Kenjiro Tsuda
津田 健次郎
Tsuda at the36th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2023
Born	(1971-06-11)June 11, 1971 (age 54)[1] Osaka Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma mater	Meiji University
Occupations	actor voice actor film director
Years active	1995–present
Agent	ANDSTIR
Children	2
Website	tsudaken.jp

Kenjiro Tsuda (津田 健次郎,Tsuda Kenjirō; born June 11, 1971) is a Japanese actor,voice actor, and film director, affiliated with the talent agency ANDSTIR.

Tsuda lived inJakarta until he was seven years old.^[2] He attendedMeiji University, where he majored in theater studies in the department of literature.^[2] He wanted to become a film director when he became interested in the field of performance.^[3] At the En • Theater Research Institute, he took and passed a non-degree course, being enthusiastic about theater work.^[4]

After graduating from a trading school, Tsuda entered atheatre group office forauditions. He starred in the 1995 anime seriesH2.^[5] He had lived in poverty to the extent of agonizing over buying even a single piece of bread, but the work became a turning point for him.^[6]

Tsuda likes both filming and watching movies. While in university, he joined a film making club. He attended movie theaters in junior high and watched western films until senior high, focusing on artistic films after entering college; however, his interest lies in non-genre films.^[3]

In 2017, Tsuda replaced some ofKeiji Fujiwara's roles in anime series, includingSpace Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love andAttack on Titan.

On February 2, 2019, Tsuda debuted as a film director with the release ofDocumentertainment AD-LIVE, Documentertainment being aportmanteau of documentary and entertainment.^[7]

On November 24, 2020,Actor's Short Film was launched byWowow to commemorate the station's thirtieth year since opening. Five actors, facing the same conditions, such as budget and time, would individually direct short films up to 25 minutes long each. One of them would be chosen, based on the votes of viewers and film critics, to be presented at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia held in 2021^[8] — which was announced on Twitter;^[9] Tsuda starred in the short filmGET SET GO, alongsideRyo Ryusei andShunsuke Daito.^[8][10] Distribution of the films began on January 13, 2021.^[11] He was announced to voice Figarland Shamrock forOne Piece (1999 TV Series), it was announced in the promotional video forOne Piece Volume 113.

Tsuda made a cameo appearance in themorning dramaYell.^[12] Since then, he has achieved success on series such asDearest (2021) andŌoku: The Inner Chambers andReversal Orchestra, both in 2023.^[13] In 2023, his photo book recorded second place, unusual for a photo book of a voice actor over fifty years old.^[14]

Tsuda married a woman he encountered around when he was starting out as a stage actor, who he mentioned in hisInstagram announcement to not be a celebrity,^[15] and they have two children. By not officially announcing his marriage, Tsuda thought that he could protect his family. Another reason for this approach is the large appeal that his favourite actors have carried as figures who have not displayed their private lives, and he had thoughts of wanting to become an expressive person like that. He never made his marriage public; however, in July 2020, he received notice that a news story about his marriage had been published in one section of the weekly magazineShūkanshi and decided to bring these facts to light via his Instagram.^[16]