is a Japanese actor and writer. He also worked as a narrator for many documentaries, both on television and film. He is best known for his roles in ''

Visitor Q is a 2001 Japanese erotic black comedy-horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It was filmed as the sixth and final part of the Love Cinema series consisting of six straight-to-video releases by independent filmmakers via a brief but exclusive ...

'' (2001), ''

Crows Zero , also known as ''Crows: Episode 0'', is a 2007 Japanese action film based on the manga ''Crows'' by Hiroshi Takahashi. The film was directed by Takashi Miike with a screenplay by Shōgo Mutō, and stars Shun Oguri, Kyōsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, ...

'' (2007), ''

Crows Zero 2 is a 2009 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike with a screenplay by Shogo Muto. It is the second film based on the manga ''Crows'' by Hiroshi Takahashi, and a direct sequel to 2007's ''Crows Zero''. The film stars much of the cast fr ...

'' (2009), and '' The Raid 2: Berandal'' (2014). He is also known for his

yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the ter ...

roles, such as Joji Yazaki, the head of Soshu Family Syndicate and the main antagonist of ''

'' and ''

'', and Hideaki Goto, the head of Goto Family, a powerful

family from Japan and one of two mob bosses that control Jakarta in '' The Raid 2: Berandal''.

Appearances

Films

* '' Violent Cop'' (1989) * ''

All Under the Moon is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno. Plot Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab corporation wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is t ...

'' (1993) * '' Spellbound'' (1999) * '' Dead or Alive 2: Birds'' (2000), Kōhei * '' Tomie: Replay'' (2000), Dr. Tachibana * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Agitator'' (2001) * ''

'' (2001), Kiyoshi Yamasaki * '' The Guys from Paradise'' (2001), Toshiyuki Umino * '' Deadly Outlaw: Rekka'' (2002) * ''

Sabu Sabu may refer to: Film and comics *Sabu, Japanese name of 1966 Speed Racer's mechanic in original manga and its anime adaptation *Sabu, 1971 character in Chacha Chaudhary Indian comic books * ''Sabu'' (film), 2002 Japanese period drama directed by ...

'' (2002), Giichi * '' Kikoku'' (2003), Sorimachi * '' The Man in White'' (2003), Niimi * '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action'' (2004), Algolian Volger * '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), Kyōbashi * ''

The Great Yokai War is a 2005 Japanese fantasy film directed by Takashi Miike, produced by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Shochiku. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, and Mai Takahashi. The film focuses largely on creatu ...

'' (2005), Oh Tengu * '' Cromartie High - The Movie'' (2005), Pootan * '' Azumi 2'' (2005), Kinkaku * '' Origin: Spirits of the Past'' (2006), Shunack * ''

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A is a 2006 film directed by Takashi Miike. The film premiered at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006. Plot In an unknown future, Jun confesses to the murder of another boy, Shiro, at an all-boy juvenile detention facil ...

'' (2006), assistant police inspector * ''

Nihon Chinbotsu is a disaster novel by Japanese writer Sakyo Komatsu, published in 1973. Komatsu took nine years to complete the work. It was published in two volumes, both released at the same time. The novel received the 27th Mystery Writers of Japan Award ...

'' (2006), Shinichirō Nakata * ''

Memories of Tomorrow is a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004. Plot The film begins by showing the inevitable outco ...

'' (2006), Hasegawa * '' The Sword of Alexander'' (2007), Gonzō * ''

Like a Dragon ''Yakuza'', also known as is a Japanese video game franchise created, owned and published by Sega. The franchise incorporates elements of the action-adventure, beat 'em up, and Role-playing video game, role-playing genres. The storyline prem ...

'' (2007), Imanishi * ''

'' (2007), Jōji Yazaki * '' Happy Ever After'' (2007) * '' SS'' (2008), Kurihara * ''

Climber's High is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada. The film is about a newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. Accolades 51st Blue Ribbon Awards * Best Film * Best Supporting Actor ...

'' (2008) * '' 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End'' (2008) * '' 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009), Jōji Yazaki * ''

Railways Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

'' (2010), Yoshiki Kawahira * ''

The Raid 2 ''The Raid 2'' ( id, The Raid 2: Berandal, lit=thug; ja, ザ・レイド Gokudo, lit=gangster), also known as ''The Raid: Retaliation'', is a 2014 Indonesian action thriller film written, directed and edited by the Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans ...

'' (2014), Hideaki Gotō * '' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' (2014) * ''Kiyamachi Daruma'' (2015), Shigeo Katsuura * '' Galaxy Turnpike'' (2015) * '' The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio'' (2016) * ''Usagi Oishi'' (2016), Katsusaburō Yamagiwa * '' Mixed Doubles'' (2017), Motonobu Ochiai * ''

Mary and the Witch's Flower is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ponoc founder Yoshiaki Nishimura, animated by Studio Ponoc, and distributed by Toho in Japan. Based on the 1971 book ''The Little Br ...

'' (2017), Zebedee * ''Out and Out'' (2018) * '' Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM'' (2019) * ''Sumodo'' (2020), narrator * ''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021), himself * '' The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' (2021), Yadōkai * ''Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale'' (2021) * ''The Mole Song: Final'' (2021) * ''Radiation House: The Movie'' (2022), Toshio Onodera

TV dramas

* ''

Battle Fever J is a live-action Japanese-American TV series. The third entry of the '' Super Sentai'' series franchise, ''Battle Fever J'' was a co-production of Toei Company and Marvel Comics. A total of 52 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 3, 1979 t ...

'' (1979), Yoshio Murano * ''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1986) episode.718(Final episode) * ''

Special Rescue Exceedraft Special or specials may refer to: Policing * Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force * Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer Literature * ''Speci ...

'' (1992), Seiji Nagai * ''

Tokusou Robo Janperson is a 1993 installment in Toei Company's Metal Hero Series franchise. The series revolved around Janperson, a robotic detective who patrolled the streets of Tokyo and fought against three different underworld organizations who used super technolo ...

'' (1993), Doctor Saionji * ''

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series. It was Toei Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is ''Ninja Rangers''. Action footage from ...

'' (1994), Prince Junior * ''Hōjō Tokimune'' (2001), Miura Mitsumura * '' Kōshōnin'' (2003) * '' Lion-Maru G'' (2006), Junior * ''

Fumō Chitai is a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a movie in 1976 and then twice as a television mini-series in 1979 and 2009. Relationship with actual events *The main character Tadashi Iki is widely seen as based on the real life Ryuz ...

'' (2009) * ''Teppan'' (2010–2011), Jō Murakami * ''Taira no Kiyomori'' (2012),

Hōjō Tokimasa was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was ''shikken'' from 1203 until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186. Background The Hōj ...

* Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2013-2019), Takashi Ebina * '' Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love?'' (2013), Isaku Ashimo * ''Border: Keishichô Sôsa Ikka Satsujinhan Sôsa Dai 4-gakkari (2014) * '' Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu'' (2015), Isao Tachibana * '' Dr.Rintarō'' (2015), Shigeto Araki * ''Wise and Foolish'' (2015), Taizan Mutō * ''Sanada Maru'' (2016),

Uesugi Kagekatsu was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law. Early life and rise Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Nagao ...

* ''Montage'' (2016), Jirō Sekiguchi * ''The Supporting Actors'' (2017), himself * ''

Warotenka is a Japanese historical drama television series and the 97th ''asadora'' series, following '' Hiyokko''. It premiered on October 2, 2017 and ended on March 31, 2018. The main character is based on Sei Yoshimoto, the co-founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo ...

'' (2017), Gihei Fujioka * ''The Supporting Actors 2'' (2018), himself * ''Magic x Warrior Magimajo Pures!'' (2018), Jama Danshaku * '' Kuroido Goroshi'' (2018), Rokusuke Kuroido * ''

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 Takamor ...

'' (2018),

Katsu Kaishū Count , best known by his nickname , was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku ) by Sakuma Shōzan. H ...

* ''Radiation House'' (2019–2021), Toshio Onodera * ''Talio'' (2020) * ''The Supporting Actors 3'' (2021), himself * ''Shimura Ken to Drif no Daibakushō Monogatari'' (2021),

Chosuke Ikariya was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the comedy group The Drifters (Japanese band), The Drifters. His nickname was . Life and career 1931–1962: Childhood and early career Chōsuke Ikariya was born with the name on Novembe ...

* '' Don't Call It Mystery'' (2022), Kanzō Yabu

Video games

* ''Onimusha 3'' (2005) - Gargant (Japanese voice) * ''Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams'' (2006) - Gargant (Japanese voice) * ''

Yakuza 4 is an action-adventure game developed and released by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The game was introduced on July 24, 2009. A promotional video was presented at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, The sequel to ''Yakuza 3'', it was released on March 18, ...

'' (2010) - Junji Sugiuchi (voice and likeness) * '' Binary Domain'' (2012) - Officer Phillips (Japanese voice) * ''Let It Die'' (2017) - Narration (Japanese voice)

Japanese dubbing

* ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), Groot * ''

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel t ...

'' (2017), Groot * '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), Groot * ''

Ralph Breaks the Internet ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' is a 2018 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 57th animated film produced by the studio and the sequel to ...

'' (2018), Groot * '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), Groot * '' Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022), Groot

Awards

;2009 :*''

International Drama Festival in Tokyo The International Drama Festival in Tokyo (国際ドラマフェスティバル in TOKYO), is an annual award show for excellence in television drama production based in Tokyo, Japan. It is organized by the International Drama Festival in Tokyo E ...

'' – Best Supporting Actor

References

External links

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* Living people 1961 births Male actors from Tokyo Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors People from Shinagawa {{Japan-screen-actor-stub