Profile

• Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
  Nishinomiya, Hyogo
  is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...
  
  , Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  
• Talent Agency: Siscompany

Movies

• Suspect X
  Suspect X
  is a 2008 Japanese mystery-thriller film based on the novel of the same name, directed by Hiroshi Nishitani. The film was a continuation of the popular Japanese serial drama Galileo and included the same cast...
  
  (2008)
• Climber's High
  Climber's High
  is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada.-Awards and nominations:51st Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Masato Sakai-External links:...
  
  (2008)
• Yama no Anata ~ Tokuichi no Koi (2008)
• Mōryō no Hako
  Moryo no Hako
  is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is the second novel in the series that began with Summer of the Ubume. The novel has been turned into a live action feature film, a manga, and an anime TV series.-Story:...
  
  (2007)
• Always - Zoku 3chome no Yuhi (2007)
• Maiko Haaaan!!!
  Maiko Haaaan!!!
  -Plot:Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house...
  
  (2007)
• Metro ni notte (2006)
• Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
  Always Sanchome no Yuhi
  is a 2005 film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, based on Ryōhei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchōme no Yūhi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Plot summary:...
  
  (2005)
• Ubume no Natsu (2005)
• Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005)
• Lorelei (2005)
• Chakushin Ari
  Chakushin Ari
  is a 2003 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot:During an evening get-together with friends, Okazaki Yoko's cell phone suddenly rings in an eerie, unusual tone. Not recognizing the tone, Yoko doesn't pick up soon enough and the call goes into "voice mail"...
  
  (2004)
• Sotsugyo (2003)
• Drive (2001)
• Monday (2000)
• 39 Keihō Dai Sanjūkyū Jō (1999)
• Unlucky Monkey (1998)
• Postman Blues (1997)
• Dangan Runner (1996)
• Secret Waltz (1996)
• Onna ya Abura Jigoku (1992)
• Bakayaro 2 (1989)
• Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64
  Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64
  is an upcoming Japanese film directed by Takashi Yamazaki and scheduled to be released on 21 January 2012 in both 2D and 3D versions.The third film in the Sunset on Third Street series, Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 is set in Tokyo at the time of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.-Cast:* Hidetaka Yoshioka*...
  
  (2012)

TV dramas

• SP (TV series)
  SP (TV series)
  is a Japanese television drama based on the real life security police unit of Japan which is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign VIPs. The series script was written by famed GO author Kazuki Kaneshiro and marks his first time writing for a television drama.Two film adaptations of the...
  
  (2007 Fuji TV)
• Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu (2006 TBS)
• Hero SP
  Hero (TV series)
  Hero is a Japanese drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2001. In 2006, a two-hour special miniseries for the television series was broadcast.Hero holds the average drama TV rating record over the last 25 years in Japan...
  
  (2006 Fuji TV)
• Koi ni Ochitara (2005 Fuji TV)
• Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - Inu to Yobareta Otoko (2004 Fuji TV)
• Beginner (2003 Fuji TV)
• Good Luck!!
  Good Luck!!
  Good Luck!! is a 2003 Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki. The story revolves around an up-and-coming pilot, Hajime Shinkai, and portrays his interactions with others as he progresses along the road to becoming a captain. As is common in many Japanese drama series, it...
  
  (2003 TBS)
• Musashi (2003 NHK)
• Lunch no Joou (2002 Fuji TV)
• Koi no Chikara (2002 Fuji TV)
• Yamato Nadeshiko
  Yamato Nadeshiko
  is a Japanese term meaning "personification of an idealized Japanese woman", "ideal" in the historical context of the patriarchal, traditional culture of Japan...
  
  (2000 Fuji TV)
• Doctor (1999 TBS)
• Genroku Ryoran (1999 NHK)
• Pure (1996 Fuji TV)
• Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune (1995 NHK)
• Takeda Shingen (1988 NHK)
• Dokuganryu Masamune (1987 NHK)

Awards

• 2006: Autumn The Television: Best Supporting Actor for Fuku to Kikanjuu
• 2005: Kinema Junpo: Best Supporting Actor
• 2005: 30th Hochi Film Award: Best Supporting Actor for Fly, Daddy, Fly and Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
  Always Sanchome no Yuhi
  is a 2005 film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, based on Ryōhei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchōme no Yūhi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• 2005: 48th Blue Ribbon Award: Best Supporting Actor
• 2003: Winter The Television: Best Supporting Actor for Good Luck!!
  Good Luck!!
  Good Luck!! is a 2003 Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki. The story revolves around an up-and-coming pilot, Hajime Shinkai, and portrays his interactions with others as he progresses along the road to becoming a captain. As is common in many Japanese drama series, it...
  
  
• 2000: Autumn The Television: Best Supporting Actor for Yamato Nadeshiko
  Yamato Nadeshiko
  is a Japanese term meaning "personification of an idealized Japanese woman", "ideal" in the historical context of the patriarchal, traditional culture of Japan...
  
  
• 1997: 32nd Kinokuniya Stage Award: Kilu and Piano

External links

• Official Profile