Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Biography

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅剛 Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, born July 9, 1974 in Seiyo, Ehime, Japan) is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a member of SMAP, the best-selling boy band in Asia.

Known For

SMAP×SMAP

Host

7.2 New Another Window

Host

Bullet Train Explosion

Kazuya Takaichi

War of Traps

Toru Washizu

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Hime-chan's Ribbon

Kouichi Hasekura

Bura Tamori

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Bullet Train Explosion	Kazuya Takaichi
2024	Bushido	Kakunoshin Yanagida
2024	At the Bench
2023	Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special
2022	Sabakan	Takaaki Hisada
2021	Peperoncino	Onodera Kiyoshi
2020	Midnight Swan	Nagisa
2019	Makuko	Koichi
2019	Typhoon Family	Kotetsu Suzuki
2018	The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2017	War of Lie
2015	Specialist 3	Yoshito Takuma
2015	Specialist 4	Yoshito Takuma
2014	Specialist 2	Yoshito Takuma
2014	Hontô ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 15th Anniversary Special
2013	Maruyama, the Middle Schooler	Tatsuo Shimoi
2013	Specialist	Yoshito Takuma
2013	Kamisama no Beret	Tezuka Osamu
2012	Dearest	Yûji Tamiya
2012	Beautiful World	Hikoichi Tsubasa
2012	Gift of SMAP
2012	Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Autumn Special
2011	1778 Stories of Me and My Wife	Sakutaro
2011	A Ghost of a Chance	Teruo Hoshou
2011	A Flawless Concierge
2009	Ballad	Matabe Ijiri
2008	My Darling of the Mountains	Tokuichi
2007	Monkey Magic
2006	Japan Sinks	Onodera Tosio
2006	Like a Virgin	Japanese Teacher
2004	The Taste of Tea	Projectionist
2004	The Hotel Venus
2003	Resurrection	Heita Kawada
2003	Smap! Tour! 2002!
2001	Smap Short Films
2001	Bus Panic!!!	the police officer
2001	Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special	Kenichirou Honda
2000	Séance	Hayasaka
1999	Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
1999	Messengers	Hironori Suzuki
1997	Because I Am Me
1995	Anne Frank's Diary	Peter van Daan
1994	SEXY SIX SHOW
1994	Shoot!	Kamiya
1992	1992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE "Come on New Year !!" Concert

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	WatchLIST―Watashi Ga Erabu Monogatari―
2023	Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court	Arai Naoto
2023	War of Traps	Toru Washizu
2022	Mischievous Kids Assemble!
2022	Lost Man Found	Takeshi Matsudo
2021	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2020	最後の○○〜日本のレッドデータ〜
2018	7.2 New Another Window	Host
2017	War of Lies	Koichi Ichinose
2016	The Specialist	Yoshito Takuma
2015	War of Money	白石富生
2013	A Swinging Single	Mamoru Hoshino
2012	Becoming a Doctor at Age 37	Yuta Konno
2012	Ojamap!!
2011	Winter Sakura	Inaba Tasuku
2010	Japanese Americans	Chokichi Hiramatsu (young) and Ichiro Hiramatsu
2010	SMAPに内緒でドラマ作っちゃいましたSP ~毒トマト殺人事件
2009	Care Worker Gang	Hikoichi Tsubasa
2009	Bura Tamori
2008	My Sassy Girl	Saburo Masaki
2008	獵奇的な彼女	마사키 사부로
2007	Baby SMAP
2007	Kaikyo wo Wataru Violin	Shogen Shin
2006	The Road I Choose to Walk	Teruaki Otake
2006	Looking at Love and Death
2005	When I Fall in Love	Shimao Suzuki
2004	The Way We Live	Tetsuro Koyanagi
2003	The Way I Live	Nakamura Hideo
2002	HR
2001	Star Struck	Nakata Sosuke
2000	Food Fight	Ihara Mitsuru
1999	Team Saiaku de Saikouna Futari
1998	Jinbē
1998	You Don't Know That, Teacher?
1997	Narita Divorce	Hoshino Ichiro
1997	Good Person	Kitano Yuji
1997	Gift	Yuji Kitano（北野優二）
1996	Hime-chan's Ribbon	Kouichi Hasekura
1996	SMAP×SMAP	Host
1996	Delicious Relation
1996	結婚しようよ
1995	Love Still Hasn't Begun
1990	Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen