Yoshihide Sasaki
Yoshihide Sasaki 佐々木 喜英 | |
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Born |
Tokyo, Japan | October 4, 1987
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Actor |
Yoshihide Sasaki (佐々木 喜英 Sasaki Yoshihide, born October 4, 1987 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor in film, theater, and animation. He was a member of Toyota Office, an entertainment company and talent agency in Tokyo, but transferred in 2011 to Sense Up, a newly established department of the company.[1] Sasaki has been involved in many productions, but is most involved in theater. He's best known for his role as Shiraishi Kuranosuke in The Prince of Tennis musical series. Friends and fans usually call him by his nickname Hide-sama.
In 2010 he debuted as a music artist with his mini-album Spark. In March 2012 it was announced he'd join the special unit 3Peace☆Lovers of producer Vomos together with Nikaido Hayato and ZE:A's Ha Min Woo. They debuted on June 26, 2012 with their first single Virtual Love, immediately claiming a 10th-place ranking in the Daily Oricon Charts.
Career
Sasaki started his stage career in 2003 appearing in the stage production of Hidamari no ki. Between 2003 and 2007 he appeared in multiple stage plays, musicals, commercials and movies, but only became known with a greater audience when he debuted as Shiraishi Kuranosoke, the captain of a fictional tennis club, in The Prince of Tennis musical production (Tenimyu) in 2008. At this point his career takes a flight and he gains much popularity, especially with teenage girls. In 2009 he frequently appears in Tenimyu, but is also featured in multiple magazines and even releasing a photobook and Idol DVD. In 2010 his appearance as Shiraishi Kuranosuke comes to an end with Dream Live 7th.
In 2010 he continues to be featured in multiple magazines, but takes on new challenges doing the recitation of the stage play Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu 2nd letter (The eraser in my mind). He also appears in the movie Kimi e no Melody (Melody for you), co-starring with Hisanori Sato, who was a member of Tenimyu's Shitenhouji cast as well. He released his first mini-album titled Spark in November after announcing his artist debut during the Summer Live tour with his good friend Yūta Furukawa (Sasaki and Furukawa also met during Tenimyu). At the end of 2010 Sasaki continues his stage career appearing in Pride.
2011 brings Sasaki more work. Not only does he appear in multiple stage performances, he also appears in 3 movies. Gakudori, Gangster and Ishi no Furu Oka (The Hill of the Falling Stones). Co-starring as the lead with Yūta Furukawa in the last . A few months later another pair of DVD's is released featuring Sasaki and Furukawa, covering their journey in Australia. In 2011 Sasaki also starts appearing in the TV series Shinwa Senshi Gigazeus,[2] holds multiple live performances, releases 2 maxi singles, releases a calendar and becomes the MC of the Nico Nico Live Broadcast titled mmmm☆Ecstasy.
In 2012 he continues his stage career appearing in Douke no Hitomi, Tumbling vol.3,[3] SA☆BI☆TA~ame ni hakonda ai~,[4] another run of Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu and the 5th Anniversary ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL[5] to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Theatre Clear. He also makes appearances in TV series Fallen Angel and Aozora no Tamago (A budding blue sky). Nico Live Broadcast titled mmmm☆Ecstasy comes to an end, but is soon replaced with Nico Live Broadcast titled mmmm☆Ecstasy?. Due to his busy schedule Sasaki is only able to appear a few times and the show is canceled later in the same year. In March he releases his 2nd mini-album NeΦ Vocalism. Around the same time it's announced he'll form a new unit called 3Peace☆Lovers with Hayato Nikaido and ZE:A's Ha Min Woo.
3Peace☆Lovers
3Peace☆Lovers (3PL) is a special unit created by Vomos, a famous producer who's also in charge of Nico Nico Video's unit √5 (Root 5) and Sekihan (赤飯). 3PL's aim is to overcome the limits of genres, land borders and languages to create a new kind of entertainment. Their ultimate goal is to do an Asia tour (in 2013). The formation of this unit is being covered in the Music TV show BREAK OUT.[6]
Current members of the unit are Yoshihide Sasaki, Hayato Nikaido and ZE:A's Min woo. They respectively represent the genres of acting/jpop, visual kei and kpop. They debuted with their first single Virtual Love on June 26, 2012. Making it to the 10th place of the Daily Oricon charts a day before its release and to the 25th place in the weekly charts in the first week after release. Their second single Love Evolution was released on November 6 and even made it to the 2nd place of the Daily Oricon charts. In the weekly charts it once again ended up on the 25th place. Thus doing pretty well. The release of their third single is scheduled on April 30, 2013.
Works
Movies
- Waga boujitsu kaisei no hi ni kokuhaku seri (我某日快晴ノ日ニ告白セリ) (2003, independent production)
- Horn Head Hero (ホーンヘッドヒーロー) (2004,independent production)
- Midori no Hikari (緑の光) (2004, independent production)
- Kimi E no Merodi (へのメロディ) (2010) as Sakuraki Hayabusa
- Ishi no Furu Oka (石の降る丘) (2011) as Ishikawa Shuuji
- Gangster (ギャングスタ) (2011) as Sakura Zaka
- Gakudori (ガクドリ)(2011) as Konsei Shin
Cell Phone Novel
- Renai Yakusoku (2008) as Tsubasa
Stage Performances
- Hidamari no Ki (October 2003, Rikkokai Hall)
- OINARI (February 2004, Theater V Akasaka)
- Hotel California (March 2004, Akashi Studio)
- Ribon no Kishi~Washio Koukou Engekibu Funtouki~ (November 2004, Rikkokai Hall)
- LOST SEVEN (March 2005, Rikkokai Hall)
- Musical 「SILVER」 (October 2005, Rikkokai Hall)
- OINARI (February 2006, Rikkokai Hall)
- Ajidoko Honten 「THE☆Seishun」 (March 2006, Akashi Studio): Production & Choreography
- Ie wo Deta (2006, Space Kiritomo)
- Zenkoku Koukou Engeki Contest Opening Act 「Natsuyume」 (2007)
- Touhou Gakuen Gejuutsu Tankidaigaku Engeki Senkou Sotsugyou 「Musical Game」 (February 2008)
- Musical The Prince of Tennis - Role of Kuranosuke Shiraishi (B Cast)
- The Treasure Match Shitenhouji feat. Hyoutei (February 6 - March 31, 2009)
- Dream live 6th (May 2009)
- The Final Match Rikaidai First feat. Shitenhouji (July - October 2009)
- The Final Match Rikaidai Second feat. Rivals (December 2009 - March 2010)
- Dream live 7th (May 2010)
- Recitation 「Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomi 2nd letter」 Saien (September 10, 11, & 16, 2010)
- Pride (12/2010, Clie Theater) - Role of Ikenohata Ranmaru
- CLUB SEVEN 7th stage (April 3–17, 2011)
- Recitation Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomi 3rd letter (May 3, 2011) as Kousuke
- Sabishii no ha Omae dake Janai (June 17–26, 2011)
- Recitation Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomi (March, 2012)
- Douke no Hitomi (April 2012)
- Recitation Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomi in Osaka (July, 2012) as Kousuke
- Tumbling vol.3 (August, 2012) as Tsukioka Yuuto
- SA☆BI☆TA~ame ni hakonda ai~ (October, 2012) as Dong Hyun
- Theatre Clear 5th Anniversary ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL (December, 2012)
- Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock as Okita Souji
- Kuroshitsuji The Musical [Lycoris that blazes the earth] (September 5 - October 5 2014) as Viscount of Druitt
- CLUB SEVEN 10th stage! (April 2-27 2015)
- Musical Hakuouki Reimeiroku as Hijikata Toshizou (May 18 - June 14 2015)
- Kuroshitsuji The Musical [Lycoris that blazes the earth] 2015 (November 7 - December 6 2015) as Viscount of Druitt
- Kuroshitsuji The Musical [Lycoris that blazes the earth] 2015 China performances (December 11-27 2015) as Viscount of Druitt
- GOKU (February 16-28 2016) as Kougaiji
- Stageplay Touken Ranbu: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji (May 3-20 2016) as Souza Samonji
- Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock: Kurofune Raikou (August 20 - September 9 2016)
- Stageplay Touken Ranbu: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji [REPRISE] (December 15 2016 - January 17 2017) as Souza Samonji
- Musical Hakuoki: Harada Sanosuke-hen (April 14-30) as Kazama Chikage
- Stageplay Tokyou Ghoul 2nd stage (June 29 - July 9 2017) as Tsukiyama Shuu
- Stageplay B-PROJECT on Stage [Over The Wave] (July 28 - August 6 2017) as Kitakado Tomohisa
- B-PROJECT on Stage [Over The Wave] - Live concert performances (August 16-17 2017) as Kitakado Tomohisa
- Stageplay K: Missing Kings (October 19-29 2017) as Mishakuji Yukari
- Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock LIVE (November-December 2017) as Okita Souji
TV
- Shinwa Senshi Gigazeus (2011)
- V no Ryuugi (「Vの流儀」) (September 20, 2011)
- Fallen Angel
- Shinwa Senshi Gigazeus
- BREAK OUT
- Aozora no Tamago
Live Performances
- Special guest Furukawa Yuuta Summer Live Tour (2010)
- 12/27 「Vocalism Action vol.2」 Shibuya BOXX (2011)
- 11/24 「Vocalism Action」 Shibuya BOXX (2011)
- 10/2 「Electrical☆Traveler Autumn Matsuri」 Shinjuku BLAZE (2011)
- 9/17・9/18 「MEN-tertainment ~Mentame 2011~大 Osaka Kouen」 Osaka・Theatre Drama City (2011)
- 9/10 「15th Anniversary MMV LIVE」 Zepp Tokyo (2011)
- 8/5・8/7 「SASAKI YOSHIHIDE LIVE」 Osaka・MUSE/Tokyo・Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall (2011)
- 12/30「Toshi osame!! Sense up&Electra Matsuri 2012 」CLUB CITTA' (2012)
- 12/8 3Peace☆Lovers 「BREAK OUT Matsuri 」Zepp Tokyo (2012)
- 11/13 3Peace☆Lovers PRESENTs 『Live of Lovers』 Akasaka BLITZ (2012)
- 8/31 3Peace☆Lovers 「BREAK OUT Matsuri 」Zepp Tokyo (2012)
- 5/29・30 「Men-tertainment2012 Special Live」 Akasaka BLITZ (2012)
- 2/18 「Challenge The Vocalism」 Shinjuku BLAZE (2012)
Live Broadcast
- Nico Nico Live Show mmmmm☆Ecstasy (2011-2012)
- Nico Nico Live Show mmmmm☆Ecstasy? (2012)
Events
4/18「Cure Cosplay Festival」 Pacific Yokohama (2010) 0/9 「Animate Girls Festival 2010」 Sunshine City Culture Hall (2010) 4/29「Nico Nico chou kaigi」 Makuhari messe (2012)
CD
- Debut Mini Album 「SPARK」 (released 11/24/2010)
- 1st Maxi-Single 「H1」 (released 12/09/2011)
- 2nd Maxi-Single 「H2」 (released 10/23/2011)
- Mini Album 「Neo Vocalism」 (released 03/21/2012)
- 3Peace☆Lovers 1st Single 「Virtual Love」 (released 06/26/2012)
- 3Peace☆Lovers 2nd Single 「Love Evolution」 (released 11/06/2012)
- 3Peace☆Lovers 3rd Single 「to be determined」 (to be released (04/30/2013)
DVD
- MEN'S DVD 「JOURNEY」 (Released 3/18/2009)
- DO the movie (released 5/2010)
- Kimi E no Merodi Maikingu Shun no Kodou Beat of Sasaki Yoshihide (released 10/2010)
- Bokutachi no Chikyuu Road in Australia (released 05/2010)
Calendars
- Yoshihide Sasaki Seasonal Calendar 2011-2012
Photo Books
Commercials
- Nihon Seimei Sougo Kabushikigaisha 「Shin Ikiru Chikara SKY Plan」 (2003)
- Zenkoku Kateikyoushi Renmei (2004)
- Toushin Yobikou (Poster, 2005)
Anime
- Kotatsu Neko (2009 Terebi Kanagawa) - Alexandrite
References
- ↑ "Notice of affiliation with new talent department". Official HP. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Shinwa Senshi Gigazeus". Gigazeus Official HP. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Tumbling". Tumbling Official HP. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Sabita ~ame ni hakonda ai~". Sabita Official HP. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL". ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL Official HP. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "BREAK OUT". BREAK OUT Official HP. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Sasaki Yoshihide DO Photobook". CD Japan. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
External links
- (in Japanese) Official Site
- (in Japanese) Yoshihide's Official Blog HIDE AND GO SEEK
- (in Japanese) Official Sense Up Site
- (in Japanese) 3Peace☆Lovers Official Site
- (in Japanese) 3Peace☆Lovers Official Site