Asuka Kudō

is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented by Papado. Biography Kudo's father is professional baseball player and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks coach Kimiyasu Kudo, and his sister is professional golfer Haruka Kudo. He is the first and eldest child of five siblings. Kudo had played tennis himself, but had no experience on professional baseball. His acting debut was the Nippon TV drama Perfect Son in 2012. In 2013, he appeared in the NHK Taiga drama Yae's Sakura as Yamamoto Yaeko's younger brother Yamamoto Saburō, and later from July to September he appeared in the Fuji Television drama Shomuni 2013.