Name	Tsuyoshi Ihara
Height
Naionality	Japanese
Date of Birth	6-November-1963
Place of Birth	Kitakyushu, Japan
Famous for	Acting

A Japanese of Korean descent, Ihara joined the Japan Action Enterprise, a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to act in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series Futarikko. In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film Letters from Iwo Jima, introducing him to an international audience. He has also authored a book, Kokorozashite Sorowhich was published in Japan by Amoeba Books.