Teruyuki Tsuchida

Teruyuki Tsuchida (土田 晃之, Tsuchida Teruyuki, born September 1, 1972 in Nerima, Tokyo and grew up in Omiya, Saitama) is a Japanese comedian, tarento and TV presenter. His talent agency is Ohta Production.

Teruyuki Tsuchida
Native name	土田 晃之
Born	(1972-09-01) 1 September 1972 Nerima, Tokyo, Japan raised in Omiya, Saitama
Medium	Television
Nationality	Japanese
Years active	1991–present
Employer	Ohta Production
Genres	Owarai
Spouse	Married
Children	4

He has been active as a solo comedian since 2001, but started in the entertainment industry in 1992 as a kombi called U-Turn with Morihiro Tsushima, which dissolved in 2001 when Tsushima retired from the industry.

Life and career

Tsuchida lived in Tokyo until the first grade of elementary school when he moved to Omiya, Saitama prefecture.[1] Throughout his school years, Tsuchida has experienced difficulty keeping up with his studies and had attitude problems, causing him to drop out and be suspended multiple times.[2] He was a delinquent in those years, and only managed to stay in school at the behest of his father despite his poor grades and rebellious attitude.[1]

After graduating high school, Tsuchida enrolled in the Tokyo Announcer Academy for the comedy talent course. His classmates noted that he was good at acting, but had troubles because he was unable to read some of the kanji on the scripts.[3] During this period, he also worked part time as an extra at Fuji TV, appearing in several variety programs at the time.[4]

At the Tokyo Announcer Academy, Tsuchida met Morihiro Tsushima, who was the president of the student council in high school. The combination of former delinquent and former student council president generated popularity for the duo as they decided to form a comedy unit together called U-Turn.[5] The duo was well received immediately after formation with their conte skits. However, throughout the 10 years leading up to the unit's dissolve, their popularity did not rise and dwindled as by 1999, the group had almost zero regular programs and little income compared to earlier years.[6]

In 2001, Tsushima retired from the industry and U-Turn was dissolved. Tsuchida continued activities as a solo comedian[6] and thrived as a comedic reporter at first.[7] He slowly gained popularity with his talk skills and persona with appearances on multiple talk shows and achieved success.[8] Recently, he has also worked as a media commentator and expresses his views on various issues on TV.[9]

Character

• Played baseball in elementary school and soccer in middle school. Because he was not very athletic, he was forced to play in the position of defender.[8]
• His biggest interests are soccer, idols, and anime (mainly Gundam)[10] and was able to receive many bookings related to them in his career.
• Very knowledgeable in regards to home consumer electronics (such as vacuum cleaners), with the exception of computers.[11]

References

1. "新・家の履歴書". Weekly Bunshun. 2011-07-21 Issue. Bungeishunjū. 2011-07-13. p. 95.
2. "土田晃之がいじめ被害の実体験を告白 父親の言葉に救われ不登校にはならず". Livedoor News. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
3. "土田晃之"アナ学"で女性に叱られた過去「一言あってもええんちゃうん」". Sponichi. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
4. スターアルバイト列伝
5. "【この人物のオモテとウラ】土田晃之 (タレント)". Gendai.net. 2010-06-16. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19.
6. "新・家の履歴書". Weekly Bunshun. 2011-07-21 Issue. Bungeishunjū. 2011-07-13. p. 96.
7. "《ピン芸人学》☆土田晃之先生・陣内智則先生". スクール革命. 日本テレビ. 2009-07-12. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
8. "W杯を語ろう「14番永遠のスター」お笑い芸人土田晃之サン (37)". Asahi Shimbun. Asahi Shimbun. 2010-07-06.
9. "「クソみたい」フジの取材方法にキレた土田晃之はスタッフに嫌われている?". Asagei Plus. Tokuma Shoten. 2015-08-14.
10. "土田晃之、"ガンダム芸人"の原点を告白!". ORICON STYLE. oricon ME. 2007-08-30.
11. 土田晃之 (2010). "スペシャルインタビュー Vol.1「土田晃之」" (Interview). Archived from the original on 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

External links

• Ohta Productions Official Profile