Yuji Abe
Native name阿部 祐二
Birth date14 August 1958 (age 68)
Birth placeItabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Other namesYuji Date
CitizenshipJapan
OccupationActor · TV reporter
Years active1983–
AgentTender Pro
Height cm185
SpouseMasako Isomura

Yuji Abe (阿部 祐二, Abe Yūji, born 14 August 1958)[1] is a Japanese television reporter and actor. He is represented by Tender Pro.

Biography

He was born in Itabashi, Tokyo.[2] He graduated from Yayoi Elementary School, Daiichi Junior High School, Koishikawa High School, and Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics.[1] His height is 185 cm (6 ft 1 in). His wife is professional golfer Masako Abe (maiden name: Isomura). Their eldest daughter Momoko Abe was selected as Miss Universe Japan in 2017 while working as a fashion model and tarento (celebrity).[3] He currently lives in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.

He started his career as an actor in 1983 in the television drama Fukei-san wa Majo (Tokyo Broadcasting System) under the stage name Yuji Date (伊達 祐二, Date Yūji), which he used during his early years as an actor.[2] After appearing on the magazine Popeye as a model and acting in television dramas for around a decade, he turned to reporting starting with Big Morning (TBS).

Filmography

Modelling

TitlePublisher
PopeyeMagazine House

Films

YearTitleRoleDistributorNotes
Baajin RoadClassroom teacherLead role. Unreleased in theatres. Later on at the late-night frame of TBS.
Gotoshi Kabushiki Gaisha: Akutoku Hallo Buttsubuse!Secretary in charge of National Assembly policyPal Entertainment's Production
Gotoshi Kabushiki Gaisha IIIDriver
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.Yokosuka's reporter
Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni SasaguTeacher Ito
Brooklyn Bridge o watatteSaki Onodera's father
Bitter Coffee Life
Neon Chō: Dai Ni-maku
Yagyuu Jūbee Yonaoshi TabiNarration
1992A mine field.Chachai
2009Gokusen: The MovieReporter
2012Ace AttorneyShingo Otoro
2021I'll Be Your Ears[4]
2023Maku wo Orosuna![5]

TV dramas

DateTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1983Fukei-san wa MajoKeiji SakashitaTBS
24 Nov 1983Mokuyō Golden Drama HirenTsutomuYTV
1984Furyō Shōjo to YobareteKeitaro TanbaTBS
1985Thirteen Boy
1985–87Tokusō SaizensenInspector Toshio SugiEX
16 Aug 1987Abunai DekaNTVEpisode 45 "Kinshin"
9 Dec 1987Bay City DekaNagaiEXEpisode 10 "Shōnan Dai Sōsa-sen! Kiken na Onna"
28 Oct 1988Motto Abunai DekaNTVEpisode 4 "Kisaku"
1988New Town Kari BunshoPolice investigator Hiroshi NomotoEX
12 Nov 1989Gorilla Keishichō Sōsa Dai 8 HanEpisode 28 "Aru Shōjo no Giwaku"
8 Dec 1989Katte ni shiyagare Hay! BrotherYokotaNTVEpisode 9
12 Dec 1989Nerawa rete
9 Jan 1990Kayō Super Wide Hakodate no OnnaEX
18 May 1990Keiji KizokuShigakiNTVEpisode 4 "Sono Toki, Yajū ni Kiba o Muita"
Jul–Sep 1990Geinō ShakaiTBS
27 Oct 1990Kamikōchi ni Kieta OnnaEX
2 Nov 1990Ōedo Sōsamō: Jun Hashizume HanTV TokyoPhase 1 Episode 4 "Yamaotoko ni Daka reta Onna"
15 May 1991Hagure Keiji JunjōhaMitsuo KuboEX4th Series Episode 7 "Tōrima!? Nerawa reta Akai Kōto no Onna"
26 Oct 1991Hakkōdasan Satsujin BoshokuGoro Hiraoka
14 Nov 1991Yonimo Kimyōna MonogatariCX"Mujin Kantai"
12 May 1992Oretachi Rookie CopTBSEpisode 5 "Dai Dassen"
1992–93Special Rescue ExceedraftIwao DaimonEX
5 Jun 1992Keiji Kizoku 3NTVEpisode 6 "Yogoreta Kao no Tenshi"
11 Aug 1992Bengoshi Kenosuke Asahita 4: Kōkogaku Kyōshitsu no Satsujin
21 Feb 1994TBS Drama Special Genkotsu Oshō wa Mei TanteiTajimaTBS
25 Jun 1994Notohantō Onna-tachi no Satsujin FūkeiKeiji AokiEX
30 Jun 2009MW: Dai 0-shō: Akuma no GameMysterious manNTV
3 Oct 2009Hidarime Tantei EyeReporterSingle Special
13 Mar 2010Final Episode
16 Mar 2010Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special Kiri no HataTV reporter
1 Jan 2015Time Scoop Hunter Special: Oshōgatsu Panic! Kaireki ŌsōdōHimselfNHK G
9 Jan 2016Special Drama Keiji BallerinoTV reporterNTV
11 Mar 2016Tensai BakabonHimself

Informational programmes

TitleNetworkNotes
Big MorningTBSReporter
Fresh!
Look Look Konnichiwa
Let's!
The! Jōhō Tsū
Sukkiri!!
The Tsuiseki Scoop Gekijō
Wide na ShowCXWide na information

Variety

TitleNetworkNotes
Monday Late ShowNTVReporter

Anime

DateTitleRoleNetworkNotes
Aug 2012Himitsu no Akko-chanHimselfNTVShort film version

Advertisements

YearProduct
2009Tsutaya Discas
2010Kobayashi Pharmaceutical "Toilet Sono Ato ni"
2016Mister Donut

Japanese dub

YearTitleRoleVoice dub forNotes
2009Angels & DemonsAmerican reporterSteve Kehela

Music videos

ArtistSongNotes
Dr.Metal Factory"Jupiter"Also appeared in the jacket photograph of "Kava-meta Now" and "Kava-meta Then" of the same song
ET King"mother"

Direct-to-video

YearTitle
2013Cosplay Tantei

Radio

TitleNetwork
Tokyo Remix ZokuJ-Wave

Bibliography

DateTitlePublisherISBN
25 Feb 2012"Kyōsai-ka" ga Seikō suru 22 no HōsokuKodanshaISBN 978-4062174121

References

  1. ^ TV Tarento Jinmei Jiten (Dai 6-ban) (in Japanese). Nippon External Associates. Jun 2004. p. 48. ISBN 978-4-8169-1852-0.
  2. ^ "週刊テレビ番組" (in Japanese). Shūkan TV Bangumi. No. 9 Mar 1984. Tokyo Post. p. 26.
  3. ^ "ミスユニバース日本代表に阿部祐二レポーター娘「信じられない」と父興奮" (in Japanese). Daily Sports online. 4 Jul 2017. Retrieved 7 Jul 2017.
  4. ^ "『僕が君の耳になる』作品情報". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "まくをおろすな！". eiga.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.