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Apr 09, 1985 Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan 39 years old
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About Tomohisa Yamashita
- Tomohisa Yamashita (?? ??, Yamashita Tomohisa, born April 9, 1985), also widely known as Yamapi (?P, YamaP), is a singer, actor, and TV host.Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates as a trainee in 1996 (age 11) and made his small acting debut for NHK's Shonentachi (1998) and has been active on Japanese TV since then.
- Yamashita made his official CD debut as part of idol group NEWS in 2004 and later debuted as a soloist in 2006.
- He got his successful acting career after an interesting portrayal as Kusano Akira for the hit drama Nobuta Wo Produce (2005).
- His biggest break as an actor came in 2006 when he landed his first lead role for popular drama Kurosagi.
- On October 7, 2011, Johnny & Associates announced that Yamashita and Ryo Nishikido were no longer members of NEWS and Yamashita would be concentrating on his solo projects as actor and solo singer/idol.
- His solo music label was under Warner Music Japan until 2016.
- In mid-2018, Yamashita's music label moved to Sony Music Japan; however, Sony only managed Yamashita's music activities while his main career management remain under Johnny & Associates. Yamashita widely known for his many popular dramas such as Nobuta Wo Produce, Kurosagi, Proposal Daisakusen, Buzzer Beat, Code Blue series, From Five To Nine 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made: Watashi ni Koi Shita Obosan and more.
- His latest movie Code Blue the movie (2018) was the highest-grossing movie for the year 2018 and #5 for all the time highest-grossing live action movies in Japan.
