is a Japanese retired actor.

Career

Otaka was born in

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, Japan. At age six he was chosen to play the part of seven-year-old

Yoichi Asakawa This article lists the characters who have appeared in the Japanese ''Ring'' films, based on a series of novels written by Koji Suzuki. The series is made up of '' Ring'', '' Rasen'', ''Ring 2'', '' Ring 0: Birthday'' and ''Sadako 3D''. The film ...

in ''

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''. Today, he (alongside

Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor and martial artist. He is best known to international audiences for his roles as Genbu in ''Ninja in the Dragon's Den'' (1982), Ryuji Takayama in '' Ring'' (1998), Seibei Iguchi in ''The Twilight Samurai'' (2002), Ujio in ' ...

who played Ryuji Takayama in ''Ring'') is the most credited and popular male character in the ''Ring'' series. He reprised his role as Yoichi a year after the first sequel '' Rasen'' was a failure in the cinemas. In ''

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'', his character was the supporting male actor. At 9 he worked as an extra and made a notable appearance in the film adaptation of the hit TV series ''

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''. He then rejoined

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to play Yuuchi in ''

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''. He made small appearances in ''Chloe'' and ''

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''. He then starred as the main player in ''Baseball Kids''. He then starred in a drama movie ''

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'' as Subaru. He more recently starred with

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in ''The Last Samurai'', for which he was nomi ...

in the drama history film ''Kita no Zeronen'' playing the Mamiya's son.

Filmography

TV series

*''Dear Woman'' ( TBS, 1996) - Junpei Tsuno *''Beach Boys'' (

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, 1997, Ep.9) - Haruki Yoshinaga *''Ai to Kandō no Jitsuwa: Sayonara Mōdōken Berna'' (Fuji TV, 1998) - Kanta *'' Aoi'' (

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, 2000) - Young

Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. Early life Born in 1593, he was Hideyoshi's second son. The birth of Hideyori cr ...

*''Nagoya Senkyaku Banrai'' (NHK, 2000) - Hiroshi Yoshida *''Black Jack 2: Tensai Joi no Wedding Dress'' (TBS, 2000) - Takashi Machiyama *''Musashi'' (NHK, 2003) - Young Sasaki Kojirō *''Kunimitsu no Matsuri'' (Fuji TV, 2003) - Fujio Egashira *''Uchi wa Step Family'' (TBS, 2005) - Shō Takano

Films

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'' (1999) - Yoichi Asakawa *''

'' (2000) - Young Yūichi Nagasawa *''Chloe'' (2001) - Boy *'' Kamen Rider Agito the Movie: Project G4'' (2001) - Rei Motoki *''Tasogare Ryūseigun: Dōsōkai Seidan'' (2002) - Akira *''

'' (2002) *''Baseball Kids'' (2003) - Tsubasa Machida *''Life is Journey'' (2003) *''

'' (2003) - Subaru *''The Boat to Heaven'' (2003) - Young Haruto Ishida *''Kita no Zeronen'' (2005) - Yūnosuke Mamiya *''Mabataki'' (2006) - Yukio

External links

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