is a Japanese actor, TV personality, narrator, voice actor and presenter. He is currently employed by ComeCome Miniki-Na Theater Company and SIS Company.
Career
Yashima landed his first hosting job on the Fuji TV series Hey! Spring of Trivia, a show he co-hosted with fellow actor Katsumi Takahashi, and has also participated in a few anime productions, voicing characters such as Iwanbo in Rurouni Kenshin and Œufcoque in Mardock Scramble.
Family
He is married to stage actress , and their first son was born on May 12, 2007.
Filmography
Film
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|1999
|Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris
|Sakurai
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|2000
|Tales of the Unusual
|Man
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|2003
|Kantoku kansen
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|2004
|Yaku san-jû no uso
|Yokoyama
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|2005
|Yôgisha: Muroi Shinji
|Hideki Haijima
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|2006
|Rough
|Coach Furuya
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|2007
|Hero
|Kenji Endo
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|rowspan=2|2008
|All Around Us
|Moroi
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|Akifukaki
|Satoru Terada
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|2016
|Rudolf the Black Cat
|Butch (voice)
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|2018
|Killing for The Prosecution
|Odajima
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|2019
|Touken Ranbu
|Hashiba Hideyoshi
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|2022
|Radiation House: The Movie
|Fukuo Tanaka
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|2024
|All of Tokyo!
|Kenji Hinuma
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|rowspan=2|2025
|Love Song from Hiroshima
|UFO expert
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|My Beloved Stranger
|Ken'ichi Kasuga
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|2026
|Goodbye My Car
|Kota Yasuda
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Television
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|2000
|Aikotoba wa Yūki
|Rei Saitō
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|2001
|Hero
|Kenji Endo
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|2002
|Hey! Spring of Trivia
|Host
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|2003
|Water Boys
|Kiyomasa
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|rowspan=2|2004
|Shinsengumi!
|Takeda Kanryuusai
|Taiga drama
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|Wonderful Life
|Masayoshi Tsumasaka
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|2008
|Scrap Teacher
|Hisakimi Takasu
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|2010
|Wagaya no Rekishi
|Shusaku Endo
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|2012
|Yûsha Yoshihiko to Akuryô no Kagi
|Instructor
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|2014
|Massan
|Toshio
|Asadora
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|2018
|Nemuri Kyoshirō The Final
|Kinpachi
|Television film
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|2019
|Shiroi Kyotō
|Tomohiro Tsukuda
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|2021
|Radiation House
|Fukuo Tanaka
|Season 2
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|2024
|Extremely Inappropriate!
|Himself
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|rowspan=2|2026
|Extremely Inappropriate! Special
|Himself
|Television film
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|Blossom
|Kozo Iwata
|Asadora
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Anime
- Boys Over Flowers (1996) - Lighting Staff
- Rurouni Kenshin (1996) - Iwanbo, Kameo, et al
- Kero Kero Chime (1997) - Poppo, Frog C, Kabayan
- Hatsumei Boy Kanipan (1998) - Kanburi
- Mardock Scramble (2010-2012) - Œufcoque Penteano
- Rudolf the Black Cat (2016) - Buchi
- Dive in Wonderland (2025) - March Hare
Video games
- Kowloon's Gate (1996) - Mushroom Seller Charlie
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2010) - King Tom Tildrum XIV
Dubbing
- Open Season (2006) - Elliot
- The Good Dinosaur (2016) - Nash
- Dolittle (2020) - Plimpton
References
External links
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- Norito Yashima on NHK Archives