(February 16, 1962 – May 24, 2002) was a Japanese actor and member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe. He was born on February 16, 1962, in Niigata, Japan.
Biography
He performed on stage, and on television in series such as Trick and Furuhata Ninzaburō. His trademark was his large, thick-rimmed glasses, which he used solely for comic effect, as he actually had 20/20 vision.
Ito joined the Tokyo Sunshine Boys in 1983, while he was a student. When he graduated from university he continued acting but took a full-time job as a standard salaryman until his career in acting picked up.
He was married in 2000 to a stylist that he met while filming the TV drama Shomuni, after dating her for less than six months. He died two years later, just before inclusion of the TV drama Shomuni FINAL. They had no children. He died on May 24, 2002, from a spinal cord infection caused by a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Film
1995 Salaryman Senka
1996 Tomoko no Baai
1997 Marutai no Onna
1999 GTO
Television
1993 Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru
1994 Furuhata Ninzaburō
1995 Oosama no Restaurant
1996 Imaizumi Shintaro
1996 Konna Watashi ni Dare ga Shita
1997 Odoru Daisosasen
1998 Shomuni
1999 Omizu no Hanamichi
2001 Gakko no Sensei
2002 Nurseman
2002 Trick 2
Selected theatre
Nobody Else But You
Vamp Show (Parco Produce)
Sources
People from Niigata (city) 20th-century Japanese male actors Japanese male stage actors 1962 births 2002 deaths 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male film actors Deaths from subarachnoid hemorrhage