Muga Tsukaji

Muga Tsukaji
塚地 武雅
Born (1971-11-25) 25 November 1971 (age 52)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesTsukacchan
Education
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
Years active1996–present
AgentProduction Jinrikisha
Notable work
  • "Iitai koto mo Iezu ni"
  • "Ika Daiō Taisō Dai 2"
StyleConte (boke)
PartnerTaku Suzuki
Awards
WebsiteDrunk Dragon official profile
Notes
Same year/generation as:
Rahmens
Shinagawa Shoji
Rozan
License
Shuhei Shimada

Muga Tsukaji (塚地 武雅, Tsukaji Muga, born 25 November 1971)[1] is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs boke (sometimes tsukkomi) in the comedy duo Drunk Dragon. His partner is Taku Suzuki. He is nicknamed Tsukacchan (塚っちゃん).

Tsukaji was born in Hannan, Osaka. He graduated from Hannan Municipal Tottori Junior High School, Osaka Prefectural Sano High School and Momoyama Gakuin University Department of Economics.

Tsukaji co-starred with the comedy duo Hokuyō, who shared the same agency, in Haneru no Tobira.

Filmography

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TV dramas

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2007–09 Hadaka no Taishō Kiyoshi Yamashita Fuji TV Lead role; 4 episodes [2]
2010 Wagaya no Rekishi Kiyoshi Yamashita Fuji TV Miniseries; episode 3 [3]
2012 Taira no Kiyomori Fujiwara no Nobuyori NHK Taiga drama [4]
2019 You Are Marked for Death Akio Motomiya Kansai TV [5]
2019–21 Emergency Interrogation Room Matsuo Tamagaki TV Asahi 2 seasons [6]
2020 Papa Fell in Love Again Ossan-Taeko Fuji TV [7]
2021 Ochoyan Atarō Hanaguruma NHK Asadora [8]
2024 The Tiger and Her Wings Rokurō Unno NHK Asadora [9]

Films

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 The Handsome Suit Takuro Oki Lead role [10]
2020 We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous Shirō Tanaka [11]
2021 Suicide Forest Village [12]
The Lone Ume Tree [13]
2022 Akira and Akira [14]
2023 We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams Shirō Tanaka [15]
TBA Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final Matsuo Tamagaki [6]

Regular programmes

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Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2016 EX Maniakkusu T-Asa Channel 2 MC [16]

References

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  1. ^ "ファミリーヒストリー". Family History (in Japanese). 13 Nov 2015. NHK General TV. Retrieved 20 Jan 2017.
  2. ^ "ドランク・塚地の『裸の大将』第4弾が今秋放送! 市原悦子との共演に大感激". Oricon. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "「わが家の歴史」を彩る昭和の著名人たち 2". Fuji TV. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "平清盛の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "小関裕太&塚地武雅がバディ役 連ドラ『死亡フラグが立ちました!』予告編". Cinra.net. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "天海祐希「本当に最後です」 人気ドラマ『緊急取調室』最初で最後、集大成の映画化L". Oricon. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "小澤征悦、塚地武雅との夫婦役は「真面目に馬鹿をやる」". Crank-in!. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "杉咲花ヒロイン朝ドラ「おちょやん」後半の新たな出演者発表". Model Press. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "「虎に翼」に筒井真理子、中村育二、田中要次ら7名出演決定 塚地武雅は弁護士役に". Natalie. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "ハンサム★スーツ". eiga.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "嘘八百 京町ロワイヤル". eiga.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "山田杏奈×山口まゆ『樹海村』、追加キャストに神尾楓珠&工藤遥&安達祐実ら". Crank-in!. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  13. ^ "加賀まりこが54年ぶりに映画主演、「梅切らぬバカ」で塚地武雅と親子役". Natalie. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  14. ^ "竹内涼真×横浜流星「アキラとあきら」特報解禁、計22名の新キャストも明らかに". Natalie. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "嘘八百 なにわ夢の陣". eiga.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  16. ^ "ドランクドラゴン塚地MC、円谷プロ"幻の作品"蔵出し". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 22 Dec 2016. Retrieved 19 Jan 2017.
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