Takeshi Tsuruno

Takeshi Tsuruno is a likable pile of contradictions. Born in Moji, Fukuoka in 1975, he went to high school in Tokyo, and he is filed under singer, actor, tarento and blogger, four labels that usually add up to someone who does nothing especially well. To many Japanese viewers he is Asuka, the hero of Ultraman Dyna, and something about that part stuck to him: the earnest, faintly guileless energy carried straight over into his variety television work. Most performers build a persona to hide behind. Tsuruno seems to have built a career on refusing to. It should not work as well as it does.

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Name (English)

Takeshi Tsuruno

Name (Japanese)

つるの剛士

Reading

つるの たけし

Born

May 26, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Moji-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

178 cm

Occupation

singer / actor / tarento / blogger

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Blood type

B

Agency

太田プロダクション

Active years

1992 -

Spouse

既婚

Works summary

Appearances

160 (1994–2022)

By year

1994: 1, 1995: 5, 1996: 1, 1997: 4, 1998: 3, 1999: 7, 2000: 4, 2001: 4, 2002: 2, 2003: 2, 2004: 3, 2005: 6, 2006: 5, 2008: 18, 2009: 13, 2010: 16, 2011: 10, 2012: 9, 2013: 6, 2014: 4, 2015: 4, 2016: 3, 2017: 4, 2018: 2, 2019: 4, 2020: 2, 2021: 4, 2022: 1

Debut work

青春の影 第4話

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/takeshi__tsuruno/
• Xhttps://x.com/takeshi_tsuruno
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%20Tsuruno
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A4%E3%82%8B%E3%81%AE%E5%89%9B%E5%A3%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3234535

Tags

• Fukuoka Prefecture
• singer
• actor
• tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.