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List Of Japanese Actors
This is a list of Japanese actors who have their own Wikipedia articles. Note: All names must be written in standard [given name] + [family name] order and arranged in alphabetical order by family name. A *Hiroshi Abe (actor), Hiroshi Abe *Tsuyoshi Abe *Osamu Adachi *Hiroki Aiba *Masaki Aiba *Kazuyuki Aijima *Show Aikawa *Jin Akanishi *Eiji Akaso *Kousei Amano *Kenji Anan *Masanobu Andō *Sota Aoyama *Hirofumi Arai *Hirofumi Araki *Towa Araki *Tadanobu Asano *Kai Atō *Kiyoshi Atsumi *Gō Ayano B *Daisuke Ban *Eiji Bandō *Bandō Mitsugorō X *Bunta Sugawara C *Yudai Chiba *Sonny Chiba (Shinichi Chiba) D *Sandayū Dokumamushi *Koichi Domoto *Tsuyoshi Domoto E *Yōsuke Eguchi *Eita Nagayama, Eita *Kenichi Endō *Yuya Endo *Ken'ichi Enomoto F *Tatsuya Fuji *Takahiro Fujimoto *Hiroshi Fujioka *Makoto Fujita *Tatsuya Fujiwara *Mitsuru Fukikoshi *Sota Fukushi *Masaharu Fukuyama *Yuki Furukawa *Yūta Furukawa *Akira Fuse H *Takashi Hagino *Masato Hagiwara *Tatsuomi Hamada *Yoshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Abe (actor)
is a Japanese model (profession), model and actor. He is known for his roles in ''Trick (TV series), TRICK'' and ''Godzilla 2000: Millennium''. Biography Modelling period Abe was born in Yokohama as the youngest in a family of three children. He attended Yokohama Mitsuzawa elementary school, then Yokohama City Matsumoto Junior High School, then Kanagawa Prefectural Hakusan High School. After retaking the university entrance examinations once, he attended the Department for Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Technology of Chuo University in Tokyo and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1985 while in college he applied to the "Shueisha 3rd Nonno Boyfriend Award" and won the championship because his sister recommended the award. Since then, during his university days, he was a charismatic model for magazines such as Men's Non-no and ''Nonno''. He later transitioned from modelling into acting. Unfavourable times He made his debut as an actor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Atō
was a Japanese actor and television personality. His birth name was , and until 14 November 2001, his stage name was written with different kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ... characters as . Biography Atō was born on 14 November 1946 in Odawara, Kanagawa. He attended Tokyo Metropolitan University, studying law. Atō was found dead at his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on 15 November 2015, a day after his 69th birthday. His agency website lists his date of death as 14 November 2015, approximately at his 69th birthday. Filmography References External links * Agency profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Ato, Kai 1946 births 2015 deaths Japanese television personalities People from Odawara Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eita Nagayama
, occasionally credited Mononym, mononymously as Eita, is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series ''Water Boys (TV series), Water Boys''. He also appeared in ''Summer Time Machine Blues'' and ''Tokyo Friends: The Movie''. Career In 2009, Eita was cast in his first theatrical role playing a human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost. Not long after in August 2009, it was announced that Eita had been cast as the lead in the play ''Tokyo Gekko Makyoku'', playing a mysterious character living in the early Shōwa period, Shōwa era. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production. Stage Nagayama is to appear with Jun Matsumoto and Masami Nagasawa in Hideki Noda (playwright), Hideki Noda's . Performances are expected at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, in Kitakyushu and Osaka, as well as Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, under the name of "Love in action", running from July 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōsuke Eguchi , with whom he has a son and a daughter.is a Japanese actor and singer. Since 1986, he has appeared in a number of television series and movies. Personal life He is married to the singer-songwriter Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group. /ref> Filmography Film Television Japanese dub References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eguchi, Yosuke[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuyoshi Domoto
is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. Along with Koichi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of Domoto, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Starto Entertainment (formerly of Johnny & Associates) and the record holder of Guinness World Records for having the record of the most consecutive number-one singles since their debut single. Biography Domoto was born in Nara. He has a sister, older by six years. On June 28, 2017, Domoto was hospitalized after experiencing sudden deafness. Although he's been treated, Domoto will never recover fully. He has been using earphones when appearing in music programs because of it. Career Domoto joined Johnny's Entertainment on May 5, 1991, which also the first time he met his future bandmate Koichi Domoto. The opportunity came while without his knowing, his mother and his sister sent his resume to the office. Domoto and his bandmate Koichi Domoto first worked toget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koichi Domoto
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, voice actor. Along with Tsuyoshi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of the duo Domoto, who holds the Guinness World Records for having the most consecutive No.1 singles since debut and the most consecutive years with a Japanese No.1 single, and is one of the top 20 best-selling artists of all time in Japan. Although Domoto also actively works as a television actor and host, he is most famous for his musical ''SHOCK'' series, which he participates as the lead actor and director at the same time. ''SHOCK'' series started at the Tokyo Imperial Theatre in 2000, making him the youngest Zachō (chairman and lead role) and the first idol to perform at Imperial Theatre. With more than 1800 performances, ''SHOCK'' series is now the most-performed musical and the second most-performed theatre with a single-lead in Japan. In 2018, he starred in the musical ''Knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandayū Dokumamushi
born on 31 March 1936 in Osaka, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed the role of Daisuke Arashi in the original '' Ultraman'' series (1966-1967) and Shigeru Furuhashi in '' Ultra Seven''. He has been a radio personality on the Tokyo Broadcasting System ( TBS) since 1969. His radio program is famous for vulgar language and is popular with an older audience. Filmography References External links *Profile at JMDb (in Japanese) * 1936 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Chiba
, known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later to an international audience. Born in Fukuoka, Chiba played a variety of sports in high school, including baseball and volleyball. He also practiced gymnastics and participated at the National Sports Festival of Japan in his third year. When he was a university student, he learned martial arts, earning a black belt in Kyokushin Karate in 1965 and later receiving a fourth degree in 1984. Chiba's career began in the 1960s, when he starred in two ''tokusatsu'' superhero shows. In his first role, he replaced Susumu Wajima as the main character Kōtarō Ran/Seven Color Mask in '' Seven Color Mask'' (''Nana-iro Kamen'') in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film '' The Street Fighter''. Before retiring, Chiba had also appeared in a number of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yudai Chiba
is a Japanese actor and model. He is under the Japanese talent AgencJapan Music Entertainment He is known for playing as Alata (Gosei Red) in '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger'' and its movies. He reprised this role in a voice-only appearance in '' Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen''. Biography Filmography TV series * '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger'' (2010–2011) – Alata/Gosei Red * '' Ouran High School Host Club'' (2011) – Mitsukuni Haninozuka * ''Runaway: For Your Love'' (2011) – Toshio Inui * ''Fallen Angel'' (2012) – Kuma-chan * ''Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo'' (2012) – Shirato Osamu * ''Princess of the Frog'' (2012) – Shinobu Takagaki * ''Kuro no Onna Kyoshi'' (2012) – Ryohei Mochizuki * '' Taira no Kiyomori'' (2012) – Emperor Takakura * '' Resident - 5-nin no Kenshui'' (2012) – Minato Miyama * ''Take Five'' (2013) – Yano Shoutarou * '' Summer Nude'' (2013) – Yoneda Haruo * ''Eve in Love'' (2013) * '' Shitsuren Chocolatier'' (2014) – Daisuke Nakamur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunta Sugawara
was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the age of 39, with the lead role of Shozo Hirono in the ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series (1973–1976) of yakuza films. He quickly found additional success starring as the truck driver Momojiro Hoshi in the comedic '' Torakku Yarō'' series (1975–1979). In 1980, Sugawara won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a detective in the satirical '' Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko'' (1979). Life and career Sugawara was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. His father was a newspaper reporter. His parents divorced when he was four, and he moved to Tokyo to live with his father and stepmother. As part of a wartime policy to evacuate children from major cities, he was moved back to Sendai during fourth grade. As an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Bandō Mitsugorō X () (January 23, 1956 – February 2, 2015) was a Japanese television presenter and kabuki actor. He was the grandson of Bandō Mitsugorō VIII and son of Bandō Mitsugorō IX. Lineage Born into a renowned family of Kabuki actors from Tokyo, he comes from a long line of actors who originally focused on ''onnagata'' roles (i.e. female roles) but later became focused solely on '' tachiyaku'' roles (i.e. male roles). His great-grandfather, Bandō Shūchō II (二代目 坂東秀調) was a well-known ''onnagata'' who was a disciple of two well-known figures in Kabuki theater, Morita Kan'ya XII (the leading kabuki theater manager during the first half of the Meiji era) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV (one of the best tachiyaku actors of the 19th century). His grandfather Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (八代目 坂東三津五郎) was one of the greatest ''tachiyaku'' actors of the Showa era and his main specialty was the '' aragoto'' roles. His other grandfather (son of Band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Bandō
is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and YouTuber. He pitched many innings in his high school career. The Japan High School Baseball Federation was afraid that he would injure his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 1958. However, he pitched 18 innings in a 1958 quarterfinal game, which resulted in the first rematch in the National High School Baseball Championship. He reached the final, but didn't win. His record of 83 strikeouts in the tournament remains unbroken. He joined Chunichi Dragons but it is said that he didn't regain his pitching strength. He can't extend his elbow even now. Works Singles * "Moeyo Dragons!" – 1974 Information * ''Doyō Daisuki! 830'' ( Kansai TV) – 1987–1997 Variety show * ''Sunday Dragons'' ( CBC) – 1983––present * ''Unbelievable'' (Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
