Yūsuke Santamaria
Japanese actor and singer
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Yūsuke Nakayama (中山 裕介, Nakayama Yūsuke; born 12 March 1971, Ōita, Ōita), better known by his stage name Yūsuke Santamaria (ユースケ・サンタマリア, Yūsuke Santamaria), is a Japanese actor and singer.
Yūsuke Santamaria | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yūsuke Nakayama 12 March 1971 Ōita, Ōita, Japan |
| Occupations | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Biography
Santamaria appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film Doppelganger.[1] He starred in Katsuyuki Motohiro's 2005 film Negotiator.[2] He directed and starred a segment of the 2008 anthology film R246 Story.[3] He also appeared in Kiyoshi Sasabe's 2011 film The Legacy of the Sun.[4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Bayside Shakedown: The Movie | Masayoshi Mashita | ||
| 2001 | Calmi Cuori Appassionati | Takashi | ||
| 2003 | Bayside Shakedown 2 | Masayoshi Mashita | ||
| Doppelganger | ||||
| 2005 | Negotiator | Masayoshi Mashita | Lead role | [5] |
| 2006 | The Sakai's Happiness | |||
| Udon | Lead role | [5] | ||
| 2007 | Kisaragi | Yūji Oda | ||
| 2008 | R246 Story | |||
| 2009 | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | Kiyoshi "Sadakiyo" Sada | ||
| Shonen Merikensack | ||||
| Donju | ||||
| Go Find a Psychic! | ||||
| 2010 | Bayside Shakedown 3 | Masayoshi Mashita | ||
| 2011 | The Legacy of the Sun | |||
| 2012 | Bayside Shakedown 4: The Final | Masayoshi Mashita | ||
| Crow's Thumb | ||||
| 2013 | Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story | |||
| 2014 | Our Family | |||
| The Vancouver Asahi | ||||
| Giovanni's Island | Hideo (voice) | [6] | ||
| 2015 | April Fools | |||
| 2016 | Gold Medal Man | |||
| Birthday Card | ||||
| 2017 | Wilderness: Part One | Horiguchi | [7] | |
| Wilderness: Part Two | Horiguchi | [7] | ||
| The Stand-In Thief | ||||
| 2018 | Eating Women | Tanabe | [8] | |
| 2019 | Blue Hour | [9] | ||
| One Piece: Stampede | Buena Festa (voice) | [10] | ||
| 2022 | Akira and Akira | [11] | ||
| 2023 | The Silent Service | Eiichi Nanba | [12] | |
| 2024 | Living in Two Worlds | Akito Imai | [13] | |
| 2025 | Strawberry Moon | Kosuke Sakurai | [14] | |
| 2026 | Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner | Akioka Shironosuke | [15] | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Bayside Shakedown | Masayoshi Mashita | [5] | |
| 1998 | Nemureru Mori | |||
| 1999 | Perfect Love | |||
| 2000 | Match Making | Kotaro Hirose | Lead role | [16] |
| 2001 | Rocket Boy | |||
| 2012 | ¥20,000,000 Quiz! Money Drop | The host | Game show | |
| 2016 | The Sparks | Shingo Takeuchi | Lead role | [5] |
| Cold Case | ||||
| 2018 | Auditor Shuhei Nozaki | |||
| 2019 | I Will Not Work Overtime, Period! | Seiji Fukunaga | [5] | |
| 2020 | Awaiting Kirin | Asakura Yoshikage | Taiga drama | [17] |
| 2022 | The Journalist | Shinjirō Toyoda | [18] | |
| Modern Love Tokyo | Yōji Suzuki | [19] | ||
| 2024 | Dear Radiance | Abe no Haruakira | Taiga drama | [20] |
| The Silent Service | Eiichi Nanba | [21] | ||
| 2025 | Scandal Eve | Seigo Hashimoto | [22] | |