Shōsuke Tanihara

Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原 章介, Tanihara Shōsuke; born July 8, 1972)^[1] is a Japanese actor probably best known outside Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation and Hajime Kudo in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.

Shōsuke Tanihara
谷原 章介
Shōsuke Tanihara promotes iPhone 3G in 2008
Born	(1972-07-08) July 8, 1972 (age 53) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Emi Miyake ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	6

Tanihara hosts Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET'S Hikari, a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began airing on January 7, 2006, with a guest appearance by the former Yokohama Bay Stars pitcher Takashi Saitō.^[2] He made the announcement at the 8th Best Formalist Award ceremony.^[3]

Personal life

Shōsuke Tanihara was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 1972. He married Emi Miyake in 2015; they have six children together, three sons and three daughters.^[3][4]

Filmography

Films

• Hana Yori Dango (1995)
• Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Pyrokinesis (2000)
• Sky High (2003)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• Lovely Complex (2006)
• Memories of Matsuko (2006)
• Vexille (2007)
• The Magic Hour (2008)
• The Handsome Suit (2008)
• My Rainy Days (2009)
• Baby Baby Baby! (2009)
• Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram (2011)
• Andalusia: Revenge of the Goddess (2011)
• Dokidoki! PreCure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future! (2013) – Marsh/Maro (voice)
• Birthday Card (2016) – Himself
• Marmalade Boy (2018)
• Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)

Sources:^[5]

Television dramas

• Boku no Ikiru Michi (2003)
• Shinsengumi! (2004) – Itō Kashitarō^[6]
• Ōoku (2005), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
• Gokusen 2 (2005) – Takuma Kujo, teacher at Momo Girls High School
• Fūrin Kazan (2007) – Imagawa Yoshimoto^[7]
• Watashitachi no Kyoukasho (2007)
• Mop Girl (2007) - Shotaro Ohtomo
• Love Shuffle (2009) - Kikuta Masato
• Ryōmaden (2010) – Katsura Kogorō^[8]
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014) – Takenaka Hanbei^[9]
• Smoking Gun (2014)
• Daddy Detective (2015) – Shintaro Sugiyama
• Half Blue Sky (2018)
• Godaime San'yūtei Enraku (2019) – San'yūtei Enraku V
• Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru (2019) - Makoto
• Ōoku the Final (2019) – Manabe Akifusa
• Awaiting Kirin (2020) – Mitsubuchi Fujihide^[10]
• Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi (2021)^[11]

Variety shows

• Truth or Doubt (2004-2005, Host, TV Quiz Show)
• Panel Quiz Attack 25 (Next) (2015-present-, main presenter)

Video games

• Judge Eyes - Mitsuru Kuroiwa ^[12]

Dubbing

• Mary Poppins Returns – Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw)^[13]