Dante Carver

Dante Carver
Born	January 17, 1977 (1977-01-17) (age 34) New York, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–
Website
http://www.remix-model.co.jp/model/dante.html

Dante Carver (ダンテ・カーヴァー, Dante Kāvā^?, born January 17, 1977, in New York, United States) is an American actor working in Japan. He moved to Japan in 2005, and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking "Yosō Guy" (予想GUY^?) character (the name being a pun on yosōgai (予想外^?), the Japanese for "unexpected"), and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as part of the fictional "White family" headed by a white Hokkaido Ken.^[1][2]

In 2008, Carver was voted the most popular male actor in a TV commercial in Japan, beating Takuya Kimura who had previously held the top position for eight consecutive years.^[3]

Early life

A native of New York, Carver attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, studying International Business ^[4]

TV commercials

• Diet Coke, 2006
• SoftBank Mobile (May 2006–Present), "Yosō Guy" (予想ＧＵＹ^?) aka Gorō Noguchi (野口 五郎^?), "Oniisan" (お兄さん^?)
• UHA Mikakuto (November 2007)

TV series

• Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet (風に舞いあがるビニールシート) (NHK, May 2009–), UNHCR worker^[1]
• "Be Pon Kiki" ([Fuji TV], April 2008~)
• "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge" (ヤマトナデシコ七変化) ([TBS], April - March 2010) (Episode 10)

Films

• Kansen Rettō (感染列島); English title: Pandemic (2009), WHO physician Klaus David
• Kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru (風が強く吹いている); English title: Feel the wind (2009)

CD releases

• "Nonbiri Ikō" (のんびり行こう) (Pony Canyon, September 2008) with Mike Maki^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "白戸家お兄さん「予想GUY」のシリアスドラマ" (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 19 January 2009. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2009/01/19/01.html. Retrieved 25 February 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Dante Peaks, American actor Dante Carver enjoys fame as part of Japan's most unusual family". metropolis.co.jp. 1 Oct 2009. http://metropolis.co.jp/features/upfront/star-struck/dante-peaks/. 
3. ^ "ＣＭタレント好感度ランキングに異変！毎年1位の木村拓哉の座を黒人俳優ダンテ・カーバーが奪う" (in Japanese). Let's Geinō News. 31 May 2008. http://www.les2.net/800.html. Retrieved 25 February 2009. 
4. ^ http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=133263&catid=70
5. ^ "Nonbiri Ikō" at Amazon Japan Retrieved on 25 February 2009 (Japanese)

External links

• Official profile (Japanese)
• Dante Carver at the Internet Movie Database
• Official blog

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Name	Carver, Dante
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Date of birth	17 January 1977
Place of birth	New York, United States
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