1. Tomohisa Yamashita, widely known as Yamapi, or Tomo, is a Japanese singer, actor, and TV host.
45 Facts About Tomohisa Yamashita
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Tomohisa Yamashita made his musical debut as part of idol group NEWS in 2004 and later debuted as a soloist in 2006.
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Tomohisa Yamashita launched his acting career after portraying Kusano Akira in the hit drama Nobuta Wo Produce.
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Tomohisa Yamashita released his solo music under Warner Music Japan until 2016.
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Tomohisa Yamashita's parents separated when he was a child, and both Yamashita and his younger sister were raised mainly by his mother.
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Tomohisa Yamashita has been noted as an athletic person ever since he was young.
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Tomohisa Yamashita debuted as a singer in a then eight-member Japanese band called NEWS and as a soloist in 2006.
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Tomohisa Yamashita graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen's performing arts course for high school students in 2004.
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Tomohisa Yamashita graduated with a Commerce degree in autumn 2008.
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Tomohisa Yamashita made his acting debut in NHK's Shonentachi in 1998.
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Tomohisa Yamashita gained more attention after appearing in Ikebukuro West Gate Park in 2000.
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Tomohisa Yamashita subsequently made his widescreen debut with the Kurosagi film sequel Eiga: Kurosagi in 2008.
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Tomohisa Yamashita made his debut as a solo artist with the Kurosagi soundtrack Daite Senorita which went on to sell over 800,000 copies.
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Tomohisa Yamashita followed that up in 2007 and 2008 with roles as time-traveler Iwase Ken in the award-winning romantic comedy Proposal Daisakusen and flight doctor-in-training Aizawa Kousaku in the medical drama Code Blue.
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Tomohisa Yamashita reprised his role as Aizawa Kousaku in the winter 2010 TV series Code Blue 2.
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Days after Code Blue 2 wrapped, Tomohisa Yamashita began filming for the live-action film adaptation of Ashita no Joe.
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Tomohisa Yamashita co-starred with Shingo Katori for autumn 2012 detective series Monsters.
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From April 20,2014, Tomohisa Yamashita started hosting a new late-night variety show titled Otona no Kiss Eigo.
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In 2014, Tomohisa Yamashita was cast as the male lead in the live action film adaption of the manga Kinkyori Ren'ai, in which he plays an English teacher at a high school who becomes the object of affection of his student Kururugi Uni, played by Komatsu Nana.
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In May 2016, Tomohisa Yamashita starred in Takashi Miike's TerraFormars, an adaptation of the popular manga with same title, Terra Formars.
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In early 2016, it was announced that Tomohisa Yamashita would participate in a Chinese movie production, "ReBorn" or "Cyber Mission", in which he played his first villain character.
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Tomohisa Yamashita costarred alongside Chinese actor Hangeng and Taiwanese actor Rydian Vaughan.
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Tomohisa Yamashita played the role of a mysterious man who referred to himself as "God".
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Since 2019, Tomohisa Yamashita is pursuing his acting career in international projects.
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In 2022, Tomohisa Yamashita appeared as Akira in HBO Max's Tokyo Vice alongside Ken Watanabe and Hideaki Ito.
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In 2023, Tomohisa Yamashita starred as brilliant oenologist Issei Tomine in the live-action adaptation of legendary manga Drops of God for Hulu Japan and Apple TV+.
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Tomohisa Yamashita started as trainee in a group called "Johnny's Junior".
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Several years after entering the agency, Tomohisa Yamashita became one of the most popular junior members.
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In September 2003,7 years after joining the agency, Tomohisa Yamashita was one of the Johnny's Juniors chosen to be part of the idol group NEWS and he subsequently formally debuted on May 12,2004.
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Tomohisa Yamashita was often referred to as the leader of NEWS in media but members of the group, including Tomohisa Yamashita himself, have stated at times that he was not the de facto leader.
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Together with Kazuya Kamenashi, Tomohisa Yamashita released the single Seishun Amigo in November 2005.
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Seishun Amigo eventually sold over 1.5 million copies and is Tomohisa Yamashita's best-selling single to date.
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In 2009 Tomohisa Yamashita returned to solo music activities with the release of his second solo single, "Loveless", and his first solo concert, ~Short But Sweet~ In 2010, he released his third solo single One in a Million which debuted atop the Oricon charts.
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Tomohisa Yamashita later published a message through the Johnny's web subscription service stating that this was a decision taken after much consideration on his part.
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In 2014, Tomohisa Yamashita released two original albums: his fourth studio album, titled "YOU", and, later, a limited release of the dance mini-album titled "Asobi".
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Tomohisa Yamashita released his first best-of album YAMA-P including previously released songs and the original song "Dreamer".
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From June to August 2016, Yamashita returned with a nationwide concert tour entitled "Yamashita Tomohisa~The Best Live Tour 2016 Future Fantasy", his first concert tour since 2013's "A NUDE".
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Tomohisa Yamashita conducted nationwide concert tours from September through December 2018.
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Tomohisa Yamashita was chosen to sing the opening song for the popular anime series "Ace Attorney, season 2".
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On his Instagram account, Tomohisa Yamashita stated that he wants to chase his childhood dreams.
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In July 2020, Tomohisa Yamashita was announced as one of the guest speakers for the 2020 Tomorrowland Around the World Inspiration Sessions Festival.
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Tomohisa Yamashita was one of 16 guest speakers as an international role model.
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In March 2021, Tomohisa Yamashita was officially announced as a Bulgari ambassador.
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In May 2021, Tomohisa Yamashita was officially announced as a beauty ambassador for Dior.
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Tomohisa Yamashita was later seen at the same hotel with the girl.