, born on October 19, 1955, in

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, voice actor, and theater director. He named himself after his high school

Japanese La Salle Academy , referred to as "La Salle" by most, is a private boys' school for secondary education located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is known as a preparatory school to enter the universities with difficult entrance exams in Japan. De ...

. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in ''

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo , often shortened to , and known in English as ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station ( k� ...

'' which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes.

Filmography

TV programs

*''Ore-tachi Hyokin Zoku'' (1981-1989,

Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially b ...

) *''Quiz!! Hirameki Password'' (1986-1990,

Mainichi Broadcasting System , or MBS, is a radio and television broadcasting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. It i ...

, TBS) *''JanJan Saturday'' (1987-1990,

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) *''Takeshi Itsumi no Heisei Kyoiku Iinkai'' (1991-1997, Fuji Television) *''Mokugeki! Dokyun'' (1994-2002,

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) *''Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi'' (1994,

Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ...

) *''Watch!'' (2004-2005, TBS) *'' Evening 5'' (2005-2006, TBS)

TV drama

*''Yoni mo Kimyo na Monogatari'' (1991, Fuji Television) *''Teru Teru Kazoku'' (2003,

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 terrestr ...

) *''

'' (2009, TBS), Ginji Ryotsu

Anime television series

*''

'', Kankichi Ryotsu *''

Gintama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in ''Jump Giga'' from December 2 ...

'' (Mayuzon (Special guest appearance)) *''

G-Saviour is a 1999 Canadian live-action television film created as part of the ''Gundam'' anime franchise, produced by Polestar Entertainment under the supervision of Sunrise and distributed by Bandai Visual. The film was produced as part of the "Gunda ...

'' (Gano)

Video games

*''

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'' (

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) June 23, 1989

Films

*''Romance'' (1992) *''

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'' (1993), oil research employee *'' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' (1996), Nazaki transmission staff member *'' About Her Brother'' (2010) *''Wiseguy'' (2020) *''The Devil Wears Jūnihitoe'' (2020) *''

We Couldn't Become Adults is a 2021 Japanese film written by Ryō Takada and directed by Yoshihiro Mori and starring Mirai Moriyama and Sairi Ito. It was released by Netflix on November 5, 2021. Plot The story moves back and forward in time, between 2020 and 1998, sho ...

'' (2021)

Theater

*''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (1999) Kankichi Ryotsu *''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Again'' (2001) Kankichi Ryotsu *''Seven Souls in the Skull Castle'' (2004) Mamiana Jirouemon *''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: Detective Kaipan Strikes Back'' (2003) Kankichi Ryotsu *''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo 30th Anniversary!'' (2006) Kankichi Ryotsu

References

External links

Agency profile

Official blog
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