# Yujiro Shirakawa

Yujiro Shirakawa (白川 裕二郎, Shirakawa Yūjirō, born December 11, 1976, in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by the talent agency, G.P.R.

## Biography

Shirakawa began his public career as a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi). He decided to become a wrestler because he regularly watched sumo on TV with his parents and admired popular wrestlers of the time like Chiyonofuji. He enrolled in Asahiyama stable and began his wrestling career by first wrestling under his real name of Shirakawa (白川) and then adopted the shikona, or ring name, Tsunanofuji (綱ノ富士), to pay homage to Chiyonofuji and to recall his dream of reaching the top of sumo. At the time, he got early successes but recalls he never gained weight, "no matter how much [he] ate". After a while, Shirakawa aggravated back problems that were already latent. He began to feel pain so severe that he couldn't even put on his mawashi without suffering. Since he could no longer fight or even train, he decided to retire in September 1996 (intai).
In 2002, Shirakawa debuted in Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger as Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger. He contested with Shun Shioya which became the "Handsome Hero Boom". Shirakawa played a big brother in the series, but he actually has an older sister.
He was also active in stage as an actor. He is also the main vocal of the chorus group Junretsu.
Shirakawa, with Kohei Yamamoto, Nobuo Kyo, Ryuichiro Nishioka, and Yūsuke Tomoi, became a member of the clothes brand Anunnaki.

## Filmography
### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2002 | Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger | Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger | TV Asahi | |
| 2003 | Tenbatsu-ya Kurenai Yami no Shimatsu Jō | Chinmoku (Samari) no Ichimatsu | TV Asahi | |
| 2003 | 17-Sai Natsu | Akira | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 2004 | Botan to Bara | Masaya Kashiwagi | Fuji TV | |
| 2004 | Damenari | Tatsumi Kuroyama | Yomimuri TV | |
| 2006 | Gekitō! Idol Yobikō | Shinya Hasaki | Kyoto Broadcasting | |
| 2006 | Kōmyō ga Tsuji | Hirano Nagayasu | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2006 | Keijirō Engawa Nikki 3 | | NHK General TV | |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2002 | Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger: Shushutto the Movie | Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger |
| 2004 | Atarashī Kaze | Ison no Sshi |
| 2004 | Twilight File / Gekkō | |
| 2006 | Chōja Bandzuke ni Idonda Otoko Fūunji | |
| 2013 | Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger: 10 YEARS AFTER | Ikkou Kasumi / Kabuto Raiger |
| 2021 | JUNretsuger | JUNRed |

## Sumo career record

Tsunanofuji Yūjiro :
| Year | January Hatsu basho, Tokyo | March Haru basho, Osaka | May Natsu basho, Tokyo | July Nagoya basho, Nagoya | September Aki basho, Tokyo | November Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka |
| 1995 | x | x | x | x | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #53 4–3 |
| 1996 | West Jonokuchi #13 5–2 | East Jonidan #131 4–3 | East Jonidan #99 3–4 | East Jonidan #127 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Jonokuchi #9 Retired 0–0–7 | x |
| Record given as wins–losses–absences Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira |||||||