Masanori Sera ( ja, 世良公則) is a Japanese singer and actor from Fukuyama

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. He graduated from

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. As a singer Sera's rock band, Sera Masanori&TWIST appeared in the

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twice (1978 and 1979). He made his solo debut with the single Tokyo rouge (Tokyo指紅) in 1982. As an actor, he apparered in popular detective drama ''

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from 1982 to 1984. In 1998, he won Best Supporting Actor award at the 22nd

Japan Academy Prize (film award) The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...

) for his role in

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Discography

Singles

*Anta no Ballard (1977) *Yado Nashi(1978) *Hikigane (1978) *Saga (1978) *Moero Iionna (1979) *Soppo (1979) *Love Song (1980) *Set me free (1981) *Doukasen (1984) *Against The Wind (1986) *Heart Is Gold (1987) *

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no Uta (2008) *Itsumo no Uta (2015) *Anatani (2020) *On the Sunny side of the street (2022)

Albums

*Masanori Sera (1982) *Iam (1985) *Fine and you? (1985) *Be Fine (1986) *THIS IS (1986) *Tough in the city (1987) *Nemurenai Machi (1990) *Fun to Fun (1991) *Return (1992) *Do (1995) *Born to be Rockin (2001) *1977 (2002) *Show Twist songs (2003) *We are Guild9 (2007) *UNDER COVER Sera Masanori solo singles (2008) *the ultimate WE ARE GUILD9 (2012) *BACKBONE (2012) *Otoko no Uta (2015) *Premium BEST Songs&Live (2015) *Howling Wolves (2017)

Filmography

Film

* ''

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'' (1984) * ''

Aitsu ni Koishite is a 1987 Japanese drama film directed by Taku Shinjō, based on the 1985 novel by Yasuhisa Shimazaki. The film is notable for the acting debut of teen singer Chisato Moritaka. ''Aitsu ni Koishite'' was released theatrically on May 30, 1987 as p ...

'' (1987) * '' Onihei's Detective Records'' (1995) * ''

'' (1998) * ''Whistleblower'' (2019) * ''Little Love Song'' (2019)

Television

* ''

'' (1982–84) as Hajime Kasukabe (Bogey) * '' Shadow Warriors'' (1985) as Ryoma Sakamoto * ''

Marumo no Okite is a Japanese television series which premiered on Fuji TV on April 24, 2011. This television series stars Sadao Abe as Mamoru Takagi, a public relations officer with a stationery company. It also stars child actor Fuku Suzuki and child actress ...

'' (2011) as Yosuke Hatanaka * ''

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'' (2012) as Shunichiro Sakata * ''Downtown Rocket'' (2016) * ''

Come Come Everybody is a Japanese television drama series and the 105th NHK Asadora series, following Okaeri Mone. It premiered on November 1, 2021 and concluded on April 8, 2022. The story is about 100 years-old family, three generations, Yasuko (grandmother), Rui ...

'' (2021)

Dubbing

* ''

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'' as Detective Martin Riggs (

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)

References

External links

Masanori Sera Official

Masanori Sera imdb
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