Yujiro Shirakawa
白川 裕二郎
Born (1976-12-11) December 11, 1976
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Actor, Singer
Years active2002 -
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Yujiro Shirakawa (白川 裕二郎, Shirakawa Yūjirō, born December 11, 1976, in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by the talent agency, G.P.R.

Biography

Tsunanofuji Yūjiro
綱ノ富士 裕二郎
Personal information
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career
StableAsahiyama
Record16-12-14
DebutNovember 1995
Highest rankJonidan (May, 1996)
RetiredSeptember, 1996

Shirakawa began his public career as a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi). He decided to become a wrestler because he regularly watched sumo on TV with his parents and admired popular wrestlers of the time like Chiyonofuji.[2] He enrolled in Asahiyama stable and began his wrestling career by first wrestling under his real name of Shirakawa (白川) and then adopted the shikona, or ring name, Tsunanofuji (綱ノ富士), to pay homage to Chiyonofuji and to recall his dream of reaching the top of sumo.[2] At the time, he got early successes but recalls he never gained weight, "no matter how much [he] ate".[2] After a while, Shirakawa aggravated back problems that were already latent. He began to feel pain so severe that he couldn't even put on his mawashi without suffering. Since he could no longer fight or even train, he decided to retire on September 1996 (intai).

In 2002, Shirakawa debuted in Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger as Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger. He contested with Shun Shioya which became the "Handsome Hero Boom". Shirakawa played a big brother in the series, but he actually has an older sister.

He was also active in stage as an actor. He is also the main vocal of the chorus group Junretsu.

Shirakawa, with Kohei Yamamoto, Nobuo Kyo, Ryuichiro Nishioka, and Yūsuke Tomoi, became a member of the clothes brand Anunnaki.

Filmography

TV series

Year Title Role Network Notes
2002Ninpu Sentai HurricangerIkkou Kasumi / Kabuto RaigerTV Asahi
2003Tenbatsu-ya Kurenai Yami no Shimatsu JōChinmoku (Samari) no IchimatsuTV Asahi
17-Sai NatsuAkiraAsahi Broadcasting Corporation
2004Botan to BaraMasaya KashiwagiFuji TV
DamenariTatsumi KuroyamaYomimuri TV
2006Gekitō! Idol YobikōShinya HasakiKyoto Broadcasting
Kōmyō ga TsujiHirano NagayasuNHKTaiga drama
Keijirō Engawa Nikki 3NHK General TV

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2002Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger: Shushutto the MovieIkkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger
2004Atarashī KazeIson no Sshi
Twilight File / Gekkō
2006Chōja Bandzuke ni Idonda Otoko Fūunji
2013Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger: 10 YEARS AFTERIkkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger
2021JUNretsugerJUNRed

Sumo career record

Tsunanofuji Yūjiro[3]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
March
Haru basho, Osaka
May
Natsu basho, Tokyo
July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya
September
Aki basho, Tokyo
November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1995 x x x x (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #53
43
 
1996 West Jonokuchi #13
52
 
East Jonidan #131
43
 
East Jonidan #99
34
 
East Jonidan #127
Sat out due to injury
007
West Jonokuchi #9
Retired
007
x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: =Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

References

  1. "Official profile". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. 1 2 3 "特集 - 純烈 白川裕二郎 相撲部屋で学んだことで頑張れた". NHK (in Japanese). 8 January 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. "Tsunanofuji Yujiro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
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