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Asano Tadanobu
Tadanobu Asano was born on November 27th, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa. When he was a child, he made his acting debut. Because his father worked as an actor's agent, he had the opportunity to audition for the TV program "Kinpachi-Sensei". And after this, his life as an actor started. In 1995,he met Chara while filming "PiCNiC" and they were married since 1995 with 2 children. In 2009, Asano and Chara have divorced. The sudden news appeared on Chara's official website and Asano's agency's website. According to the message, signed by both of them, Asano and Chara decided to divorce after much discussion. In order to maintain their respect and friendship with each other, they chose to go their separate ways. They further plan to cooperate in their duties as parents of their two children.
Profile
- Name: Asano Tadanobu (浅野忠信)
- Date of Birth: November 27th, 1973
- Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Sometimes Credited As: Tadanobu Sato
- Height: 5'9 (179cm)
- Weight: 128lbs (58kg)
- Eyes: Brown
- Hair: Black
- Shoe size: 10 1/2 to 11 (28,28.5cm)
- Inseam: 29 inches(76cm)
- Special Skills and Interests: Driving, Swimming, Drawing, Karate, Motorbike, playing the guitar, Horse riding, also composes and plays music with his band
- Family: Chara (ex-Wife), Himi (Son), Sumire (Daughter)
Trivia
- Grandfather is native American.
- His father, Yukihisa Sato, derived the first part of Asano's first name - Tada - in honor of Japanese pop-art maestro Tadanori Yokoo.
- Tadanobu Asano got his ears pierced at the age of 13 by his mother.
- Tadanobu Asano's brother Kujun is a musician, playing ambient/electro music.
Filmography
Movies
- [2009] Snow Prince
- [2009] Dumb Animal (as Dekogawa)
- [2009] Villon's Wife
- [2009] The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
- [2008] Yume no Manimani
- [2008] R246 Story
- [2007] Kaabee
- [2007] Sad Vacation
- [2007] Hana (as Jubei Kanazawa)
- [2007] Mongol (as Temudjin)
- [2006] Tokyo Zombie (as Fujio)
- [2006] Invisible Waves (as Kyoji)
- [2005] Rampo Noir (as Masaki)
- [2005] Portrait of the Wind (as Tamio Murase)
- [2005] Eli, Eli, lema sabachitani? (as Mizui)
- [2005] The Buried Forest (as San-chan)
- [2005] Funky Forest: The First Contact (as Masaru Tanaka)
- [2004] The Face of Jizo (as Kinoshita)
- [2004] Survive Style 5+ (as Aman)
- [2004] Vital (as Hiroshi Takagi)
- [2004] The Taste of Tea (as Ayano, the Uncle)
- [2004] Tori
- [2003] The Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (as Himself)
- [2003] Cafe Lumiere (as Hajime Takeuchi)
- [2003] Zatoichi (as Hattori Genosuke)
- [2003] Last Life in the Universe (as Kenji)
- [2003] My Grandpa (as Shinichi Nakafuji)
- [2003] Bright Future (as Mamoru Arita)
- [2003] Dead End Run
- [2002] Woman of Water (as Yusaku)
- [2001] Ichi the Killer (as Kakihara)
- [2001] Distance (as Sakata)
- [2001] Electric Dragon 80.000 V (as Dragon Eye Morrison)
- [2000] Party 7 (as Okita Souji)
- [2000] Kaza-Hana (as Sawaki)
- [2000] Gojo reisenki: Gojoe (as Shanao)
- [1999] Taboo (as Samurai Hyozo Tashiro)
- [1999] One Step on a Mine, It's All Over (as Ichinose, Taizo)
- [1999] Hakuchi: The Innocent (as Isawa)
- [1999] Gemini (as Man with Sword)
- [1999] Away with Words (as Asano)
- [1998] Falling into the Evening
- [1998] Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (as Kuroo Samehada)
- [1998] Screwed (as Tsube)
- [1998] Love & Pop (as Captain XX)
- [1997] Tokyo Biyori
- [1997] Labyrinth of Dreams (as Tatsuo Niitaka)
- [1996] Focus (as Kanemura)
- [1996] Swallowtail Butterfly (as Customer in club)
- [1996] The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius (as Hisoka)
- [1996] Helpless (as Kenji)
- [1996] PiCNiC (as Tsumuji)
- [1995] Maborosi (as Ikuo)
- [1995] Yonshimai monogatari (as Akira Higuchi)
- [1994] Quiet Days of Firemen (as Satoshi Matsumoto)
- [1993] Nemuranai Machi
- [1992] The Rocking Horsemen (as Seiichi Shirai)
- [1991] Waiting for the Flood (as Sadahito Iwata)
- [1990] Swimming Upstream (as Ushi)
Television
- [2002] Shiritsu Tantei Hama Mike (YTV, ep10)
- [1998] Tobu Otoko (翔ぶ男)
- [1997] Typhoon Shelter (タイフ-ン シェルタ-)
- [1996] Inochi Sasage Soro (命捧げ候)
- [1996] Ultraman Tiga (ep40)
- [1995] Watashi no Ojisan (私の叔父さん)
- [1994] Masui (麻酔)
- [1994] Mabataki no Umi ni (まばたきの海に)
- [1993] Chance (ep5)
- [1993] Fried Dragon Fish
- [1993] Haru no Ichizoku (春の一族)
- [1988] 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi sensei 3
Television Movies
- [1993] Fried Dragon Fish
Music Videos
- [2008] Tsuchiya Anna - cocoon
Director
- [2004] Tori
- [2008] R246 Story