Takeshi Tsuruno

is a Japanese actor and musician. Takeshi Tsuruno is also his real name, though written with the kanji 靏野 剛士. He is known for his role as Shin Asuka, the protagonist of Ultraman Dyna.
==Career==
He is known as the leader of the musical units Shuchishin and Aladdin. As a member of Shuchishin and Aladdin, he appears regularly on the variety show Quiz! Hexagon II and his band's singles have appeared high on the Oricon Charts.
In 2022, Tsuruno was appointed as the Ambassador for Ultra Heroes EXPO 2022 Summer Festival.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6326
==Personal Life==
Takeshi Tsuruno is married to his former stylist, since 2003. The couple has five children: a son named , March 27, 2004 and three daughters named , January 6, 2006; , July 15, 2007; and , November 6, 2009 and his youngest son was born on June 6, 2016.
He named his albums after his daughters, and after recording his first album and before the birth of his third daughter he mused naming an album after his son such that it was called Tsuruno Mugendai (つるの∞（無限大).
Takeshi's hobbies are guitar, trumpet, fishing, and cycling.
===Health issues===
He was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 on 27 August 2020. His other family members tested negative but were placed under self-isolation.https://twitter.com/takeshi_tsuruno/status/1298859340233809920 As of March 2021, Takeshi has fully recovered from COVID-19.
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1997	Ultraman Dyna 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
1998	Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2000	Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey 	Shin Asuka 	
2001	Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2008	Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2009	Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2012	Ultraman Retsuden 	Shin Asuka 	Episode 38 "Ultraman Dyna! Towards Tomorrow!!"
2012	Ultraman Saga 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2015	Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!	Ultraman Dyna 	Voice
2016	Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna	Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
===Stage===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001	Ultraman Festival 2001 Live Stage Part 1 	Ultraman Dyna 	Voice
2021	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 1	Ultraman Dyna 	Voice
2021	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 2	Ultraman Dyna 	Voice
2022	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Dyna STAGE 1 	Ultraman Dyna 	Voice
2022	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Dyna STAGE 1 	Ultraman Saga 	VoicePart 1
2022	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Dyna STAGE 1 	Ultraman Dyna (Parallel Isotope)	VoicePart 2
2022	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 2 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna 	Stage screen (Shin Asuka)Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2022	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 4 	Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna 	Stage screen (Shin Asuka)Voice (Ultraman Dyna)
2023	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 5 	Ultraman Dyna 	Voice
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2015	CR Pachinko Ultra Battle Retsuden: Fight Zero! The Strongest Young Warrior	Shin Asuka	
===Stock grunts===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1998	Ultraman Dyna 	Terranoid 	Episode 49 "Final Chapter I: A New Shadow"
2013	Ultraman Ginga 	Ultraman Dyna	Dark Spark War flashbacks in episodes 1, 7, 11
2015	Ultra Fight Victory 	Ultraman Dyna	Ultra Fusion Brace
2015	Ultraman X 	Ultraman Dyna	Ultra Fusion BraceEpisode 14 "The Shining Sky, and the Land Beneath It"
2016	Ultraman Orb 	Ultraman Dyna	Gai's Ultra Hero Special StudyEpisode 8 "The Urban Merman"
2020	Ultraman Z 	Ultraman Dyna	Ultra Medal
2021	Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga 	Ultraman Dyna	Ultra MedalEpisode 8 "The Propagating Invasion"
2022	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad	Ultraman Dyna	
2022	Ultraman Decker 	Ultraman Dyna	Episode 21 "The Price of Prosperity"
====Video games====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3	Ultraman Dyna	
====Stage====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2021	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Tiga 	Ultraman Dyna	
2022	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 4	Ultraman Dyna	
2022	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 1 	Ultraman Dyna	Finale
2022	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Decker STAGE 3 	Ultraman Dyna	Curtain call
2023	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Gaia STAGE 1 	Ultraman Dyna	Part 2
===Other Roles===
*High-Speed Parahero GandD - Gen Morimiya
==Discography==
:;Ultraman Saga
::Kimi Dake o Mamoritai (Cover) (A separate cover was released earlier as an independent single)
:;Fierce Battle! Ultraman Takamiy
::Kimi Dake o Mamoritai 2013 (Cover) (with Toshihiko Takamizawa)
:;Pachinko Ultra Battle Retsuden
::ULTRA BURN-Dedicated to ULTRA HERO- (with Toshihiko Takamizawa)
:;Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA
::ULTRAMAN ORB (Opening) (with Daisuke Asakura)
:;Ultraman R／B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond
::Hikari no Kizuna (with DAIGO)
:;Ultra Heroes EXPO 2022 Summer Festival
::NEXT NEW HERO
==Gallery==
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Shunji, Yoshioka, Hiroshi & Tsuruno behind the scene.jpg|From left to right: Shunji Igarashi, Takeshi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Nagano, and Takeshi Tsuruno
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Hassei, Tsu & Yoshi.jpg|Takeshi Tsuruno with Takeshi Yoshioka and Hassei Takano
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Ultraman Dyna Cast Reunion.jpg|The main cast of Ultraman Dyna in 2018, reunited after 21 yearshttps://twitter.com/joe_onodera/status/1049346573073702912
FB IMG 1543556633664.jpg|Takeshi with Ryosuke Koike and Yuya Hirata
IMG 20210101 085858.jpg|https://twitter.com/sonohara_staff/status/1097842061699497986
Superguts_2022_1.jpeg|Takeshi Tsuruno at an Ultraman Dyna 25th anniversary event in 2022
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==Trivia==
*Takeshi Tsuruno is a fan of Ultraman 80, having watched the series in his childhood and once claiming that 80 would appear in Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers before Hiroshi Nagano, Daigo Madoka's actor and Ultraman Tiga's voice actor at the time, corrected him.
*The original concept behind Shin Asuka was to have him as a baseball player, but this was less focused due to Takeshi having intermediate experience as a baseball player.
*The reason why his name "Tsuruno" was made into Hiragana was that he has difficulty writing Kanji. His real name is sometimes written as "Tsuruno". His uncle is an illustrator named Hisao Tsuruno. He professed to be a Christian with Antonio's baptismal name.
*The reason why Takeshi entered the entertainment industry was that he enjoys television and loves being conspicuous. Takeshi was a big fan of Chiemi Hori and the Onyanko Club. One of his classmates was on television once as a child, which inspired Takeshi.
*When Takeshi auditioned for Dyna, director Kazuya Konaka felt a strong impact from the goodness and brightness of Takeshi.
*Takeshi is a toy collector in his real life and had mentioned being a fan of Saint Seiya and the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime. He also kept the toys but unfortunately, some of them broke after he lent it to his eldest son for him to play with. In spite of that, he had also planned for buying replacements for the aforementioned sets.
*Given that filming props are expected to deteriorate from aging, Tsuruno mentioned that he rented a warehouse where he stores the props and memorabilia used during the filming for Ultraman Dyna to preserve them carefully, having expected to reprise his role in the future.https://twitter.com/takeshi_tsuruno/status/1503015967030669314
*He offered himself to voice the grunts for Ultraman Dyna,https://twitter.com/anego0621/status/1506807021856694273 with Yuji Machi, who did the grunts for Ultraman Tiga, mentoring him for the role.https://twitter.com/takeshi_tsuruno/status/1506799599696355336
*Tsuruno was the singer for the opening theme of Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger.
*In 2022, Tsuruno appeared in a promotional video for Ultraman Dyna celebrating the series' release on TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQ6jcik4yI
==External Links==
*Web archive of Takeshi Tsuruno Yaplog blog
*Takeshi Tsuruno's current LINE blog
*Takeshi Tsuruno's HTML business card
==References==
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