Tsuyoshi Abe (阿部 力, Abe Tsuyoshi, (born February 13, 1982, in
Heilongjiang,
China) is a
Chinese-Japanese (中国系日本人) actor based in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent (his grandmother was Japanese), he is able to speak both
Mandarin and
Japanese fluently.
Early life
Abe's original name was Li Zhendong (李振冬); after he moved to Japan at age 9, he changed to using his present name. He spent a year at the
Beijing Film Academy at age 18.