Tenma Shibuya

is a Japanese actor, classical dancer, and cultural exchange activist. He began his career as an actor in 1993 after returning from the United States, where he attended college. He made appearances in a number of films, stage productions, and television dramas in his early acting career in Japan. Some of this work includes: Romeo and Juliet (director: Yukio Ninagawa), Agitator (director: Takashi Miike), and Appleseed (director: Shinji Aramaki). In 2006, Shibuya visited China for the first time, leading to his transition into Chinese show business. From 2008 to 2010, Shibuya starred in a number of productions of various media, including the Hong Kong film Ip Man, as well as the Chinese productions The Flowers of War and Borrow Gun (借枪). He also appeared in the Taiwanese film Kano, the Russian drama Sorge, and the 2018 international production Air Strike (with Bruce Willis, Adrien Brody, and Rumer Willis). In addition to acting, Shibuya has been a Japanese classical dancer and songwriter for over twenty years. During this time he has also volunteered in international cultural exchange activities and taught Japanese in high schools as a volunteer in Eugene, Oregon. He is a founder of the Japan-China Cultural Exchange Promotion, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization aiming to promote cultural exchange between Japan and China. He has served as the general director of this organization since its launch in 2009. Early life Tenma Shibuya was born on January 13, 1969, in Saitama, Japan. In 1989, he traveled to the United States to study at the University of Oregon. He returned to Japan in 1991, around the time his mother died. While preparing to return to the United States, he had an accident that affected his lower back, forcing him to stay in order to fully recover, which took six years. As his backache was eased by treatment and therapy, he grew determined to become an actor, at which point he entered acting school.