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 (2001), Crows Zero (2007), Crows Zero 2 (2009), and The Raid 2: Berandal (2014). He is also known for his yakuza roles, such as Joji Yazaki, the head of Soshu Family Syndicate and the main antagonist of Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2, and Hideaki Goto, the head of the Goto family, a powerful yakuza family from Japan and one of two mob bosses that control Jakarta in The Raid 2: Berandal.
Filmography Films Violent Cop (1989) All Under the Moon (1993) Jubaku: Spellbound (1999) Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000), Kōhei Tomie: Replay (2000), Dr. Tachibana Family (2001) Agitator (2001) Visitor Q (2001), Kiyoshi Yamasaki The Guys from Paradise (2001), Toshiyuki Umino Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002) Sabu (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 (2005), Oh Tengu Cromartie High - The Movie (2005), Pootan Azumi 2 (2005), Kinkaku Demon Pond (2005), Giant Crab / Representative Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006), Shunack Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006), assistant police inspector Nihon Chinbotsu (2006), Shinichirō Nakata Memories of Tomorrow (2006), Hasegawa The Sword of Alexander (2007), Gonzō Like a Dragon (2007), Imanishi Crows Zero (2007), Jōji Yazaki Happy Ever After (2007) SS (2008), Kurihara Climber's High (2008) 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) Crows Zero 2 (2009), Jōji Yazaki Railways (2010), Yoshiki Kawahira The Raid 2 (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 (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 Kubi (2023), Araki Murashige All About Suomi (2024), Daikichi Totoyama Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (2024), Masahito Jingū Doctor-X: The Movie (2024), Takashi Ebina My Special One (2025), himself Brand New Landscape (2025) Beethoven Fabrication (2025), Franz Gerhard Wegeler Angel Flight: The Movie (2026), Shiro Kashiwagi
TV dramas Battle Fever J (1979), Yoshio Murano Taiyō ni Hoero! (1986) episode.718(Final episode) Special Rescue Exceedraft (1992), Seiji Nagai Tokusou Robo Janperson (1993), Doctor Saionji Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994), Prince Junior Hōjō Tokimune (2001), Miura Mitsumura Kōshōnin (2003) Lion-Maru G (2006), Junior The Waste Land (2009) Teppan (2010–2011), Jō Murakami Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Hōjō Tokimasa Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2013-2021), 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 Montage (2016), Jirō Sekiguchi The Supporting Actors (2017), himself Warotenka (2017), Gihei Fujioka Tales of the Bizarre 2017 Spring Special (2017), Yoichiro Narita The Supporting Actors 2 (2018), himself Magic x Warrior Magi Majo Pures! (2018), Jama Danshaku Kuroido Goroshi (2018), Rokusuke Kuroido Segodon (2018), Katsu Kaishū Radiation House (2019–2021), Toshio Onodera Talio (2020) The Supporting Actors 3 (2021), himself Shimura Ken to Drif no Daibakushō Monogatari (2021), Chosuke Ikariya Don't Call It Mystery (2022), Kanzō Yabu The Days (2023) Angel Flight (2023), Shiro Kashiwagi The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files (2025) Masao Yaegashi Blossom (2026), Daizaburo Kurosaki
Video games Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (2005), Gargant (Japanese voice) Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (2006), Gargant (Japanese voice) Yakuza 4 (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 (2017), Groot Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Groot Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), Groot Avengers: Endgame (2019), Groot Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Groot The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), Groot Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Groot
Awards 2009 International Drama Festival in Tokyo – Best Supporting Actor
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