Takashi Sorimachi Explained

Takashi Sorimachi
Birth Date:	19 December 1973^[1]
Birth Place:	Saitama, Japan
Native Name:	反町 隆史
Yearsactive:	1988–1990 1994–present
Agent:	Ken-On
Children:	2
Module:	Embed: yes Background: solo_singer Genre: J-pop Label: Mercury Records

is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series Great Teacher Onizuka, and the assassin O in Hong Kong action thriller film Fulltime Killer.

Career

Sorimachi was a member of Johnny & Associates's trainee group when he was in the third year of junior high school, under his real name, Takashi Noguchi, as backdancer of group Hikaru Genji, together with members of the agency's current groups Tokio (Shigeru Jojima, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, and Taichi Kokubun) and 20th Century (Masayuki Sakamoto), among others, but decided to leave both the group and the agency within the year, to pursue a career as a model and actor.^{[2] [3] [4]} By 1994, Sorimachi was invited to participate at the Paris Fashion Week catwalk. He debuted as an actor that year with the drama "Maido Gomen Nasai", under his stage name.

With his acting in "Beach Boys", released in 1997, Sorimachi was calling the attention as a first-line actor. With that drama, he also debuted as a singer, releasing his first single "FOREVER", receiving the award of Newcomer of the Year at the 12th Japan Gold Disc Awards.^[5]

Another big attention grabber was 1998's Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), which not only provided Sorimachi with the iconic role of rebel teacher Eikichi Onizuka, but also another chance to sing, releasing the theme song "Poison", a song that has a mysterious way to soothe crying babies up to age 2 all around the world. This was a sensation on the net after fans learned of the phenomenon from Sorimachi himself, when he was interviewed by his agency Ken-On's YouTube channel in 2021. "I'm happy to think that my work continues to help others. My friends tell me that they listened to this song with their babies and it stopped them from crying. I'm very happy.", he said, amused.^[6]

In 2005 he starred in the movie Otoko-tachi no Yamato as Sergeant Moriwaki, the leader of the soup kitchen on the battleship Yamato.^[7]

In November 2023, Takashi Sorimachi co-starred along with his wife Nanako Matsushima in a commercial for skincare and makeup label Shiseido. The new Shiseido commercial marked the couple's first screen shared in 25 years following their appearance in GTO, and the first time the couple co-starred together following their marriage in 2001.^{[8] [9]} The couple also appeared together for the first time in over two decades in GTO Revival, a 2024 special episode revival of 1998's TV Series.^{[10] [11]}

Personal life

On February 21, 2001, he married actress Nanako Matsushima, who he co-starred with in GTO.^[12]

On May 31, 2004, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The couple had a second daughter on November 30, 2007.

Filmography

TV Dramas

• GTO Revival (Spring 2024, Fuji TV) as Eikichi Onizuka
• Aibō (2015 TV Asahi) as Wataru Kaburagi
• Yae no Sakura (2013 NHK) as Iwao Oyama
• Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner (2012 TBS)
• Good Life~Arigato, Papa. Sayonara~ (2011 Fuji TV)
• Lotto 6 de San-oku Ni-senman En Ateta Otoko (2008 TV Asahi)
• Dream Again (2007 NTV)
• 14 Sai no Haha episodes 10–11 (2006 NTV)
• (2006 NTV) as Lt. Akiyoshi Iba
• Rokusen Nin no Inochi no Visa (2005 YTV)
• HOTMAN 2 (2004 TBS)
• Sheeraza Do (2004 NHK)
• Wonderful Life (2004 Fuji TV)
• Hotman (2003 TBS)
• Ryuuten no Ouhi - Saigo no Koutei (2003 TV Asahi)
• Double Score (2002 Fuji TV)
• Toshiie to Matsu (2002 NHK) as Oda Nobunaga
• Number One (2001 TBS)
• Love Complex (2000 Fuji TV)
• Cheap Love (1999 TBS)
• Over Time (1999 Fuji TV)
• Great Teacher Onizuka (1998 Fuji TV) as Eikichi Onizuka
• Beach Boys (1997 Fuji TV)
• Virgin Road (1997 Fuji TV)
• Tsubasa wo Kudasai (1996 Fuji TV)
• Miseinen (1995 TBS)
• Ryoma ni omakase (1995 NTV)
• (1995 TBS)
• (1995 TBS)
• (1994 TBS)

Movies

• The Man Who Won 320 Million Yen (xxxx)
• Fly Boys, Fly! (1995)
• Great Teacher Onizuka (1999)
• Fulltime Killer (2001)
• The Thirteen Steps (2003)
• Yamato (2005)
• (2007) as Genghis Khan^[13]
• The Liar and His Lover (2013)
• (2019)
• Mio's Cookbook (2020) as Mizuhara Tōzai^[14]

Anime

• Doraemon (2018) as Wataru Kaburagi

Discography

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"

Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales^[15]
JPN
Message (メッセージ)	Released: September 10, 1997 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: CD	3	JPN: 92,000
High Life	Released: September 18, 1998 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: CD	15	JPN: 54,000
Forever Dream	Released: December 19, 1998 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: CD	10	JPN: 64,000
Soul	Released: December 6, 2000 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: CD	100	JPN: 2,000

Compilation albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
JPN
Best of My Time	Released: March 17, 1999 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: CD	48	JPN: 7,000
Best of Best	Released: June 7, 2006 Label: Universal Music Japan Formats: CD	—
Golden Best	Released: December 8, 2010 Label: Universal Music Japan Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

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Album details
Message	Released: March 25, 1998 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: VHS, DVD
Clips and More	Released: December 2, 1998 Label: Mercury Music Entertainment Formats: VHS
Live Tour 98 High Life	Released: December 20, 2000 Label: Universal Music Japan Formats: DVD
1997-2000 Single Clips	Released: December 20, 2000 Label: Universal Music Japan Formats: DVD

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"

Year	Peak positions		Sales	Certifications	Album
JPN	JPN Hot 100 ^[16]
"Forever"	1997	3	—	JPN: 507,000	: Platinum	Message
"Forever Dream"		10	—			Forever Dream
"One"	1998	8	—	JPN: 200,000	RIAJ: Gold	High Life
""		9	38	JPN: 270,000	RIAJ (physical): Gold RIAJ (digital): Gold RIAJ (streaming): Gold
"Poison" (Movie Mix)	1999	38	—	JPN: 23,000
"Free"	2000	35	—	JPN: 10,000		Soul
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other singles

• Poison (GTO Revival theme song) (Blue Encount feat. Takashi Sorimachi) (March 2024)^[17]

External links

• Takashi Sorimachi's official site at Ken-on
• Takashi Sorimachi's profile and bio - 2010 archive
  • Biography at Japan-Zone

Notes and References

1. Web site: Takashi Sorimachi Profile. Star East Asia Male Celebrities. dead . March 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100327053149/http://men.stareastasia.com/takashi-sorimachi/. Birth name: Takashi Noguchi - DOB: December 19, 1973 - Place of birth: Saitama, Japan .
2. Web site: 特集 > 男の履歴書DX 「反町 隆史」 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230915083741/http://www.inlifeweb.com/ressorimachitakashi_index_e.html . 15 September 2023 . 7 May 2024 . In The Life . Japanese.
3. Web site: 16 March 2016 . 反町隆史はジャニーズに所属していた！ TOKIOの一員だった可能性も . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507070559/https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1456637274708/ . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024 . Excite . Japanese.
4. Web site: 5 April 2024 . 7件事證明反町隆史是「日劇男神」！曾是傑尼斯成員、最強神仙眷侶、更有隱藏版好歌喉 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507070715/https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/news/78483/takashi-sorimachi . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024 . Marie Claire Taiwan . Chinese.
5. Web site: The Japan Gold Disc Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20240407005949/https://www.golddisc.jp/award/12/ . 7 April 2024 . 7 May 2024 . Japan Gold Disc Award . Japanese.
6. Web site: 12 July 2021 . Takashi Sorimachi's old song gets babies to stop crying . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507084747/https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/web/20240507084747/https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/takashi-sorimachis-old-song-gets-054500914.html . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024 . Yahoo News Malaysia.
7. Web site: 男の大和 YAMATO . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507092254/https://www.kinejun.com/cinema/view/36849 . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024 . Kinejun . Japanese.
8. Web site: Married celebrity couple – Sorimachi Takashi and Matsushima Nanako star in new SHISEIDO CMs .
9. Web site: Takashi Sorimachi & Nanako Matsushima co-star in a commercial for the first time as husband and wife New commercial for "SHISEIDO MEN" released . 2023-11-21 . OTAKU JAPAN . en.
10. Web site: Nanako Matsushima Guest Stars in “GTO Revival“ – JayneStars.com . 2024-03-20 . en-us.
11. News: Lim . Ruey Yan . 2023-10-03 . J-drama couple Nanako Matsushima and Takashi Sorimachi to reunite on-screen after 22 years . 2024-03-20 . The Straits Times . en . 0585-3923.
12. Web site: 15 January 2023 . 反町隆史　妻・松嶋菜々子との18歳と15歳の娘たちの近況「2人とも留学しているので」　芸能界入りは？ . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507080226/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/01/15/kiji/20230115s00041000242000c.html . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024 . Sponichi . Japanese.
13. Web site: January 6, 2007. Takashi Sorimachi. Star East Asia Entertainment News. dead. February 10, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070210011728/http://news.stareastasia.com/tag/takashi-sorimachi/ .
14. Web site: みをつくし料理帖. August 28, 2023. eiga.com.
15. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」. subscription. Oricon Ranking Information Service "You Taiju". ja. Oricon. December 1, 2023.
16. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100. Billboard Japan. ja. March 11, 2020. December 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20220605104428/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2020&month=03&day=16. June 5, 2022. live.
17. Web site: 5 February 2024 . BLUE ENCOUNT×反町隆史「POISON」でコラボ、ドラマ「GTOリバイバル」主題歌に . https://web.archive.org/web/20240205012325/https://natalie.mu/music/news/559824 . 5 February 2024 . 2 March 2024 . Natalie . Japanese.