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Tomohisa Yamashita is a Japanese actor, singer and TV host, known for portraying adult Suneo in the Toyota CM.
History[]
Yamashita was born in Funabashi, Chiba. His parents separated when he was a child and both Yamashita and his younger sister were raised mainly by his mother.
He was motivated to send in his application to the talent agency Johnny & Associates after watching one of Takizawa Hideaki's dramas and aspiring to appear on television. He sent in applications to many agencies but only Johnny & Associates called him for an audition.
Yamashita graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen's performing arts course for high school students in 2004. At Horikoshi, he shared a classroom with celebrities such as Koki Tanaka, Koike Teppei, and Yu Shirota. After graduating from high school, Yamashita was accepted into Meiji University's School of Commerce. He graduated with a Commerce degree (major in marketing) in autumn 2008, a semester late.
Other roles[]
- Main Article: Yomohisa Yamashita's Filmography
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His hobbies were listening to music, baseball, skiing and going to the beach
- His favorite phrase was Really? (マジ で? Maji de?)
- His talent agency (Johnny & Associates) is the same as Kis-My-Ft2's, who sung the movie ending song Hikari no Signal.