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, also widely known as Yamapi, is a Japanese idol, actor, singer, and TV host. Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates as a trainee in 1996 and made his acting debut in NHK's ''Shonentachi'' in 1998.〔 He recently starred in the summer 2013 series ''Summer Nude'' and the autumn 2012 series ''Monsters''. Other notable works include: ''Proposal Daisakusen'', ''Kurosagi'', ''Buzzer Beat'' and ''Nobuta wo Produce''. He made his official CD debut as part of boyband NEWS in 2004 under the Johnny's Entertainment label〔 and later debuted as a solo artist in 2006 with the hit single "Daite Senorita".〔(山下智久、首位でジャニーズ勢快挙！！ ), ''Oricon'', 2006-06-07. Retrieved on 2010-06-18. 〕 He released his first solo album in 2011 and left NEWS in the same year. His first post-NEWS single, was released under Warner Music Japan in 2012. He is the co-host of the primetime television show and the host of the late night Tokyo FM radio show ''Yamashita Tomohisa Cross Space''.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ジェネレーション天国 - フジテレビ )〕 ==Background== Yamashita was born in Funabashi, Chiba. His parents separated when he was a child and both Yamashita and his younger sister were raised mainly by his mother. He was motivated to send in his application to the talent agency Johnny & Associates after watching one of Takizawa Hideaki's dramas and aspiring to appear on television.〔 He sent in applications to many agencies but only Johnny & Associates called him for an audition.〔 Yamashita graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen's performing arts course for high school students in 2004. At Horikoshi, he shared a classroom with celebrities such as Koki Tanaka, Koike Teppei, and Yu Shirota. After graduating from high school, Yamashita was accepted into Meiji University's School of Commerce. He graduated with a Commerce degree (major in marketing) in autumn 2008, a semester late.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ＮＥＷＳ山下智久が晴れて明大卒業 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tomohisa Yamashita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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