While it may seem like I’ve got dibs on so many charismatic and talented young actors, it’s totally not so. Everyone feel free to MINE someone first, but it’s not my fault I locate hidden gems before everyone else. For example, I plucked Li Yi Feng out of English viewer obscurity and mined him in my first ever Sunny Happiness post before the stampede started. Same goes for Daito Shunsuke, who has rocketed from the left field of my J-dorama radar and landed front and center thanks to a scene-stealing turn as Ootori Kyoya in the live-action adaptation of the manga Ouran High School Host Club. Seriously, my tomodachis, he’s MINE. Feel free to enjoy this picspam post though, but please no pawing.
Unlike my other J-bias Yamapi, Shunsuke is not a Johnny, with an onscreen resume and screen presence that reminds me so much of Oguri Shun. Transitioning easily between bombastic in-your-face performances (like both of them did in Crows Zero) and reserved and controlled (Shun in Hana Yori Dango and now Shunsuke in Ouran). The boy is the real deal, proving in dramas like Ouran and Tumbling that he’s a guy’s guy who can showcase a convincing bromance, and in his limited but potent interactions with Kawaguchi Haruna in Ouran, showing me that he’s a certifiable romantic male lead just waiting for the right project. Japan, please, I beg of you, make it so. I need Shunsuke and Haruna in a love story. Preferably right now, but I can wait. *twiddles thumbs and starts twitching* Until then, have a Shunsuke picspam post, with a bonus OTP-of-my-heart post with Haruna, who is just too fresh and beautiful for words.
And there you have it. My job here is done. But if you need to see my boy Shunsuke in action, have some short but oh so sizzling MVs below.
Shunsuke MV:
Kyoya Mashup with Shunshuke’s previous roles:
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whOah. thanks ockoala.
Gah. If only they don't have 9 years of age difference, I would ship them right away T_T
Shunsuke is soo cool, and him with Haruna is just soo pretty.
forbidden love is hot. i still ship them.
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COOL! I've always believe that Daito Shunsuke has a lot of potential! and he reminds of Oguri Shun too! ever since they played brother in Hana Kimi.. I've always seen them as such :D
He needs to be a lead! SOON
yes, I first watched him as Oguri's younger bro in Hana Kimi...
they look alike (for me)
*flails arms* i've been waiting for this post! Not that I haven't been stalking the net myself for more daito shunsuke goodness but kyaaa this is yumm!
i've got a soft spot for oguri shun and daito reminds me so much of him... but the daito gaze and smirk? one of a kind. well it's mostly kyouya's gaze and smirk, but heyyYY let a girl blur the lines between fantasy and reality yeah.... And am i glad he is not a johnny - that just bodes much better for a longer more varied resume - and hair that isn't crimped to within an inch of itself....
I'd so love to see him in a drama with Haruna just so my kyouya-haruhi ship will see the light of day.. but seriously, i'd take any good drama japan throws me with him as male lead! preferably wearing glasses.. *fans self* there aren't many actors that look actually look hot with nerdy spectacles of the wire-frame type and not the fashion statement variety... Know what role he'd totally suit? Some nerdtastic wiley kid, ala the fantastic fukuyama masaharu in galileo, college student edition. Yes, with the glasses. Shirtless? I guess I wouldn't mind. Throw in some intense chemistry with a suitable female and I'm all aboard.
His glasssssseeeessssssssssssssssss
I could write an epic poem on how much I love him in the glasses. There are very few Japanese actors who can pull them off with the perfect amount of hotness and nerdiness, but Shunsuke has it down pat. Every time I see him in a new pair of glasses, I just think it's better than the previous!
when I was her age I had 2 boyfriends of his age :D Thank God mom didn't find out about the adventures (again for a 16 gal a 25 years old guy looks like the ultimate male specially when he is that smexy) so to me doesn't look that weird
PS - none of the older guys asked me to do kinky things (other than kisses ) even though I bet their imagination was as hentai as a guy can get :D
10 yrs from now they'll be just the right age for each other.In the meantime...omg how cute is he and how cute are they :-)
Thank you.
LOL I actually watched his movie called How to date an Otaku Girlfriend last week cause I kinda like him too. The movie's just okay, nothing really special but it's still nice to watch since Shunsuke-kun's there. XD
What?! Was he in that movie? *Rubs eyes* Damn, I really need to pay better attention, and those glasses are not helping! They are hiding his hotness.
FWY, I liked *how to date an otaku girl*, I remember thinking the guy was really cute.
He looks cute there! ^^ You would actually notice him right away just in case it's your first time seeing him. His guy friend in that movie is a hottie too. lol XD
Yeah been waiting for this post...Shunsuke was soooo cute as Shun's little brother. Strange that I haven't seen any other project of him til Ouran...I guess I was too caught up in K-dramas that I somehow pushed the J-Doramas in the back of my mind....
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeee. It's an overload of hotness and cuteness all in one.
There's really something about him that manages to be sexy as all get go, while still pulling off an attitude that says "take me home to meet mother." Which as far as I'm concerned is the best kind of man. I want someone who they would approve of, and then for them to never know what goes on when they're not around. *whistles*
It's almost a shame he's already signed up for next years Taiga because I bet casting directors are chomping at the bit to put him in something else. Sigh. While we will all go crazy from not seeing him for a full year, the Taiga will do nothing except make people want him even more. I'll just have to be okay with watching Ouran over and over again, and his other dramas.
As a side note: I forced two friends to watch all of Ouran last weekend. I didn't say anything about my love for Kyoya. We finished the six episodes and both of them had long hopped on the KyoHaru train. One had never read the comic, and she was kind of upset to learn Tamaki/Haruhi was the OTP. And they were even more sad to learn Haruna was only 16. Just gotta wait a few years....
i'm normally a lurker around these parts BUT omg yeshHH i so agree with that.... "There’s really something about him that manages to be sexy as all get go, while still pulling off an attitude that says “take me home to meet mother.” "
one moment having wire frame glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose, sipping tea calmly and charming the socks off the parents... and when their backs are turned, having that smirk on his face and that sexy gaze, suggesting all kinds of naughty thoughts, trained on you.....
goodness...... you really hit the nail on the head with your observation
That smirk is killer. I would do the most wonderful, yet terribly unspeakable things because of that smirk.