Yasukaze Motomiya

Yasukaze Motomiya (, Motomiya Yasukaze), born Yasuyuki Hirai (, Hirai Yasuyuki) on February 2, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan, is an actor. He is represented by Triple A. He portrayed Kosei Shishido in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
== Involvement ==
=== Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name: 2022-2023 ===
Motomiya was cast alongside Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi as Kosei Shishido and Yuki Tsuruno respectively by Masayoshi Yokoyama. Close friends since high school, he and Yamaguchi frequently co-starred, most notably as the leads of the Nihon Touitsu franchise. Yokoyama had watched thirty Nihon Touitsu films over four nights and three days while hospitalized with appendicitis in October 2022; at the time, he was writing the script for Like a Dragon Gaiden.
According to Yokoyama, Motomiya and Yamaguchi were cast as Tsuruno and Shishido because their age ranges matched what he envisioned for the characters perfectly and because he had not seen them portray "proper" yakuza in a long time. They were notified of the offer at nearly the exact same time while filming Nihon Touitsu.
== Credits ==
== References ==
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Category:Face-Scanned Actors