1. Kenjiro Yamashita is a Japanese dancer, actor and radio personality.
41 Facts About Kenjiro Yamashita
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Kenjiro Yamashita is a performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers and a former member of Gekidan Exile.
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Kenjiro Yamashita has appeared in a few TV dramas and films, and he held starring roles in the film Pan to Bus to Nidome no Hatsukoi and dramas Fukuyadou Honpo - KYOTO LOVE STORY -, Love or Not, Manga Mitai ni Ikanai, Game Mitai ni Ikanai.
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Kenjiro Yamashita became a Youtuber in 2019 to share his hobbies with the world.
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Kenjiro Yamashita was born on 24 May 1985, in Kyoto Prefecture.
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Kenjiro Yamashita's family moved to Nara Prefecture when he was still in pre-school for his father's job, but they moved back to Kyoto Prefecture in his second grade.
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Kenjiro Yamashita was the captain of the school basketball team in his final year.
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Kenjiro Yamashita's friend taught him breaking, and they performed at the cultural festival of his high school that year.
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Kenjiro Yamashita switched from breaking to Hip-Hop because with the limit of his height, it would be harder for him to perform classic breaking dance moves like the windmill.
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Kenjiro Yamashita worked there for two years and participated in many shows and parades.
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In 2007, Kenjiro Yamashita got an opportunity to serve as a backup dancer in Exile's tour Exile Live Tour 2007 'Exile Evolution'.
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Kenjiro Yamashita was shocked and impressed after seeing the performance of Exile in close distance, and the seed of dreaming to become an artist just like Exile took root in his heart.
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Kenjiro Yamashita enrolled in EXPG Osaka as soon as it opened and he became an instructor there later.
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Kenjiro Yamashita's students included Yuta Nakatsuka, Mio Nakajima, Shuka Fujii, Karen Fujii, Zin, Shogo Iwaya, Masahiro Sunada and Rikiya Okuda.
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Kenjiro Yamashita's resignation was accepted after he showed his determination to try his best to pursue his dream, and he got blessings from his former bosses and colleagues.
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Kenjiro Yamashita met Naoto and Naoki, his future Sandaime J Soul Brothers' groupmate and Nidaime J Soul Brothers' members at that time, when he served as a backup dancer for Nidaime J Soul Brothers' shows in Osaka.
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Kenjiro Yamashita performed in Gekidan Exile's play NIGHT BALLET and was in charge of the choreography for the final all-in dance scene.
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In September 2010, Kenjiro Yamashita passed the audition for performers of the new Sandaime J Soul Brothers.
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The life changing announcement for Kenjiro Yamashita was announced at the rehearsal for Exile's Exile Live Tour 2010 'Fantasy' in Noevir Stadium Kobe by Hiro, producer of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and he was thrilled to finally saw his dream coming true.
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In July 2013, Kenjiro Yamashita appeared in TV drama Frenemy~Rumble of the Rat~, playing journalist Kenichi Jogasaki.
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Kenjiro Yamashita became the Friday host for the famous Japanese radio program All Night Nippon in April 2015.
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Kenjiro Yamashita appeared in NHK BS Premium's drama Aru Hi, Ahiru Bus as Kosuke Namiki, the former boyfriend of the main character Hazuki in July and August 2015.
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Kenjiro Yamashita appeared in the TBS's TV drama Napoleon no Mura as homestayer Naoto Misaki.
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In 2018, Kenjiro Yamashita appeared opposite Mai Fukagawa in the romance film the film Pan to Bus to Nidome no Hatsukoi.
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Kenjiro Yamashita played Tamotsu Yuasa, a bus driver and the love interest of the heroine played by Mai Fukagawa.
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Kenjiro Yamashita starred as a fisherman in one of the six stories of the anthology, Genkou no Hate, which was directed and written by Tsukasa Kishimoto.
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In 2019, Kenjiro Yamashita appeared in play Manga Mitai ni Ikanai.
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On 7 January 2021, Yamashita announced that he launched his own apparel brand "HIGH FIVE FACTORY Produce By KENJIRO YAMASHITA".
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Kenjiro Yamashita is a descendant of famous Japanese ceramist Kiyomizu Rokubei IV.
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On 26 July 2021, it was announced that Kenjiro Yamashita had married actress Aya Asahina.
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Kenjiro Yamashita is known for having various hobbies, and he has said that he wants to be a second George Tokoro, who is known for having a diversity of hobbies.
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Kenjiro Yamashita started Bass Fishing when he was in elementary school under the influence of manga Grander Musashi, and his love for fishing grew deeper as he grew up.
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Kenjiro Yamashita promoted fishing enthusiastically in both his radio programs, Sandaime J Soul Brothers Yamashita Kenjiro's All Night Nippon and Sandaime J Soul Brothers Yamashita Kenjiro's Zero Base, apart from his SNS account.
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Kenjiro Yamashita won the "Cool Anglers Award 2019" and "Cool Anglers Award 2020" for his passionate promotion of fishing to the public.
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Kenjiro Yamashita is the first person to win this award in two continuous years.
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Kenjiro Yamashita became a Youtuber in 2019 to share his hobbies with the world.
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Kenjiro Yamashita learned karate when he was young, and he holds a black belt.
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Kenjiro Yamashita won the Kyoto karate tournament in his junior 1.
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Kenjiro Yamashita learned to beatbox when he was working in Universal Studio Japan to perform beatboxing in a show there.
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Kenjiro Yamashita is a sneaker-head who collects and admires sneakers as a hobby.
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Kenjiro Yamashita now had more than 150 pairs of sneakers and a warehouse to stock them.