Norito Yashima
{{Short description|Japanese actor, TV personality, narrator, voice actor and presenter}}
{{nihongo|Norito Yashima|八嶋 智人|Yashima Norito|born September 27, 1970 in Nara}} 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/japanese-trivia-show-comes-spike-tv-370453|title=Japanese Trivia Show Comes to Spike TV|date=4 November 2004|work=Multichannel News|accessdate=10 January 2011}} 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 {{nihongo|Kyōko Miyashita|宮下 今日子|Miyashita Kyōko}}, and their first son was born on May 12, 2007.
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 1999
| Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris | Sakurai | | |
| 2000
| Man | | |
| 2003
| Kantoku kansen | | | |
| 2004
| Yaku san-jû no uso | Yokoyama | | |
| 2005
| Yôgisha: Muroi Shinji | Hideki Haijima | | |
| 2006
| Rough | Coach Furuya | | |
| 2007
| Hero | Kenji Endo | | |
| 2008
| Moroi | | |
| 2008
| Akifukaki | Satoru Terada | | |
| 2016
| Butch (voice) | | |
| 2018
| Killing For The Prosecution | Odajima | | |
| 2019
| |
| 2022
| Radiation House: The Movie | Fukuo Tanaka | |
| 2024
| All of Tokyo! | Kenji Hinuma | |
| rowspan=2|2025
| Love Song for Hiroshima | UFO expert | |
| My Beloved Stranger
| Ken'ichi Kasuga | |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2000
| Rei Saitō | | |
| 2001
| Hero | Kenji Endo | | |
| 2002
| Host | | |
| 2003
| Kiyomasa | | |
| 2004 |
| 2004
| Masayoshi Tsumasaka | | |
| 2008
| Hisakimi Takasu | | |
| 2010
| |
| 2012
| Yûsha Yoshihiko to Akuryô no Kagi | Instructor | | |
| 2014
| Massan | Toshio | Asadora | |
| 2018
| Kinpachi | Television film | |
| 2019
| Tomohiro Tsukuda | | |
| 2021
| Radiation House | Fukuo Tanaka | Season 2 |
| 2022
| Taiga drama |
| 2024
| Himself | |
=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{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103244/|title= 不思議の国でアリスと Dive in Wonderland|access-date= 18 March 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
=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{{cite web |url= https://www.sonypictures.jp/he/791654|title= オープン・シーズン|access-date= December 30, 2021|work= Sony Pictures}}
- The Good Dinosaur (2016) - Nash{{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=2328|title= アーロと少年|access-date= January 7, 2022|work= Fukikaeru}}
- Dolittle (2020) - Plimpton{{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=13911|title= ドクター・ドリトル|accessdate= June 11, 2020|work= Fukikaeru}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.3297.jp/profile/yashima.php|ComeCome profile}} {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/jinbutsu/detail.cgi?das_id=D0009070421_00000 Norito Yashima on NHK Archives] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:People from Nara, Nara
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