Shōsuke Tanihara

Shōsuke Tanihara promotes iPhone 3G, in 2008

Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原 章介, Tanihara Shōsuke, born July 8, 1972 in Yokohama,^[1] Kanagawa Prefecture)^[2] is a Japanese actor probably best known outside of Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation.

Tanihara hosts Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET’S Hikari, a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began airing on 2006-01-07 with a guest appearance by the former Yokohama Bay Stars pitcher Takashi Saitō.^[3]

He is married to Emi Miyake, who gave birth to their daughter in October 2007.^[4] He made the announcement at the 8th Best Formalist Award ceremony.^[4]

Filmography

• Boys Over Flowers (1995)
• Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Sky High (2003)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• Truth or Doubt (2004-current, Host, TV Quiz Show)
• Gokusen 2 (2005, TV Series; Takuma Kujo, teacher at Momo Girls High School)
• Lovely Complex (2006)
• Memories of Matsuko (2006)
• Vexille (2007)
• Watashitachi no Kyoukasho (2007, TV Series)
• Handsome Suit (2008)
• My Rainy Days (2009)
• Baby Baby Baby! (2009)
• Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram (2011)
• Andalusia: Revenge of the Goddess (2011)
• Dokidoki! PreCure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future! as Marsh/Maro (2013)
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014, TV Series) - Takenaka Hanbei
• Panel Quiz Attack 25 (2015-current)

Sources:^[5]

• Smoking Gun (2014)

References