What do you know about Daito Shunsuke?
1. He’s an only child. (talkshow-Meringue no Kimochi)
2. He likes shoes n has A LOT OF THEM. (talkshow-Oshareism)
3. He knows how to play the guitar (Movie-Tabidachi)
4. He can do backflips (for the drama-Tumbling)
5. He’s good at cooking. He once worked part-time at a food place (talkshow-Kokoro yusabure! SenpaiROCKYOU)
6. He likes cats..well, i’ve seen a lot of vids of him with cats n he blogs abt them too.
7. He looks up to popular actor Narimiya Hiroki his senior of the same agency.
8. He’s been in the same drama with Yamamoto Yusuke since 2007 (Hanazano no himitsu, Hanazakari kimitachi e, Rescue, Shaken Baby!, Tumbling, Ouran highschool host club) which makes them comrades.
9. He’s short-sighted n often wears contacts. (Plus one DVD/2318262-sou DVD)
10. He’s quite an artist, frm the art he produced in Turkey (7days backpacker DVD) n the pop-up book he made in New York.
11. Nakamaru Masaya calls him “Monoshiri” which means knows a lot. On “Meringue no Kimochi”, he said when he’s eating or drinking something n curious abt the name of it, he calls the number on the back of the packet n he does it many times. - shows how inquisitive he is.
12. Ouran cast members call him “Oshare” which means Stylish. He’d always come to set dressed fashionably.
13. He loves cycling. He always cycles around Tokyo n won a bike on the game show Tokyo Friends park 2 (Game show-Tokyo Friends park 2 with Rescue cast)
Part 21. He is left-handed.
2. When he was asked “What’s ur fav girls’ school uniform?” he couldnt answer it coz he said that he was from an all-boys school, (his elementary school was co-ed) so he rarely saw girls in uniform (Junon, May 2010, trans: Kamisou@lj)
3. His school was only a 5min walk away from home so he didnt get to see girls much.(Junon magazine, May 2010, trans: Kamisou@lj) so if we know wheres his school, his family home is soo close!! -stalker much?
4. He has a teeth fetish (Gout temps nouveau 20090520) He even gave each of his ouran co-actors a tooth-looking bag accessory/keychain that has dental floss inside it.
5. His character Yamada Katsunoshin in Welcame went to Istanbul, Turkey. He too went to Turkey for 7days in the same year of his drama.
6. He doesn’t wish to get married anytime soon. He wants to focus on acting but will probably be married bfore 40. (Junon August, 2010, trans: Kamisou@lj) His producer, when asked if she’d ever date Daito, she said ‘Never’, coz he’s the kind of person who’s ok to date but will definitely not wanna marry u anytime soon.(Gout temps nouveau 20100512)
7. Co-actor, Kutsuna Shiori said, on TV, daito seems like a young boy but when u meet him in person he looks very manly.(Gout temps nouveau 20100512)
8. Daito’s type of girl tht he likes - someone with a nice smile. In addition, it’s a plus if she has white n neat teeth.(Junon August, 2010, trans: Kamisou@lj)
9. One time he tried to confess to a girl, he was soo nervous he babbled, the girl couldn’t take it n said “I’ve had it!” (Gout temps nouveau 20090520)
10. Tumbling co-actor, Miura Shohei calls him a Shameless Macho.(Junon, June2010, trans: Beccy-chan@lj) When asked who’s the leader of muscles in Tumbling, Kaku kento n Miura shohei agree it’s Daito followed by Yusuke.
11. Yamamato Yusuke n Daito hv been working together since 2007, in the future, daito would like to do voice acting together with his comrade, Yusuke (Nonno-TV, 2011)
12. He loves reading comics n even recommended a comic to his co-actors from ouran..Chiba Yudai even vlogged about a comic n mentioned tht Daito recommended it
13. He has worked together with actress, Kurashina Kana 3 times = Welcame, Ojiichan wa 25sai n Ameba CMs (though both appeared individually for the ads)
14. “When someone is blowing a fuse because of the dance choreography or something else, he manages to make the person stand still and instead makes the anger come out verbally. After talking with Daito, the person will have regained a perfect calmness” (Minatomachi junjo othello stageplay blog, 2011, trans: actor-daito-s n triela-gg@lj )
15. ”When i found out that Daito-kun will be playing Kyouya, Oh, he’ll be playing himself. There’d b no problem. He’d completely nail the part. I thought. Then, as the filming started, he immediately nailed it.” - Yamamoto Yusuke (Dogatch interview, 2011, trans: Yanie@ouranforum)
16. During high school’s graduation ceremony, Daito was voted to be the class representative to collect graduation certificates. His classmates voted while he was asleep in class. (Junon, May 2010, trans: Kamisou@lj)
17. Daito likes to help out other actors/actresses in acting. Tumbling Stageplay actors mentioned how they gained knowledge so much from him. “Renge-chan experienced the same thing: ”Daito-san always give detailed suggestions, like about comedy acting, “Perhaps it’s better if u move like this?”, so i felt like i was able to spend my time as Renge-chan, in relief” - (Tsuchiya Tao’s blog, 2011, trans: Yanie@ouranforum) Watching the making of “Love17” n “Fujoshi Kanojo”, i saw him help out the actors/actresses too, i think he can be a good director.
18. Matsumoto Wakana (fujoshi kanojo) said that from watching him on TV he looks so fresh n when u see him in person he does look fresh. She added that he was able to be the mood maker n helped build people’s motivation.©
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