Tomo Yanagishita

I first saw Tomo in Dream Live 5th where he played the role of Kaidoh Kaoru, the shy type but scary guy with the green bandana. My friend said that Kaidoh isn’t supposed to be cute. He’s just supposed to act cute. And I definitely agree. But even though Tomo is not fit to be Kaidoh Kaoru, I still think he’s the coolest Kaidoh ever… Sorry for being biased.

I watched Dream Live 4th, where Tomo also played Kaidoh, next …


Yeah, I know, I’m in the wrong order. But you see, I’m not really a fan of TeniMyu. I watched it because my friend is addicted to it and I think it wasn’t bad at all. I’m still not a fan of TeniMyu until now. I just happen to like some of the cast like Hirata Yuichirou, Masataka Nakagauchi, Baba Toru and of course, Tomo. I also like the casting of Rikkaidai Fuzoku.

Dream Live 5th was Tomo’s last performance as Kaidoh Kaoru. He is the only 3rd cast in the Seigaku’s side while the others were all 4th cast which means he is the senpai. He sang “Ore wa Mamushi” (I am a viper), Kaidoh’s theme song, while dancing some snake moves. Yeah, he certainly has a special number. And while singing “The Regulars” with the other Seigaku cast, he wasn’t able to perform well because he was already crying…aww…I guess that’s when I decided to become a fan of Tomo.

Anyway, I decided to read his blog translation next. I found this site in live journal that translates blog of some Japanese actors including Tomo.

I noticed he has such a sweet personality. He is the only Japanese I know who introduces his whole family in his blog bit by bit. He’s a shopaholic and he collects necklaces. (He even has a collection of rosaries. I’m not sure if Japanese people couldn’t really tell the difference of a rosary to a necklace or if it was just Tomo) I don’t know if he got tired of his necklace collection but recently he decided to collect something else… piercing!
I also found out from an interview that Tomo made a girl cry when he was in grade school. There was this cute girl he likes… He didn’t mention the details of how he managed to make her cry but it turns out that the girl liked him too but that was before he made her cry. He found it all out from the girl’s friend.

Videos I watched where Tomo is a part of...

• TeniMyu

• Takumi-kun Series
( A BL movie)

• Taiga Roman Trilogy
(He’s the main cast. Couldn’t understand it. I can’t find a subbed version.)

• Akai Ito...
as Natsu, the soccer player who made a girl pregnant.

• Kakushi Gei...
this is gymnastics. It’s amazing that Tomo can actually perform like that. Too bad he had a bad fall during one of the rehearsals. I’m glad it wasn’t that bad.

• NEP League...
in his posts he mentioned that he's not smart but he asked the fans to watch the show. After watching it, I have to agree with him. He made a lot of mistakes and I think the funniest part is when he answered America on the geography question when the shaded region was Mexico. I was laughing so hard. How in the world did he mistake Mexico for America??! Besides America is huge, not to mention it’s a continent and not a country. Tomo was laughing at himself, too. And I guess he knew it was wrong but he still went on saying it. Still, it was a fun game. I couldn’t find the subbed video so I watched it in pure Japanese. I have to watch it so many times before I was able to understand some of it. I would be very happy if someone will be kind enough to make a sub for it.

• Ren'ai Shindan~Tsubasa no Kakera...
another BL... and another nose-bleed. I couldn’t find a subbed version.

• Detective Conan Movie 1...
I spent so much time looking for him in this movie. It turned out he was one of the classmates of Ran and Shinichi. I watched this movie before I met Tomo so I had to watch it again just to look for him. Haha!

Tomo's Livejournal Community here
Tomo's fanlisting here
Tomo's Japanese blog here
Blog translation here

Fan Letter Address:

〒160-0022
東京都新宿区新宿1-5-1-5F
オフィシャルファンクラブ「D plus」
D plus「柳下 大」宛

Yanagishita Tomo
Official Fan Club 「D plus」
1-5-1-5F Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0022
Japan

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