Takashi Sorimachi

• Name — Takashi Sorimachi • Birth Name — Takashi Noguchi • Born — 19 December 1973 • Birthplace — Saitama, Japan • Native Name — 反町 隆史 • Occupation — * Actor • singer • model • Years Active — 1988–1990 1994–present • Agent — Ken-On • Children — 2

Sorimachi was a member of Johnny & Associates's trainee group Heike-ha when he was in the third year of junior high school, under his real name, Takashi Noguchi, as backdancer of group Hikaru Genji, together with members of the agency's current groups Tokio (Shigeru Jojima, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, and Taichi Kokubun) and 20th Century (Masayuki Sakamoto), among others, but decided to leave both the group and the agency within the year, to pursue a career as a model and actor. By 1994, Sorimachi was invited to participate at the Paris Fashion Week catwalk. He debuted as an actor that year with the drama "Maido Gomen Nasai", under his stage name. With his acting in "Beach Boys", released in 1997, Sorimachi was calling the attention as a first-line actor. With that drama, he also debuted as a singer, releasing his first single "FOREVER", receiving the award of Newcomer of the Year at the 12th Japan Gold Disc Awards. Another big attention grabber was 1998's Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), which not only provided Sorimachi with the iconic role of rebel teacher Eikichi Onizuka, but also another chance to sing, releasing the theme song "Poison", a song that has a mysterious way to soothe crying babies up to age 2 all around the world. This was a sensation on the net after fans learned of the phenomenon from Sorimachi himself, when he was interviewed by his agency Ken-On's YouTube channel in 2021. "I'm happy to think that my work continues to help others. My friends tell me that they listened to this song with their babies and it stopped them from crying. I'm very happy.", he said, amused. In 2005 he starred in the movie Otoko-tachi no Yamato as Sergeant Moriwaki, the leader of the soup kitchen on the battleship Yamato. • Illustration — Sorimachi in 2019 In November 2023, Takashi Sorimachi co-starred along with his wife Nanako Matsushima in a commercial for skincare and makeup label Shiseido, marking it the couple's first screen shared in 25 years following their appearance in GTO, and the first time the couple co-starred together following their marriage in 2001. They appeared together again for a new Shiseido commercial in 2025. The couple also reprised their roles in GTO Revival, a 2024 special episode revival of 1998's TV Series. In June 2026, it was announced through the official X account of GTO Revival, now renamed to GTO2026summer, that Sorimachi is to reprise his role again for a new GTO Revival series set to release in 20th of July 2026.

On February 21, 2001, he married actress Nanako Matsushima, who he co-starred with in GTO. On May 31, 2004, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The couple had a second daughter on November 30, 2007.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1997 — Virgin Road — Kaoru Yoshimi • Beach Boys — Hiromi Sakurai — Lead role • 1998–2026 — Great Teacher Onizuka — Eikichi Onizuka — Lead role; 2 seasons • 2002 — Toshiie and Matsu — Oda Nobunaga — Taiga drama • 2013 — Yae's Sakura — Ōyama Iwao — Taiga drama • 2015–2022 — AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo — Wataru Kaburagi — Season 14–20 • 2024 — Okura: Cold Case Investigation — Senju Hidaka — Lead role • GTO Revival — Eikichi Onizuka — Lead role; television film • 2026 — Water Margin — Chao Gai • Soda Master — Yuta "Yuen" Yoshii — Lead role

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • JPN • Message (メッセージ) — * Released: September 10, 1997 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: CD — 3 — * JPN: 92,000 • High Life — * Released: September 18, 1998 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: CD — 15 — * JPN: 54,000 • Forever Dream — * Released: December 19, 1998 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: CD — 10 — * JPN: 64,000 • Soul — * Released: December 6, 2000 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: CD — 100 — * JPN: 2,000

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • JPN • Best of My Time — * Released: March 17, 1999 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: CD — 48 — * JPN: 7,000 • Best of Best — * Released: June 7, 2006 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD — — • Golden Best — * Released: December 8, 2010 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of video albums • Title — Album details • Message — * Released: March 25, 1998 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: VHS, DVD • Clips and More — * Released: December 2, 1998 * Label: Mercury Music Entertainment * Formats: VHS • Live Tour 98 High Life — * Released: December 20, 2000 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: DVD • 1997-2000 Single Clips — * Released: December 20, 2000 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: DVD

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications • Title — Year — Peak positions — Sales — Certifications — Album • JPN — JPN Hot 100 • "Forever" (with Richie Sambora) — 1997 — 3 — — — * JPN: 507,000 — * RIAJ Japan certification: Platinum — Message • "Forever Dream" — 10 — — — Forever Dream • "One" — 1998 — 8 — — — * JPN: 200,000 — * RIAJ: Gold — High Life • "Poison: Iitai Koto mo Ienai Konna Yo no Naka wa" — 9 — 38 — * JPN: 270,000 — * RIAJ (physical): Gold * RIAJ (digital): Gold * RIAJ (streaming): Platinum • "Poison" (Movie Mix) — 1999 — 38 — — — * JPN: 23,000 — Non-album single • "Free" — 2000 — 35 — — — * JPN: 10,000 — Soul • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

• Poison (GTO Revival theme song) (Blue Encount feat. Takashi Sorimachi) (March 2024)

Takashi Sorimachi is recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded as actor, singer and model.