ACTORS

TAKAHIRO FUJIMOTO
( actor )

Date of birth : July 21, 1970

Birthplace : Fukuoka, Japan

Height : 183cm

Special skill / Hobby : Swimming Training(ex-olympic swimmer),

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tate(Jaoanese Stage Combat）、Watching NBA games

Language : Japanese, Communicatable in English

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　( experienced 2-year swimming camp in Australia trained under local coaches )

JAPANESE

Photographer : Nanako Nishiyama

Fujimoto is known as a former olympic swimmer for Men's 200m & 400m Individual Medley, Seoul 1988 & Barcelona 1992. Although he missed the medal, he became the first Japanese finalist ever in 400 metres Indivisual Medley in the history. He had been a Japan record holder for 11 years from 1989 to 2000 and won many titles in & out of country. On the day he retired and left the swimming pool, he knocked on the door of Japan's well-known musical company "Gekidan Shiki (Four Seasons)" and started his acting career with a stageplay by William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" in 1997. He has tried various kinds of roles in over 30 stageplays including "Cats", "Elisabeth", "How to Succeed", "A Kiss of a Spider Woman" ever since. He made his first screen appearance in a film "Otoko tachi no Yamato" in 2005. Besides acting, he is expanding his career as a commentator for sports TV programs such as "NBA Play-offs 2010" (J Sports) and "XII FINA World Championships” in Melbourne 2007 & Rome 2009 (BS-Asahi).as well as writing column for major papers and magazines. From the year of 2009 to 2011, he is expected to appear in historical TV series by NHK, "Saka no ue no Kumo (Clouds Above The Slope)” the biggest budget project that NHK has ever made. In the drama, Fujimoto plays one of the main characters , Takeo Hirose, a legendary commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy who actually exsisted in early 1900 .

STAGEPLAY
Shiki Musical Company "The Merchant of Venice" (97)
Shiki Musical Company "Bokensha tachi" (97)
Shiki Musical Company "The Prince and The Pauper" (97)
Shiki Musical Company "Cats" (Macavity / 98)
"Richard III" (99 / Saitama Art Theater)
"Pandora no Kane" (99 / Theater Cocoon)
"Elisabeth" (00 / Imperial Theatre)
"Cyrano, the Musical" (00-01 / Chunichi Theater, Akasaka Act Theater)
"Elisaberh" (01 / Imperial Theatre)
"Godspell" (01 / Le Theatre Ginza)
"Minato no Mieru Machi" (02 / Mitsukoshi Theater)
"Kaze no Toride" (02 / Meiji-za)
"Fortinbras" (Laertes / 02 / Le Theatre Ginza)
"Hana tachi Onna tachi" (02 / Shinbashi Enbu-jo)
"Lady Zorro" (03 / Akasaka Act Theater)
"Kaze no Nagori" (03 / Shinbashi Enbu-jo)
"Ohkawa Watari" (03 / Le Theatre Ginza)
"Furu America ni Sode ha Nurasaji" (03 / Osaka Shochiku-za, etc)
"Elisabeth" (04 / Imperial Theatre)
"Into The Woods" (04 / New National Theater)
"Ohtsugomori" (04 / Azabu Kumin Center)
"Bat Boy The Musical” (05 / Theater Drama City, etc)
"Elisabeth" (05 / Imperial Theatre)
"Kakurenbo" (Lead, Direct & Playwrite by himself / 05 / Jiji Tsushin Hall)
"Berlin to Broadway" (05 / Le Theatre Ginza)
"Ohtsugomori" (05 / Azabu Kumin Center)
"Bat Boy The Musical” (06 / Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, etc)
"Into Tthe Woods” (06 / New National Theatre )
"Akuro" (06 / Ikebukuro Sunshine Theater)
"How to Succeed" (Bud Frump / 07 / Tokyo Art Theater, etc)
"Ai Toki wo Koete - Sekigahara Ibun" (07 / Namikiri Hall, etc)
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" (07 / Tokyo Art Theater, etc),
"How to Succeed" (Bud Frump / 07 / Tokyo Art Theater)
"DRACULA" (08 / Chunichi Theater, New National Theatre, etc)
and more

ADVERTISEMENT
KIRIN "Lager beer",
SANYO,
DESCENTE "Arena",
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (Hong Kong only)
KIRIN BEER "1000(thousand)" TVCM (2010 )
KOWA "Cabejin 2" TVCM(2011)

TV DRAMA / TV SHOW ( Recent only )
"Get Sports" (TV Asahi),
"XII FINA World Championships Melbourne 2007" (BS Asahi)
Language Channel "Eigo no Tatsujin" (BS Asahi),
"Odoru ! Sanma Goten !" (NTV)
"XII FINA World Championships Rome 2009" (BS Asahi)
ETV 50th Anniversary kids' musical "Todoke ! Minna no Genki Power" (Special guest appearance / 2009 / NHK Educational )
NHK Special Drama series "Saka no ue no Kumo (Clouds Above The Slope) - Season 1"( as Hirose / 2009 / NHK)
"Mirai Kiko - India -"(as a reporter / 2010 / BS-TBS)
"MIrai Kiko - China -" (as a reporter / 2010 / BS-TBS)
J Sports HOOP! NBA Play-offs 09/10 Western Conference Final Game "Lakers vs Suns" (Guest commentator / J Sports Plus)
"2010 FIBA World Championship for Men - USA vs Croatia" (Guest commentator / J Sports ESPN)
NHK Special Drama series "Saka no ue no Kumo (Clouds Above The Slope) - Season 2"( as Hirose / 4 episodes / 2010)
TBS Drama Series ”JIN” (as Takamori Saigo / 2011)
NHK Taiga drama ”Taira no Kiｙomori” ( as Tadakiyo Itoh ) Starts from Jan 8, 2012

FILM
"Otoko tachi no Yamato" (05)

BOOK

"Bukotsu na Kappa - Fujimoto Takahiro-" by Manabu Matsuse, published by Wani Books ( 2010 )