Jundai Yamada

Jundai Yamada (山田 純大, Yamada Jundai, born 14 February 1973, in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.^[1] His real name is Sumihiro Yamada (山田 純大, Yamada Sumihiro). He is represented with Horipro Booking Agency. His father is actor and singer Ryōtarō Sugi.^[2]

Jundai Yamada
山田 純大
Born	Sumihiro Yamada (1973-02-14) 14 February 1973 (age 51) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Horipro Booking Agency
Television	Mito Kōmon Kanta desu'!
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse	Kei Takyo ​ (m. 2016)​
Parent	Ryōtarō Sugi (father)
Relatives	Takao Yamada (distant relative)
Website	Official profile

He graduated from Seijo Gakuen Primary School. After graduating from junior high and high school in Hawaii, he also graduated from Pepperdine University Department of Asian Studies and Department of International Relations.^[3] His notable works include Roosevelt Game.

Biography

Transferred from the University of Hawaii, he graduated from Department of Pepperdine University International Relations, in the United States and in 1997, he went on to play as Junnosuke Mochizuki^[4] on the NHK Asadora Aguri to debut his acting career. After that, he is active in films, television dramas and stage, including the popular Tokyo Broadcasting System drama Mito Kōmon (as Atsumi Kakunoshin) and the film Merdeka 17805 (in which he starred).

In 2013, he wrote a book about Setsuzo Kotsuji, who helped the Jewish refugees arriving at Vladivostok at the Trans-Siberian Railway under the persecution of Nazi Germany and travelled to the country of desire, Inochi no Visa o Tsunaida Otoko — Setsuzo Kotsuji to Yudaya Nanmin (A Man who Connected the Visa of Life — Setsuzo Kotsuji and the Jewish Refugees) and debuted as a non-fiction writer.^[5][6]

In his private life, he and former Mito Kōmon actress Kei Takyo married in the spring of 2016, in which they had been dating in 2001.^[7][8] Their first child was a girl born on 19 December 2016.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Cute	Ichinose		^[10]
2001	Merdeka 17805	Captain Shimazaki	Lead role	^[11]
2024	Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood	Yūsuke Sakai		^[12]

TV dramas

Run	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
1997	Aguri	Junnosuke Yoshiyuki	NHK	Asadora	^[13]
2001–03	Mito Kōmon	Atsumi Kakunoshin	TBS		^[13]
2013	Hanzawa Naoki	Keijiro Fukuyama	TBS	Episode 2	^[13]
2022	Invisible	Joji Kamioka	TBS	Episode 7	^[14]

Bibliography

Year	Title	Publisher	Code
2013	Inochi no Visa o Tsunaida Otoko — Setsuzo Kotsuji to Yudaya Nanmin	NHK	ISBN 978-4140815991

References

1. "山田 純大". 日本タレント名鑑. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
2. "杉良太郎長男山田純大の結婚に親として言うことはない". サンスポ. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
3. "山田純大". ホリプロ. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
4. Model of novelist Junnosuke Yoshiyuki.
5. "作家デビューした山田純大、父・杉良太郎譲りの熱き思いとは? 処女作誕生までの5年を振り返る!". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 19 May 2013. Retrieved 29 Jun 2017.
6. Yamadai, Jundai (30 Dec 2013). "『命のビザを繋いだ男』山田純大著 著者インタビュー". President Online (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Toru Shinoda. President Inc. Retrieved 29 Jun 2017.
7. "山田純大と元女優の田京恵さんが結婚へ 挙式は今春を予定「温かく見守って」". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 12 Jan 2016. Retrieved 29 Jun 2017.
8. "杉良太郎の息子、山田純大が元女優と今春結婚". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 13 Jan 2016. Retrieved 29 Jun 2017.
9. "山田純大がパパに　第１子女児誕生「ホッとした」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 20 Dec 2016. Retrieved 29 Jun 2017.
10. "CUTE". eiga.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
11. "ムルデカ MERDEKA 17805". eiga.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
12. "鬼平犯科帳 血闘". eiga.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
13. "杉良太郎の息子、山田純大が結婚 元女優田京さんと". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
14. "『インビジブル』横山めぐみ&山田純大がゲスト出演 "キリヒト"永山絢斗が狙うIT企業のCEOとSP役". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). May 20, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

External links

• Horipro Booking Agency - Jundai Yamada (in Japanese)
• Jundai Yamada official blog – Ameba Blog (Aug 2011 – ) (in Japanese)