Muga Tsukaji

Japanese comedian and actor (born 1971)

Momoyama Gakuin University Department of Economics
School JCA

Occupations

Comedian
actor

Years active1996–presentAgentProduction JinrikishaNotable work

"Iitai koto mo Iezu ni"
"Ika Daiō Taisō Dai 2"

StyleConte (boke)PartnerTaku SuzukiAwards

Kinema Junpo Best New Actor (2006)
30th Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year/Popularity Award (2006)
Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer (2006)
Mainichi Film Awards Newcomer Award (2006)

WebsiteDrunk Dragon official profileNotes

Same year/generation as:
Rahmens
Shinagawa Shoji
Rozan
License
Shuhei Shimada

Muga Tsukaji (塚地武雅, Tsukaji Muga, born 25 November 1971)^[1] is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs boke (sometimes tsukkomi) in the comedy duo Drunk Dragon. His partner is Taku Suzuki. He is nicknamed Tsukacchan (塚っちゃん).

Tsukaji was born in Hannan, Osaka. He graduated from Hannan Municipal Tottori Junior High School, Osaka Prefectural Sano High School and Momoyama Gakuin University Department of Economics.

Tsukaji co-starred with the comedy duo Hokuyō, who shared the same agency, in Haneru no Tobira.

Filmography

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2007–09	Hadaka no Taishō	Kiyoshi Yamashita	Fuji TV	Lead role; 4 episodes	^[2]
2010	Wagaya no Rekishi	Kiyoshi Yamashita	Fuji TV	Miniseries; episode 3	^[3]
2012	Taira no Kiyomori	Fujiwara no Nobuyori	NHK	Taiga drama	^[4]
2019	You Are Marked for Death	Akio Motomiya	Kansai TV		^[5]
2019–21	Emergency Interrogation Room	Matsuo Tamagaki	TV Asahi	2 seasons	^[6]
2020	Papa Fell in Love Again	Ossan-Taeko	Fuji TV		^[7]
2021	Ochoyan	Atarō Hanaguruma	NHK	Asadora	^[8]
2024	The Tiger and Her Wings	Rokurō Unno	NHK	Asadora	^[9]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	The Handsome Suit	Takuro Oki	Lead role	^[10]
2020	We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous	Shirō Tanaka		^[11]
2021	Suicide Forest Village			^[12]
2021	The Lone Ume Tree			^[13]
2022	Akira and Akira			^[14]
2023	We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams	Shirō Tanaka		^[15]
TBA	Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final	Matsuo Tamagaki		^[6]

Regular programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2016	EX Maniakkusu	T-Asa Channel 2	MC	^[16]

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