is a Japanese actor and television personality from Tokyo. He is married to professional golfer

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Biography

Junichi Ishida was born in Tokyo. His father was a foreign correspondent for

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestri ...

, and he lived in the U.S. from the ages of three to six. He attended

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, but dropped out before graduating. Ishida has been married three times. He first married while he was a student, fathering a son, Issei Ishida, who became an actor and musician. His second marriage, to , lasted for 11 years before they divorced in 1999. They had one daughter,

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, who became an actress. He was subsequently in a relationship with TV personality , but their 8-year relationship ended in 2004. In October 2009, Ishida announced his engagement to professional golfer

. They registered their marriage on 12 December 2009. Their first son, , was born on 5 November 2012. Ishida is famous for not wearing socks in public. He claims that this started after he saw Italians not wearing socks while he was in Milan in 1985.

Appearances

Film

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'' (1980) * ''Against'' (1981) * ' (1982) * ' (1983) * '' Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis'' (1988) * ' (1989) * ' (2000)

Television

* Kage no Gundan4 (1984) * ''

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'', (1982-1983) TBS * '' The Cowra Breakout'' (1984)

Books

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References

External links

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Sky Corporation agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishida, Junichi 1954 births Living people Male actors from Tokyo Waseda University alumni