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and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese

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s '' Suicide Club'' and ''

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for his role as Nakagawa in ''

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''. Ishibashi was born in

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. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Ishibashi has subsequently resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, ''Real Life'' in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film ''A-Hômansu'' in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity. He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th

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for ''

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'' and at the

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he took the Best Actor award for his role as a

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hitman in ''

Another Lonely Hitman is a Japanese yakuza film directed by Rokurō Mochizuki starring Ryo Ishibashi and Asami Sawaki, who was making her film debut. The film was based on a novel by Yukio Yamanouchi who also appears as an actor in the film. The Japanese title of the ...

''. Ishibashi has been married to

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since 1987 and has three children.

Filmography

Films

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'' (1986) * ''

'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' Blue Tiger'' (1994) * ''Natural Woman'' (1994) * ''

'' (1995) * '' Back to Back'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Suicide Club'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) – Shiro Yanagawa * ''

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'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2015) – Chūichi Ōhashi * ''

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'' (2019) – Fujiki * ''Dancing Mary'' (2020) * ''The Cinderella Addiction'' (2021) – Masaaki Fukuura * ''

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'' (2021) – Fujiki * ''Parasite in Love'' (2021) – Urizane

Television

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'' (1988) –

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* ''

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'' (1998) – Detective Onda * ''

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'' (2010) – Asahina Masahiro * ''Man of Destiny'' (2012) – Takashi Anzai * ''Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05'' (2016) –

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* ''Smoking'' (2018) – Uncle Sabe * ''

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'' (2019) – Ikezawa * ''

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'' (2020) –

* ''Modern Love Tokyo'' (2022) – Kōsuke Hayami

References

External links

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Ryo Ishibashi Official Website (actor)

Ryo Ishiabshi Official Website (singer)
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