Takeshi Kaga
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is a well-known stage and movie actor
in Japan
who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef
produced by Fuji TV
. His real name is .
in Ishikawa Prefecture
, Japan
. His first experience on stage was at the age of seven when he joined the Kanazawa City Boys choral group.
In 1972, he joined the Japanese theatrical company Gekidan Shiki. While with the company, he played the role of Jesus
in the Japanese stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar
(1973), and role of Tony in West Side Story (1974). In 1980 he left SHIKI to play the role of Sanada in the movie Yaju Shisubeshi. He starred in several movies throughout the 1980s, but his most famous role would be that of "Chairman Kaga", the eccentric and flamboyant host of Ryōri no Tetsujin
, a cooking competition show (1993–1999). It became very popular, not only in Japan, but around the English-speaking world
. Previously broadcast on the Food Network
, then on the Fine Living
network in the United States and on SBS
in Australia
, under the name Iron Chef
, the show is now being carried on the Cooking Channel
in the United States. The host of Iron Chef America
, Mark Dacascos
, is claimed on ICA to be Takeshi's nephew, though the stated relationship is actually between the fictional characters played by the two men.
Despite his international fame with the show, he has not given up his love for musicals. In 1987 he starred in the popular Japanese production of Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
and Javert
. He reprised his role as Valjean in 1995 as the representative of Japan during the encore of the 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at the Royal Albert Hall
in London. During the encore, Valjeans from 17 different countries joined the cast on stage. He also starred in Macbeth
in 2000, and in Jekyll & Hyde
as well as in The Threepenny Opera
in 2001. In 2009, he starred in a Japanese language version of La Cage aux Folles .
He has also lent his voice to Japan
ese anime
. Notably, he voiced Jirarudan, an antagonist, in 1999's Pokémon the Movie - Revelation Lugia, the second Pokémon
movie, and also sung his theme song, "Ware Wa Collector." He also notably voiced Dr. Kiriko in 2005's Black Jack
: The Two Doctors of Darkness.
After Iron Chef ended, he returned to acting in movies and drama
s. He also hosted Time Shock 21
, a quiz show on Asahi Television in Japan. In 2005, Kaga performed as the lead in the Japanese production of Michael Frayn
's Democracy
and starred in the blockbuster film Sengoku Jieitai 1549
. Kaga also appeared in both installments of the highly successful Death Note
film series as Soichiro Yagami.
His most recent role, as of December 2007, is that of Emperor Kinkaku (King of the Golden Horn) in the film adaptation of the TV series Saiyuki. He also provided the voice for Golbez in the Nintendo DS
remake
of Final Fantasy IV
, and has reprised the same role in Dissidia: Final Fantasy
for the PSP.
He is also the Official Japanese voice actor for Teridax in Japanese Bionicle
Media as of 2004
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Role
|-
| 1980
| Yaju shisubeshi
| Tetuo Sanada
|-
| 1981
| Akuryoto
| Kosuke Kindaichi
|-
| 1982
| Suspicion
| Katsuo Toyosaki
|-
| 1984
| Mahjong horoki
| dosa-Ken
|-
| 1986
| cabaret
| Takigawa
|-
| 1988
| Kimurake no hitobito
| Hazime Kimura
|-
| 1993
| Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan
| Momoo Momoyama
|-
| 1996
| Sasurai no Trouble buster
| Kunihiko Ugajin
|-
| 1996
| Ultraman Zearth
| Akuma Ogami / Alien Benzene
|-
| 1997
| Ultraman Zearth 2
| Alien Benzene
|-
| 1999
| Pokémon: The Movie 2000
| Jiraldan
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| Sengoku Jieitai 1549
| Tsuyoshi Matoba / Oda Nobunaga
|-
| Black Jack: Two Doctors in Black
| Dr. Kiriko
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| Moyurutoki THE EXCELLENT COMPANY
| Fukai
|-
| Death Note
|rowspan="2"| Soichiro Yagami
|-
| Death Note: The Last Name
|-
| 2007
| Saiyuki
| Kinkaku Daio (King of the Golden Horn)
|-
| 2008
| K-20: Legend of the Mask
| Mysterious Gentleman
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009
| Zero no shoten
| Gisaku Murota
|-
| Warau keikan
| Masazumi Ishioka
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2011
| Andalucía: Megami no hofuku
| Yosuke Ando
|-
| Ninja Kids!!!
| Yukitaka Saito
|-
| Kaibutsu-kun
| Kaibutsu Daio (King Monster)
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | TV dramas
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Role
|-
| 1978
| Ougon no hibi
| Dom Justo Takayama
|-
| 1980 - 1981
| Tenno no ryoriban
| Shintaro Takayama
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1981
| Honzitsumo seitennari
| Masamichi Ohara
|-
| G-Men '75
| Kusaka
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1983
| Tokugawa Ieyasu
| Ishida Mitsunari
|-
| Ooku
| Tokugawa Yoshimune
|-
| 1984
| Shitetsuensen 97bunsyo
| Nara
|-
| 1987 - 1988
| Jungle / NEW Jungle
| Kuniaki Tsugawa
|-
| 1990
| Tobugagotoku
| Okubo Toshimichi
|-
| 1992
| Kireini naritai
| Moriya Hirose
|-
| 1993
| Furikaereba yatsugairu
| Junichi Nakagawa
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994
| Furuhata Ninzaburo
| Junichi Nakagawa
|-
| Shizukanaru Don
| Ryugi Naruto
|-
| 1995
| Kura
| Izo Tanouchi
|-
| 1999
| jyoi
| Atsuro Wakisaka
|-
| 2000
| Renai chudoku
| Kojiro Itsuji
|-
| 2003
| Black Jack ni yoroshiku
| Yoshiyuki Yasutomi
|-
| 2004
| FIRE BOYS - Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M
| Hazime Gomi (Capt. Gomi)
|-
| 2007
| Yukan Club
| Tokimune Shochikubai
|-
| 2008
| Oh! My Girl!!
| Kazuo Ishizaka
|-
| 2009
| Dandy Daddy? ~Renaishosetsuka Ryunosuke Izaki~
| Taizo Sasaki
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| Kaibutsu-kun
| Kaibutsu Daio (King Monster)
|-
| JOKER Yurusarezaru sosakan
| Masaaki Izutsu
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2011
| Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
| Yosuke Ando
|-
| Good Life~Arigato,papa.sayonara~
| Shinpei Yukimura
|-
| The Bull Doctor
| Izuru Jyomongi
|}
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
in 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...
who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
produced by Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
. His real name is .
Biography
Kaga was born on October 12, 1950 in the city of KanazawaKanazawa, Ishikawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...
in Ishikawa Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast...
, 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...
. His first experience on stage was at the age of seven when he joined the Kanazawa City Boys choral group.
In 1972, he joined the Japanese theatrical company Gekidan Shiki. While with the company, he played the role of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
in the Japanese stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
(1973), and role of Tony in West Side Story (1974). In 1980 he left SHIKI to play the role of Sanada in the movie Yaju Shisubeshi. He starred in several movies throughout the 1980s, but his most famous role would be that of "Chairman Kaga", the eccentric and flamboyant host of Ryōri no Tetsujin
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
, a cooking competition show (1993–1999). It became very popular, not only in Japan, but around the English-speaking world
English-speaking world
The English-speaking world consists of those countries or regions that use the English language to one degree or another. For more information, please see:Lists:* List of countries by English-speaking population...
. Previously broadcast on the Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
, then on the Fine Living
Fine Living
Fine Living Network was an American specialty television network owned by Scripps Networks Interactive...
network in the United States and on SBS
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, under the name Iron Chef
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
, the show is now being carried on the Cooking Channel
Cooking Channel
Cooking Channel is a television specialty channel that airs recurring programs about food and cooking, owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. It is a spinoff of Food Network, also owned by SNI, but focuses more on instructional shows rather than "reality style" and contest programming that Food...
in the United States. The host of Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
, Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
, is claimed on ICA to be Takeshi's nephew, though the stated relationship is actually between the fictional characters played by the two men.
Despite his international fame with the show, he has not given up his love for musicals. In 1987 he starred in the popular Japanese production of Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
as Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables...
and Javert
Javert
Javert is a fictional character from the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He is a prison guard, and later policeman, who devotes his life to the law. He is always referred to just simply as "Javert" or "Inspector Javert" by the narrator and other characters throughout the novel; his first name...
. He reprised his role as Valjean in 1995 as the representative of Japan during the encore of the 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
in London. During the encore, Valjeans from 17 different countries joined the cast on stage. He also starred in Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
in 2000, and in Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
as well as in The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...
in 2001. In 2009, he starred in a Japanese language version of La Cage aux Folles .
He has also lent his voice to 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...
ese anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
. Notably, he voiced Jirarudan, an antagonist, in 1999's Pokémon the Movie - Revelation Lugia, the second Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
movie, and also sung his theme song, "Ware Wa Collector." He also notably voiced Dr. Kiriko in 2005's Black Jack
Black Jack (manga)
is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack....
: The Two Doctors of Darkness.
After Iron Chef ended, he returned to acting in movies and drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
s. He also hosted Time Shock 21
Time Shock (game show)
For more information, see the page on Japanese Wikipedia.Time Shock was a game show airing in Japan. Its original run was from 1969 to 1986; a revival aired from 1989 to 1990...
, a quiz show on Asahi Television in Japan. In 2005, Kaga performed as the lead in the Japanese production of Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn
Michael J. Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy...
's Democracy
Democracy (play)
Democracy is a play by Michael Frayn which premiered at the Royal National Theatre on September 9, 2003, directed by Michael Blakemore, starring Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Günter Guillaume...
and starred in the blockbuster film Sengoku Jieitai 1549
Sengoku Jieitai 1549
or Samurai Commando Mission 1549 is a feature-length film and manga series focusing on the adventures of a modern day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force element that accidentally travels through time to the Warring States period of Japanese history.Both the film and manga are based on Sengoku Jieitai...
. Kaga also appeared in both installments of the highly successful Death Note
Death Note (film)
is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone...
film series as Soichiro Yagami.
His most recent role, as of December 2007, is that of Emperor Kinkaku (King of the Golden Horn) in the film adaptation of the TV series Saiyuki. He also provided the voice for Golbez in the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
remake
Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)
is a role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS. It is an enhanced remake of the original Final Fantasy IV, which was released in 1991. It was released as part of the campaign for Final Fantasy series 20th anniversary on December 20, 2007 in Japan and in North America on July 22, 2008...
of Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1991 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan and has since then been rereleased for many other platforms with varying modifications. An enhanced remake with 3D graphics...
, and has reprised the same role in Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Dissidia: Final Fantasy
is an action RPG/fighting game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the campaign of the Final Fantasy series 20th anniversary. Information on the game was first released during the "Square Enix Party" event of May 2008...
for the PSP.
He is also the Official Japanese voice actor for Teridax in Japanese Bionicle
Bionicle
Bionicle is a line of toys by the LEGO Group marketed primarily for 5- to 16-year-olds. The line was launched on December 30, 2000 in Europe and June/July 2001 in Canada and the United States. "Bionicle" is a portmanteau constructed from the words "biological" and "chronicle"...
Media as of 2004
Filmography
{| class="wikitable"|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Role
|-
| 1980
| Yaju shisubeshi
| Tetuo Sanada
|-
| 1981
| Akuryoto
| Kosuke Kindaichi
Kosuke Kindaichi
Kosuke Kindaichi is a famous fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo, a renowned mystery novelist. His first case, The Honjin Murder Case, a story of locked room murder in old family which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective stories, was published on April 1946...
|-
| 1982
| Suspicion
Suspicion (1982 film)
is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura.-Cast:-Awards and nominations:7th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Kaori Momoi...
| Katsuo Toyosaki
|-
| 1984
| Mahjong horoki
Mahjong hōrōki
is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Makoto Wada.-Awards and nominations:6th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Actor - Takeshi Kaga* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kaku Takashina...
| dosa-Ken
|-
| 1986
| cabaret
| Takigawa
|-
| 1988
| Kimurake no hitobito
| Hazime Kimura
|-
| 1993
| Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan
Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan
is a 1993 film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. It was distributed by Toho. It stars Yūji Oda and Takeshi Kaga....
| Momoo Momoyama
|-
| 1996
| Sasurai no Trouble buster
| Kunihiko Ugajin
|-
| 1996
| Ultraman Zearth
Ultraman Zearth
is a fictional character from the Ultra Series of tokusatsu and the name of a 1994 movie in the series .-Character traits:Ultraman Zearth is a parody Ultraman. He hails from The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes dirt, and will go to great lengths to wash it off his...
| Akuma Ogami / Alien Benzene
|-
| 1997
| Ultraman Zearth 2
Ultraman Zearth
is a fictional character from the Ultra Series of tokusatsu and the name of a 1994 movie in the series .-Character traits:Ultraman Zearth is a parody Ultraman. He hails from The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes dirt, and will go to great lengths to wash it off his...
| Alien Benzene
|-
| 1999
| Pokémon: The Movie 2000
Pokémon: The Movie 2000
Pokémon: The Movie 2000, originally released in Japan as , is a 1999 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the second Pokémon feature-length film, complementing the Orange Islands saga of the series and featuring several new Pokémon, including Lugia and Slowking...
| Jiraldan
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| Sengoku Jieitai 1549
Sengoku Jieitai 1549
or Samurai Commando Mission 1549 is a feature-length film and manga series focusing on the adventures of a modern day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force element that accidentally travels through time to the Warring States period of Japanese history.Both the film and manga are based on Sengoku Jieitai...
| Tsuyoshi Matoba / Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...
|-
| Black Jack: Two Doctors in Black
Black Jack (manga)
is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack....
| Dr. Kiriko
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| Moyurutoki THE EXCELLENT COMPANY
| Fukai
|-
| Death Note
Death Note (film)
is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone...
|rowspan="2"| Soichiro Yagami
|-
| Death Note: The Last Name
Death Note (film)
is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone...
|-
| 2007
| Saiyuki
| Kinkaku Daio (King of the Golden Horn)
|-
| 2008
| K-20: Legend of the Mask
K-20: Legend of the Mask
at film festivals, The Fiend with Twenty Faces on home video in the United States and The Legend of the Black Mask in the United Kingdom) is a 2008 Japanese action feature film written and directed by Shimako Satō and based on a novel by Sō Kitamura and its sequel. The film released worldwide on...
| Mysterious Gentleman
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009
| Zero no shoten
| Gisaku Murota
|-
| Warau keikan
| Masazumi Ishioka
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2011
| Andalucía: Megami no hofuku
| Yosuke Ando
|-
| Ninja Kids!!!
Ninja Kids!!!
is a 2011 Japanese family-oriented comedy film directed by Takashi Miike. The film is live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series Nintama Rantarō. The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents...
| Yukitaka Saito
|-
| Kaibutsu-kun
Kaibutsu-kun
is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko Fujio named after its protagonist.-About:Kaibutsu-kun and his companions, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, travel from Monster Land to the Human Realm, where they encounter and battle several monsters, mainly assassins from the demon group...
| Kaibutsu Daio (King Monster)
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | TV dramas
! style="background:#B0C4DE" | Role
|-
| 1978
| Ougon no hibi
| Dom Justo Takayama
Dom Justo Takayama
Dom Justo Takayama was a kirishitan daimyo and a Japanese Samurai who followed Christianity in the Sengoku period of Japan...
|-
| 1980 - 1981
| Tenno no ryoriban
| Shintaro Takayama
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1981
| Honzitsumo seitennari
| Masamichi Ohara
|-
| G-Men '75
G-Men '75
was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, G-Men '82, followed, as did various specials. With several updates and cast...
| Kusaka
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1983
| Tokugawa Ieyasu
| Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari was a samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century. Also known by his court title, Jibunoshō...
|-
| Ooku
| Tokugawa Yoshimune
Tokugawa Yoshimune
was the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.-Lineage:...
|-
| 1984
| Shitetsuensen 97bunsyo
| Nara
|-
| 1987 - 1988
| Jungle / NEW Jungle
| Kuniaki Tsugawa
|-
| 1990
| Tobugagotoku
| Okubo Toshimichi
Okubo Toshimichi
, was a Japanese statesman, a samurai of Satsuma, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. He is regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan.-Early life:...
|-
| 1992
| Kireini naritai
| Moriya Hirose
|-
| 1993
| Furikaereba yatsugairu
| Junichi Nakagawa
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994
| Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo
is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Koki Mitani and being known as the Japanese's version of Columbo....
| Junichi Nakagawa
|-
| Shizukanaru Don
| Ryugi Naruto
|-
| 1995
| Kura
| Izo Tanouchi
|-
| 1999
| jyoi
| Atsuro Wakisaka
|-
| 2000
| Renai chudoku
| Kojiro Itsuji
|-
| 2003
| Black Jack ni yoroshiku
| Yoshiyuki Yasutomi
|-
| 2004
| FIRE BOYS - Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M
Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M
is a shōnen manga by Masahito Soda. The manga has been released in its entirety by Viz Media in the United States. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.-Plot:...
| Hazime Gomi (Capt. Gomi)
|-
| 2007
| Yukan Club
Yūkan Club
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukari Ichijo. It is serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret. Yūkan Club received the 1986 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Madhouse Studios...
| Tokimune Shochikubai
|-
| 2008
| Oh! My Girl!!
Oh! My Girl!!
is a Japanese television series which premiered on NTV on October 14, 2008. -Main Cast:* Mokomichi Hayami as Kotaro Yamashita, a part-timer publisher and is aspiring to become a mobile phone novelist. He is the younger brother of Hinako, and is the uncle of Anne Sakurai.* Rosa Kato as Mineko Fuji,...
| Kazuo Ishizaka
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| 2009
| Dandy Daddy? ~Renaishosetsuka Ryunosuke Izaki~
| Taizo Sasaki
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|rowspan="2"| 2010
| Kaibutsu-kun
Kaibutsu-kun
is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko Fujio named after its protagonist.-About:Kaibutsu-kun and his companions, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, travel from Monster Land to the Human Realm, where they encounter and battle several monsters, mainly assassins from the demon group...
| Kaibutsu Daio (King Monster)
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| JOKER Yurusarezaru sosakan
| Masaaki Izutsu
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|rowspan="3"| 2011
| Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda is 2011 Japanese television drama starting Yuji Oda who respised his role as Kosaku Kuroda in sequel of Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess...
| Yosuke Ando
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| Good Life~Arigato,papa.sayonara~
| Shinpei Yukimura
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| The Bull Doctor
| Izuru Jyomongi
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| Year | Stage | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 - 1979 | Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971... |
Jesus Christ |
| 1974 - 1979 | West Side Story West Side Story West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins... |
Tony |
| 1986 / 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy Torch Song Trilogy Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s... |
Arnold |
| 1987 - 2001 | Les Misérables Les Misérables (musical) Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.... |
Jean Valjean Jean Valjean Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables... / Javert Javert Javert is a fictional character from the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He is a prison guard, and later policeman, who devotes his life to the law. He is always referred to just simply as "Javert" or "Inspector Javert" by the narrator and other characters throughout the novel; his first name... (1987 - 1988 / 2005 / 2007 / 2011) |
| 2000 | Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607... |
Macbeth |
| 2001 | The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique... |
Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the... |
| 2001 / 2003 / 2005 / 2007 | Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde (musical) Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543... |
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde |
| 2005 / 2008 | Democracy Democracy (play) Democracy is a play by Michael Frayn which premiered at the Royal National Theatre on September 9, 2003, directed by Michael Blakemore, starring Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Günter Guillaume... |
Willy Brandt Willy Brandt Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987.... |
| 2006 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the film of the same name... |
Lawrence Jameson |
| 2007 / 2009 | Kinshu | Yasuaki Arino |
| 2008 | The Seagull The Seagull The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896... |
Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin |
| La Cage aux Folles | Georges | |
| 2009 | Cyrano Cyrano de Bergerac (play) Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life.... |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 2010 | The Fantasticks The Fantasticks The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It was produced by Lore Noto. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into... |
El Gallo |
| 2011 | Burnt by the Sun Burnt by the Sun Burnt by the Sun is a 1994 film by Russian director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov. The film depicts the story of a senior Red Army officer and his family during the Great Purge of the late 1930s in the Stalinist Soviet Union... |
Comdiv Sergei Petrovich Kotov |