Asuka Kudo


Asuka Kudo is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented by Papado.

Biography

Kudo's father is professional baseball player and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks coach Kimiyasu Kudo, and his sister is professional golfer Haruka Kudo. He is the first and eldest child of five siblings. Kudo had played tennis himself, but had no experience on professional baseball.
His acting debut was the Nippon TV drama Perfect Son in 2012. In 2013, he appeared in the NHK Taiga drama Yae's Sakura as Yamamoto Yaeko's younger brother Yamamoto Saburō, and later from July to September he appeared in the Fuji Television drama Shomuni 2013.
He later played pitcher Kazuya Okihara in the Tokyo Broadcasting System Nichiyō Gekijō series Roosevelt Game in 2014. Kudo was chosen from the audition from about a hundred applicants, and played as the same position as his father. Later in the 24 May between the Saitama Seibu Lions and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Seibu Prince Dome he wore the Seibu Lions uniform number 47, the same as his father's, and went to the ceremonial first pitch. Kudoh played a gay lover in the Nippon TV drama Fake Marriage.

Awards

Filmography

TV drama

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Yae's SakuraYamamoto SaburōTaiga drama
2013Shomuni 2013Hayami
2014Roosevelt GameKazuya Okihara
2014Natsu no Owari ni, Koi o Shita.Shunpei Kozuka
2015Risking It All: The Spirit of the Men in OrangeTakashi Yamakura
2015The Eternal ZeroTakanori Takeda
2015Fake MarriageTamotsu Deshimaru
2016Here Comes Asa!Keisuke HigashiyanagiAsadora
2016Your Home Is My Business!Seiji Niwano
2019Natsuzora: Natsu's SkyNobuya SasaokaAsadora
2019Schöner, Ruhiger GartenRen Takana
2021The Grand FamilyYoshihiko Ichinose
2021Emergency Interrogation RoomYoshiharu YamagamiSeason 4
2022Uzukawamura JikenTatsukiMiniseries
2023Burn [the House Down (manga)|Burn the House Down]Kiichi Mitarai
2024Golden Kamuy: [The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido]Hajime Tsukishima

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Lesson of the EvilHiroshi Matsumoto
20141/11: Jūichibun no IchiKajiya Koshikawa
2014My Little Nightmare: The Movie
2014Momose, Kocchi o Muite.Shun Miyazaki
2014Close Range Love
2015AgainHaruhiko Sakamichi
2016The Firefly SummersShingo
2017To Each His OwnTakashi Aoyama
2017A Loving HusbandYohei
2021First GentlemanKozan Shimazaki
2021Shinonome-iro no ShūmatsuRyūnosuke Kamikawa
2021Sing [a Bit of Harmony]Tōma
2022Anime Supremacy!Shūhei Munemori
2024Golden KamuyHajime Tsukishima
2025Climbing for LifeMasaaki Tabe
2025Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final MovieYoshiharu Yamagami
2026Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri PrisonHajime Tsukishima

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YearTitleNotes
2014Toshiba Tōshiba NodamabuAs Kazuya Okihara
2014Mitsubishi Estate
2014Kirin Beverage Fire Double Mountain
2015Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma