Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri (born December 26, 1982) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director. He is married to actress and model Yu Yamada. Career Born to a theater director father, Tetsuya Oguri, and having an actor brother, Ryo, Shun Oguri started his acting career quite early in his life. At the age of 12, he started as achild actor. Oguri's debut role was playing the bullied and abused child Noboru Yoshikawa from the drama Great Teacher Onizuka in 1998. His acting attracted attention, and he moved onto bigger roles. In 2000, he played a deaf person in Summer Snow. Two years later, he starred in the popular drama Gokusen, in which he played the part of a bully, rather than the bullied, as he did in Great Teacher Onizuka. He performed together with his brother Ryo in the animation movie Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa. His first lead role in a drama was in 2006 as Shinichi Kudo from Detective Conan. Oguri also lent his voice as a voice actor in Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa together with his brother Ryo Oguri in 2005. He also landed the role of Rui Hanazawa in the drama Hana Yori Dango, in which he once again acted alongside Gokusen co-star Jun Matsumoto. In 2007 he gained even more attention starring in the drama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e as Izumi Sano. In 2008, Oguri took up another lead drama role in Binbō Danshi, playing a poor college student named Kazumi Koyama. Oguri also played in the drama "Tokyo Dogs" as a lead role American detective. In 2009, Oguri's fame rose when he lent his voice as a voice actor once again in Wangan Midnightas Akio Asakura. Personal life Oguri married actress and model Yu Yamada on March 14, 2012.