{{Short description|Japanese talento}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|草なぎ剛|date=December 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Tsuyoshi Kusanagi<br>草彅 剛 | image = Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.jpg | caption = Kusanagi in 2006 | background = solo_singer | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|9}} | death_date = | origin = [[Seiyo, Ehime]], Japan | genre = [[J-pop]] | occupation = Actor, singer, television host | years_active = 1987–present | label = [[Johnny & Associates]] | current_member_of = *Atarashii Chizu | past_member_of = *[[SMAP]] | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Tsuyoshi Kusanagi'''|草彅 剛|Kusanagi Tsuyoshi|extra=born July 9, 1974 in [[Seiyo, Ehime]], Japan}}<ref>The second character 彅 in his Japanese name is composed of a thinned 弓 the left of a 剪. (It does not appear correctly in some cases.)</ref> is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a former member of [[SMAP]], one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/smap.shtml|title=SMAP|publisher=Japan-Zone|accessdate=2010-01-23|archive-date=December 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203150442/https://japan-zone.com/modern/smap.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life== Kusanagi grew up in [[Kasukabe, Saitama]], Japan.
==Career== ===Music=== {{Main|SMAP}} In 1987, at age 13, Kusanagi auditioned to enter [[Johnny & Associates]], a Japanese talent agency that recruits and trains young boys, preteens to teens, to become singers and members of boy bands. After five of the other band members auditioning individually from 1986 through 1987, in autumn 1987, twenty boys, from ages ten to seventeen, were put together into a group called The Skate Boys, which was initially created as backup dancers for a famous boy band, [[Hikaru Genji (band)|Hikaru Genji]].<ref name="smap_bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/smap.shtml|title=SMAP|work=Japan-Zone|accessdate=2009-12-13|archive-date=December 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203150442/https://japan-zone.com/modern/smap.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 1988, producer [[Johnny Kitagawa]] chose six out of the twenty boys to create a new boy band and named them "SMAP".<ref>{{cite web|title=SMAPの前身「スケートボーイズ」に所属していた豪華メンバーたち|url=http://www.excite.co.jp/News/entertainment_g/20150826/Taishu_17130.html|website=Excite News|publisher=Nikkan Taishu|accessdate=Aug 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127041002/http://www.excite.co.jp/News/entertainment_g/20150826/Taishu_17130.html|archivedate=January 27, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
A year after the dissolution of SMAP, Kusanagi, alongside former members [[Shingo Katori]], and [[Goro Inagaki]] formed the group, Atarashii Chizu.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ronald|date=2017-09-22|title=A New Group Rises Out of SMAP's Ashes|url=https://aramajapan.com/news/new-group-rises-smaps-ashes/80857/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=ARAMA! JAPAN|language=en-US|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712090743/https://aramajapan.com/news/new-group-rises-smaps-ashes/80857/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Former SMAP members announce new project with clues|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2017/09/25/former-smap-members-announce-new-project-clues|access-date=2021-07-12|website=SBS PopAsia|language=en}}</ref>
===Acting=== He had the lead role in the movie, {{nihongo|''[[Yomigaeri]]''|黄泉がえり}} (January 18, 2003; a Japan public presentation). Moreover, his Korean-language-Japanese-produced movie {{nihongo|''[[The Hotel Venus]]''|ホテルビーナス|Hoteru Bīnasu}} (March 6, 2004 Japan public presentation) was submitted to the [[Moscow International Film Festival]] on June 25, 2004.
In 2020, Kusanagi took on the role of Nagisa, a transgender nightclub worker in Eiji Uchida's [[Midnight Swan]]. The film won numerous awards, such as [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year|Picture of the Year]], and he was subsequently awarded the [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schilling|first=Mark|date=2021-03-19|title=Japan Academy Awards Hand Top Honor to Indie Hit 'Midnight Swan' While 'Fukushima 50' Triumphs|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/japan-academy-film-prize-2021-1234934613/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321141401/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/japan-academy-film-prize-2021-1234934613/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Television=== As a member of the boyband [[SMAP]], Kusanagi used to co-host the weekly variety show [[SMAP×SMAP]] alongside his bandmates for 20 years. In 2001, he hosted the variety show ''Chonangang'' on [[Fuji TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=チョナン・カン|url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/chonan/index.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=フジテレビ|language=ja}}</ref> Determined to debut in Korea, Kusanagi started learning the Korean language and appearing on Korean variety shows. This focus on Korean culture led to him adopting ''Chonangang'' as his Korean persona in various SMAP concerts, even releasing several singles. Originally, ''Chonangang'' was intended to focus on Kusanagi's journey in South Korea, however lasted eight years due to its popularity.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Min|first=Yuen Shu|date=2011-03-01|title=Kusanagi Tsuyoshi x Chonangang: Transcending Japanese/Korean Ethnic Boundaries in Japanese Popular Culture|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2011.552708|journal=Asian Studies Review|volume=35|issue=1|pages=1–20|doi=10.1080/10357823.2011.552708|s2cid=218621789 |issn=1035-7823|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Because of the show's success, the format shifted to feature interviews with popular Korean celebrities such as [[Lee Min-ho]], and led to Kusanagi interviewing former South Korean Presidents [[Roh Moo-hyun]], and [[Lee Myung-bak]] on [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SMAP草彅くん、韓国大統領と直接対話。2代に渡る。|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3602525/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=ライブドアニュース|language=ja}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kusanagi announced his marriage on December 30, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2180781/full/|title=草なぎ剛、一般女性と結婚「今までと変わらぬスタンスで仕事を続けていきたい」|work=Oricon|date=December 30, 2020|accessdate=July 31, 2021|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812054716/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2180781/full/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Arrest=== On April 23, 2009, at around 3 a.m., Kusanagi was arrested on suspicion of public indecency at [[Akasaka, Tokyo|Akasaka]], [[Minato, Tokyo]].<ref name="japantoday">{{cite news|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/smap-member-kusanagi-arrested-for-stripping-naked-in-tokyo-park|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605135019/http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/smap-member-kusanagi-arrested-for-stripping-naked-in-tokyo-park|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2011|title=SMAP member Kusanagi arrested for stripping naked in Tokyo park|work=Japan Today|agency=Kyodo|date=April 23, 2009}}</ref> On April 24, 2009, he held a press conference accompanied by his attorney and apologized for his misbehavior. Prosecutors decided not to indict Kusanagi because of his apology. He took a one-month-long hiatus and returned to the taping of ''[[SMAPxSMAP]]'' on May 28, 2009.
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- |1994 |''[[Aoki Densetsu Shoot!|Shoot!]]'' |Kamiya Atsushi |Lead role | |- |1995 |''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1995 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' |Peter (voice) | | |- |1999 |''Messengers'' |Hironori Suzuki |Lead role | |- |2000 |''[[Séance (2000 film)|Séance]]'' |Fumio Hayasaka | | |- |2003 |''[[Yomigaeri]]'' |Heita Kawada |Lead role | |- |rowspan="3"|2004 |''[[The Hotel Venus]]'' |Chonan |Lead role | |- |''[[The Taste of Tea]]'' |Projectionist |Cameo appearance | |- |''[[Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie]]'' |Man |Cameo appearance | |- |rowspan="2"|2006 |''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' |Toshio Onodera |Lead role | |- |''[[Like a Virgin (film)|Like a Virgin]]'' |Japanese teacher |Cameo appearance | |- |2007 |''[[Saiyūki (TV series)|The Adventures of Super Monkey]]'' |Fake [[Sha Wujing]] |Cameo appearance | |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |''My Darling of the Mountains'' |Tokuichi |Lead role | |- |''I Want to Be a Shellfish'' |Saburo Onishi |Cameo appearance | |- |2009 |''[[Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States|Ballad]]'' |Matabe Ijiri |Lead role | |- |2011 |''[[1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife]]'' |Sakutarō Makimura |Lead role | |- |rowspan="3"|2012 |''[[A Ghost of a Chance]]'' |Teruo Hosho | | |- |''[[Anata e|Dearest]]'' |Yuji Tamiya | | |- |''Care Worker Gang'' |Hikoichi Tsubasa |Lead role | |- |2013 |''Maruyama, the Middle Schooler'' |Tatsuo Shimoi |Lead role | |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |''[[Attack on Titan (film)|Attack on Titan]]'' |Grisha |Cameo appearance | |- |''[[Attack on Titan (film)|Attack on Titan End of the World]]'' |Grisha |Cameo appearance | |- |2018 |''The Bastard and the Beautiful World'' |Osamu |[[Anthology film]] | |- |rowspan="2"|2019 |''Makuko'' |Koichi Nagumo | | |- |''The Stormy Family'' |Kotetsu Suzuki |Lead role | |- |rowspan="1"|2020 |''[[Midnight Swan]]'' |Nagisa |Lead role | |- |2022 |''Sabakan / Summer Days 1986'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2021/12/15/76317.html|title= 尾野真千子＆貫地谷しほり＆草彅剛らが出演『サバカンSABAKAN』製作決定|access-date= December 15, 2021|work= Cinema Cafe|date= December 15, 2021}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2024 |''Bushido'' |Yanagida Kakunoshin |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/99022/|title= 碁盤斬り|access-date= March 1, 2023|work= eiga.com|archive-date= May 28, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240528191717/https://eiga.com/movie/99022/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |''At the Bench'' | |Lead role; anthology film |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/102390/|title= アット・ザ・ベンチ|access-date= 6 September 2024|work= eiga.com|archive-date= September 12, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240912023256/https://eiga.com/movie/102390/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |2025 |''[[Bullet Train Explosion]]'' |Kazuya Takaichi |Lead role |<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 February 2024 |title=草なぎ剛主演でパニック映画の金字塔『新幹線大爆破』リブート「高倉健さんの気持ちを受け継ぎ、全力で」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2316316/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229063106/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2316316/full/ |archive-date=29 February 2024 |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 February 2024 |title=「新幹線大爆破」リブート決定、監督・樋口真嗣×主演・草なぎ剛のNetflix映画に |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/562904 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229064940/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/562904 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=Natalie Eiga |language=Japanese}}</ref> |- |2026 |''Bana-Ana'' | |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/106033/|title= バナ穴 Bana_Ana|access-date= 15 April 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
===Television (as actor)=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- |1988–1989 |''Abunai Shonen III'' |Himself |Main role | |- |1989 |''Jikan desuyo Heisei Gannen'' |Hattori | | |- |1992–1993 |''[[Hime-chan's Ribbon]]'' |Koichi Shikura / Himself (voice) | | |- |rowspan="5"|1995 |''Inochi Uruwashiku'' |Daisuke Tsugawa | | |- |''Tsuki Uma-ya Oen Jikencho'' |Seinosuke Ikeda | | |- |''Ienakiko 2'' |Tsuyoshi Kuroiwa | | |- |''Mada Koi wa Hajimaranai'' |Hiroshi Ochiai | | |- |''Thursday Ghost Stories: Himitsu no Nakama'' |Shinichi Imamura |Main role | |- |rowspan="3"|1996 |''Nagoya Yomeiri Monogatari 8'' |Ichiro Hiraoka | | |- |''Kekkon Shiyouyo'' |Jyunya Sugimura | | |- |''[[Sweet Relationship|Delicious Relations]]'' |Kazuma Kimura | | |- |rowspan="6"|1997 |''Boku ga Boku de Arutame ni'' |Etsuro Mizoguchi |Main role | |- |''Sasho Taeko'' |Sadatsugu Yurioka | | |- |''Ii Hito'' |Yûji Kitano |Main role | |- |''[[Gift (Japanese TV series)|Gift]]'' |Yûji Kitano |Guest appearance; episode 7 | |- |''[[Tales of the Unusual]]: Mujitsu no Otoko'' |Ichiro Kawashima |Main role | |- |''Narita Rikon'' |Ichiro Hoshino |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|1998 |''Sensei Shiranaino?'' |Yûsaku Kinoshita |Main role | |- |''[[Jinbē]]'' |Shin Teranishi | | |- |rowspan="3"|1999 |''[[Furuhata Ninzaburo|Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP]]'' |Himself |Main role | |- |''[[Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad|Bakayaro 1999]]: Sekuhara de Karasawagi suruna'' |Masato Yamaguchi |Main role | |- |''[[Séance (2000 film)|Séance]]'' |Fumio Hayasaka | | |- |1999–2003 |''Team'' |Yûsuke Kazami |Main role | |- |2000 |''Tales of the Unusual: Jû Otoko'' |Tarō Tanaka |Main role | |- |2000–2001 |''[[Food Fight (TV series)|Food Fight]]'' |Mitsuru Ihara |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2001 |''Tales of the Unusual: Jûsanbanme no Kyaku'' |Kenichirō Honda |Main role | |- |''Star's Love'' |Sûsuke Nakata |Main role | |- |2002 |''Saranheyo'' |Chonan Kan |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2003 |''[[Boku no Ikiru Michi]]'' |Hideo Nakamura |Main role | |- |''[[Taikōki]]: Saru to Yobareta Otoko'' |[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] |Main role | |- |rowspan="4"|2004 |''[[Shinsengumi!]]'' |[[Enomoto Takeaki]] |[[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]] | |- |''Kaikyō wo Wataru Violin'' |Jin Chang Heryern |Main role | |- |''X’smap'' |Master |Main role | |- |''Tokugawa Tsunayoshi: Inu to Yobareta Otoko'' |[[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2005 |''Koi ni Ochitara'' |Shimao Suzuki |Main role | |- |''Chiisana Untenshu'' |Yōhei Takanashi |Guest appearance | |- |2005–present |''[[PythagoraSwitch]]'' |Himself (voice) | | |- |rowspan="2"|2006 |''Ai to Shi wo Mitsumete'' |Minoru Kōno |Main role | |- |''Boku no Aruku Michi'' |Teruaki Ōtake |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |''Suzuki Fusai no Jingi naki Tatakai'' |Lawyer |Cameo appearance; episode 1 and 2 | |- |''[[Ryokiteki na Kanojo]]'' |Saburō Masaki |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2009 |''Yume wo Kanaeru Zou'' |Fumio Fumiyama (voice) |Main role | |- |''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'' |Matarō (voice) |Guest appearance | |- |2009–2011 |''Care Worker Gang'' |Hikoichi Tsubasa |Main role | |- |2010 |''[[Japanese Americans (miniseries)|99 Years of Love: Japanese Americans]]'' |Chōkichi Hiramatsu / Ichirō Hiramatsu |Main role | |- |2011 |''Fuyu no Sakura'' |Tasuku Inaba |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2012 |''37sai de Isha ni natta Boku'' |Yûta Konno |Main role | |- |''Tales of the Unusual: Hate Virus'' |Makoto Saeki |Main role | |- |rowspan="3"|2013 |''[[Aji Ichi Monme]]'' |Yoshito Takuma |Cameo appearance | |- |''Kami-sama no Beret'' |[[Osamu Tezuka]] |Main role | |- |''Dokushin Kizoku'' |Mamoru Hoshino |Main role | |- |2013–2016 |''[[Specialist (2016 TV series)|Specialist]]'' |Yoshito Takuma |Main role | |- |rowspan="2"|2014 |''Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Hannin wa Dare da'' |Kenta Misawa |Main role | |- |''[[Sazae-san]]'' |Himself (voice) |Guest appearance; episode 7148 | |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |''Zeni no Sensou'' |Tomio Shiraishi |Main role | |- |''[[Naniwa Kin'yūdō|Shin Naniwa Kinyudo]]'' |Tomio Shiraishi |Guest appearance | |- |2017 |''Uso no Sensou'' |Kōichi Ichinose |Main role | |- |2021 |''[[Reach Beyond the Blue Sky]]'' |[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] |[[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]] |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20211219dog00m200000000c.html|title= 青天を衝け:草なぎ剛は「天性」 慶喜役で改めて増す存在感 CP「こういう人だったのでは」と|access-date= May 19, 2022|work= Mantan-web|date= December 19, 2021|archive-date= May 19, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220519092006/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20211219dog00m200000000c.html|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2022 |''Peperoncino'' |Kiyoshi Onodera |Main role | |- |''Lost Man Found'' |Takeshi | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/478160|title= 「拾われた男」に薬師丸ひろ子、北村有起哉、要潤、田辺桃子、夏帆ら19名出演|access-date= May 19, 2022|work= Natalie|archive-date= May 19, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220519080111/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/478160|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|2023 |''War of Traps'' |Washizu Toru |Main role |<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-72943|title= 罠の戦争|access-date= July 5, 2023|work= TV drama database}}</ref> |- |''Tales of the Unusual: Eien no Futari'' |Hajime Sakamoto |Main role | |- |''Deaf Voice'' |Naoto Arai |Main role | |- |2023–2024 |''[[Boogie Woogie (Japanese TV series)|Boogie Woogie]]'' |Zen'ichi Hatori |''[[Asadora]]'' |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2285587/full/|title= 草なぎ剛、朝ドラ初出演に喜び 『ブギウギ』で"ヒロインの師匠"役【コメント全文】|access-date= July 5, 2023|work= Oricon|archive-date= July 5, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061925/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2285587/full/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |}
===Television (as personality)=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1994–2014 |''[[Waratte Iitomo]]'' |Himself | |- |1995–1996 |''Tamori’s The World of Music'' |Himself | |- |1996–1997 |''Oh! El Club'' |Himself (host) | |- |1996–2016 |'' [[SMAP×SMAP]]'' |Himself (host, chef, performer) | |- |1997 |''Scratch'' |Himself (host) | |- |1997–2005 |''[[Dotch Cooking Show]]'' |Himself | |- |1998 |''Muchu Sengen Ganbarimasu'' |Himself (host) | |- |1998–2018 |''Pussma'' |Himself (host) | |- |2001–2003 |''Chikyu Fushigi Daishizen'' |Himself (narrator) | |- |2001–2010 |''Chonan Kan'' |Himself (host) | |- |2003–2016 |''Tsuyoshi Kusanagi’s Ganbatta Taishou'' |Himself (host) | |- |2004–2014 |''[[Bokura no Ongaku]]'' |Himself (host) | |- |2005 |''[[Telethon#Japan|24 Hour Television]]'' |Himself (host) |Telethon |- |2005–2014 |''[[FNS Music Festival]]'' |Himself (host) |TV special; 15 episodes |- |2007–2016 |''Baby Smap'' |Himself (host) | |- |2012–2014 |''[[FNS Music Festival|FNS Music Fes. In Summer]]'' |Himself (host) |TV special; 3 episodes |- |2014–2015 |''SmaShip'' |Himself (host) |TV special; 2 episodes |- |2015–2024 |''[[Bura Tamori]]'' |Himself (narrator) | |- |2022-2025 |''Waruiko Atsumare'' |Himself (host, performer) |2 episodes in 2021; 1 episode in 2022; become a regular show from April 2022 |- |2022-present |''Kusanagi Yasutomo no Usagi to Kame'' |Himself (host) |4 episodes in 2021; become a regular show from May, 2022 |- |}
===Web program=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |02-05/11/2017 |''72 Hour Honne TV'' |Host | |- |01/01/2018 |''27 Hun Hon no chotto TV'' |Host | |- |30-31/01/2018 |''72 Hun mou chotto TV - Shingo Katori Birthday Special'' |Himself |Appeared on phone |- |May, 2018-present |''7.2 Atarashii Betsu no Mado'' |Himself (host, performer) | |- |16/09/2018 |''Namie Amuro Densetsu's Live Video Revival: WE ▼ NAMIE FINAL Encore LIVE'' |Host | |- |2019-2021 |''Nagisuke!'' |Host |With Yusuke Santamaria |- |- |}
===Japanese dub=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- |2005 |''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]'' |Rodney |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0000820a|title= 『ロボッツ』|date= June 13, 2005|access-date= December 30, 2021|work= Cinema Today|archive-date= July 11, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230711223835/https://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0000820a|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |2007 |''[[Strings (2004 film)|Strings]]'' |Hal |Lead role | |- |2018 |''[[Mutafukaz]]'' |Angelino |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cinra.net/news/20180907-mutafukaz|title= 『ムタフカズ』声優陣に上坂すみれ、桜庭和志、Creepy Nuts、吉田尚記ら|accessdate= September 8, 2018|work= CINRA.NET|archive-date= September 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180908092754/https://www.cinra.net/news/20180907-mutafukaz|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |}
===Radio=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1994–2016 |''Ohayo SMAP'' |Himself | |- |1995–present |''SMAP POWER SPLASH → ShinTsuyo POWER SPLASH'' |Himself |Changed to "ShinTsuyo POWER SPLASH" since 2017 |- |- |}
===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1991 |''[[Saint Seiya#Musicals|Saint Seiya]]'' |[[Dragon Shiryū]] |Lead role |- |1992 |''[[Dragon Quest#Cultural impact|Dragon Quest]]'' |Atlas |Lead role |- |rowspan="2"|1993 |''Another'' |Shunichi |Lead role |- |''[[Hime-chan's Ribbon]]'' |Daichi Kobayashi |Lead role |- |1995 |''Haisenkoku no Ōji: [[Fortinbras]]'' |Taketoshi Hanezawa |Lead role |- |1999–2000 |''[[Fall Guy (1982 film)|Kamata Koshin-kyoku]]'' |Yasuji Muraoka |Lead role |- |2002 |''Readers theater: [[La Dame aux Camélias]]'' |Himself |Lead role |- |2006 |''Chichi Kaeru'' |Kenichirō Kuroda |Lead role |- |2008 |''Mabuta no Haha'' |Chûtarō |Lead role |- |2010 |''[[K2 (play)|K2]]'' |Taylor |Lead role |- |2012–2013 |''Boku ni Honou no Sensha wo'' |Naoki Yanagihara |Lead role |- |2013 |''[[A Tale of Two Cities|Nito Monogatari]]'' |Sukune |Lead role |- |2015 |''burst!'' |Himself |Lead role |- |2018 |''[[Ballyturk]]'' |Man 1 |Lead role |- |2018 |''Musical Drama: [[La Strada]]'' |Zampano |Lead role |- |2019 |''Family Story PART1'' |Nakaji Nobuhiro |Lead role |- |2021 |''Family Story PART1'' |Nakaji Nobuhiro |Replay |- |2020 |''Musical Drama: [[The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui|The rise of Arturo Ui]]'' |Arturo Ui |Lead role |- |2021-2022 |''Musical Drama: The rise of Arturo Ui'' |Arturo Ui |Replay |- |2022 |''burst!'' |Himself |Replay |- |}
==Publications== * ''Kore ga Boku desu.'' (April 1997) {{ISBN|978-4847012792}} * ''Okiraku'' (March 2007) {{ISBN|978-4048944892}} * ''Kusanagiron'' (May 2008) {{ISBN|978-4087804942}} * ''Okiraku 2'' (March 2016) {{ISBN|978-4047317321}} * ''Jeongmal Book'' (December 2002) {{ISBN|978-4838714254}} * ''Jeongmal Book Hangul'' (December 2002) {{ISBN|978-4838714186}} * ''Jeongmal Book 2'' (November 2004) {{ISBN|978-4838715589}} * ''Jeongmal Book 2.5'' (November 2004) {{ISBN|978-4838715596}} * ''Tsuki no Machi Yama no Machi'' (February 2011) {{ISBN|978-4847019647}} * ''Document Kusanagi Tsuyoshi in Yomigaeri'' (2003) {{ISBN|978-4048535755}} * ''The Hotel Venus Starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi'' (2004) {{ISBN|978-4048537353}} * ''Nippon Chinbotsu Photo Book featuring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi'' (2006) {{ISBN|978-4048539807}} * ''Yama no Anata Tokushi no Koi'' (2008) {{ISBN|978-4087804959}}
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0476211}}
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