years_active birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
2006 & ndash ; new york , united states 17 january 1977 akiko matsumoto dante carver
 dante carver actor
dante carver

dante carver -lrb- born january 17 , 1977 in brooklyn , new york -rrb- is an african-american actor working in japan .
he moved to japan in 2005 , and became well known following his appearance in a series of tv commercials for softbank mobile from 2006 in which he first played the japanese-speaking character -lrb- the name being a pun on , the japanese for `` unexpected '' -rrb- , and later the older brother of the character played by aya ueto as part of the fictional `` white family '' headed by a white hokkaido dog .
in 2008 , carver was voted the most popular male actor in a tv commercial in japan , beating takuya kimura , who had previously held the top position for eight consecutive years .
