Yūsuke Santamaria Explained

Yūsuke Santamaria
Birth Name:	Yūsuke Nakayama
Birth Date:	1971 3, df=y
Birth Place:	Ōita, Ōita, Japan
Occupation:	Actor, singer
Years Active:	1994–present

, better known by his stage name, is a Japanese actor and singer.

Biography

Santamaria appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film Doppelganger.^[1] He starred in Katsuyuki Motohiro's 2005 film Negotiator.^[2] He directed and starred a segment of the 2008 anthology film R246 Story.^[3] He also appeared in Kiyoshi Sasabe's 2011 film The Legacy of the Sun.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1998		Masayoshi Mashita	Katsuyuki Motohiro
2001	Calmi Cuori Appassionati	Takashi	Isamu Nakae
2003	Bayside Shakedown 2	Masayoshi Mashita	Katsuyuki Motohiro
2003	Doppelganger		Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2005	Negotiator	Masayoshi Mashita	Katsuyuki Motohiro	Lead role
2006	The Sakai's Happiness		Mipo O
2006	Udon		Katsuyuki Motohiro	Lead role
2007	Kisaragi	Yūji Oda	Yūichi Satō
2008	R246 Story
2009	20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope	Kiyoshi "Sadakiyo" Sada
	Shonen Merikensack		Kankurō Kudō
	Donju
	Go Find a Psychic!
2010	Bayside Shakedown 3	Masayoshi Mashita	Katsuyuki Motohiro
2011	The Legacy of the Sun
2012	Bayside Shakedown 4: The Final	Masayoshi Mashita	Katsuyuki Motohiro
2012	Crow's Thumb		Tadafumi Itō
2013	Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story		Keiichi Hara
2014	Our Family		Yuya Ishii
	The Vancouver Asahi		Yuya Ishii
	Giovanni's Island	Hideo (voice)			^[5]
2015	April Fools
2016	Gold Medal Man
2016	Birthday Card
2017	Wilderness: Part One	Horiguchi	Yoshiyuki Kishi		^[6]
	Wilderness: Part Two	Horiguchi	Yoshiyuki Kishi
	The Stand-In Thief
2018	Eating Women	Tanabe			^[7]
2019	Blue Hour				^[8]
2019		Buena Festa (voice)	Takashi Ōtsuka		^[9]
2022	Akira and Akira		Takahiro Miki		^[10]
2023	The Silent Service	Eiichi Nanba	Kōhei Yoshino		^[11]
2024	Living in Two Worlds	Akito Imai	Mipo O		^[12]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1997	Bayside Shakedown	Masayoshi Mashita	Fuji TV
1998	Nemureru Mori		Fuji TV
1999	Perfect Love		Fuji TV
2000	Omiai Kekkon		Fuji TV
2001	Rocket Boy		Fuji TV
2012	¥20,000,000 Quiz! Money Drop	The host	TBS	Game show
2016	The Sparks	Shingo Takeuchi	Fuji TV	Lead role
2016	Cold Case		Wowow
2018	Auditor Shuhei Nozaki		Wowow
2019	I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!	Seiji Fukunaga	TBS		^[13]
2020	Awaiting Kirin	Asakura Yoshikage	NHK	Taiga drama	^[14]
2022	The Journalist	Shinjirō Toyoda	Netflix		^[15]
2022	Modern Love Tokyo	Yōji Suzuki	Amazon Prime Video		^[16]
2024	Dear Radiance	Abe no Haruakira	NHK	Taiga drama	^[17]
2024	The Silent Service	Eiichi Nanba	Amazon Prime Video		^[18]

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Doppelgänger. Midnight Eye. Tom. Mes. 15 April 2004.
Web site: Mark. Schilling. Negotiator (Koshonin Mashita Masayoshi). Screen International. 5 May 2005.
Web site: Mark. Schilling. R246 Story. Japan Times. 22 August 2008.
Web site: Mark. Schilling. Young souls a sacrifice too far for fictional wartime officers. Japan Times. 26 August 2011.
Web site: Full Trailer for I.G's Hand-Drawn Anime Film Giovanni's Island Posted. 18 December 2013. 21 December 2013. Anime News Network.
Web site: ユースケ・サンタマリアが脇役で見せる底力. September 30, 2023. Cinematoday.
Web site: 食べる女. January 25, 2022. eiga.com.
Web site: ブルーアワーにぶっ飛ばす. January 25, 2022. eiga.com.
Web site: 劇場版 ONE PIECE STAMPEDE. January 25, 2022. eiga.com.
Web site: 竹内涼真×横浜流星「アキラとあきら」特報解禁、計22名の新キャストも明らかに. April 16, 2022. Natalie.
Web site: 沈黙の艦隊. May 17, 2023. eiga.com.
Web site: ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界. April 23, 2024. eiga.com.
Web site: ユースケ・サンタマリア:今年デビュー25周年「いい感じで枯れたい」. January 25, 2022. Mantan-web.
Web site: 【麒麟がくる】ユースケ・サンタマリア、"つかみどころのない"朝倉義景にやりがい. January 25, 2022. Oricon.
Web site: 'The Journalist': A wake-up call that feels more like a lecture . January 13, 2022 . . January 25, 2022 .
Web site: 水川あさみ、池松壮亮、黒沢清が参加「モダンラブ・東京」Prime Videoで配信. August 1, 2022. Natalie.
Web site: 来年大河『光る君へ』第2弾キャスト11人発表両親役に岸谷五朗&国仲涼子清少納言役はウイカ【11人の役柄紹介あり】. February 21, 2023. Oricon.
Web site: 大沢たかお主演「沈黙の艦隊」ドラマ版、Prime Videoで世界独占配信. December 15, 2023. Natalie.