YAMASHITA TOMOHISA PROFILE

• Name: 山下智久 (やました ともひさ)
• Name (romaji): Yamashita Tomohisa
• Former name: 青木智久 / Aoki Tomohisa
• Nicknames: Yamapi, Tomo-chan, TomoPi, Pi, P-chan
• Profession: Actor and singer
• Birthdate: 1985-Apr-09
• Birthplace: Chiba, Japan
• Height: 175cm
• Weight: 60kg
• Star sign: Aries
• Blood type: A
• Former Group: B.I.G., Four Tops
• Current Group: NEWS (leader)
  
• Family: Mother (Naomi) and younger sister (Rina)
• Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment
  

TRIVIA
-He has been a member of the popular J-pop group NEWS since 2003 and has also achieved success as part of the unit Shuuji to Akira, Kitty GYM and as a solo artist.

-Yamashita graduated in September 2008 from Meiji University's faculty of commerce with a degree in marketing

Solo Singles

-Daite Señorita (抱いてセニョリータ, Daite Senyoriita)-release 31 May, 2006
-Loveless-release18 November, 2009

• Code Blue 2 as Aizawa Kousaku (Fuji TV, 2010)
• Buzzer Beat as Kamiya Naoki (Fuji TV, 2009)
• Code Blue SP as Aizawa Kousaku (Fuji TV, 2009)
• Code Blue as Aizawa Kousaku (Fuji TV, 2008)
• Proposal Daisakusen SP as Iwase Ken (Fuji TV, 2008)
• Proposal Daisakusen as Iwase Ken (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Byakkotai as Sakai Shintaro & Sakai Mineji (TV Asahi, 2007)
• Kurosagi as Kurosaki (TBS, 2006)
• Nobuta wo Produce as Kusano Akira (NTV, 2005)
• Dragon Zakura as Yajima Yusuke (TBS, 2005)
• Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni... as Fukazawa Takuma (TBS, 2004)
• Budo no Ki (Grapevine) as Shindo Yosuke (2003)
• Stand Up!! as Iwasaki Kengo (TBS, 2003)
• Lunch no Joou as Nabeshima Koshiro (Fuji TV, 2002)
• Long Love Letter as Otomo Tadashi (Fuji TV, 2002)
• Shounen wa Tori ni Natta as Nagashima Ken (TBS, 2001)
• Kabachitare as Tamura Yuta (Fuji TV, 2001)
• All Star Chushingura Matsuri as Asano Takumi (2000)
• Shijo Saiaku no Date as Okamura Yuki (2000, ep1)
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park as Mizuno Shun (TBS, 2000)
• Kiken na Kankei as Miyabe Satoshi (Fuji TV, 1999, ep10-11)
• Kowai Nichiyobi (NTV, 1999, ep13)
• P.P.O.I. as Amano Taira (NTV, 1999)
• Nekketsu Renaido (NTV, 1999, ep7)
• Shounentachi as Kakuda Shinya (NHK, 1998)

Recognitions

• 13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Summer 2009): Best Actor for Buzzer Beat
• 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2007): Best Actor for Proposal Daisakusen
• 9th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2005-06): Best Actor for Nobuta wo Produce
• 4th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2000-01): Best Newcomer for Ikebukuro West Gate Park
• Annual Junior Awards: 'Best Boyfriend', 'Most Beautiful', etc. (2000)