Shun Oguri-  (小栗旬) my favorite actor of all time. ^_^ He is, as you have probably guessed it, a Japanese actor. He is amazing- a very hard worker, who can act many roles- from being a bullied school boy, a detective, a bully, a boy who falls in love (which is my favorite character he played!! ^_^)  and many many other roles.  Here are some facts that I found about him:

~He is left handed

~When he has two consecutive days off from work, he likes to go surfing.

~Some fans have nicknamed Shun "Shunkerbell".  It probably has something to do with Tinkerbell... ^_^ lol

~He can speak English, but not fluently, though he did express his want to do so.

~In the drama Hana Kimi, when Sano (the character Shun plays) gets  drunk, he starts kissing everyone. Well, in one drunk scene he had to kiss fellow actor Toma Ikuta (who plays Nakatsu. He is another great actor!! He won an award for his great acting in Hana Kimi... ^_^), and it took 12 takes to get the scene just right (eww!!), but the best kissing scene was with Horikita Maki (who plays Mizuki in the show. She is another great actor!) in the last scene of the drama. (The kiss was so cute! The whole time I wa going, 'Awwwww!!!')

~ He was born December 26, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan.  (that makes him 25) What a nice Christmas present!! ^_^

~He won an award for his movie "Crows Zero".

~Shun made his way into the acting industry not because he knew he had a great talent for it and not because he was pursuing a passion of his, but because he was an avid admirer of Uchida Yuuki, a Japanese actress. He loved her acting and was a very big fan of her's, and because he wanted to meet her, he joined theater and acting classes. He admits he didn't really like theater or the acting classes, but somehow, his ambition to meet his idol -- and the pretty girls in his class -- kept on driving him. Now, Shun says acting is his life and wouldn't want it any other way.

~Shun has more than enough talent for lead roles, but he has stated that he actually prefers playing the supporting roles.

~Besides acting, he is also a DJ. He is hosting a radio show called All Night Nippon.

~ An impressive actor, he stars in roles such as a deaf person in Summer Snow, a desperate virgin in Stand Up!!, Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) as quiet and cool Rui Hanazawa, and Gokusen as the gangster "wannabe" Uchiyama Haruhiko (Uchi). Recently, he starred in the drama Hana Kimi as Sano Izumi. (Hana Kimi was my favorite of his!!)

~Shun's best friend is Takashi Tsukamoto, an actor, model, and singer. Shun and Tsukamoto acted together in a drama - Stand Up!!. Tsukamoto was a popular womanizer while Sano's character, Kouji, and his friends tried to pick up advice and hints from the super idol so they could get a girlfriend themselves. Shun and Tsukamoto have also modeled together in a yaoi magazine once.

~Sano's first widely publicized girlfriend was Mari Yaguchi. On April 10th, 2005, she and Shun's relationship was uncovered by the tabloid magazine FRIDAY. Shun and Yaguchi had been dating for a year already until then. She quit Morning Musume fifteen days after the paparazzi incident (one day before the publish of the magazine), stating that she had "betrayed [her] position as an idol" and that she "want[ed] to move on with [her] career as an adult." Fans speculated that her management, Up-Front Agency, forced her to "quit" since it is fairly understood that members of Morning Musume are not allowed to have boyfriends to uphold their pure "idol" image. Several newspaper accounts note Shun for being a gentlemen throughout the whole ordeal and realizing how much Yaguchi had to give up to be with him. The two reportedly broke up in April of 2006. The reason they told the public was because they both became too busy to see one another.

~As of August 2006, it has been reported that Shun and Miho Tanaka are going out, although both parties have declined commenting on the matter. But as of April 2007, the same tabloid magazine that uncovered Shun and Yaguchi's relationship was also responsible for publishing photos of Shun and Tanaka on a date. Tanaka is a model, and has modeled for magazines such as Seventeen, mina, and non-no. The two supposedly met early in the summer when they both modeled for mina magazine, and found that they have a common interest-surfing.

~Since starring in Hana Kimi together, Shun and Toma Ikuta (who plays Nakatsu) are very good friends. In interviews, both Shun and Ikuta have said that they call and mail each other very often.

Dramas he has been in:

• Binbō Danshi (2008)
• Detective Conan (2007)
• Hana Kimi (2007)
• Hana Yori Dango 2 (2007)
• Detective Conan (2006)
• Hana Yori Dango (2005)
• Densha Otoko (2005)
• Aikurushii (2005)
• Yoshitsune (2005)
• Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 3 (2005)
• FIRE BOYS ~ Megumi no Daigo (2004)
• Stand Up!! (2003)
• Ogibosan to Issho (2003)
• Gokusen (2002)
• Henshuuou (2000)
• Ashita o Dakishimete (2000)
• Summer Snow (2000)
• Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000)
• GTO (1998)

Movies he has been in:

• Crows ZERO (2007)
• Sukiyaki Western: Django (2007)
• Yuuki (2006)
• Gigolo Wannabe aka. Waters (2006)
• Ghost Train (2006)
• Rinne (2005)
• The Neighbour #13 (2005)
• Azumi 2 (2005)
• is. A (2004)
• Wings of Hakenkreuz (2004)
• Robokon (2003)
• Azumi (2003)
• Song of the Sheep (2002)

Anime he has been in:

• Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa - Alfons Heiderich
• Jyu Oh Sei - "Third" / Sigurd Heiza
• Dōbutsu no Mori - Totakeke
• Wangan Midnight - Akio Asakura

 Stageplays he has been in: 

• Titus Andronicus Caligula
• As You Like It
• The Comedy of Errors
• Gouzen no Onaku
• Hamlet