Tsuyoshi Shinjo gets a touch-up.

Tsuyoshi Shinjo moving up ranks to movie producer

Wednesday 22nd July, 04:00 AM JST

TOKYO —

Ex-major leaguer and TV personality Tsuyoshi Shinjo, 37, who attended the opening ceremony for Hollywood Air Tokyo airbrush makeup studio’s new building in Shibuya’s Jingumae this week, said he plans to branch out into movie production beginning in August, but “can’t really go into the details right now.”

For the past year, Shinjo has been involved in creating airbrush paintings, as well as new techniques for airbrush makeup. Airbrush makeup is currently the hot thing in Hollywood, and Shinjo said he is working on projects to help spread the craze in Japan.

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9 Comments

chuckers at 09:07 AM JST - 22nd July

Is that really considered "moving up ranks"?
DenDon at 10:13 AM JST - 22nd July

dino de laurentis look out.
telecasterplayer at 12:06 PM JST - 22nd July

He's going to project his films onto his teeth
TokyoHustla at 01:26 PM JST - 22nd July

Not an ounce of believable story here
escape_artist at 01:40 PM JST - 22nd July

Everything in Japan apparently has "ranks", no doubt measured by age, too. Let's see what he produces and then talk about it. Not sure why this is really a story, but then Japan is obsessed with and saturated by "talents" of all types.
USNinJapan2 at 02:45 PM JST - 22nd July

What a flake. I knew that tan was sprayed on...
ratpack at 03:50 PM JST - 22nd July

Moving up the ranks??? doubt it. He has the money to finance films so they tag him with "producer". Simple. Another role a producer does is to attract talent. Shinjo has a heap of contacts no doubt so that shouldn't be a real problem.
retirednavygaijin at 08:04 PM JST - 22nd July

Hope he's better at that then he was playing for the Mets and Giants!
Osakadaz at 08:15 AM JST - 23rd July

The most Metro bloke in Japan.