, born December 13, 1980 in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan, is a Japanese male actor known professionally by the stage name 妻夫木聡 and also listed under several romanized variants. As of the latest record he has accumulated 108 credited roles in film and television. His breakthrough came with the film Waterboys, which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Japanese Academy Awards and secured the Newcomer of the Year prize. In addition to acting, he performs as the bassist and lead singer of the band Basking Lite. He is frequently cast in numerous films, reflecting a prolific career in Japanese cinema.
Career overview
Satoshi Tsumabuki, born on December 13 1980 in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan, is a Japanese actor whose stage name is rendered in Japanese as 妻夫木聡. According to the TMDB profile, he has accumulated more than one hundred credited roles, with a total of 108 listed credits across film and television. His career gained significant public attention with the film Waterboys, which is identified as his breakthrough performance; for this role he received a nomination for the Best Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards and secured the Newcomer of the Year prize.
Beyond his work in front of the camera, Tsumabuki is also active in music. The TMDB biography notes that he serves as the bassist and lead singer for the Japanese band Basking Lite. A community post about him describes him as an actor who has appeared in numerous films and is frequently cast, underscoring his continued presence in Japanese cinema and television.
Overall, Tsumabuki’s professional record reflects a versatile career that spans acting in a wide range of productions and participation in a musical group, establishing him as a notable figure in contemporary Japanese entertainment.
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- Hito wa Naze Love Letter wo Kaku no ka (2026)
- The Royal Family (2025) as Eiji Kurisu
- Hero's Island (2025) as Gusuku
- Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special (2025)
- The Real You (2024) as Masato Nozaki
- All Lives (2024)
- Get Ready! (2023) as Eisuke Hazama
- A Man (2022) as Akira Kido
- Detective Chinatown 3 (2021) as Noda Hiroshi
- Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu (2021) as Taichi Torii
- Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020) as Adult Nobita (voice)
- Dangerous Venus (2020) as Hakuro Teshima
- Red (2020) as Akihiko Kurata
- Not Quite Dead Yet (2020) as Crown Hotel manager
- The Asadas! (2020) as Yukihiro Asada
- I Never Shot Anyone (2020) as Tomoya Imanishi
- “シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組 (2019)
- キネマと恋人 (2019)
- The 47 Rōnin in Debt (2019) as Hannojo Sugaya
- When a Tree Falls (2019) as Satoshi Kayama
- Paradise Next (2019) as Makino
- Detective Chinatown 2 (2018) as Noda Hiroshi
- Innocent Days (2018) as Sasaki Shinichi
- Innocent Days (2018) Development Manager
- The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
- It Comes (2018) as Hideki Tahara
- What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) as Shoto Hirata
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) as Shota Hirata
- Gukoroku - Traces of Sin (2017) as Takeshi Tanaka
- Tornado Girl (2017) as Yuji Koroki
- Ashiato Hime (2017)
- Museum (2016) as The Frog Man
- Rage (2016) as Yuma Fujita
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016) as Shota Hirata
- The Magnificent Nine (2016) as Jinnai Asanoya
- Kidnap Tour (2016) as Takashi
- The Assassin (2015) as Mirror Polisher
- Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection (2015)
- Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) as Adult Nobita (voice)
- The World of Kanako (2014) as Detective Asai
- All About My Siblings (2014) as Asahi Sato
- Our Family (2014) as Kousuke Wakana
- The Little House (2014) as Takeshi
- Judge! (2014) as Kiichiro Ota
- Lady Maiko (2014) as Yuichiro Akaki
- The Vancouver Asahi (2014) as Reji Kasahara
- Tokyo Family (2013) as Masatsugu
- Tokyo Family (2013) as Shuji Hirayama
- The Kiyosu Conference (2013) as Nobukatsu Oda
- A Chair on the Plains (2013) as Juzo Togashi
- Keigo Higashino Mysteries (2012)
- For Love's Sake (2012) as Makoto Taiga
- Fly with the Gold (2012) as Kota
- Smuggler (2011) as Ryōsuke Kinuta
- My Back Page (2011) as Masami Sawada
- Villain (2010) as Shimizu
- Surely Someday (2010) as Police Officer A
- Heart of a Samurai (2009)
- Villon's Wife (2009) as Okada
- Pandemic (2009) as Tsuyoshi Matsuoka
- The Boat (2009) as Toru
- Tokyo! (2008) as Takeshi (segment "Interior Design")
- The Magic Hour (2008) as Bingo
- Paco and the Magical Book (2008) as Muromachi
- Children of the Dark (2008) as Hiroaki Yoshida
- School Days with a Pig (2008) as Mr. Hoshi
- The Haunted Samurai (2007) as Bessho Hikoshiro
- Dororo (2007) as Hyakkimaru
- Tokyo Rhapsody (2007)
- Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007) as Komono
- High and Low (2007) as 竹内銀次郎
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as Exceedingly Handsome Guy
- Tears for You (2006) as Yotaro Shingaki
- It's Only Talk (2006) as Noboru
- Slow Dance (2005) as Riichi Serizawa
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) as Yukito Origasa
- Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005) as Phantom Yaji
- Spring Snow (2005) as Kiyoaki Matsugae
- Tetsujin 28: The Movie (2005) as Windchime Seller
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special (2005) as 内尾雄太
- Orange Days (2004) as Kai Yuuki
- 69 (2004) as Kenichi Yazaki
- A Day on the Planet (2004) as Nakazawa
- Thirty Lies or So (2004) as Sasaki
- People Without a Fort (2004) as Yahiro Kiichiro
- Say Hello to Black Jack (2003)
- Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003) as Tsuneo
- Farewell, Kuro (2003) as Ryosuke Kimura
- Dragon Head (2003) as Teru Aoki
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP (2003) as Fujio ‘Saru’ Saitō
- The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine (2002) as Nabeshima Junzaburo
- Sabu (2002) as Sabu
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002)
- Long Love Letter (2002) as Fujisawa Ryuta
- Jam Films (2002)
- Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery (2002) as Narumi Syuhei
- Tokyo Nukemichi Girl (2002)
- Shotgun Marriage (2001) as Takumi Shinjo
- Kabachitare! (2001) as Kazuya Machida
- Waterboys (2001) as Suzuki
- Shotgun Marriage Special (2001)
- Tomie: Rebirth (2001) as Takumi Aoyama
- Chûshingura 1/47 (2001) as Gunbe Takada
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) as Fujio 'Saru' Saitō
- GTO: The Movie (1999) as Kawarasaki
- Omizu no Hanamichi (1999)
- Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland (1999)
- The Dimension Travelers (1998) as Koichi Iwata
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
- Golden Horse Awards (1962) as Self