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(in Japanese) is a Japanese theatre actor. Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe, he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe. He is known for being very short in stature, but very noisy and wild on stage, specializing in comedy. He had a problem reading

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

(Chinese characters) and insists that his roles have long, complicated, difficult-to-remember names.

Selected works

Films

* ''12 Gentle Japanese'' (1991) * ''

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald Films directed by Kōki Mitani Japanese comedy films 1990s Japanese-language films 1997 films Films with screenplays by Kôki Mitani Films scored by Takayuki Hattori ...

'' (1997) * ''

Minna no Ie (also known as ''All About Our House'') is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Kōki Mitani. The film is about an affluent couple who decide to build a new house, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern we ...

'' (2001) * '' The Uchoten Hotel'' (2006) * '' Galaxy Turnpike'' (2015) * ''

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) * ''

Masquerade Hotel is a 2019 Japanese crime film directed by Masayuki Suzuki. A sequel, ''Masquerade Night is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Higashino has wo ...

'' (2019) * ''Hit Me Anyone One More Time'' (2019) * ''

Masquerade Night is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Higashino has won major Japanese awards for his books, almost twenty of which have been turned into films an ...

'' (2021) * ''The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero'' (2022) * ''Do Unto Others'' (2023) * ''Daimyō Tōsan'' (2023)

Television

* ''Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru'' (1993) * ''

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'' ...

'' (1994–99) * ''Oosama no Restaurant'' (1995) * ''

The Emperor's Cook is a 2015 Japanese television drama based on the novel ''Tennō no Ryōriban'' by Hisahide Sugimori, depicting the life of imperial cook Tokuzō Akiyama. It premiered on TBS on 26 April 2015, starring Takeru Satoh in the lead role. The 1st episo ...

'' (2015) –

Emperor Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

* '' Here Comes Asa!'' (2015) – Genkichi Miyabe * ''

The 13 Lords of the Shogun is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Shun Oguri as Hōjō Yoshitoki. The series is the 61st NHK taiga drama. Cast Starring role *Shun Oguri as Hōjō Yoshitoki. Kōki Mitani pointed out some similarities between him and ...

'' (2022) – Zenji * ''DCU: Deep Crime Unit'' (2022) – Hideki Bando (Ep. 2)

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1966 births People from Okayama Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male television actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{japan-stage-actor-stub