was a Japanese actor born in

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, Japan. He was a graduate of the Tokyo metropolitan Yukigaya high school, Mumeijuku and was represented by JVC Entertainment Networks at the time of his death.

Filmography

Television

* ''Rinrin to'' (1990,

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) * ''Nurse Station'' (1991, TBS) * ''Yanagi-bashi Ryojō'' (2000, NHK) * ''Onsen e Yukō!'' (Series, TBS) – A manager * ''Deka Kizoku'' (After Part 2,

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) * ''Jungle'' * ''Aibō'' (Season IV, EX) * ''Byōin e Yukō!'' (Series TBS) – Yūji Katase * ''Wednesday Mystery 9 "A medical examiner Shinomiya Hadzuki"'' 6 (2005, TX) – Kōichi Machida * ''anego'' (2005 NTV) * ''Voice recorder'' (2005 TBS) * ''

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'' (2006 CBC/TBS) – Captain Shingo Sakomizu

Film

* ''Uruu no Machi'' (1991) * ''Gekkō no Natsu'' (1993) – Shinsuke Kazama * ''Uso'' (1995) * ''Miyazawa Kenji -Sono Ai-'' (1996) * ''Kanzō Sensei'' (1998) * ''I love You ''(1999) – Ryūichi Mizukoshi * ''Declaration of war'' (2000) – Takayasu Tsutsumi * ''

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'' (2002) – A guard * ''Kusa no Ran'' (2004) * ''Deguchi no nai Umi'' (2006) – Toda * ''

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'' (2006) – Captain Shingo Sakomizu * ''

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Stage

* ''Taiyō to Tsuki ni Somuite'' (1999) * ''Kenkyaku Shōbai'' (2001, 2003) * ''Proof'' (2001) * ''Kotoba'' (2002)

Dubbing

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Television CM

* Kao "Bath Magicrin" * Kao "Econa Brand" * Chugai Pharmaceutical "Guronsan"

References

External links

JVC Entertainment Networks Official Web Site (Japanese)
1966 births People from Ōta, Tokyo 2011 suicides 20th-century Japanese male actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male film actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Male actors from Tokyo Asadora lead actors Suicides by hanging in Japan 2011 deaths {{japan-stage-actor-stub