is a Japanese

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. He won the award for best actor at the 31st

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

for ''

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, ''Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa'' ( "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who co ...

'' and ''The Chef of South Polar'' and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008

Nikkan Sports Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the ''Nikkan Sports''. Categories *Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Film, Best Film *Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Foreign Film, Best Foreign Film *Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director ...

, at the 33rd

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ...

and at the 51st

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the

32nd Japan Academy Prize The ceremony was held by the '' Japan Academy Prize'' Association to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 20, 2009. NTV broadcast the event, which took place at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. The nominat ...

. He is married to Japanese

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and

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

singer

Miho Kanno is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer. Her nickname is ''Kanchan'' (菅ちゃん). She was born in Sakado, Saitama, Japan. Career In 1992, Kanno made her debut as a member of a group called ''Sakurakko Club'' after passing the orientation f ...

. On August 14, 2015, he announced the birth of his first son.

Filmography

Film

Television

Animation

*'' Yukikaze'' (2002-2005 OVA) Rei Fukai *''

Aoi Bungaku is a twelve episode Japanese anime series featuring adaptations inspired by six short stories from Japanese literature. The six stories are adapted from classic Japanese tales. Happinet, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, McRAY, MTI, Threelight Hold ...

'' (2009) Youzou, Shigemaru, Sensei, Melos, Yoshihide, Presenter *''

Promare is a 2019 Japanese animated film co-produced by Trigger and XFLAG. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima. It features character and mecha designs by Shigeto Koyama, 3DCG animation by Sanzigen, and music by H ...

'' (2019) Kray Foresight

Theater

*''Honmoku Macbeth'' (1995) *''Kozak'' (1995) *''Vibe'' (1996) *''The Soul of Orange'' (1997) *''The Taste of Water'' (1998) *''Zenmai (1998) *''Beautiful Sunday'' (2000) *''

Vamp Show {{unreferenced, date=March 2010 ''Vamp Show'' is a play performed in Japan in 2001 in the Parco Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, in 2001. It was directed by Ikeda Narushi. It was written by Mitani Kōki and inspired by the German musical ''Tanz der Va ...

'' (2001) *''Father's Love Story: A Family Tale'' (2005) *''The Man in the Rumors'' (2006) *''The Fearless Troupe of Kawakami Otojiro'' (2007) *''Ban'yuuki'' (2009)

Dubbing

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Christopher Robin Christopher Robin is a character created by A. A. Milne, based on his son Christopher Robin Milne. The character appears in the author's popular books of poetry and ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' stories, and has subsequently appeared in various Disney a ...

'', Christopher Robin (

Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British ...

)

References

External links

IMDb - Masato Sakai
1973 births Living people Japanese male actors People from Miyazaki Prefecture Taiga drama lead actors {{Japan-actor-stub