Dante Carver (born January 17, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor working in Japan. He moved to Japan in 2005 and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking character (the name being a pun on , the Japanese for "unexpected") and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as part of the fictional "White family" headed by a white Hokkaido dog.
In 2008, Carver was voted the most popular male actor in a TV commercial in Japan, beating Takuya Kimura, who had previously held the top position for eight consecutive years.
Private life A native of New York City, Carver attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, studying International Business.
On August 4, 2010, Carver married former model Akiko Matsumoto. They formally celebrated the marriage in a wedding ceremony in April 2011.
TV commercials Diet Coke, 2006 SoftBank Mobile (May 2006–Present), aka , aka UHA Mikakuto (November 2007)
TV series Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet (風に舞いあがるビニールシート) (NHK, May 2009–), UNHCR worker "Be Pon Kiki" ([Fuji TV], April 2008~) "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge" (ヤマトナデシコ七変化) ([TBS], April - March 2010) (Episode 10)
Films Kansen Rettō (感染列島); English title: Pandemic (2009), WHO physician Klaus David Kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru (風が強く吹いている); English title: Feel the wind (2009) My Darling Is a Foreigner (2010) Yazima Beauty Salon The Movie: Reaching a Nevada Dream (矢島美容室 THE MOVIE ～夢をつかまネバダ～, Yajima Biyō Shitsu THE MOVIE ~Yume o Tsukama Nebada~) (2010) Nanase Futatabi: The Movie (2010) as Henry Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max (2012), Foundation X Member Shōjo no Piero ㊤ (少女のピエロ ㊤); English Title: The Doll (2017) as Ijiro (voice) Biohazard: Vendetta ( バイオハザード ヴェンデッタ); English Title: Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) as D.C. (Motion Capture) Ultra Galaxy Fight, The Destined Crossroad (2022) as Ultraman Scott (voice)
CD releases "Nonbiri Ikō" (のんびり行こう) (Pony Canyon, September 2008) with Mike Maki"Nonbiri Ikō" at Amazon Japan Retrieved on 25 February 2009
Video games Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 2015) CFA Executive "Doom Kangaroo"Dante Carver talks about being part of Metal Gear Solid V at MetalGearInformer.com
References
External links
Official blog