Atsushi Tsutsumishita

Atsushi Tsutsumishita
Native name	堤下敦
Born	(1977-09-09) 9 September 1977 (age 46) Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Kanto Gakuin University dropped
Years active	1998–
Employer	Yoshimoto Creative Agency
Genres	Manzai conte (tsukkomi)
Notable works and roles	CD "Iitaikotomo Iezuni" Photo album Otoko Utsushi
Website	Blog "Ore to Bābon"
Same year/generation as: Robert Morisanchu

Atsushi Tsutsumishita (堤下敦, Tsutsumishita Atsushi, born 9 September 1977, in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese comedian. He performs tsukkomi in the double act Impulse. His partner is Toshiyuki Itakura.

Tsutsumishita is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency.

Biography

In their junior high school and high school days, Tsutsumishita and Itakura belonged to the baseball club. Although Tsutsumishita was initially a substitute while serving as a captain at the Takeboshi High School Baseball club, he became the starting first baseman even though he had uniform number 13.

He formed Impulse in 1998 with his NSC classmate Toshiyuki Itakura. Before the formation, Tsutsumishita had formed a combi Plus 2 Ton with another NSC classmate, and at that time played the boke.

In September 2005, he published a photograph collection titled Otoko Utsushi with photographs by Itakura.

On 27 September 2008, Tsutsumishita was arrested for driving 80 kmh on an ordinary road with a speed limit of 50 km.

On 6 March 2010, he was involved in a multiple car collision Ryuji Akiyama of the comedy trio Robert. Akiyama suffered minor injuries.

On the 29 December 2010 broadcast of Haneru no Tobira Tsutsumishita made an on-air marriage proposal to Miki Matsuki (松枝美希)^[1] during the year-end special show. Matsuki, a former Kishidan back dancer and leading member of the OZ-MAX with DJ Ozma, accepted by dancing with Tsutsumishita. It was revealed on the 11 May broadcast that the couple registered their marriage on 3 March 2011. His wife's pregnancy was announced in the programme in November, and their eldest daughter was born on 24 January 2012.^[2]

On 14 June 2017, he was found by a police officer to be in a groggy state in the driver's seat of a car after having taken sleeping pills.^[3] Tsutsumishita was put on suspension by his agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo, and was allowed to return to television activities in late 2018.

Filmography

Television

Date	Title	Network	Notes
	Run for money Tōsō-chū	CX
20 Sep 2008	Nihon Golfers Kentei 3	TX
	Chalida	NHK BS1	Navigator

Dramas

Date	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2004	Nurse Man ga yuku	Rokuhei Gotanda	NTV
27 Mar 2007	Akumu no Elevator		CX	Lead role
2007	Gout Temps Nouveau na Onna-tachi	Susumu Koshimizu	KTV
16 Nov 2009	Chichiyo, anata wa erakatta: 1969-nen no Oyaji to Boku	Riichi Onodera (age 21)	TBS
5 Sep 2011	Marumo no Okite		CX
2014	Tokyo Guard Center	Takamichi Kubota	Dlife
2014	Again!	Gakuki Suga	MBS
26 Jan 2017	Masuyama Chō Nōryoku-shi Jimusho	Regular customer	YTV
2017	It's All About the Looks	Motoki Misawa	CX

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Yoshimoto Director's 100: 100-ri ga Eiga Torimashita Love Riderbr: until I find the key to her heart		Lead role; directed and written
2008	Kung Fu Kid	Boss Burger's father
2011	Omuraisu
2012	Afro Tanaka	Mikio Osawa
2021	Made in Heaven		^[4]

Run	Product	Notes	Ref.
2007	GREE
Mar 2012 –	Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) Kyushu Shinkansen "Warau. Kumamoto Kagoshima"	Warau. Kagoshima; co-starred with Daisuke Miyagawa
2015	Suntoryfoods "Boss Rainbow Mountain Blend"		^[5]

Books

Year	Title	Publisher
2012	Oto ate Ehon: Atsushi Tsutsumishita no Tsutsumi no shita wa nanda Bū?	I Freak Corporation
2013	Buta no Kaeshi―Sugu wakaru! Ijira reta toki no "Zetsumyōna Kaeshi"	Shufunotomo