Tsuyoshi Ihara

I have a real soft spot for Tsuyoshi Ihara, the kind of actor who can silence a scene just by looking into the camera. He's tall, with this hooded, smoldering stare, and you instantly believe that whatever he's holding back is dangerous. What I love is that he never seems to be chasing the spotlight or clowning around on variety shows; he just plants himself in a role and quietly does the work. He's at his absolute best playing men carrying buried rage or some old betrayal, the type who barely raises his voice and somehow becomes more terrifying for it. There's an old-school, no-nonsense gravity to him, a Fukuoka steeliness, and honestly I trust a performer like that. Every drama needs one anchor that serious, and he's it.

Tsuyoshi Ihara is a Japanese actor born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Standing 184 cm tall, he is known for his commanding screen presence and has worked primarily as a television actor throughout his career. He maintains an official website and is active on social media including Instagram and X.

Name (English)

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Name (Japanese)

伊原剛志

Reading

いはら つよし

Born

November 6, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Origin

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

184cm

Occupation

Actor / Television Actor

• Official sitehttps://iharatsuyoshi.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tsuyoshi_ihara/
• Xhttps://x.com/ihara184
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E5%8E%9F%E5%89%9B%E5%BF%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143714

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Actor
• Television Actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.