Tomohisa Yamashita

I'll be honest, Tomohisa Yamashita is one of those guys who could've coasted forever on that ridiculously handsome face and nobody would've blamed him, but what I respect is that he didn't. A kid out of Funabashi, Chiba, who came up through the idol machine, then kept reaching: acting, singing, even writing his own music, and lately throwing himself into English-language and international roles when he could've just stayed comfortable as a domestic heartthrob. That itch to keep proving himself, to not let "the pretty one" be the whole story, is the part I find genuinely likable. There's a quiet stubbornness under all that polish. I don't know the man, but the trajectory reads like someone allergic to settling, and I'm always a sucker for that.

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Tomohisa Yamashita is a Japanese actor, singer, film actor, composer, and dancer born on April 9, 1985, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. He studied at Meiji University and built a multifaceted career spanning music, television drama, and film both in Japan and internationally. Known for his work across entertainment disciplines, he has pursued roles in overseas productions in addition to his domestic career. His current agency affiliation is private.

Name (English)

Tomohisa Yamashita

Name (Japanese)

山下智久

Reading

やました ともひさ

Born

April 9, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Singer / Film Actor / Composer / Dancer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

University

Meiji University

Works summary

Appearances

316 (1996–2026)

By year

1996: 2, 1997: 1, 1998: 6, 1999: 6, 2000: 6, 2001: 6, 2002: 3, 2003: 7, 2004: 3, 2005: 3, 2006: 3, 2007: 8, 2008: 8, 2009: 7, 2010: 5, 2011: 7, 2012: 18, 2013: 11, 2014: 11, 2015: 10, 2016: 5, 2017: 8, 2018: 13, 2019: 18, 2020: 12, 2021: 9, 2022: 10, 2023: 12, 2024: 11, 2025: 2, 2026: 6

Debut work

心霊

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=artistTop&artist=18&lang=en_us
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tomo.y9/
• Xhttps://x.com/Tomohisanine
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E6%99%BA%E4%B9%85
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313654

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Actor
• Singer
• Film Actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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