Kids Web Japan

Besides kabuki, Tsutomu says he likes playing baseball, performing on the Chichibu daiko (Japanese-style drums), and fishing. He took up baseball soon after entering elementary school and now plays first base and bats fifth on his middle school team.

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  Tsutomu played the part of Hayami Tota.
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  Going over his lines with his father.

He's large for his age, being 162 centimeters (5 feet 4 inches) tall and weighing 75 kilograms (165 pounds), and says his favorite dishes are "fried chicken my mom makes. I usually gobble up five bowls of rice after a baseball game. I also go fishing quite a lot with my father, and so I like fish, too!" His father, who helped Tsutomu rehearse for the big stage, broke out into a broad grin after the performance, saying, "He did well today."

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  In action during a baseball game.
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  Enjoying temaki zushi with his father and mother.
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  Fishing along a pier.