Kuranosuke Sasaki

I'll admit it, the first thing that hooks me about Kuranosuke Sasaki is that he comes from a Kyoto sake-brewing family and walked away from the family business to act, because that backstory somehow explains everything. There's a slow-aged calm to him. He's tall and trim, a Kobe University grad who never flaunts the smarts, and he's got that faintly ironic, sidelong smile. What I love is that he doesn't elbow his way to the front; he just steps in and settles the temperature of a scene. Stage actor at heart, equally at home on TV, more wry charm than glossy heartthrob. Every time he shows up, I sit up a little straighter.

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Kuranosuke Sasaki is a Japanese actor born on February 4, 1968, in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Standing 182 cm tall, he is a graduate of Kobe University and has built a career spanning both television and stage. He is a recipient of the Kikuta Kazuo Theater Award, one of Japan's prestigious honors for stage performance.

Name (English)

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Name (Japanese)

佐々木蔵之介

Reading

ささき くらのすけ

Born

February 4, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

182 cm

Occupation

Actor / Television Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Blood type

O

Active years

1990 -

University

Kobe University

Awards & achievements

• Kikuta Kazuo Theater Award

Works summary

Appearances

346 (1990–2027)

By year (titles with a known year)

1990: 1, 1992: 1, 1993: 1, 1994: 1, 1995: 1, 1996: 2, 1997: 2, 1998: 4, 1999: 7, 2000: 4, 2001: 10, 2002: 9, 2003: 15, 2004: 13, 2005: 18, 2006: 18, 2007: 17, 2008: 11, 2009: 18, 2010: 9, 2011: 10, 2012: 12, 2013: 10, 2014: 8, 2015: 5, 2016: 15, 2017: 10, 2018: 12, 2019: 11, 2020: 16, 2021: 7, 2022: 11, 2023: 6, 2024: 9, 2025: 7, 2026: 11, 2027: 1, year unknown: 23

Debut work

劇団惑星ピスタチオ

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://anchor-mg.com/actor/sasaki-kuranosuke/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sasakikuranosuke_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/kurano_official
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E3%80%85%E6%9C%A8%E8%94%B5%E4%B9%8B%E4%BB%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052140

Tags

• From Kyoto Prefecture
• Actor
• Television Actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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