is a Japanese actor, singer, and model from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama Am I Weird? (私ってへん？ Watashitte Hen?) in 1998. Tamaki became better known with his appearance in the 2001 film Waterboys.
His singing career started with the single "Seasons" in the summer of 2004.
He was cast as Shinichi Chiaki in the drama Nodame Cantabile, which aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 16 October 2006. The drama was a hit, and he became most known for this role.
He starred in the revival of the Iron Chef Japanese cooking show on Fuji TV in October 2012, portraying the chairman of the Kitchen Stadium.
He also lent his voice to dub Western productions; for example he voiced Owen Grady (played by Chris Pratt) in the Jurassic World film series and Alex the Lion (original voice: Ben Stiller) in the Madagascar animated film series.
Filmography
Films
Christmas Eve (クリスマス・イヴ) (21 April 2000) Waterboys (15 September 2001) Sabu (さぶ) (5 October 2002) Gunjō no Yoru no Umōgire (群青の夜の羽毛布) (5 October 2002) Rockers (27 September 2003) Spirit (21 February 2004) Renai Shōsetsu (恋愛小説) (19 June 2004) Amemasu no Kawa: First Love (雨鱒の川-ファーストラブ) (13 November 2004) Ghost Shout (ゴーストシャウト) (18 December 2004) Nagurimono (23 September 2005) Henshin (変身) (19 November 2005) Heavenly Forest (28 October 2006) Midnight Eagle (23 November 2007) Smile Seiya no Kiseki (スマイル 聖夜の奇跡) (15 December 2007) Kids (2 February 2008) Nodame Cantabile – The Movie I and II (19 December 2009 and 17 April 2010) MW (4 July 2009) Ōoku (2010) Princess Toyotomi (2011) The Assassins (2012) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Time Trip App (2014) – Katsu Kaishū Bali Big Brother (2015) Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016) Love × Doc (2018) Evil and the Mask (2018) Laplace's Witch (2018) Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019) – Nariaki Seto Hokusai (2021) – Kitagawa Utamaro The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema (2022) – Tatsu The Good Father (2022) Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) – Lord Changping 7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022) – Kōichi Ogata Black Night Parade (2022) – Knecht (voice) Kingdom 3 (2023) – Lord Changping The Silent Service (2023) – Hiroshi Fukamachi Golden Kamuy (2024) – Tokushirō Tsurumi
TV shows
Great Teacher Onizuka (Fuji TV, 1998, guest) Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko (TBS, 1999, guest) Abunai Hokago (TV Asahi, 1999, guest) Wakaresaseya (YTV, 2001, guest) Remote (NTV, 2002) Shopping Hero (TV Asahi, 2002) Boku ga Chikyu wo Suku (TBS, 2002) Water Boys (Fuji TV, 2003) Itoshi Kimi e (Fuji TV, 2004) Last Christmas (Fuji TV, 2004) Akai Unmei (TBS, 2005) Chibi Maruko-Chan (Fuji TV, 2006) Nodame Cantabile (Fuji TV, 2006) Top Caster (Fuji TV, 2006) Hyoheki (TBS, 2006) Kōmyō ga Tsuji (NHK, 2006) – Yamauchi Yasutoyo Teki wa Honnoji ni Ari (TV Asahi, 2007) Hoshi Hitotsu no Yoru (Fuji TV, 2007) Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi (Fuji TV, 2008) Atsuhime (NHK, 2008) – Sakamoto Ryōma Nodame Cantabile SP (Fuji TV, 2008) Love Shuffle (TBS, 2009) MW Dai-0-sho (NTV, 2009) Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna (Kansai TV, 2010) Iron Chef (Fuji TV, 2012) Taira no Kiyomori (NHK, 2012) – Minamoto no Yoshitomo Wonderful Single Life (Fuji TV, 2012) Watashi no Kirai na Tantei (TV Asahi, 2014) Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. (NTV, 2014) Zannen na Otto (Fuji TV, 2015) Here Comes Asa! (NHK, 2015) – Shinjiro Shiraoka Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai (TV Tokyo, 2016) – Tominaga Kyaria Okiteyaburi no Keisatsu Shocho (Fuji TV, 2016) – Kinshiro Toyama Anata niwa Kaeru Ie ga Aru / You have someone to come home to (TBS, 2018) – Sato Hideaki The Way of the Househusband (NTV, 2020) – Tatsu Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (NHK, 2021) – Takashima Shūhan Sakura no To (TV Asahi, 2021) - Ren Kamijo
TV films
Ghost System (2002) Revolver Aoi Haru (July 2003)
Video games
Rogue Galaxy (2005) – Jaster Rogue
Lost Judgment (2021) – Kazuki Soma
Dubbing roles
Live-action
Jurassic World – Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) Jurassic World Dominion – Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) Timeline – Chris Johnston (Paul Walker)