was a Japanese actor from

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

, Japan.

Biography

He graduated from

Hosei University is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan. The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (, i.e. Tokyo school of law ...

in 1982, and soon after in 1985, began acting in numerous

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television series, and stage plays. Inoue died of

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on February 28, 2022, at the age of 63.

Filmography

TV drama

*''Sanada Taiheiki'' (1985,

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Shin Ōgata Jidaigeki, as

Kimura Shigenari was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period. A retainer of the Toyotomi clan, Shigenari fought at the Siege of Osaka (leading Toyotomi forces at the Battle of Imafuku) and died in battle. Kimura Shigenari was a son of Kimura Shigekore, also ...

) *''Taiheiki'' (1991, NHK Taiga Drama, as Shijiyu Takasuke) *''Tokugawa Yoshinobu'' (1998, NHK Taiga Drama, as Inaba Masakuni) *'' Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000, NHK Taiga Drama, as Kajyūji Kōtoyo) *''Love Complex'' (2000,

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Theatre

*''Pisaro'' (1985, PARCO Gekijō) *''Higeki Fēdoru'' (1986, Engeki Shūdan) *''Kana te Dehon Chūshingura'' (1990, Tōho) *''Bara to Kaizoku'' (1996, Engeki Shūdan) *''Yūrei'' (1997, Engeki Shūdan + Kinokuniya Southern Theatre) *''Électre'' (2002, Engeki Shūdan) *''Rupture'' (2007, Engeki Shūdan)

Anime television series

*'' Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion'' (2006) ( Schneizel El Britannia) *'' School Rumble ni Gakki'' (xxxx) (Tenma and Yakumo's father/Narration) *''

Detective School Q is a Japanese manga series, written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō (the creators of ''Kindaichi Case Files''), originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between June 2001 and August 2005, with its cha ...

'' (xxxx) (Dengaku Shimada) *'' Chikyū Bōei Kigyō Dai-Guard'' (xxxx) (Eijirō Sakurada) *'' Negima?!'' (xxxx) (Takahata T. Takamichi) *''Hanada Shōnen-shi'' (xxxx) (Takeshi Murakami) *'' Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyō Shō~'' (xxxx) (Emperor) *''

PEACE MAKER Kurogane is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated created by Nanae Chrono. It is unrelated to the ''Peace Maker'' manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to e ...

'' (xxxx) (Keisuke Yamanami) *'' Mahō Sensei Negima'' (xxxx) (Takahata T. Takamichi) *''

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'' (xxxx) (Masaru Ōta) *''Yamiyo no Jidaigeki'' (xxxx) (Nobunaga Oda, Hanzō) *''Kipper'' (xxxx) (Kipper) *'' Rosario+Vampire'' (xxxx) (Bus Driver) *''

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Anime films

*''MARCO: Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri'' (1999) (Marco as an adult) *''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inoue, Norihiro 1958 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Deaths from esophageal cancer Hosei University alumni Japanese male stage actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Kanagawa Prefecture