Kosuke Yonehara

Yonehara Kousuke is a Japanese singer and actor. He is part of the J-pop and acting group Run&Gun. He was born in Osaka. He started his career as a Johnny's Jr. but left the company early to join the dance group DANK which later evolved into Run&Gun. He is best known for his part in Musical Air Gear. In the first musical he played Team Bacchus' member Hamlet, but in the second installment he took over the role of Romeo from Kamiyama Ryuji after he had replaced Kenta Kamakari (who had fallen ill) as Ikki. He also played the female role of Rosemary in several Maria Magdalena stages. Between April 2010 and March 2012, he was the drummer of the ikemen J-rock group ココア男 (Cocoa Otoko). Currently he mainly does stage acting.

Detroit Metal City (2008)

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ryuji Akiyama

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ryuji Akiyama

Wangan Midnight: The Movie (2009)

After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Yuichi Nakamura  •  Ryoko Kobayashi  •  Kazuki Kato  •  Kosuke Yonehara

After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Yuichi Nakamura  •  Ryoko Kobayashi  •  Kazuki Kato  •  Kosuke Yonehara

No Touching at All (2014)

Shima is an extremely shy young man who just started a new job. On his first day, he shares an elevator with a brash, hungover man named Togawa, who he soon learns is actually his boss. Over time, Shima becomes preoccupied with the Togawa as he tries to decide if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chihiro Amano
CAST:  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Masashi Taniguchi  •  Shou Tomita

Shima is an extremely shy young man who just started a new job. On his first day, he shares an elevator with a brash, hungover man named Togawa, who he soon learns is actually his boss. Over time, Shima becomes preoccupied with the Togawa as he tries to decide if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chihiro Amano
CAST:  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Masashi Taniguchi  •  Shou Tomita

JINROH Shokei Game (2015)

Taiga wakes up in an unknown place, next to Niina with whom he had lost contact. Confined in a school with former elementary school classmates and their teacher, they find themselves forced to participate to a sadistic game: "The Werewolf's game".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillaume Tauveron
CAST:  Motohiro Ota  •  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Masanari Wada  •  Yû Chidai

Taiga wakes up in an unknown place, next to Niina with whom he had lost contact. Confined in a school with former elementary school classmates and their teacher, they find themselves forced to participate to a sadistic game: "The Werewolf's game".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillaume Tauveron
CAST:  Motohiro Ota  •  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Masanari Wada  •  Yû Chidai

Killing Curriculum (2015)

Elementary school alumnus are held captive in a school and forced to play a fatal game "Jinroh Game."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Furumaya
CAST:  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Shuto Miyazaki  •  Takuya Negishi  •  Kazuma Takeda

Elementary school alumnus are held captive in a school and forced to play a fatal game "Jinroh Game."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Furumaya
CAST:  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Shuto Miyazaki  •  Takuya Negishi  •  Kazuma Takeda

Route 58 (2003)

Four boys from Okinawa Island have been friends since their childhood. Together with Rin, who is also from their hometown, and who has always been the girl of their dreams, all of them set out on a journey to let Rin see beyond the world of Okinawa. However, after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Kuramochi
CAST:  Ryuji Kamiyama  •  Akira Nagata  •  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Yuya Miyashita

Four boys from Okinawa Island have been friends since their childhood. Together with Rin, who is also from their hometown, and who has always been the girl of their dreams, all of them set out on a journey to let Rin see beyond the world of Okinawa. However, after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Kuramochi
CAST:  Ryuji Kamiyama  •  Akira Nagata  •  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Yuya Miyashita

GACHI-BAN: NEW GENERATION (2015)

A young high school Yanki (Japanese delinquent), Tokio, gets suspended from his school and ventures out to Ikebukuro. Aiming to become a janitor for at a love hotel, he eventually gets scouted to join a gang. They make money ripping people off, and Tokio begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Sho Jinnai  •  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Tawada Hideya  •  Daigo

A young high school Yanki (Japanese delinquent), Tokio, gets suspended from his school and ventures out to Ikebukuro. Aiming to become a janitor for at a love hotel, he eventually gets scouted to join a gang. They make money ripping people off, and Tokio begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Sho Jinnai  •  Kosuke Yonehara  •  Tawada Hideya  •  Daigo