Yamashita made his acting debut in NHK's Shonentachi in 1998. He graduated with a Commerce degree (major in marketing) in autumn 2008. After graduating from high school, Yamashita was accepted into Meiji University's School of Commerce. At Horikoshi, he shared a classroom with celebrities such as Koki Tanaka, Koike Teppei, and Yu Shirota. Yamashita graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen's performing arts course for high school students in 2004. His other nicknames include 'Pi', 'Tomo-chan','Pi-Chan' or 'Pii-Tan'. The nickname "Yamapi" was given to him by Takizawa Hideaki as he forgot to wear pink clothing for a performance one time and was repeatedly scolded by his coach, 'Yamashita, Pink!', 'Yamashita, Pink!', much to everybody's amusement. Since debuting, he is widely known as 'Yamapi', short for Yamashita and Pink. In 1998, he later debuted as an actor with a small role in 'NHK's Shonentachi'. He debuted as a singer in a three-member Japanese band called NEWS and as a soloist in 2006. In 1996, he became a trainee under Johnny & Associates as a part of group Johnny's Junior. He sent in applications to many agencies but only Johnny & Associates called him for an audition. He became motivated to send in his application to the talent agency Johnny & Associates after watching one of Takizawa Hideaki's dramas and aspiring to appear on television like him. Since kindergarten, he started learning karate and got purple belt. He is an athletic person ever since he is young. His mother's name is Naomi Yamashita and his sister's name is Rina Yamashita. His real name is Tomohisa Aoki but he changed his surname to his mother's after his father left. His parents separated when he was a child and both Yamashita and his younger sister were raised mainly by his mother.
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