Yo Oizumi Explained

Yo Oizumi
Birth Name:	Yo Oizumi
Birth Date:	3 April 1973
Birth Place:	Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1995–present
Agent:	Creative Office Cue Amuse Inc.（Business Partnership）
Children:	1

is a Japanese actor, comedian, television personality and voice actor. He is a member of the theatrical and musical unit TEAM NACS, and is represented by Creative Office Cue. His wife Kumiko Nakajima is a drama producer at Fuji TV.

In 1995, while still in university, Oizumi debuted as an entertainer on the late-night program Mosaic nights aired in Hokkaidō. He first gained popularity on the television series How Do You Like Wednesday?, and has since expanded to various fields of entertainment, such as television dramas, films, voice acting and music.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

Oizumi was born at the Ebetsu City Hospital in Ebetsu, Hokkaidō.^[1] He has been living in Sapporo since 1984. After graduating Sapporo Moiwa High School, he failed his entrance exams^[2] and did nothing but "play around".^[3]

After failing his entrance exams two years in a row, in 1994, he entered the Hokkai Gakuen University to study business. Oizumi did not wish to enter the university, and was so depressed that his mother worried that "he might die". However, realizing that he cannot just let himself rot away, he entered the university's theater club.^[4] In 1996, he organized the theatrical company TEAM NACS with his friends, Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ken Yasuda, Shigeyuki Totsugi, Takuma Oto'o.^[5] The company disbanded after Morisaki and Yasuda graduated, but reunited after the two quit their jobs to join again.^{[6] [7]}

In 1995, through the recommendation of Totsugi and Morisaki, Oizumi joined the Inada Troupe organized by Hiroshi Inada, and was a member until 2004.^[8] According to Oizumi, Inada taught him "how to stand on the stage".^[9]

Career

In October 1995, when Oizumi was still in university, he debuted as an entertainer through his portrayal of 2nd generation Genki-kun on the late-night program Mosaic nights aired on HTB. He was chosen after the program staff were searching for Mamoru Tanaka, the original Genki-kun, and Oizumi was introduced to the director by Ito Ayumi, the wife of Takayuki Suzui. Oizumi joined the entertainment agency Creative Office Cue directly after this.^[10]

Oizumi first made a name for himself in a Hokkaidō-based TV variety series How do you like Wednesday? and has been actively appearing on various media programs in Hokkaidō since then. TEAM-NACS had run their first national tour with their 11th original play COMPOSER during spring and summer 2005. After this, they held their 12th tour HONOR in Tokyo, Osaka and Sapporo, through March to May 2007. In 2007, he provided the voice of Professor Hershel Layton in the puzzle video game Professor Layton and the Curious Village as well as its sequels and movie.

Along with the increasing popularity of How do you like Wednesday? and TEAM-NACS not only within Hokkaidō but throughout Japan, he expanded his works in various fields by appearing on nationwide TV dramas and films, portraying character voices on animated films and releasing CDs as a singer. In addition to voice acting, he has also been active as a writer and painter.

He calls his fans "Koneko chan tachi", which means "kittens" in Japanese, although he does not like cats.

Private life

On May 30, 2011, he became the father of a baby girl. On his website he joked saying, "Today I successfully became a father!"^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Director(s)	Notes
1996			Shusuke Kaneko
2001	Man-hole		Takayuki Suzui
	Spirited Away	Bandai Gaeru (voice)	Hayao Miyazaki
2002	Pakodatejin	Haruo Fruta	Tetsu Maeda
	The Cat Returns	Teacher (voice)	Hiroyuki Morita
2003		Pepe (voice)	Kitarō Kōsaka	Lead role
	River		Takayuki Suzui	Lead role
2004	Howl's Moving Castle	Prince Turnip (voice)	Hayao Miyazaki
	Angel in the Box		Takayuki Suzui
2006	Brave Story	Kee Keema (voice)	Koichi Chigira
	Simsons	Heita Ōmiya	Yūichi Satō
	Sugar and Spice		Isamu Nakae
2007	Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro	Nezumi Otoko	Katsuyuki Motohiro
2008	After School	Ryōtarō Jinno	Kenji Uchida	Lead role
2009	Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva	Professor Layton (voice)	Masakazu Hashimoto	Lead role
2010	Looking up at the Half-Moon	Gorō Natsume	Yoshihiro Fukagawa
2011	Moshidora	Makoto Kachi	Makoto Tanaka
	Phone Call to the Bar	The Detective	Hajime Hashimoto	Lead role
2012	Bread of Happiness	Nao Mizushima	Yukiko Mishima	Lead role
	G'mor Evian!	Yagu	Tōru Yamamoto	Lead role
2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Hashiba Hideyoshi	Kōki Mitani	Lead role
	Detective in the Bar	The Detective	Hajime Hashimoto	Lead role
2014	Twilight: Saya in Sasara	Yutaro	Yoshihiro Fukagawa	Lead role
	A Drop of the Grapevine	Ao	Yukiko Mishima	Lead role
	A Bolt from the Blue	Haruo Todoroki	Hitori Gekidan	Lead role	^[12]
2015	Kakekomi	Shinjirō Nakamura	Masato Harada	Lead role
	The Boy and the Beast	Tatara (voice)	Mamoru Hosoda
2016	I Am a Hero	Hideo Suzuki	Shinsuke Sato	Lead role
	Gold Medal Man	Mr. Kawahara	Teruyoshi Uchimura
2017	Fullmetal Alchemist	Shou Tucker	Fumihiko Sori	Special appearance
	Tokyo Ghoul	Kureo Mado	Kentarō Hagiwara
	The Last Shot in the Bar	The Detective	Teruyuki Yoshida	Lead role
2018	After the Rain	Masami Kondō	Akira Nagai	Lead role	^[13]
		Captain Silver (voice)	Kazuaki Imai
	Yakiniku Dragon	Tetsuo	Chong Wui-Sin
	My Dad is a Heel Wrestler	The editor in chief	Kyōhei Fujimura	Special appearance	^[14]
	A Banana? At This Time of Night?	Yasuaki Shikano	Tetsu Maeda	Lead role	^[15]
2019	Restaurant from the Sky	Wataru	Yoshihiro Fukagawa	Lead role	^[16]
2020	May I Quit Being a Mom!?	Narrator	Tomo Gōda	Documentary film	^[17]
	Good-Bye	Shūji Tajima	Izuru Narushima	Lead role	^[18]
	Food Luck	Minoru Ozaki	Jimon Terakado	Special appearance	^[19]
	The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms	Liu Bei	Yūichi Fukuda	Lead role	^[20]
2021	Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction	Teruya Hayami	Daihachi Yoshida	Lead role	^[21]
	Asakusa Kid	Senzaburō Fukami	Hitori Gekidan	Lead role	^[22]
	Good Luck! Team Nacs: Movie Version	Himself	Kentarō Horikirizono	Lead role	^[23]
2022	Phases of the Moon	Tsuyoshi Osanai	Ryūichi Hiroki	Lead role	^[24]
2023	Mom, Is That You?!	Akio	Yoji Yamada		^[25]
2024		Yoshihisa Kawazoe (voice)	Chika Nagaoka		^[26]
	Dear Family	Nobumasa Tsuboi	Shō Tsukikawa	Lead role	^[27]
2025	Muromachi Outsiders	Hasuda Hyōe	Yu Irie	Lead role	^[28]

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2005	Emergency Room 24 Hours 3	Ryōta Sakura	Fuji TV
2006	Okashina Futari	Sakuragi	Fuji TV	Lead role, miniseries
	Doctor in Love	Sōta Numazu	Fuji TV
	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	Masaya Nakagawa	Fuji TV	Lead role, TV movie
2007	The Pride of the Temp	Takeshi Shōji	NTV
2007	Wild Mom	Tetsu Kawano	Fuji TV
2008	The Naminori Restaurant	Kenji Sazanami	NTV
2009	Akahana No Sensei	Santarō Ishihara	NTV	Lead role
2010	Ryōmaden	Kondō Chōjirō	NHK	Taiga drama
	Wagaya no Rekishi	Tsuru-chan	Fuji TV	Miniseries
	The Golden Piggy	Ichirō Kadomatsu	NTV
	Japanese Americans	Noboru Yamagishi	TBS
2012	Lucky Seven	Junpei Asahi	Fuji TV
2015	Mare	Tōru Tsumura	NHK	Asadora
2016	Sanada Maru	Sanada Nobuyuki	NHK	Taiga drama
2017	Leaders 2	Takejirō Kikuma	TBS	Special appearance, TV movie
2018	Kuroido Goroshi	Dr. Heisuke Shiba	Fuji TV	TV movie
	Brother and Sister	Inosuke	TBS	Lead role, TV movie
2019	No Side Manager	Hayato Kimishima	TBS	Lead role
	Stay Tuned!	Masayoshi Kanbara	HTB	Miniseries
	Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky	Hiroshi Matsutake	NHK	Cameo, Asadora	^[29]
2020	The Pride of the Temp 2	Takeshi Shōji	NTV	Special appearance	^[30]
2022	The 13 Lords of the Shogun	Minamoto no Yoritomo	NHK	Taiga drama	^[31]
	My Ex-Boyfriend's Last Will	Keitarō Shinoda	Fuji TV		^[32]
2023	The Last Man: The Blind Profiler	Shintarō Godō	TBS		^[33]

Japanese dub

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	The Grinch	The Grinch		^[34]
2023	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile	Lyle		^[35]

Variety shows

• How do you like Wednesday? (水曜どうでしょう,1996~2002, Hokkaidō Television Broadcasting)
• Onigiri Atatamemasuka (おにぎりあたためますか,2003~,Hokkaidō Television Broadcasting)
• Hanatare NACS (ハナタレナックス,2003~,Hokkaidō Television Broadcasting)
• Ippachi ikouyo (1×8いこうよ,2000~, Sapporo Television Broadcasting)
• Songs (2017~, NHK)

Video games

• Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2007) – Professor Layton
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) – Professor Layton
• Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (2008) – Professor Layton
• Professor Layton and the Last Specter (2009) – Professor Layton
• Ni No Kuni (2010) – Swaine
• Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (2011) – Professor Layton
• (2012) – Professor Layton
• Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (2013) – Professor Layton
• Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (2025) – Professor Layton^[36]

Others

• 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2015, NHK), judge
• 71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2020, NHK), the white team captain
• The Masked Singer Japan (2021, Amazon Prime Video), MC
• 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2021, NHK), host^[37]
• 73rd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2022, NHK), host^[38]

Discography

• "Today's Soup" (Japanese: 本日のスープ, duet song with Stardust Revue in 2004)
• "Not Get Up Guy" (Japanese: 起きないあいつ, duet song with Shigeyuki Totsugi in 2004)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result
2012	35th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Phone Call to the Bar
2015	58th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	Kakekomi
2016	39th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor
2018	41st Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	The Last Shot in the Bar
2019	44th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actor	A Banana? At This Time of Night?, Restaurant from the Sky
2021	46th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actor	Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction		^[39]
2023	46th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Phases of the Moon		^[40]
	36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor			^[41]
2024	66th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Mom, Is That You?			^[42]
	47th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor			^[43]

External links

• Official profile

Notes and References

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3. Web site: 2018-06-14 . 大泉洋「テニスにゲームにボーリング」遊びすぎて2浪で大ショック Smart FLASH/スマフラ[光文社週刊誌] ]. Smart FLASH[光文社週刊誌]スマフラ／スマートフラッシュ . 2021-07-01.
4. https://tenshoku.mynavi.jp/knowhow/heroes_file/059 vol.59 俳優 大泉洋 必然だった人生初の挫折
5. Web site: 46歳、安田顕の半生「内気な僕が、大学でTEAM NACSの仲間に出会って」｜芸能｜婦人公論.jp. 2021-06-19. 婦人公論.jp. ja.
6. Web site: 価格.com - 「中居正広の金曜日のスマイルたちへ ～スペシャル 大泉洋・TEAM NACSの真相～」2018年3月23日（金）放送内容 テレビ紹介情報 . Kakaku . 2021-04-05 . 2021-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121221743/https://kakaku.com/tv/channel=6/programID=62880/episodeID=1148615/ . dead .
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20. Web site: 大泉洋、福田雄一と初タッグ！オリジナル映画「新解釈・三國志」で愚痴と文句しか言わない劉備玄徳. June 7, 2019. eiga.com.
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24. Web site: 大泉洋×有村架純×目黒蓮×柴咲コウが共演、数奇な愛の物語「月の満ち欠け」映画化. February 22, 2022. Natalie.
25. Web site: 『こんにちは、母さん』大泉洋&永野芽郁の"父娘"の会話や吉永小百合&寺尾聰の墨田川デート写真を公開. January 24, 2024. Oricon.
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43. Web site: 『第47回 日本アカデミー賞』受賞者・作品発表 授賞式司会は羽鳥慎一、岸井ゆきの【コメント全文】. January 25, 2024. Oricon.