Tasuku Emoto

I have a real soft spot for Tasuku Emoto, because he's the kind of actor who doesn't act so much as just exist on screen. No big crying jags, no shouting for the cheap seats, just a guy standing there, maybe smoking, and somehow you read a whole biography off his back. That's not technique you can teach, that's something he was born with, and yeah, being Emoto Akira's son with a houseful of actors around him probably didn't hurt. What gets me is how unbothered he seems, drifting along at his own loose, slightly aloof pace and quietly stacking up good work. Trained at Waseda's art school but never head-in-the-clouds about it, he acts with his whole body. He's a slow burn, the sort of performer who creeps up on you over the years, and I'd bet on him for the long haul.

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Tasuku Emoto is a Japanese actor born on December 16, 1986, in Tokyo. He studied film at the Waseda University Art and Architecture School, a vocational school, before establishing himself as a respected presence in Japanese film and television. In 2016 he received the Elan d'Or Award for Best Newcomer, recognizing his emerging talent. He is known for a restrained, naturalistic performance style that conveys depth through stillness and physicality rather than overt expression.

Name (English)

Tasuku Emoto

Name (Japanese)

柄本佑

Reading

えもと たすく

Born

December 16, 1986 (age 39)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

183 cm

Occupation

Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Blood type

B

Agency

Alpha Agency

Active years

2003 -

University

Waseda University Art and Architecture School (vocational)

Awards & achievements

• 2016 — Elan d'Or Award, Best Newcomer

Spouse

Sakura Andō

Works summary

Appearances

221 (2003–2027)

By year (titles with a known year)

2003: 4, 2004: 4, 2005: 7, 2006: 9, 2007: 12, 2008: 14, 2009: 9, 2010: 10, 2011: 12, 2012: 8, 2013: 20, 2014: 6, 2015: 11, 2016: 9, 2017: 5, 2018: 4, 2019: 13, 2020: 7, 2021: 8, 2022: 15, 2023: 10, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, 2026: 6, 2027: 1, year unknown: 10

Debut work

A Boy's Summer in 1945

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.alpha-agency.com/artist/emoto.html
• Xhttps://x.com/tasakueats
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%84%E6%9C%AC%E4%BD%91
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11259379

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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