Profile of Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese actor who got controversy for drinking with underage women

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The name of the actor from Japan, Tomohisa Yamashita has been a topic of discussion for the past few days.

Because of this, Tomohisa Yamashita was caught in a scandal with an underage woman.

On July 30, Yamashita Tomohisa had a drink at a nightclub in Tokyo with the actor of an agency at Johnny & Associates, Kazuya Kamenashi.

Not only the two with Kamenashi, Tomohisa Yamashita drank with two minors.

Then, around 4 am the next day, Yamashita immediately booked a hotel room.

Reportedly, he was with one female model who was 17 years old.

Then who is the true figure of Tomohisa Yamashita?

Yamashita was born on April 9, 1985. He is best known as Yamapi.

Yamapi started his career by entering the Johnny & Associates agency as a trainee in 1996.

Tomohisa Yamashita finally made his acting debut in a film Shonen Tachi in 1998.

Success in acting, in 2004, Yamashita started his career as a member of a singing group called NEWS.

Two years later, Tomohisa Yamashita paved the way to become a soloist.

His name has skyrocketed in age bringing the role of Kusano Akira for the drama Nobuta Wo Produce (2005).

In drama Kurosagi, Tomohisa Yamashita got his first lead role.

In 2011, Yamashita chose to leave the NEWS group because he wanted to focus on his solo career.

Yamashita had starred in a drama series In Hand the theme of the mystery behind scientific research in 2019.

He also wrote and sang a single called “Change” for the opening song In Hand.

Most recently, Tomohisa Yamashita starred in the miniseries The Head that airs on HBO.

Johnny & Associates agency spoke up about the Yamashita scandal.

However, they said they did not know when Tomohisa Yamashita and Kazuya Kamenashi were drinking with a minor.

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