Yosuke Eguchi

Okay, here's what gets me about Yosuke Eguchi: the man went from a leather-jacket biker punk in Shonan Bakusozoku to a steady-handed ER doctor in Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji, and somehow he's totally believable as both. He's got that loose, easygoing surfer-and-fishing-guy charm, but underneath there's this rock-solid core that never wobbles, which is honestly a little unfair. As the big-brother "anchan" in Hitotsu Yane no Shita he had the whole country reaching for tissues, and the fact that he's also a guitar-slinging singer-songwriter just feels like showing off. What I love most, though, is how he's aged into the role: that weathered, understated cool only deepened with time. The guy makes growing older look genuinely enviable.

Yosuke Eguchi is a Japanese actor and singer-songwriter born on January 1, 1968, in Toshima, Tokyo. He made his acting debut in 1986 and rose to national fame through the 1991 drama Tokyo Love Story and the 1993 drama Under One Roof, which achieved a peak rating of 37.8%. He is best known for his long-running lead role in the medical drama ER24 (Kyumei Byoto 24-ji), earning the Television Drama Academy Award for Best Actor three times. He has been married to singer Chisato Moritaka since 1999 and also pursues a music career as a guitarist and vocalist.

Name (English)

Yosuke Eguchi

Name (Japanese)

江口洋介

Reading

えぐち ようすけ

Born

January 1, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey (申)

Origin

Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

Blood type

O

Height

185 cm

Agency

Papado

Active years

1986–present

Occupation

Actor / Singer / Singer-songwriter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Kita Ward Municipal Asuka Junior High School

High school

Komagome High School

University

Did not attend university

Debut

Made his acting debut in 1986 in the TV drama Soshun Monogatari ~Watashi, Otona ni Narimasu~. The following year he was cast as the lead in the 1987 film Shonan Bakusozoku.

Awards & achievements

• 1992 — 1st TV-LIFE Annual Drama Grand Prize, Best Supporting Actor (Tokyo Love Story)
• 1999 — 20th Television Drama Academy Award, Best Actor (ER24, Series 1)
• 2001 — 30th Television Drama Academy Award, Best Actor (ER24, Series 2)
• 2005 — 44th Television Drama Academy Award, Best Actor (ER24, Series 3)

Timeline

1. 1986Acting debut in the TV drama Soshun Monogatari ~Watashi, Otona ni Narimasu~
2. 1987Cast as lead in the film Shonan Bakusozoku, gaining nationwide recognition
3. 1991Appeared in Tokyo Love Story and The 101st Marriage Proposal, becoming a top actor
4. 1993First lead role in a primetime series with Under One Roof; peak rating of 37.8%
5. 1999Starred in ER24 (Series 1); married singer Chisato Moritaka
6. 2000Lead role in the film Another Heaven
7. 2003Appeared in The Great White Tower
8. 2008Appeared in the film Children of the Dark
9. 2012Appeared in the film Rurouni Kenshin
10. 2016Resumed music activities

Spouse

Chisato Moritaka (married June 1999)

Children

2 (daughter Ayaka, son Hiroto)

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Hobbies

• Surfing
• Bass fishing
• Scuba diving
• Motorcycle touring
• Cooking
• International travel

Specialties

• Singing
• Guitar

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://papado.co.jp/artist/yosuke-eguchi/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yosuke_eguchi_official/
• YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@yosuke_eguchi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%9F%E5%8F%A3%E6%B4%8B%E4%BB%8B

Tags

• Actor
• Singer
• Toshima Tokyo
• Papado
• ER24
• Under One Roof
• Tokyo Love Story
• Husband of Chisato Moritaka

Last updated

2026-06-02

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