Born in Kanagawa Prefecture as the youngest of three brothers, Kubota studied mechanics in high school before his mother steered him toward acting, leading to his signing with Stardust Promotion. He debuted on Fuji TV’s Chekeraccho! and in Yuki Inomata’s Humoresque (2006), faced repeated audition failures, then secured a breakthrough as the lead in K-tai Investigator 7 under Takashi Miike (2008).…
