Yūsuke Santamaria

Yūsuke Santamaria
Born
Yūsuke Nakayama

(1971-03-12) 12 March 1971 (age 55)
Ōita, Ōita, Japan
OccupationsActor, singer
Years active1994–present

Yūsuke Nakayama (中山 裕介, Nakayama Yūsuke; born 12 March 1971), better known by his stage name Yūsuke Santamaria (ユースケ・サンタマリア), is a Japanese actor and singer.

Biography

Santamaria appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film Doppelganger. He starred in Katsuyuki Motohiro's 2005 film Negotiator. He directed and starred a segment of the 2008 anthology film R246 Story. He also appeared in Kiyoshi Sasabe's 2011 film The Legacy of the Sun.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes Ref(s)
1998 Bayside Shakedown: The Movie Masayoshi Mashita
2001 Calmi Cuori Appassionati Takashi
2003 Bayside Shakedown 2 Masayoshi Mashita
Doppelganger
2005 Negotiator Masayoshi Mashita Lead role
2006 The Sakai's Happiness
Udon Lead role
2007 Kisaragi Yūji Oda
2008 R246 Story
2009 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope Kiyoshi "Sadakiyo" Sada
Shonen Merikensack
Donju
Go Find a Psychic!
2010 Bayside Shakedown 3 Masayoshi Mashita
2011 The Legacy of the Sun
2012 Bayside Shakedown 4: The Final Masayoshi Mashita
Crow's Thumb
2013 Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
2014 Our Family
The Vancouver Asahi
Giovanni's Island Hideo (voice)
2015 April Fools
2016 Gold Medal Man
Birthday Card
2017 Wilderness: Part One Horiguchi
Wilderness: Part Two Horiguchi
The Stand-In Thief
2018 Eating Women Tanabe
2019 Blue Hour
One Piece: Stampede Buena Festa (voice)
2022 Akira and Akira
2023 The Silent Service Eiichi Nanba
2024 Living in Two Worlds Akito Imai
2025 Strawberry Moon Kosuke Sakurai
2026 The Samurai and the Prisoner Akioka Shironosuke
Your Own Quiz Shunsaku Katagiri
Bayside Shakedown: N.E.W Masayoshi Mashita

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1997 Bayside Shakedown Masayoshi Mashita
1998 Nemureru Mori
1999 Perfect Love
2000 Omiai Kekkon Kotaro Hirose Lead role
2001 Rocket Boy
2012 ¥20,000,000 Quiz! Money Drop The host Game show
2016 The Sparks Shingo Takeuchi Lead role
Cold Case
2018 Auditor Shuhei Nozaki
2019 I Will Not Work Overtime, Period! Seiji Fukunaga
2020 Awaiting Kirin Asakura Yoshikage Taiga drama
2022 The Journalist Shinjirō Toyoda
Modern Love Tokyo Yōji Suzuki
2024 Dear Radiance Abe no Haruakira Taiga drama
2024–27 The Silent Service Eiichi Nanba 2 seasons
2025 Scandal Eve Seigo Hashimoto

References

  1. ↑ Mes, Tom (15 April 2004). "Doppelgänger". Midnight Eye.
  2. ↑ Schilling, Mark (5 May 2005). "Negotiator (Koshonin Mashita Masayoshi)". Screen International.
  3. ↑ Schilling, Mark (22 August 2008). "R246 Story". The Japan Times.
  4. ↑ Schilling, Mark (26 August 2011). "Young souls a sacrifice too far for fictional wartime officers". The Japan Times.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 ユースケ・サンタマリア:今年デビュー25周年「いい感じで枯れたい」. Mantan Web (in Japanese). 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Loveridge, Lynzee (18 December 2013). "Full Trailer for I.G's Hand-Drawn Anime Film Giovanni's Island Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  7. 1 2 ユースケ・サンタマリアが脇役で見せる底力. Cinema Today (in Japanese). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "泥棒役者". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "食べる女". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "ブルーアワーにぶっ飛ばす". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  11. ↑ 劇場版 One Piece Stampede. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  12. ↑ 竹内涼真×横浜流星「アキラとあきら」特報解禁、計22名の新キャストも明らかに. Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  13. ↑ 沈黙の艦隊. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  14. ↑ ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  15. ↑ ストロベリームーン [Strawberry Moon]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  16. ↑ 黒牢城. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  17. ↑ 君のクイズ. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "踊る大捜査線 N.E.W. メトロポリスを駆け抜けろ!". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  19. ↑ お見合い結婚の出演者・キャスト一覧 [Staff and Cast of Omiai Kekkon]. The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  20. ↑ 【麒麟がくる】ユースケ・サンタマリア、"つかみどころのない"朝倉義景にやりがい. Oricon (in Japanese). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "'The Journalist': A wake-up call that feels more like a lecture". The Japan Times. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  22. ↑ 水川あさみ、池松壮亮、黒沢清が参加「モダンラブ・東京」Prime Videoで配信. Natalie (in Japanese). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  23. ↑ "来年大河『光る君へ』第2弾キャスト11人発表 両親役に岸谷五朗&国仲涼子 清少納言役はウイカ【11人の役柄紹介あり】". Oricon (in Japanese). 21 February 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  24. ↑ 『沈黙の艦隊』第3作はニューヨークへ 上戸彩、中村蒼、津田健次郎が語る"世界平和"への問い. Oricon (in Japanese). 3 September 2026. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  25. ↑ 2025年11月19日（水）夜10時より毎週無料配信、ABEMAオリジナルドラマ『スキャンダルイブ』ユースケ・サンタマリア、栁俊太郎、帆純まひろの出演を発表. PR Times (in Japanese). 15 October 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.