, born , is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor.

Filmography

Film

*'' Tokyo Heaven'' (1990) *'' Moving'' (1993) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) - Senkichi *'' Dear Doctor'' (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino *'' About Her Brother'' (2010) - Tetsuro *''

Cape Nostalgia is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Izuru Narushima. It was released on October 11. The film is based on the novel by Akio Morisawa. Cast *Sayuri Yoshinaga * Hiroshi Abe *Yūko Takeuchi *Shōfukutei Tsurube II , born , is a Japanese ...

'' (2014) - Tani *''

What a Wonderful Family! is a 2016 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa, Tomoko Nakajima, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yū Aoi. It was released in Japan by Shochiku ...

'' (2016) - doctor (cameo) *''

Black Widow Business is a 2016 Japanese crime comedy film directed by . It was released in Japan by Toho on August 27, 2016. Plot Cast *Shinobu Otake * Etsushi Toyokawa * Machiko Ono * Kyōko Hasegawa * Asami Mizukawa * Shunsuke Kazama * Kimiko Yo * Mimura * Sator ...

'' (2016) - Funayama *''Gold Medal Man'' (2016) *'' What a Wonderful Family! 2'' (2017) *''

Sakura Guardian in the North is a 2018 Japanese drama film, directed by Yōjirō Takita and written by Machiko Nasu. Stage Production was by Keralino Sandrovich, Director of Photography is Takeshi Hamada and the music was by Kei Ogura and Katsu Hoshi. Plot The story s ...

'' (2018) *'' What a Wonderful Family! 3'' (2018) *'' The Great War of Archimedes'' (2019) - Kiyoshi Ōsato *''Family of Strangers'' (2019) - Hidemaru Kajiki *''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'' (2021) - Ken'ichirō Kawakami *''7 Secretaries: The Movie'' (2022)

Television drama

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Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1985 to 1986. It is the 25th in the ''Hissatsu'' series. Plot Cast *Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura *Masaki Kyomoto as Kumihimoya no Ryu *Hiroaki Murakami as Kajiya ...

'' (1985–86) - San *''

Hissatsu Masshigura! is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1986. It is the 26th in the Hissatsu series. Inspired by Video game Super Mario Bros. Cast * Kunihiko Mitamura as Hide * Yoko Akino as Keima no Ogin * Shōfukutei Tsurube ...

'' (1986) *''

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes (specials) in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of ''Columbo'' ...

'' (Fuji TV, 1994) - Dai Banzuin *''

Karei-naru Ichizoku is a 1973 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1974 and then three times as a television series in 1974, 2007, and 2021. Plot Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the show explores the struggle for po ...

'' (TBS, 2007) - Watanuki *''

Hanzawa Naoki is a 2013 and 2020 Japanese television series by Japanese broadcaster TBS based on the of novels by . It follows the story of Hanzawa Naoki, a banker working for the largest bank in Japan, Tokyo Chuo Bank. He faces numerous obstacles from upper ...

'' (TBS, 2013) - Shin'nosuke Hanzawa *''

Asa ga Kita ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to: Biology and medicine * Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent * Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin * Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery * Anterior spinal ar ...

'' (NHK, 2015) - Tomonobu Tamari *''

Segodon is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama. It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed ''the last true samurai''. Plot The drama follows the life of historical figure Saigō Takamori ...

'' (NHK, 2018) -

Iwakura Tomomi was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw Japan's transition from feudalism to modernity. Born to a noble family, he was adopted by the influential Iwa ...

*''Two Homelands'' (TV Tokyo, 2019) -

Shūmei Ōkawa was a Japanese nationalist and Pan-Asianist writer, known for his publications on Japanese history, philosophy of religion, Indian philosophy, and colonialism. Background Ōkawa was born in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan in 1886. He graduated fro ...

*''America ni Makenakatta Otoko'' (TV Tokyo, 2020) -

Shigeru Yoshida (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...

Variety show

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Waratte Iitomo! was a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show was hosted by Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita) and ran from 1982 to 2014. The show was produced in the Studio Alta building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The show featured a series of regular ...

'' (Fuji TV, 1987 to 2014)

Dubbing roles

*'' Despicable Me'' - Felonius Gru *''

Despicable Me 2 ''Despicable Me 2'' is a 2013 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to ''Despicable Me'' (2010), it is directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, and ...

'' - Felonius Gru *''

Despicable Me 3 ''Despicable Me 3'' is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Despicable Me 2'' (2013), the third main installment, and the fourth installment overall ...

'' - Felonius Gru *'' Minions'' - Felonius Gru (8 years old) *'' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' - Felonius Gru *''

Seasons A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ...

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References

External links

* * Living people Male actors from Osaka 1951 births Rakugoka {{Japan-actor-stub