Kinya Kitaoji
Age: 81 | From: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Person Details
Birthday: 1943-02-23 02:27:03
Aliases: Kin'ya Kitaôji , 北大路欣也
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Homepage: https://www.horipro.co.jp/kitaoojikinya/
Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 25
Most Famous Work
Biography
Early life: He was born in Kyoto, son of jidaigeki film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ⅱ in Tokyo. Acting career: Kin'ya made his debut with his father in the 1956 Toei film Oyakodaka in the role of Katsu Kaishū. He is a contemporary of, and was taken to be a rival of, Hiroki Matsukata, who was also the son of a famous actor (Jūshirō Konoe). In 1964, Kin'ya made his first appearance on stage in Cyrano de Bergerac. The 1960s and 1970s saw him in many contemporary roles. He appeared in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as well as Karei naru Ichizoku. The title role in the 1975 film Takehisa Yumeji was his. On television, Kitaōji portrayed Miyamoto Musashi in the Nippon Television show of the same name. A major historical role was Sakamoto Ryōma in the year-long prime-time NHK Taiga drama Ryōma ga Yuku (1968). He landed the title role in the long-running cop show Zenigata Heiji, set in the Edo period. In the 1985 twelve-hour New Year special Fūun Yagyū Bugeichō, he played Yagyū Jūbei, and in the following year's special, he portrayed both Tokugawa Yoshimune and Yagyū Shinrokurō. The role of another shogun fell to him in the following new year as TV Tokyo tapped him to play Tokugawa Iemitsu. Kin'ya returned to NHK for the 1987 Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune as Date Terumune, father of title character Date Masamune. Another role he took had been created by his father. Saotome Mondonosuke was the title character in the series Gozonji! Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko. It ran from 1988 to 1994 on TV Asahi. His father, Ichikawa Utaemon, had appeared in numerous films as Mondonosuke. Kin'ya reprised the part of Miyamoto Musashi in the 1990 New Year's special. Toshirō Mifune had portrayed Musashi in the earlier film, also based on the Eiji Yoshikawa story, that had won an Academy Award. He returned to the New Year's special in 1996, again as the famous swordsman, in Tokugawa Kengōden Sore kara no Musashi. His first portrayal of Ōishi Kuranosuke was in the 1996 Chūshingura. He took up the role again in 2004 for the NHK Saigo no Chūshingura and in 2007, in the New Year special Chūshingura Yōzei-in no Inbō. Other historical roles from the Sengoku period include Azai Nagamasa, Saitō Dōsan, and Yamamoto Kansuke. In addition to historical parts, he appeared in fictional series. His portrayal of Ogami Ittō in the Lone Wolf and Cub ( Kozure 2) Which was a series for Asahi TV in Japan is representative of these appearances. In 2008, Kitaōji revisited the role of Katsu Kaishū in the Taiga drama Atsuhime. He had portrayed Katsu in his 1956 debut. He won the award for best actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Fire Festival and Haru no kane. Kitaōji played one of the lead roles in Hideo Nakata's psychological thriller film The Incite Mill. In recent times, Kitaōji voices the Hokkaido-inu character of "Father" in SoftBank Mobile's White Family advertising campaign.
Most Famous Work
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
(2012) Yoshito Tendo（天堂 義人）
Asura
(2012) Monk
Absolute Zero
(2010) Hideo Nagashima
Keiji 7-nin
(2015) Shuntaro Domoto
The Incite Mill
(2010) Yoshi Ando
Masamune Shogun
(1987) 伊達輝宗
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
(1974) Tamotsu Matsumura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
(1973) Shoji YamanakaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N/A | |
| Saitō Dōsan | ||
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2021 | Itagaki Genzo [Director] | |
| 2020 | Raymond Fuu | |
| Kyotaro Onda | ||
| 2019 | N/A | |
| Ikuo Yakuyama | ||
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| 2018 | 西條征士郎(さいじょう せいしろう) | |
| 2017 | Wataru Enoki | |
| 2016 | Kentaro Ishibashi (voice) | |
| Raise Max (voice) | ||
| Shuichi Itami | ||
| 香月玄太郎 | ||
| Kaoru Nakaguma | ||
| 2015 | Shuntaro Domoto | |
| Yozo Ieji | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| 清田清一 | ||
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| 2013 | N/A | |
| Ken Nakanowatari | ||
| Teshigawara Isao | ||
| 2012 | Yoshito Tendo（天堂 義人） | |
| Monk | ||
| Shusaku Natsume | ||
| Shioda Akinori | ||
| Akinori Shioda | ||
| Keisaku Sahashi | ||
| Hanazono Shugoro | ||
| 2011 | Tesshu Yamaoka | |
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| 2010 | N/A | |
| Yoshi Ando | ||
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| Yuichi Makibara | ||
| Hideo Nagashima | ||
| 2009 | N/A | |
| Kuroki Shinzo | ||
| 2008 | N/A | |
| Gengoro | ||
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| 2007 | Kuwayama Jubei | |
| Daisuke Manpyo | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
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| 2004 | Shohei Kazama | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| 2002 | Ogami Ittô | |
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| 2001 | Sha Kokumei | |
| 1998 | Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo | |
| 1997 | Kin'ya Kitaôji | |
| 1996 | Skit Guest | |
| Miyamoto Musashi | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1993 | N/A | |
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| 1992 | Chuji | |
| 1991 | N/A | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1989 | Chairman of the town | |
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| 1987 | 伊達輝宗 | |
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| 1986 | Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune) | |
| 1985 | Rokuheita Narumi | |
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| Eiji | ||
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| Tatsuo | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Jiro Horikoshi | ||
| Kukai | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Wataru Mikumo (voice) | ||
| Nobunaga Oda | ||
| Major Tachibana | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Ginji Tachibana | ||
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| Michio Sakata | ||
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| 1977 | Captain Kanda | |
| Frank Yasuda | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
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| 1975 | Yumeji Takehisa | |
| Takeshi Kiyomoto | ||
| Yuji Kawamura | ||
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| 1974 | N/A | |
| Tamotsu Matsumura | ||
| 1973 | Captain Sakagami | |
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| Shunsuke Godai | ||
| Shoji Yamanaka | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1970 | N/A | |
| Sakai Tadakiyo | ||
| 1969 | Soji Okita | |
| Takeo | ||
| 1968 | Shigeo Ugari | |
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| Sakamoto Ryoma | ||
| 1965 | Tatsuya Kitakami | |
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| 1964 | Sabu, the third brother | |
| 1963 | Shinji | |
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| Okeya-no-oni | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
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| 1961 | N/A | |
| Tsukinowa Gentaro | ||
| Yusaku | ||
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| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
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| 1958 | Yamanaka Shikanoske | |
| 1957 | Kirishima Kyoya | |
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| 1956 | Minamoto no Yoriie | |
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