# Atsushi Tsutsumishita

Atsushi Tsutsumishita (堤下 敦, Tsutsumishita Atsushi, born 9 September 1977, in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese comedian. He performs tsukkomi in the double act Impulse. His partner is Toshiyuki Itakura.
Tsutsumishita is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency.

## Biography

In their junior high school and high school days, Tsutsumishita and Itakura belonged to the baseball club. Although Tsutsumishita was initially a substitute while serving as a captain at the Takeboshi High School Baseball club, he became the starting first baseman even though he had uniform number 13.
He formed Impulse in 1998 with his NSC classmate Toshiyuki Itakura. Before the formation, Tsutsumishita had formed a combi Plus 2 Ton with another NSC classmate, and at that time played the boke.
In September 2005, he published a photograph collection titled Otoko Utsushi with photographs by Itakura.
On 27 September 2008, Tsutsumishita was arrested for driving 80 kmh on an ordinary road with a speed limit of 50 km.
On 6 March 2010, he was involved in a multiple car collision Ryuji Akiyama of the comedy trio Robert. Akiyama suffered minor injuries.
On the 29 December 2010 broadcast of Haneru no Tobira Tsutsumishita made an on-air marriage proposal to Miki Matsuki (松枝美希) during the year-end special show. Matsuki, a former Kishidan back dancer and leading member of the OZ-MAX with DJ Ozma, accepted by dancing with Tsutsumishita. It was revealed on the 11 May broadcast that the couple registered their marriage on 3 March 2011. His wife's pregnancy was announced in the programme in November, and their eldest daughter was born on 24 January 2012.
On 14 June 2017, he was found by a police officer to be in a groggy state in the driver's seat of a car after having taken sleeping pills. Tsutsumishita was put on suspension by his agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo, and was allowed to return to television activities in late 2018.

## Filmography
### Television

| Date | Title | Network | Notes |
| | Run for money Tōsō-chū | CX | |
| 20 Sep 2008 | Nihon Golfers Kentei 3 | TX | |
| | Chalida | NHK BS1 | Navigator |

### Dramas

| Date | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2004 | Nurse Man ga yuku | Rokuhei Gotanda | NTV | |
| 27 Mar 2007 | Akumu no Elevator | | CX | Lead role |
| 2007 | Gout Temps Nouveau na Onna-tachi | Susumu Koshimizu | KTV | |
| 16 Nov 2009 | Chichiyo, anata wa erakatta: 1969-nen no Oyaji to Boku | Riichi Onodera (age 21) | TBS | |
| 5 Sep 2011 | Marumo no Okite | | CX | |
| 2014 | Tokyo Guard Center | Takamichi Kubota | Dlife | |
| 2014 | Again! | Gakuki Suga | MBS | |
| 26 Jan 2017 | Masuyama Chō Nōryoku-shi Jimusho | Regular customer | YTV | |
| 2017 | It's All About the Looks | Motoki Misawa | CX | |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Yoshimoto Director's 100: 100-ri ga Eiga Torimashita Love Riderbr: until I find the key to her heart | | Lead role; directed and written |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Kid | Boss Burger's father | |
| 2011 | Omuraisu | | |
| 2012 | Afro Tanaka | Mikio Osawa | |
| 2021 | Made in Heaven | | |

### Advertisements

| Run | Product | Notes |
| 2007 | GREE | |
| Mar 2012 – | Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) Kyushu Shinkansen "Warau. Kumamoto Kagoshima" | Warau. Kagoshima; co-starred with Daisuke Miyagawa |
| 2015 | Suntoryfoods "Boss Rainbow Mountain Blend" | |

### Books

| Year | Title | Publisher |
| 2012 | Oto ate Ehon: Atsushi Tsutsumishita no Tsutsumi no shita wa nanda Bū? | I Freak Corporation |
| 2013 | Buta no Kaeshi―Sugu wakaru! Ijira reta toki no "Zetsumyōna Kaeshi" | Shufunotomo |

### Discography

| Date | Artist | Title | Notes |
| 31 Aug 2008 | Muga Tsukaji-Atsushi Tsutsumishita-Yuta Kajiwara | Iitaikotomo Iezuni | Song of conte character Busonbo Master of Haneru no Tobira |