Taro Yamamoto (山本太郎 / YAMAMOTO Taro) is a Japanese actor. He was born on November 24, 1974 in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture.
While still in high school, Yamamoto began appearing on the street dancing show “Dance Koshien” in a speedo and yellow swim cap while jumping around yelling “Merorin Q!”. He came up with the otherwise nonsense term as a child during a brief stay in the Philippines from a deep-fried street food called “Banana Q”. He changed “banana” to “melon” and added an extra syllable because it sounded better.
Yamamoto could have easily been dismissed as a variety show one-hit-wonder, but his unique combination of tough guy looks and kind personality made him perfect for a variety of roles in TV dramas and films.
All blog posts tagged "taro yamamoto"
- Trailer - Katen no Shiro [0:47] (posted on 9/22/2009)
- DVD Release - Orochi: Blood (Universe) (posted on 9/3/2009)
- Trailer - Kaiji [1:33] (posted on 8/31/2009)
- Teaser - Kaiji [0:32] (posted on 8/27/2009)
- Trailer - Katen no Shiro [1:40] (posted on 8/15/2009)
- DVD Release - 252: Signal Of Life (Kam & Ronson) (posted on 6/17/2009)
- Teaser - Kaiji [0:34] (posted on 6/12/2009)
- Teaser - Katen no Shiro [1:00] (posted on 5/20/2009)
- Trailer - Umi no Ue no Kimi wa, Itsumo Egao [2:14] (posted on 3/27/2009)
- Making-of clip posted for ‘Umi no Ue no Kimi wa, Itsumo Egao’ (posted on 2/3/2009)
- Teaser - Katen no Shiro [0:52] (posted on 11/17/2008)
- DVD Release - Under the Same Moon (Universe) (posted on 10/24/2008)
- DVD Release - Princess Raccoon (Geneon USA) (posted on 10/23/2008)
- DVD Release - Marutai no Onna (Geneon) (posted on 10/14/2008)
- Trailer - 252: Signal of Life [1:37] (posted on 9/17/2008)
- DVD Release - Danger After Dark Collection (TLA Releasing) (posted on 9/11/2008)
- 16-second TV spot for “252: Signal of Life” (posted on 8/10/2008)
- TV Spot - 252: Signal of Life [0:16] (posted on 8/9/2008)
- “Orochi: Blood” gets a non-boring trailer (posted on 8/2/2008)
- Trailer - Orochi: Blood [1:18] (posted on 8/1/2008)
- Release date set for Norio Tsuruta’s live-action take on Kazuo Umezu’s “Orochi: Blood” (posted on 6/12/2008)
- Teaser - Orochi: Blood [0:51] (posted on 6/12/2008)
- Teaser - Under the Same Moon [0:45] (posted on 5/21/2008)
- Trailer - Princess Raccoon [1:56] (posted on 5/18/2008)
- Trailer - Danger After Dark [1:18] (posted on 3/20/2008)
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