Kenjirō Yamashita is a Japanese dancer, born in 1985 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Biography
Kenjiro Yamashita (山下 健二郎, Yamashita Kenjirō; born 24 May 1985 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese dancer, actor and radio personality. He is a performer of J-pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers and a former member of Gekidan Exile. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice. He has appeared in a few TV dramas and films, and he held starring roles in the film Pan to Bus to Nidome no Hatsukoi (Our Blue Moment) and dramas Fukuyadou Honpo – Kyoto Love Story -, Love or Not, Manga Mitai ni Ikanai, Game Mitai ni Ikanai. He is also the Tuesday host for NTV's morning information program ZIP! He was the Friday host for the famous Japanese radio program All Night Nippon before he moved to his new radio program Sandaime J Soul Brothers Yamashita Kenjiro's Zero Base in 2019.
Yamashita is known for having various hobbies. One of his enthusiasms is fishing, for which he has won awards like the Cool Anglers Award 2019. He also became a YouTuber in 2019 to share his hobbies (mainly fishing) with the world.
Contemporaries
Tomohisa Yamashita
Japanese idol
Ryuichi Ogata
Japanese singer
Keita Tachibana
Japanese singer
Fūka Kakimoto
Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and model
Naoki Kobayashi
Japanese dancer, actor, choreographer and model
Ryohei Chiba
Japanese musician
Misako Uno
Japanese musician and artist / AAA
Manami Wakayama
Japanese idol
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