English Stage Name:
Shosuke Tanihara
Japanese Stage Name:
谷原章介
Birth Name:
Shosuke Tanihara
Nickname:
Shosuke (Shousuke), Tani-yan, Hara-sho, Tani-sho
Origin:
Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
A
Height:
183 cm ( 6 ft )
Weight:
72 kg ( 158 bs)
Marital Status:
Married (since 2007)
Children:
Three sons, three daughters
Family:
Father, Mother, two older brother
Wife:
Emi Miyake, TV personality
Past Relationships/ Ex-Girlfriends:
- Tomoko Nakajima, comedian and member of Othelo
Rumored to have dated from 2003 to 2005
Best Friends;
- Naoto Fujiki, actor
Hobbies：
- Cooking and baking
- Playing baseball
- Reading manga, comic books
- Driving a car
- Golfing
Pets:
one Boston Terrier, one cat
Personality:
Shosuke is said to be;
- always in hurry
- fast-paced
- stubborn
Trivia:
- Shosuke’s wife, Emi Miyake, had married to a singer and actor, Issei Ishida one year prior to re-marrying Shosuke.
- Emi Miyake and Shosuke have five children together; one is from Emi’s previous marriage to Issei Ishida and five are Emi and Shosuke’s.
- Shosuke is fluent in English.
- Shosuke loves cooking and cooks regularly at home for the family. His cooking skill is at professional level.
- Shosuke likes collecting sneakers and owns more than 150 pairs of them so far.
- Shosuke likes manga, comic books, and reads girls’ comic books as well.
- Shosuke likes to create things; he makes bags for his children by a sewing machine.
- Shosuke likes to cook, clean the house and do the laundry. When stressed out, Shosuke does any of these.
- Shosuke likes to listening to CDs. He owns more than 5000 CDs.
- Shosuke likes collecting teddy bears and owns more than 30 of them so far.