Jundai Yamada

Jundai Yamada
山田 純大
Born
Sumihiro Yamada

(1973-02-14) 14 February 1973 (age 51)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
AgentHoripro Booking Agency
Television
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse
Kei Takyo
​
(m. 2016)​
FatherRyōtarō Sugi
RelativesTakao Yamada (distant relative)
WebsiteOfficial profile

Jundai Yamada (山田 純大, Yamada Jundai, born 14 February 1973, in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.[1] His real name is Sumihiro Yamada (山田 純大, Yamada Sumihiro). He is represented with Horipro Booking Agency. His father is actor and singer Ryōtarō Sugi.[2]

He graduated from Seijo Gakuen Primary School. After graduating from junior high and high school in Hawaii, he also graduated from Pepperdine University Department of Asian Studies and Department of International Relations.[3] His notable works include Roosevelt Game.

Biography

Transferred from the University of Hawaii, he graduated from Department of Pepperdine University International Relations, in the United States and in 1997, he went on to play as Junnosuke Mochizuki[4] on the NHK Asadora Aguri to debut his acting career. After that, he is active in films, television dramas and stage, including the popular Tokyo Broadcasting System drama Mito Kōmon (as Atsumi Kakunoshin) and the film Merdeka 17805 (in which he starred).[citation needed]

In 2013, he wrote a book about Setsuzo Kotsuji, who helped the Jewish refugees arriving at Vladivostok at the Trans-Siberian Railway under the persecution of Nazi Germany and travelled to the country of desire, Inochi no Visa o Tsunaida Otoko — Setsuzo Kotsuji to Yudaya Nanmin (A Man who Connected the Visa of Life — Setsuzo Kotsuji and the Jewish Refugees) and debuted as a non-fiction writer.[5][6]

In his private life, he and former Mito Kōmon actress Kei Takyo married in the spring of 2016, in which they had been dating in 2001.[7][8] Their first child was a girl born on 19 December 2016.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997 Cute Ichinose [10]
2001 Merdeka 17805 Captain Shimazaki Lead role [11]
2024 Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood Yūsuke Sakai [12]

TV dramas

Run Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1997 Aguri Junnosuke Yoshiyuki NHK Asadora [13]
2001–03 Mito Kōmon Atsumi Kakunoshin TBS [13]
2013 Hanzawa Naoki Keijiro Fukuyama TBS Episode 2 [13]
2022 Invisible Joji Kamioka TBS Episode 7 [14]

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher Code
2013 Inochi no Visa o Tsunaida Otoko — Setsuzo Kotsuji to Yudaya Nanmin NHK ISBN 978-4140815991

References

  1. ^ "山田 純大". 日本タレント名鑑. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "杉良太郎長男山田純大の結婚に親として言うことはない". サンスポ. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "山田純大". ホリプロ. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ Model of novelist Junnosuke Yoshiyuki.
  5. ^ "作家デビューした山田純大、父・杉良太郎譲りの熱き思いとは? 処女作誕生までの5年を振り返る!". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 19 May 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ Yamadai, Jundai (30 December 2013). "『命のビザを繋いだ男』山田純大著 著者インタビュー". President Online (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Toru Shinoda. President Inc. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ "山田純大と元女優の田京恵さんが結婚へ 挙式は今春を予定「温かく見守って」". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ "杉良太郎の息子、山田純大が元女優と今春結婚". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. ^ "山田純大がパパに　第１子女児誕生「ホッとした」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 20 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  10. ^ "CUTE". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  11. ^ "ムルデカ MERDEKA 17805". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  12. ^ "鬼平犯科帳 血闘". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "杉良太郎の息子、山田純大が結婚 元女優田京さんと". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  14. ^ "『インビジブル』横山めぐみ&山田純大がゲスト出演 "キリヒト"永山絢斗が狙うIT企業のCEOとSP役". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2024.