Shōfukutei Tsurube II

In this Japanese name, the surname is Shōfukutei and Suruga.

Shofukutei Tsurube II (笑福亭 鶴瓶 (2代目), Shōfukutei Tsurube (Nidaime)), born Manabu Suruga (駿河 学, Suruga Manabu), is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor.^[1]

Shōfukutei Tsurube II
Shōfukutei Tsurube II in 2015
Born	Manabu Suruga (1951-12-23) December 23, 1951 (age 71) Hirano-ku, Osaka Japan
Occupation(s)	Comedian, actor
Years active	1972–present
Children	Taro Suruga

Filmography

Film

 

Shōfukutei Tsurube II and Fumino Kimura

• Tokyo Heaven (1990)
• Moving (1993)
• Wait and See (1998)
• Kabei: Our Mother (2008) - Senkichi
• Dear Doctor (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino
• About Her Brother (2010) - Tetsuro
• Cape Nostalgia (2014) - Tani
• What a Wonderful Family! (2016) - doctor (cameo)
• Black Widow Business (2016) - Funayama
• Gold Medal Man (2016)
• What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
• Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
• What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)
• The Great War of Archimedes (2019) - Kiyoshi Ōsato
• Family of Strangers (2019) - Hidemaru Kajiki
• 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021) - Ken'ichirō Kawakami^[2]
• 7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022)^[3]
• Amalock (2024) - Ryūtarō^[4]

Television drama

• Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen (1985–86) - San
• Hissatsu Masshigura! (1986)
• Furuhata Ninzaburō (Fuji TV, 1994) - Dai Banzuin
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (TBS, 2007) - Watanuki
• Hanzawa Naoki (TBS, 2013) - Shin'nosuke Hanzawa
• Asa ga Kita (NHK, 2015) - Tomonobu Tamari
• Segodon (NHK, 2018) - Iwakura Tomomi
• Two Homelands (TV Tokyo, 2019) - Shūmei Ōkawa
• America ni Makenakatta Otoko (TV Tokyo, 2020) - Shigeru Yoshida
• Shizuka-chan and her Papa (NHK, 2022) - Junsuke Nonomura^[5]

Variety show

• Waratte Iitomo! (Fuji TV, 1987 to 2014)

Dubbing roles

• Despicable Me - Felonius Gru
• Despicable Me 2 - Felonius Gru
• Despicable Me 3 - Felonius Gru
• Minions - Felonius Gru (8 years old)
• Minions: The Rise of Gru - Felonius Gru^[6]
• Seasons - Narrator

References

1. "笑福亭鶴瓶". hatena. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
2. "『99.9 THE MOVIE』12.30公開 榮倉奈々＆木村文乃らも登場する最新予告解禁". Crank-in!. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. "笑福亭鶴瓶:映画版「七人の秘書」で"極悪経営者"に 玉木宏、濱田岳、吉瀬美智子も出演". Mantan-web. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
4. "あまろっく". eiga.com. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
5. "吉岡里帆×笑福亭鶴瓶「しずかちゃんとパパ」が再編集版で地上波放送決定". Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
6. "ミニオンズ フィーバー －日本語吹き替え版". Fukikaeru. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Shōfukutei Tsurube II at IMDb