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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi 草彅 剛 Kusanagi in 2006 Background information Born (1974-07-09) July 9, 1974 (age 51) Origin Seiyo, Ehime, Japan Genres J-pop Occupations Actor, singer, television host Years active 1987–present Label Johnny & Associates Member of Atarashii Chizu Formerly of SMAP

Musical artist

**Tsuyoshi Kusanagi** (草彅 剛, *Kusanagi Tsuyoshi*; born July 9, 1974 in [Seiyo, Ehime](/source/Seiyo%2C_Ehime), Japan)[1] is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a former member of [SMAP](/source/SMAP), one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.[2]

## Early life

Kusanagi grew up in [Kasukabe, Saitama](/source/Kasukabe%2C_Saitama), Japan.

## Career

### Music

Main article: [SMAP](/source/SMAP)

In 1987, at age 13, Kusanagi auditioned to enter [Johnny & Associates](/source/Johnny_%26_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](/source/Hikaru_Genji_(band)).[3] In April 1988, producer [Johnny Kitagawa](/source/Johnny_Kitagawa) chose six out of the twenty boys to create a new boy band and named them "SMAP".[4]

A year after the dissolution of SMAP, Kusanagi, alongside former members [Shingo Katori](/source/Shingo_Katori), and [Goro Inagaki](/source/Goro_Inagaki) formed the group, Atarashii Chizu.[5][6]

### Acting

He had the lead role in the movie, *[Yomigaeri](/source/Yomigaeri)* (黄泉がえり) (January 18, 2003; a Japan public presentation). Moreover, his Korean-language-Japanese-produced movie *[The Hotel Venus](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Midnight_Swan). The film won numerous awards, such as [Picture of the Year](/source/Japan_Academy_Film_Prize_for_Picture_of_the_Year), and he was subsequently awarded the [Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role](/source/Japan_Academy_Film_Prize_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_an_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role).[7]

### Television

As a member of the boyband [SMAP](/source/SMAP), Kusanagi used to co-host the weekly variety show [SMAP×SMAP](/source/SMAP%C3%97SMAP) alongside his bandmates for 20 years. In 2001, he hosted the variety show *Chonangang* on [Fuji TV](/source/Fuji_TV).[8] 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.[9] Because of the show's success, the format shifted to feature interviews with popular Korean celebrities such as [Lee Min-ho](/source/Lee_Min-ho), and led to Kusanagi interviewing former South Korean Presidents [Roh Moo-hyun](/source/Roh_Moo-hyun), and [Lee Myung-bak](/source/Lee_Myung-bak) on [TBS](/source/TBS_Television_(Japan)).[10]

## Personal life

Kusanagi announced his marriage on December 30, 2020.[11]

### Arrest

On April 23, 2009, at around 3 a.m., Kusanagi was arrested on suspicion of public indecency at [Akasaka](/source/Akasaka%2C_Tokyo), [Minato, Tokyo](/source/Minato%2C_Tokyo).[12] 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](/source/SMAPxSMAP)* on May 28, 2009.

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1994 Shoot! Kamiya Atsushi Lead role 1995 The Diary of Anne Frank Peter (voice) 1999 Messengers Hironori Suzuki Lead role 2000 Séance Fumio Hayasaka 2003 Yomigaeri Heita Kawada Lead role 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 2006 Sinking of Japan Toshio Onodera Lead role Like a Virgin Japanese teacher Cameo appearance 2007 The Adventures of Super Monkey Fake Sha Wujing Cameo appearance 2008 My Darling of the Mountains Tokuichi Lead role I Want to Be a Shellfish Saburo Onishi Cameo appearance 2009 Ballad Matabe Ijiri Lead role 2011 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife Sakutarō Makimura Lead role 2012 A Ghost of a Chance Teruo Hosho Dearest Yuji Tamiya Care Worker Gang Hikoichi Tsubasa Lead role 2013 Maruyama, the Middle Schooler Tatsuo Shimoi Lead role 2015 Attack on Titan Grisha Cameo appearance Attack on Titan End of the World Grisha Cameo appearance 2018 The Bastard and the Beautiful World Osamu Anthology film 2019 Makuko Koichi Nagumo The Stormy Family Kotetsu Suzuki Lead role 2020 Midnight Swan Nagisa Lead role 2022 Sabakan / Summer Days 1986 [13] 2024 Bushido Yanagida Kakunoshin Lead role [14] At the Bench Lead role; anthology film [15] 2025 Bullet Train Explosion Kazuya Takaichi Lead role [16][17] 2026 Bana-Ana Lead role [18]

### Television (as actor)

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) 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 1996 Nagoya Yomeiri Monogatari 8 Ichiro Hiraoka Kekkon Shiyouyo Jyunya Sugimura Delicious Relations Kazuma Kimura 1997 Boku ga Boku de Arutame ni Etsuro Mizoguchi Main role Sasho Taeko Sadatsugu Yurioka Ii Hito Yûji Kitano Main role Gift Yûji Kitano Guest appearance; episode 7 Tales of the Unusual: Mujitsu no Otoko Ichiro Kawashima Main role Narita Rikon Ichiro Hoshino Main role 1998 Sensei Shiranaino? Yûsaku Kinoshita Main role Jinbē Shin Teranishi 1999 Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP Himself Main role Bakayaro 1999: Sekuhara de Karasawagi suruna Masato Yamaguchi Main role 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 Mitsuru Ihara Main role 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 2003 Boku no Ikiru Michi Hideo Nakamura Main role Taikōki: Saru to Yobareta Otoko Toyotomi Hideyoshi Main role 2004 Shinsengumi! Enomoto Takeaki 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 2005 Koi ni Ochitara Shimao Suzuki Main role Chiisana Untenshu Yōhei Takanashi Guest appearance 2005–present PythagoraSwitch Himself (voice) 2006 Ai to Shi wo Mitsumete Minoru Kōno Main role Boku no Aruku Michi Teruaki Ōtake Main role 2008 Suzuki Fusai no Jingi naki Tatakai Lawyer Cameo appearance; episode 1 and 2 Ryokiteki na Kanojo Saburō Masaki Main role 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 99 Years of Love: Japanese Americans Chōkichi Hiramatsu / Ichirō Hiramatsu Main role 2011 Fuyu no Sakura Tasuku Inaba Main role 2012 37sai de Isha ni natta Boku Yûta Konno Main role Tales of the Unusual: Hate Virus Makoto Saeki Main role 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 Yoshito Takuma Main role 2014 Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Hannin wa Dare da Kenta Misawa Main role Sazae-san Himself (voice) Guest appearance; episode 7148 2015 Zeni no Sensou Tomio Shiraishi Main role 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 [19] 2022 Peperoncino Kiyoshi Onodera Main role Lost Man Found Takeshi [20] 2023 War of Traps Washizu Toru Main role [21] Tales of the Unusual: Eien no Futari Hajime Sakamoto Main role Deaf Voice Naoto Arai Main role 2023–2024 Boogie Woogie Zen'ichi Hatori Asadora [22]

### Television (as personality)

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 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 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

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

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2005 Robots Rodney Lead role [23] 2007 Strings Hal Lead role 2018 Mutafukaz Angelino Lead role [24]

### Radio

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

Year Title Role Notes 1991 Saint Seiya Dragon Shiryū Lead role 1992 Dragon Quest Atlas Lead role 1993 Another Shunichi Lead role Hime-chan's Ribbon Daichi Kobayashi Lead role 1995 Haisenkoku no Ōji: Fortinbras Taketoshi Hanezawa Lead role 1999–2000 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 Taylor Lead role 2012–2013 Boku ni Honou no Sensha wo Naoki Yanagihara Lead role 2013 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 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4847012792](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4847012792)

- *Okiraku* (March 2007) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4048944892](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4048944892)

- *Kusanagiron* (May 2008) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4087804942](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4087804942)

- *Okiraku 2* (March 2016) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4047317321](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4047317321)

- *Jeongmal Book* (December 2002) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4838714254](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4838714254)

- *Jeongmal Book Hangul* (December 2002) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4838714186](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4838714186)

- *Jeongmal Book 2* (November 2004) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4838715589](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4838715589)

- *Jeongmal Book 2.5* (November 2004) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4838715596](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4838715596)

- *Tsuki no Machi Yama no Machi* (February 2011) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4847019647](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4847019647)

- *Document Kusanagi Tsuyoshi in Yomigaeri* (2003) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4048535755](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4048535755)

- *The Hotel Venus Starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi* (2004) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4048537353](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4048537353)

- *Nippon Chinbotsu Photo Book featuring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi* (2006) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4048539807](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4048539807)

- *Yama no Anata Tokushi no Koi* (2008) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4087804959](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4087804959)

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## External links

- [Tsuyoshi Kusanagi](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476211/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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Awards for Tsuyoshi Kusanagi v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor So Yamamura (1950) Toshiro Mifune (1951) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Frankie Sakai (1957) Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1958) Hiroyuki Nagato (1959) Rentarō Mikuni (1960) Toshiro Mifune (1961) Tatsuya Nakadai (1962) Nakamura Kinnosuke (1963) Keiju Kobayashi (1964) Toshiro Mifune (1965) Hajime Hana (1966) Bunta Sugawara (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1981) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Kunie Tanaka (1986) Takanori Jinnai (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Yoshio Harada (1990) Naoto Takenaka (1991) Masahiro Motoki (1992) Hiroyuki Sanada (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Koji Yakusho (1997) Takeshi Kitano (1998) Ken Takakura (1999) Yūji Oda (2000) Mansai Nomura (2001) Kōichi Satō (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Akira Terao (2004) Hiroyuki Sanada (2005) Ken Watanabe (2006) Ryo Kase (2007) Masahiro Motoki (2008) Shōfukutei Tsurube II (2009) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010) Yutaka Takenouchi (2011) Hiroshi Abe (2012) Kengo Kora (2013) Tadanobu Asano (2014) Yo Oizumi (2015) Kenichi Matsuyama (2016) Sadao Abe (2017) Hiroshi Tachi (2018) Kiichi Nakai (2019) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2020) Junichi Okada (2021) Kazunari Ninomiya (2022) Ryunosuke Kamiki (2023) Makiya Yamaguchi (2024) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2025) v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Ken Takakura (1978) Ken Ogata (1979) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1980) Ken Takakura (1981) Ken Takakura (1982) Mitsuru Hirata (1983) Ken Ogata (1984) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1985) Minoru Chiaki (1986) Ken Ogata (1987) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1988) Toshiyuki Nishida (1989) Rentarō Mikuni (1990) Ittoku Kishibe (1991) Rentarō Mikuni (1992) Masahiro Motoki (1993) Toshiyuki Nishida (1994) Kōichi Satō (1995) Rentarō Mikuni (1996) Koji Yakusho (1997) Koji Yakusho (1998) Akira Emoto (1999) Ken Takakura (2000) Akira Terao (2001) Yōsuke Kubozuka (2002) Hiroyuki Sanada (2003) Kiichi Nakai (2004) Akira Terao (2005) Hidetaka Yoshioka (2006) Ken Watanabe (2007) Hidetaka Yoshioka (2008) Masahiro Motoki (2009) Ken Watanabe (2010) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2011) Yoshio Harada (2012) Hiroshi Abe (2013) Ryuhei Matsuda (2014) Junichi Okada (2015) Kazunari Ninomiya (2016) Kōichi Satō (2017) Masaki Suda (2018) Koji Yakusho (2019) Tori Matsuzaka (2020) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2021) Hidetoshi Nishijima (2022) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2023) Koji Yakusho (2024) Ryusei Yokohama (2025) Ryo Yoshizawa (2026) v t e Tokyo Drama Award for Best Actor Kōichi Satō (2008) Kiichi Nakai (2009) Takao Osawa (2010) Kazunari Ninomiya (2011) Masato Sakai (2012) Eita (2013) Masato Sakai (2014) Takeru Satoh (2015) Hiroshi Abe (2016) Masato Sakai (2017) Kei Tanaka (2018) Masaki Suda (2019) Toma Ikuta (2020) Masataka Kubota (2021) Masaki Suda (2022) Shun Oguri (2023) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2024) Tori Matsuzaka (2025)

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