Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Nevertheless, Izumi has appeared in a number of NHK Taiga drama television programs, playing the eponymous character in the 2001 series "Hōjō Tokimune", and Ashikaga Yoshiaki in the 2011 series "Gō", as well as co-hosting "Kōhaku Uta Gassen" in 2000, and the Japanese coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics.