Yusuke Mine
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Yusuke Mine, (b. Osaka, Japan, in June 1934) is a Japanese-born actor who is probably best known for his role on the 26-lesson TV program Let's Learn Japanese. On the program, he performed in skits that contained the sentence patterns that each episode focused on and assisted viewers with the day's material with pronouciation drills. He also lended his voice to the pronouciation of Hiragana characters.
Apart from Let's Learn Japanese Basic I, he has performed in several stage plays in Japan. He is married and lives with his spouse in Tokyo, Japan.
[edit] Characters
Yusuke has portrayed the following characters on Let's Learn Japanese Basic I:
- Prison Inmate
- Painter
- Mechanic
- Waiter
- Bar Tender (Lesson 10)
- TV Weatherman
- Police Officer (Koban)
- Doctor
- Veterinarian
- Detective (Lesson 11)
- Jewelry Store Clerk
- Father (Lesson 11)
- Gymnastics Judge (Lesson 21)
- Hospital Inpatient (Lesson 11)
- Office Worker (Lesson 7)
- Mover
[edit] Filmography
- Hiroshima (1995)
[edit] Trivia
- He can perform Odori (Classical Japanese Dancing)
- One episode of Let's Learn Japanese Basic I featured him and Kaihô-san singing "Happy Birthday" in Japanese.
