Kubozuka Yosuke

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Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama Kindaichi Case Files and grew in popularity amongst the young female viewers. In 1998, he starred in the TV series GTO as the role of an honors student, 菊池善人 Kikuchi Yoshito, and received much popularity. In 2000, he starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park aka IWGP (TBS) as the eccentric character nicknamed "King" otherwise named as Andoh Takashi and in turn receiving much attention.

In 2001, he starred in Strawberry on the Shortcake (TBS) along with other popular young artists such as Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada. In the drama he took the role of being Kyoko Fukada's first love. Because of the successful performance in the drama, Yosuke left an impression that portrayed him as a desirable and prospective male for women to fall in love with and since then, his popularity has been on the rise.

In 2001, GO! was officially released for evaluation and this production describes the love story of a young Korean boy living in Japan. The film portrays the day to day challenges faced by foreigners living in Japan. For his performance in this role, Yosuke took home two awards during the Japan Oscar Awards.

Since then, Yosuke took on projects starring in Ping Pong (ピンポン, Ping Pong?)、Kyouki no Sakura (凶気の桜, Kyouki no Sakura?) as well as Resurrection (魔界転生, Resurrection?).