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This is a list of Japanese actors who have their own Wikipedia articles. Note: All names must be written in standard
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* Hiroshi Abe *
Tsuyoshi Abe is a Chinese people in Japan, 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 Chinese, Mandarin and Japanese language, Japanese ...
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Osamu Adachi is a Japanese actor and a former member of the acting group D-BOYS. He is best known for his role as Eiji Kikumaru in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu, and in the The Prince of Tennis (film), live film adaptation. Career In O ...
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Hiroki Aiba is a Japanese actor associated with Grand-Arts. He debuted as an actor in 2005 as Shusuke Fuji in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis'' and also reprised his role in the live-action film ''The Prince of Tennis''. Since then, he has appeared in oth ...
* Masaki Aiba * Kazuyuki Aijima *
Show Aikawa is a Japanese actor. Career Show Aikawa was born in Tokushima and raised in Kagoshima. Aikawa has appeared in a number of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''Pu ...
* Jin Akanishi * Eiji Akaso *
Kousei Amano is a Japanese actor. In 2008 he changed his name to , maintaining the kanji in his name. In 2013, he married actress Akiko Hinagata. Filmography Television Films Stage Video games Music videos Discography * ''Eikyu Hozon Ban ...
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Kenji Anan is a Japanese stage and film actor. He began work with the Tokyo Sunshine Boys in 1983, and since then has performed in a variety of roles mostly in television dramas. Filmography Film *''The Uchōten Hotel'' (2006) *'' The Magic Hour'' (2008) ...
* Masanobu Andō *
Sota Aoyama (born September 17, 1979), known professionally as , is a Japanese male actor and vlogger. He is best known for originating the role of Sadaharu Inui of the first generation Seigaku cast of the ''Prince of Tennis'' musical series (commonly cal ...
* Hirofumi Arai * Hirofumi Araki * Tadanobu Asano * Kai Atō * Kiyoshi Atsumi *
Gō Ayano is a Japanese actor. Career Ayano was featured in several roles beginning in 2003. In 2009, he appeared in Takashi Miike's ''Crows Zero 2''. His role in the film was described by Mark Schilling of ''The Japan Times'' as "a tall, pale-faced, deli ...


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* Daisuke Ban *
Eiji Bandō is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and Youtuber. He pitched many innings in his high school career. The Japan High School Baseball Federation was afraid that he would injure his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 19 ...
* Bandō Mitsugorō X * Bunta Sugawara


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* Yudai Chiba * Sonny Chiba (Shinichi Chiba)


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* Sandayū Dokumamushi * Koichi Domoto * Tsuyoshi Domoto


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* Yōsuke Eguchi * Eita * Kenichi Endō *
Yuya Endo is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series (commonly known as ''Tenimyu''). He was also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various sk ...
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Ken'ichi Enomoto was a popular Japanese singing comedian, mostly known by his stage name Enoken (エノケン). A major innovator during his heyday, Enoken's stage shows, radio appearances, and film roles were a major influence within Tokyo theatre before Worl ...


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* Tatsuya Fuji *
Takahiro Fujimoto is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event at ...
* Hiroshi Fujioka * Makoto Fujita *
Tatsuya Fujiwara is a Japanese actor. Internationally, he is best known for his leading roles as Shuya Nanahara in the '' Battle Royale'' films, Light Yagami in the ''Death Note'' films, Kaiji Itō in the '' Kaiji'' films, and Rikuhiko Yuki in Hideo Nakata's ''Th ...
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Aomori Prefecture, Fukikoshi moved to Tokyo at age 19 and joined the Wahaha Honpo theater troupe. Since leaving Wahaha in 1999, he has appeared in many films and television dramas, while continuing to act on ...
* Sota Fukushi * Masaharu Fukuyama *
Yuki Furukawa is a Japanese actor, supermodel, guitarist and break dancer. He gained popularity as Naoki Irie in the 2013 television series '' Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo'' and its sequel, ''Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa''. Personal life Furukawa wa ...
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Yūta Furukawa , born on July 9, 1987, in Nagano Prefecture, is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his roles as Shusuke Fuji in '' Musical: The Prince of Tennis''; Sebastian Michaelis in the ''Black Butler'' musicals, and Kirikaze in ''Fum ...
* Akira Fuse


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Takashi Hagino is a Japanese actor. He is noted for his roles in ''tokusatsu'' dramas, such as the lead role in and his supporting role in as the psychopath Takeshi Asakura, known as Kamen Rider Ouja. Television roles Tokusatsu *''Choukou Senshi Changérí ...
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Masato Hagiwara is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and professional mahjong player. Biography When Hagiwara was three years old, his parents divorced and he was taken in by his father. However, his father died when he was in the fourth grade, and was th ...
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Tatsuomi Hamada is a Japanese actor represented by TakeOff and Four Springs. As a child actor, Hamada played the role of Sakamoto Ryōma as a child in ''Ryōmaden'' and Hiroshi Ichikawa in '' Kaibutsu-kun''. He won the 2010 Gold Dream Award in October 2010. Bi ...
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Yoshio Harada was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades. Career Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in ...
* Kento Hayashi * Masahiro Higashide * Hideo Higashikokubaru (stage name: Sonomanma Higashi) * Hiroaki Hirata * Takahiro Hōjō * Kanata Hongō *
Kei Horie is a Japanese writer, film producer, director and former actor. He is known as Gaku Washio/GaoYellow in 2001's Super Sentai's series, Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger. He reprised his role on one more occasion in the Super Sentai teamup, Hurricanger ...
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Masami Horiuchi is a Japanese actor. Filmography Television *''Shiroi Kyotō'' (1978) – Taniyama *''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) – Kobayakawa Hideaki *''Byakkotai'' (1986) – Sanjō Sanetomi *''Kamen Rider Drive'' (2014) – Freeze/Soichi Makage *''Gunshi Ka ...
* Shigeki Hosokawa * Hyde (Hideto Takarai)


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Ichikawa Raizō VIII was a Japanese film and kabuki actor. His birth name was ,While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Give ...
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Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he follow ...
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Hiroki Iijima is a Japanese actor. Iijima is represented by Oscar Promotion. Biography • Iijima graduated from Sapporo Shiroshi Elementary School. He played basketball, and once part of a volleyball circle at Osaka High School . While working on a part-tim ...
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Chosuke Ikariya was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the comedy group The Drifters (Japanese band), The Drifters. His nickname was . Life and career 1931–1962: Childhood and early career Chōsuke Ikariya was born with the name on Novembe ...
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Ryō Ikebe was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a director, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. H ...
* Sosuke Ikematsu * Toma Ikuta *
Yu Inaba is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Go Shijima/Kamen Rider Mach in the Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Drive''. Biography Inaba was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. In November 2009, when he was a 16-yea ...
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Atsuhiro Inukai is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Burning Production. Biography In the 25th '' Junon'' Super Boy Contest in 2012, he won the Grand Prix from among 13,816 total applicants. He made his acting debut in 2014, in the daytime band drama '' ...
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Tatsuya Isaka is a Japanese actor. He played Ichigo Kurosaki in the rock musical '' Bleach''. Television dramas * ''Gokusen'' (2002) (Guest star) * '' Water Boys'' (2003) * '' Genseishin Justiriser'' (2004–2005) * ''Tumbling (Film)'' (2010) Stage * Roc ...
* Yūsuke Iseya * Renji Ishibashi * Ryo Ishibashi *
Takuya Ishida is a Japanese actor. Career When Ishida was fifteen, he auditioned in the Junon Superboy Contest for New Actors and won the Photogenic Award. Acting agencies began expressing interest in Ishida as an actor, who eventually accepted an offer fr ...
* Yujiro Ishihara *
Saburo Ishikura Saburo Ishikura (石倉 三郎 ''Ishikura Saburō'', born December 16, 1946 in Kagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor that has acted in several movies directed by Beat Takeshi. He has also appeared in a few of Takeshi's recent films which include ' ...
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Asahi Ito is a Japanese actor who is represented by Ken-On. Biography Asahi Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 19, 2000. In 2018 Ito debuted his role as an actor landing his first major role in 2018 Super Sentai series ''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger ...
* Atsushi Itō * Hayato Ichihara *
Hayato Isomura is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Blue Label. Filmography TV series Films Awards References External links Official profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isomura, Hayato 21st-century Japanese male actors 1992 births L ...
* Arata Iura *
Shigeru Izumiya Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷 しげる ''Izumiya Shigeru'', born May 11, 1948 in Aomori, raised in Meguro, Tokyo) is a Japanese poet, folk singer, actor, tarento. He established the record company For Life Records with Takuro Yoshida, Yosui Inoue, and ...


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* Takeshi Kaga * Teruyuki Kagawa * Shouma Kai *
Masaki Kaji is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known for his role as Takeshi Momoshiro in the ''Prince of Tennis'' musical series, ''Tenimyu'', and the The Prince of Tennis (film), live film adaptation. He was also part of a young men's stage acting trou ...
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Kenta Kamakari is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer, famous for his role as Ryo Shishido in the '' Prince of Tennis Musical''s. He was hospitalized on April 21, 2007 and was unable to play the role of Minami Itsuki in ''Musical Air Gear'' vs. Bacchus S ...
* Kazuya Kamenashi *
Yusuke Kamiji is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known simply as . Biography Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzak ...
* Ryunosuke Kamiki *
Ryuji Kamiyama is a Japanese actor and former singer. He was a member of the boy band Run&Gun from 2001 to 2014. Career In 2000, at the age of 14, Kamiyama was part of D.A.N.K. (Daisuke Asakura New Kids), a performance troupe produced by Daisuke Asakura. ...
* Jun Kaname * Takeshi Kaneshiro * Mitsuru Karahashi * Toshiaki Karasawa *
Ryo Kase is a Japanese actor. Early life Kase was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. He moved to Bellevue, Washington in the United States soon after his birth, due to his father's job being transferred. He's father Yutaka Kase was former chairman a ...
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Chiezō Kataoka (March 30, 1903 – March 31, 1983) was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. Career Born in 1903 in Gunma Prefecture (his real name was Masayoshi Ueki), he was raised in Tokyo. As a child he began ...
* Tsurutaro Kataoka * Kento Kaku * Go Kato * Kazuki Kato *
Keisuke Katō is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his roles as Kousuke Kitamura (Ivory) in TV Tokyo's drama ''Happy Boys'' and Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Kiva''. Also, he is one of PureBoys, though on Marc ...
* Shingo Katori * Shintaro Katsu * Ryo Katsuji *
Morio Kazama is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for ''Shiki Natsuko'' and ''Yūgure made'' and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes. Filmography Films * ''Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji'' (1963 ...
* Takuya Kimura * Tatsunari Kimura *
Yorozuya Kinnosuke (November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born , son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name (''y ...
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Renn Kiriyama is a Japanese stage and television actor from Yokohama. His debut role was as Bunta Marui in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical '' Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service''. Kiriyama is also known for his role in Shotaro Hidari, the ma ...
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Yūji Kishi is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He started his acting debut in the 1996 ''Super Sentai'' series, ''Gekisou Sentai Carranger'' as Kyosuke Jinnai/Red Racer Since then, he has become a very prominent voice actor in both Anime and video games. ...
* Shin Kishida *
Eiki Kitamura is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture. Harumi Inoue is his older sister, and they worked together in ''Rock Musical Bleach''. He has acted in television dramas and musicals, as well as a movie. He is best known for his role ...
* Takumi Kitamura * Takeshi Kitano * Taiko Katono * Akira Kobayashi *
Kaoru Kobayashi Kaoru Kobayashi (小林 薫, ''Kobayashi Kaoru'') is a Japanese personal name: * Kaoru Kobayashi (actor) (born 1951), a Japanese actor born in Kyoto * Kaoru Kobayashi (murderer) (19682013), a pedophile who murdered Kaede Ariyama in Nara in 200 ...
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Keiju Kobayashi was a Japanese actor who appeared in 253 films in a career spanning 67 years. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In 1956 he moved to Toho film ...
* Kiyoshi Kobayashi * Masahiro Kobayashi * Nenji Kobayashi * Teppei Koike * Masahiko Kondō * Yuta Koseki * Kane Kosugi *
Yoshikazu Kotani (born March 25, 1982) is a Japanese actor and singer. He played Takashi Kawamura (The Prince of Tennis), Takashi Kawamura in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu and the The Prince of Tennis (film), live film adaptation. Career Kot ...
* Shin Koyamada *
Koyuki , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese model and actress. She rose to fame in the drama '' Kimi wa Petto'' with Jun Matsumoto and gained huge popularity, as well as the hit film ''The Last Samurai''. Career Actor career Koyuki appeared ...
* Kengo Kora *
Yōsuke Kubozuka is a Japanese actor and musician. Career Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama ''Kindaichi Case Files''. In 1998, he starred in the ...
* Masataka Kubota *
Yasuaki Kurata is a Japanese martial artist and actor, best known for his work in Hong Kong action films. He holds dan ranks in Karate (7th degree), Judo (3rd degree), and Aikido (2nd degree). Biography Kurata was born and raised in Sakura-mura, Niihari Dis ...


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Keita Machida is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile. Machida is represented with LDH. Biography Machida was born on 4 July 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one older sister. Starting in elementary ...
* Gordon Maeda *
Goki Maeda Gouku or Gōki or Gooki may refer to: * Gōki Maeda, a Japanese actor * Akuma (''Street Fighter''), a character in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series known as Gouki in the Japanese versions * Gouki (''Beyblade''), a character in ''Beyblade'' m ...
* Fuyukichi Maki * Mako (Makoto Iwamatsu) *
Shotaro Mamiya is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Tristone Entertainment Inc. Biography Mamiya's real name is and has nicknames such as , and . His hobbies are playing guitar, watching films and listening to music. Mamiya's shoe size is . Mamiya's ...
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Maruse Taro Maruse Taro (''マルセ太郎'', 6 December 1933 in Osaka, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by ...
* Takahisa Masuda *
Kenji Matsuda is a Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club. He later joined the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe Haiyu-Za. Nowadays known for roles such as Kagero in the low-budget f ...
* Ryuhei Matsuda * Shota Matsuda * Yūsaku Matsuda *
Ken Matsudaira is a Japanese actor and musician from Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. His real name is . Career In 1974, he joined Shintaro Katsu's production company and made his debut with the television series Zatoichi as a guest. For a quarter of a century, he ...
* Tori Matsuzaka * Hiroki Matsukata * Naruki Matsukawa * Hiroya Matsumoto * Jun Matsumoto *
Takashi Matsuo (May 11, 1960 - ) is a Japanese tarento, narrator, disc jockey, actor, and columnist from Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. His pet name, as well as his former stage name, is . He is currently attached to Furutachi-Project. He is a graduate of the Osa ...
* Yuya Matsushita *
Shinnosuke Mitsushima is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Okinawa Prefecture Koza High School. He is represented with Humanitè. Mitsushima's older sister is former Folder and Folder 5 member turned actress Hikari Mitsushima. His younger sister is model Minami Mit ...
* Kenichi Matsuyama * Takashi Matsuyama *
Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration (1948–1965) with Akira Kurosawa in such works as ''Rashomon'', ''Seven Samurai'', ''The Hidden Fortress'', ''Throne of Blood'', and '' ...
* Kensei Mikami * Kōji Mitsui *
Akifumi Miura Akifumi Miura (三浦アキフミ, or 三浦哲郁; born 16 November 1981) is a Japanese actor. He made his debut in the popular 2001 film ''Waterboys''. Selected filmography :2005 ''Germanium no yoru'' :2005 '' Tomie: Beginning'' :2004 ''Tsuki t ...
* Haruma Miura * Tomokazu Miura *
Seiji Miyaguchi was a Japanese actor who appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and many others. He succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 71. Distinctions One of Kurosawa's iconic ''Seven Samurai'', Miyaguchi won the 195 ...
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Yuya Miyashita is a Japanese musician and actor. In 2001, he debuted as a member of the boy band Run&Gun. In 2012, he became the drummer of the band 4 Strike. As an actor, Miyashita has appeared in the stage productions of ''Air Gear'' and '' Danganronpa''. I ...
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Hiroshi Miyauchi is a Japanese actor and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Miyauchi graduated from Nihon University. In 1969, he signed with Toei Company and made his film debut with ''Nagasaki Blues''. He first attracted attention after landing a role in a televisio ...
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Hio Miyazawa is a Japanese-American actor and model. He was born in San Francisco, United States. He is the son of musician Kazufumi Miyazawa and TV personality Dionne Mitsuoka. Personal life His father, musician Kazufumi Miyazawa is Japanese and his mot ...
* Atomu Mizuishi * Hiro Mizushima *
Ryoji Morimoto is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with both Artist Box and Fireworks. He graduated from Osaka Municipal Sakuranomiya High School's Physical Education. Filmography TV series Films References External links Official profile at Firew ...
* Hisaya Morishige * Mirai Moriyama * Masahiro Motoki * Hiroaki Murakami * Nijiro Murakami *
Kanako Miyamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer affiliated with Axlone. She is known for voicing Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword from '' DokiDoki! PreCure'' and as the singer of several ''Pretty Cure'' songs. Biography Kanako Miyamoto was born on Nove ...


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Akira Nagata is a Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor. He is a member of the boy band Run&Gun. He was part of the casts of Musical Air Gear with his fellow band members, a voice actor for Lovely Complex, and he also portrays Seigi Ozaki in the tokusatsu ...
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Kento Nagayama is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2008. Nagayama has two elder brothers who are also actors: Tatsuya and Eita is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; mo ...
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Takashi Nagayama is a Japanese actor. He is probably best known for his roles as Eiji Kikumaru in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya in ''" Rock Musical Bleach"''. During his run in Tenimyu, he garnered the nickname "Nagaya ...
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Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''. Nakadai wor ...
* Taishi Nakagawa * Kiichi Nakai * Masahiro Nakai * Masaki Nakao * Taiga Nakano * Yuto Nakajima * Yuichi Nakamaru *
Atsuo Nakamura is a Japanese actor and politician. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1964. His younger brother Katsuyuki Nakamura is a writer. Career Nakamura first joined the Haiyuza theatre troupe in 1962, and became famous for his starring role i ...
* Katsuo Nakamura * Masatoshi Nakamura * Tomoya Nakamura * Yūichi Nakamura * Ichirō Nakatani * Hiroki Narimiya * Mikio Narita *
Ryo Narita is a Japanese actor and model. He is represented with Sony Music Artists. He started his career as a model for ''Men's Non-no is a Japanese monthly men's fashion and lifestyle magazine based in Tokyo. Published by Shueisha, it is an offshoot ...
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Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi. His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & As ...
* Toshiyuki Nishida * Shun Nishime * Hidetoshi Nishijima *
Ryo Nishikido is a Japanese singer and actor. He was formerly under the management of Johnny & Associates as a member of Japanese boy bands Kanjani Eight and News. His first solo album was released in December 2019. Biography Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo ...
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Masahiko Nishimura is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He is best known for his comedic portrayals. Biography Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960 in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography he met Kōki Mitani, a script ...
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Shunsuke Nishikawa is a Japanese actor who was affiliated with K Dash, until he moved to RubyParade on April 4. 2017. He played the role of Takaharu Igasaki (Akaninger), the main character of the 2015 Super Sentai TV series ''Shuriken Sentai Ninninger''. Biograp ...
* Shūhei Nomura


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Yūji Oda is a Japanese actor and singer. He is one of Japan's 11 most popular male entertainers, according to an NHK survey taken in 2004.Mark D. West ''Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan'' 2008 - Page 179 "Fukunaga, the boy band ...
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Ryohei Odai , otherwise known by his mononym , is a Japanese actor and voice actor probably best known for providing the voice of Orga Sabnak in ''Gundam Seed'' and portraying Shuichi Kitaoka/Kamen Rider Zolda in ''Kamen Rider Ryuki is a Japanese tokusat ...
* Joe Odagiri * Ken Ogata *
Yuuki Ogoe is a Japanese actor and model who is represented by AT Production. He played the role of Ramon (Basshaa) in the 2008 Kamen Rider TV series ''Kamen Rider Kiva''. Biography In 2007, Ogoe became a guest star in episodes 5 and 6 of '' Kamen Ride ...
* Shun Oguri * Kengo Ohkuchi *
Satoshi Ohno is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host, artist, dancer, and choreographer. He is the lead vocalist and leader of the boy band Arashi, hence his nickname . Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese ta ...
* Yo Oizumi *
Masi Oka is a Japanese actor, producer, and digital effects artist who became widely known for starring in NBC's ''Heroes'' as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS's ''Hawaii Five-0'' as Doctor Max Bergman. Early life Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Setsuko Oka. Hi ...
* Masaki Okada * Masumi Okada *
Amane Okayama is a Japanese actor who won the best new actor award in the 32nd Takasaki film festival in 2018 for his role in the comedy drama, ''Poetry Angel'' (2017). He is represented by the talent agency, Humanité. He was born in Tokyo. Biography Okayama ...
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Masaya Oki was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in many films and television series. Life He was born in Beppu, Ōita, as . Because of his parents' divorce, he left his home and went to Tokyo. In the same year, he debuted as a film actor at the Ni ...
* Denjirō Ōkōchi * So Okuno *
Hiroyuki Onoue (born July 16, 1985), is a Japanese actor from Osaka Prefecture. Selected filmography TV drama *''Doremisora'' (2002) *'' Journey Under the Midnight Sun'' (2006) *''Ryōmaden'' (2010), Itō Shunsuke *''Carnation'' (2011) *''Hana Moyu'' (2015) ...
* Takao Osawa *
Shugo Oshinari is a Japanese actor. Career Oshinari co-starred in Shunji Iwai's ''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' with Hayato Ichihara. He also appeared in films such as Kenta Fukasaku's '' Battle Royale II: Requiem'' and Takahisa Zeze's ''Heaven's Story''. Filmog ...
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Ren Osugi , born was a Japanese actor. For his work in ''Cure'', ''Hana-bi'' and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima. In the DVD comme ...
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Hideji Ōtaki was a Japanese actor. He has served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company. Career After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television work ...


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* Kippei Shiina * Tetsurō Sagawa *
Takumi Saitoh is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in Kanji but pronounced the same. Early life and work Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in Minato, Tokyo. Saitoh's father worked in the film in ...
* Kentaro Sakaguchi * Tak Sakaguchi * Masato Sakai *
Sho Sakurai (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi. Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent a ...
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Dori Sakurada , born in December 7, 1991, is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen as part of the third generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musicals, Tenimyu. Biography Career Dori Sakurada was born i ...
* Hiroyuki Sanada * Hiroyuki Sanada *
Takashi Sasano is a Japanese actor. Career Sasano has appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films ''Bright Future (film), Bright Future'' (2003) and ''Before We Vanish'' (2017). He also appeared in Amir Naderi's 2011 film ''Cut (2011 film), Cut''. Filmography Film ...
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Jiro Sato was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934. He received worldwide fame in Wimbledon 1932, when he beat the defending champion Sidney ...
* Kōichi Satō * Yuki Sato * Takeru Satoh *
Kenta Satoi , born May 14, 1957 in the Chiba Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. His roles most often consist of either father-type roles, or conversely, villain roles in police dramas and action movies. In the sho-gekijo theatre realm h ...
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Tetsu Sawaki , (born August 24, 1982), known by his stage name , is a Japanese former actor. Sawaki currently works as a tax advisor in his native Osaka, Japan. Filmography * ''Audition'' (1999) * ''A Closing Day'' (閉じる日) (2000) * ''Boogiepop and Oth ...
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Ikki Sawamura is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On. His second son, Kōta Nomura is also an actor. Biography Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he mo ...
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Kōji Seto is a Japanese actor and singer. His major works include lead roles as Wataru Kurenai in ''Kamen Rider Kiva''; and supporting roles as Satoru Okura in Atashinchi no Danshi, Ariake Yamato in Otomen, and Eiji Kikumaru in Tenimyu. He stars as Mori ...
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Toshiki Seto DON'T DELETE THIS ARTICLE BECAUSE THIS ACTOR/ACTRESS WILL PLAY A MAIN ROLE IN THE UPCOMING SERIES KAMEN RIDER EX-AID, AND WILL BE ACTIVE AND NOTABLE LATER ON. is a Japanese actor. He is represented by Ken-On. Biography In 2013, Seto was part of ...
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Shirō Shimomoto is a Japanese '' pink film'' actor and director from Osaka, Japan. He has been called "one of the most individual actors" in the world of pink film. Life and career Shimomoto was born in Osaka, Japan on August 14, 1948. He started his career as ...
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Akihisa Shiono is a Japanese actor. He played the role of Souji Rippukan/Kyoryu Green in the 2013 Super Sentai TV series ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger''. Biography After graduating high school as a junior, Shiono helped his parents' restaurant instead of going t ...
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Jun Shison is a Japanese actor and member of male actors group D-BOYS & D2 affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. Career Shizon joined the D2 actor group (now merged with D-Boys) in 2011. He made his acting debut in ''The Prince of Tennis'' stage musical ...
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Yu Shirota is a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer, most known for his role as Kagurazaka Makoto in the Japanese television drama live action adaption of ''Hana-Kimi'', Kunimitsu Tezuka in the '' Prince of Tennis Musicals'', Tuxedo Mask in the Sailor Moon ...
* Joe Shishido * Takashi Sorimachi * Masaki Suda * Kenta Suga * Takamasa Suga *
Ryōtarō Sugi (born 14 August 1944, Kobe) is a Japanese singer and actor. He is the father of actor Jundai Yamada. He appeared in ''Sukima Kaze'', which sold over a million copies. His acting credits include 18 films. On television, he specialized in ''jid ...
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Ryuki Takahashi is a Japanese actor. Takahashi was affiliated with the acting unit D-BOYS, produced by Watanabe Entertainment. He is well known for his role as Ryoma Echizen in 5th cast of "Tennis no Oujisama ~ Musicals". He retired from the entertainment busi ...
* Yuya Takaki * Ken Takakura * Shiho Takano * Sousuke Takaoka * Masahiro Takashima * Masanobu Takashima * Kaku Takashina * Mahiro Takasugi *
Kouhei Takeda is a Japanese actor, entertainer and model. He is best known for his roles as Kohei Kitahanada in Fuji TV's ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e/Ikemen Paradise'' drama, Otoya Kurenai and Kazumi Sawatari in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Kiva' ...
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Yutaka Takenouchi is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama 「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku) in 1994, after winning a modeling contest. He regularly appears in commercials. Filmography TV series * ''Boku no Shūshoku/My First Job' ...
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Ryoma Takeuchi is a Japanese actor, model and television personality who is affiliated with Horipro. He was a Rissho University Global Environmental Sciences student. He is best known for his role as Shinnosuke Tomari, the main character of the ''Kamen Rider'' ...
* Hideaki Takizawa * Hiroshi Tamaki * Tetsuji Tamayama * Tetsurō Tamba * Yoshitaka Tamba * Masakazu Tamura *
Takahiro Tamura was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando. Biography Tamura graduated from Dosh ...
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Ryō Tamura is a Japanese actor from Kyoto. His father was silent-film star Tsumasaburo Bando. With his elder brothers, the late Takahiro and Masakazu, he is one of the Three Tamura Brothers. Ryō graduated from Seijo University and made his cinema debu ...
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Kei Tanaka is a Japanese actor. Filmography Film Television series Japanese dub * '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler) * '' Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler) * '' The Lost City'' (2 ...
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Koki Tanaka is a Japanese singer–songwriter and actor. He was a member of Jpop idol boy band KAT-TUN from their debut until September 30, 2013 when his contract with Johnny & Associates (the company that manages KAT-TUN) was terminated. When he was a me ...
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Min Tanaka is a Japanese dancer and actor. Biography Tanaka was trained in ballet and modern dance, but in 1974, turned his back on these forms. He began his solo career with a series of nearly-naked primarily outdoor improvisational dances that took place ...
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Kei Tani (born Yasuo Watanabe (渡部 泰雄, Watanabe Yasuo) ; 22 February 1932 – 11 September 2010) was a Japanese comedian, actor and musician. Born in Tokyo, he learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in ...
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Shōsuke Tanihara is a Japanese actor probably best known outside Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in '' Fudoh: The New Generation''. Tanihara hosts ''Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET’S Hikari'', a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began ...
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Yuya Tegoshi is a Japanese singer, actor, and television personality. He debuted as a member of Japanese boy band NEWS under Johnny & Associates and was also part of its sub-group, Tegomass. Career 2002–2019: NEWS, Tegomass Tegoshi entered Johnny & ...
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Susumu Terajima is a Japanese actor. Though he has played a wide range of characters, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of ''yakuza'' figures, most notably in the films of Takeshi Kitano. Terajima made his acting debut in 1986's ''A Homansu''. He ...
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Hidenori Tokuyama is a Japanese actor and singer. A fan of tokusatsu, Tokuyama has had a role in several series, most notably Sou Yaguruma/Kamen Rider TheBee/ Kamen Rider KickHopper in ''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' and Hiroto Sutō/Go-on Gold in ''Engine Sentai Go-onger ...
* Eijirō Tōno *
Etsushi Toyokawa is a Japanese actor. Biography Born in Yao, Osaka, he studied at Shimizudani High School is a prestigious Japanese public co-educational senior high school (secondary school), located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Overview Shimizudan ...
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Junki Tozuka is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Box Corporation. He is best known for his role as the character, Shunpei Nara, from the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Wizard''. Biography Tozuka graduated from Morioka Central High School. At the 2 ...
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Takayuki Tsubaki is a Japanese actor and YouTuber best remembered for his role as Kazuma Kenzaki, the protagonist in the tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Blade''. On November 9, 2016, Tsubaki was seriously beaten and injured by a motorcyclist's younger brother wi ...
* Kanji Tsuda *
Kenjiro Tsuda is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, and film director. He works at ANDSTIR. Some of his roles as a voice actor include Seto Kaiba in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', Sadahara Inui in ''Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama'', Kazama Chikage in ''Hakuoki'', Ryuga in ' ...
* Keito Tsuna * Masahiko Tsugawa * Shinya Tsukamoto * Masane Tsukayama *
Satoshi Tsumabuki is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was ''Waterboys'' for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese ...
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Shingo Tsurumi is a Japanese actor. Career Shingo Tsurumi has appeared in the films such as Katsuhito Ishii's ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'', Hideo Nakata's '' L: Change the World'', and Tak Sakaguchi's ''Yakuza Weapon''. Filmography Films * ''Tonda C ...
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Shinichi Tsutsumi is a Japanese stage and screen actor. Internationally, he is best known for his roles as Koichi Takagi in the ''Monday'' films, Tetsuya Ishigami in the ''Suspect X'' films, and Jo Sawashiro in '' Yakuza: Like a Dragon.'' In Japan, he is best kno ...
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi is a Japanese actor. Biography Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime.Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten　2　190-191 He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His c ...


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Asahi Uchida (born 30 May 1982) is a Japanese actor. He will have a central role in '' Tokugawa Fūun-roku'', scheduled for broadcast on January 2, 2008. Selected filmography : 2006 ''Tree of Heaven'' : 2006 '' Atagoal wa neko no mori'' : 2006 '' Tenshi'' ...
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Hitoshi Ueki was a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist. He won six awards for acting.Hitoshi ...
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Shuhei Uesugi is a Japanese actor. Filmography Television Film Video on demand References External links Agent profile * 1992 births Living people 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-actor-stub ...
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Seishū Uragami is a Japanese actor and tarento represented by Amuse, Inc. Filmography TV series Films Stage TV series Advertisements Music videos References External links

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Gō Wakabayashi is a Japanese film and television actor from Nagasaki. A graduate of Senshu University, Wakabayashi became a member of Shin Kokugeki, then Wakabayashi Promotions. Currently he is a member of Toho Entertainment. After some roles in minor televi ...
* Tomisaburo Wakayama * Ken Watanabe * Shu Watanabe * Tetsuya Watari * Tsunehiko Watase * Eiji Wentz


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Yūya Yagira is a Japanese actor. In 2004, he became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award in the history of the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira in the highly acclaimed ''Nobody Knows''. Career Yagira was 12 years old and no ...
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Keaton Yamada is a Japanese former actor, voice actor and narrator from Mikasa, Hokkaidō. He switched from going by his real name, Shunji Yamada, to going by Keaton Yamada in the 1980s. He is currently represented by Remax. On December 5, 2020, it was annou ...
* Takayuki Yamada * Yūki Yamada *
Kōichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with th ...
* Shogo Yamaguchi * Kazuhiro Yamaji * Koji Yamamoto * Tarō Yamamoto * Ryosuke Yamamoto *
Ken Yamamura Ken Yamamura, born , is a Japanese actor best known for playing the younger Ichirō Yashida / Silver Samurai (sharing the main antagonist's role with Haruhiko Yamanouchi) in the 2013 film '' The Wolverine'', and Takashi in the 2014 remake of ''G ...
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So Yamamura was a Japanese actor and film director. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. Yamamura graduated from University of Tokyo. In 1942, Yamamura and Isao Yamagata formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre ...
* Tomohisa Yamashita * Kento Yamazaki *
Tsutomu Yamazaki is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for '' The Funeral'' and '' Farewell to the Ark''. Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki '' Hissatsu Shiokinin'' and ''Shin Hi ...
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Kotaro Yanagi is a Japanese actor. Early life Yanagi was born on December 21, 1985, in Berlin, Germany. He lived in Germany for three years before moving back with his family to Japan. His family moved to India for work, and he lived there for three years. H ...
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Tomo Yanagishita is a Japanese former actor. He was a member of the acting group D-Boys. Yanagishita joined the unit D-Date (D☆DATE) of the same agency as a new member. It was announced at the last performance of the live tour in Tokyo Dome City Hall on June ...
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Norito Yashima is a Japanese actor, TV personality, narrator, voice actor and presenter. He is currently employed by ComeCome Miniki-Na Theater Company and SIS company. He landed his first hosting job on the Fuji TV series '' Hey! Spring of Trivia'', a show he co ...
* Ryusei Yokohama *
Ryo Yokoyama Please don't delete this article because this actor or actress is new and will play/is playing a lead, supporting or breakthrough role in the tokusatsu series "Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger" and will continue their career ...
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Kōsuke Yonehara is a Japanese musician and actor affiliated with Yoshimoto Kogyo. Yonehara debuted in 2001 as a member of the boy band and acting troupe Run&Gun. From 2010 to 2012, he was also the drummer of the band Cocoa Otoko. Later, he provided vocals and ...
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Hidetaka Yoshioka is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Coto's Clinic. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared ...
* Ryo Yoshizawa * Tomohisa Yuge * Kousei Yuki


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Konparu Zenpō was a Japanese Noh actor and playwright of the Konparu school. He was the grandson of Konparu Zenchiku. Zenpō's plays were more popular and dramatic, novel and crowd-pleasing with large casts and more elaborate effects and sets, than the plays o ...


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* List of Japanese actresses {{Asian actors Japanese actors *List Actors Japanese