Yuichi Tsuchiya

Yuichi Tsuchiya (土屋 裕一, Tsuchiya Yūichi, born February 6, 1979 in

Early life

Yuichi Tsuchiya grew up in the Akaishi Mountains region of Yamanashi Prefecture. He has a younger sister, and his mother Yumiko runs a beauty parlor. He is a graduate of Yamanashi Prefectural Koufu First High School.

Early career

Tsuchiya's career as an actor is primarily that of a stage actor with occasional movie parts. His first few performances were in 1997 with a traveling theatre troupe, "Gekidan Geiyuuza". After one year with them he signed on with the theatre troupe BQMAP in 1998. He first appeared in one of their shows in July 1998, a production called Re-. He continued to perform with them until late 2000.

In early 2000 (concurrent with his involvement with BQMAP), Tsuchiya began to perform with a group called "ShiroxKuro". In June 2000 they put on their first performance, Best Team, following up in February 2001 with Set a Trap.

On July 1, 2001, ShiroxKuro renamed themselves  *pnish*.^[1] The group has been involved in ten stage performances, their own radio program (which ended in June 2008) and their own weekly television show (Hottokenai! *pnish* TV). Tsuchiya was a member of the original nine-member troupe, which now consists of four performers.

Tenimyu

Tsuchiya's major stage appearance came in 2003 when he originated the role of

Since Tsuchiya left the Prince of Tennis the role of Oishi has been played by