Daisuke Tsuji
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Daisuke Tsuji | |
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辻 大介[1] | |
.jpg) Tsuji in 2009 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | UCLA (Theatre of Arts) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Parent |
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| Awards | Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (2019) |
| Website | daisuketsuji |
Daisuke Tsuji (辻 大介, Tsuji Daisuke) is an American actor.[1][2] Tsuji is best known for his performance as Jin Sakai in the video game Ghost of Tsushima (2020) and as the Crown Prince in the TV series The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019).
Early life[edit]
Daisuke was born in Kuwait to Japanese parents, where his father worked as an architect. His brother Hisayasu, or Yasu, Tsuji is a documentary producer and editor. At two years old Daisuke moved to Chiba in Japan and at eight years old he moved to Sacramento, California. He attended the Rio Americano High School and American River College. He gained a bachelor in Theatre Arts at UCLA.
Career[edit]
Tsuji worked at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles. He started working at two theatre companies, Tim Robbins' The Actors' Gang and The Three Chairs Theatre Company. He was a party clown before he became a professional clown at Cirque du Soleil. went on several tours in the US and internationally such as Speak Theater Arts' and Cirque du Soleil's Dralion. Tsuji created his own clown shows called Death and Giggles, Limerence, and Clowns are Peoples Too. In 2006, he played a cave soldier in Letters from Iwo Jima. In 2009, Tsuji wrote and directed Monkey Madness, which was produced by The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble.[3] The same year, he wrote and starred in Death and Giggles.[4] In 2010, he became a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2010, and appeared in more than 10 productions. In 2013, he returned to Los Angeles to focus on television and films. In 2019, he was Chief Warrant Officer Lee in the Love, Death & Robots TV series on Netflix. He did voice acting for the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018) and Prey: Mooncrash (2018). In 2017, Tsuji played William Shakespeare in the three-act play Imogen Says Nothing.[5]
In 2020, he was the voice actor and face of the protagonist Jin Sakai in the action-adventure game Ghost of Tsushima.[6][7] He was the Crown Prince in the TV series The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019) on Amazon Prime. In 2019, he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in Cambodian Rock Band at South Coast Rep!.[8]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Cave Soldier No. 2 | |
| 2016 | The God Chair | Eskimo Man | Short film |
| 2018 | Magic Sunset Hour | Aaron | Short film |
| 2019 | Jake and Kyle Get Wedding Dates | Kenji (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2020 | The Watch-ers | Bradley | Short film |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Homemade Movies | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | Episode: "Godzilla Trailer" |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Cambodian Carl | Episode: "Luther Braxton (No. 21)" |
| The Man in the High Castle | Crown Prince | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Brockmire | Yoshi Takatsu | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Chief Warrant Officer Lee | Episode: "Lucky 13" |
| 2021 | Amphibia | Captain Bufo (voice) | Episode: "Barrel's Warhammer" |
| D.P. | Ahn Joon-ho (voice) | 6 episodes, English dub | |
| Invasion | Kaito Kawaguchi | 8 episodes | |
| 2022 | Action Pack | Mr. Chang (voice) | 2 episodes |
| Type S: Chiaki's Journey | Noboru (voice) | 4 episodes |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–2018 | Prey: Mooncrash | Li Phang / Ken Mizuki / Chao Wei, additional voices (2017) | Voices | |
| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | Specialist Recon | Voice | |
| 2019 | Death Stranding | The Musician | Voice | |
| 2020 | 9 Monkeys of Shaolin | Wei Cheng | Voice | |
| Ghost of Tsushima | Jin Sakai / Young Jin[9] | English voice, likeness, motion capture performance | ||
| 2022 | GhostWire: Tokyo | Man B | Voice | [10] |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Hiro "Oni" Watanabe | Voice, PlayStation exclusive until 2023 | ||
| 2023 | Fortnite | Thunder | Uncredited role | [11] |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | Scorpion / Kuai Liang | Voice | [12][13] | |
| Mortal Kombat: Onslaught | Scorpion / Kuai Liang | Voice |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Imogen Says Nothing | William Shakespeare | Theatre |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (2019) | Outstanding Featured Performance | Cambodian Rock Band | Won |
| The Game Awards 2020 | Best Performance | Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima) | Nominated |
| Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 | Best Actor | Won[14] | |
| British Academy Games Awards | Performer in a Leading Role | Nominated[15] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "辻大介オブ対馬、日本版！よろしくお願いしまーす。(Tsuji wrote his name in Japanese as "辻大介"". TwitchMetrics. September 13, 2020. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020.
- ^ Finley, Brittini (July 24, 2020). "Ghost of Tsushima Actor Reacts to Seeing His Own Butt in the Game". www.gamerant.com. Game Rant. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ ""Monkey Madness"". cristinatbercovitz.com. June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020.
- ^ ""Death and Giggles"". cristinatbercovitz.com. January 1, 2009. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020.
- ^ Arnott, Christopher (January 31, 2017). "Yale Rep's 'Imogen Says Nothing' A Fierce Feminist Fable". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Ghost of Tsushima Review". IGN. July 14, 2020. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ Valdez, Nick (May 15, 2020). "One Piece Star Joins Ghost of Tsushima's Japanese Voice Cast". www.comicbook.com/anime/news. Comicbook. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ Daisuke, Tsuji (April 8, 2019). "Winner of Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performance!!". daisuketsuji.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ Eggen, Lukas. "'Ghost of Tsushima' actor thankful for fan response". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Tango Gameworks. Ghostwire: Tokyo. Bethesda Softworks. Scene: Ending credits, 7:41 in, ENGLISH CAST.
- ^ "@dicek2g". Twitter. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Tsuji, Daisuke [@dicek2g] (July 10, 2023). "…there's Fire!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ @domcianciolo (July 15, 2023). ".#MK1's Cast so far! @mattyangking Liu Kang @KariWahlgren Mileena/Kitana @vicchao Kenshi @AlanLeeVO - Shang Tsung @KaijiTang Sub-Zero @dicek2g Scorpion @AndrewSBowen Johnny @VRodriguezIII Raiden @ThatSunil Kung Lao @YuriLowenthal Smoke @NoshirDalal Rain" (Tweet). Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 winners announced". Nintendo Everything. March 7, 2021. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Ankers, Adele (March 2, 2021). "BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Nominations Announced". IGN. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.