is a Japanese actor.
Career Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's Hi no Tori (1978) and got his first starring role in a film with Shinji Somai's Tonda Couple (1980). He starred in Nobuhiko Obayashi's Tenkosei (1982), for which he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. He appeared in most of Obayashi's films until the mid-1990s. Since then he has moved on to adult roles, playing white collar businessmen and fathers.
Selected filmography
Film
Hi no Tori (1978) – Nagi Tonda Couple (1980) – Nakayama, Wataru I Are You, You Am Me (1982) – Kazuo Saitoh The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) – Goro Horikawa Haishi (1984) – Saburoh Itsuka darekaga korosareru (1984) – Shota Watakabe Lonely Heart (1985) – Hiroki Inoue Typhoon Club (1985) – Kobayashi Love Hotel (1985) – Assistant director Four Sisters (1985) – Ryou Sakura Rokumeikan (1986) – Kenjiro, Einosuke's son Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki (1986) – Yuuta Hayami Makeup (1987) Hachiko Monogatari (1987) – Ogata Nihon junjo-den okashina futari (1988) – Hitman Hope and Pain (1988) – Arles, Sadaichi Takai Revolver (1988) – Arata Nagai Watashi no kokoro wa papa no mono (1988) – Yuuki Matsushita Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai (1989) – Tamotsu Yoriai (Episode 3) Byôin e ikô (1990) – Sasazo Inamura Jên (1990) – Satoru Isan sôzoku (1990) – Kazuhito Fujishima Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991) – Tomoya Kaminaga Ryakudatsu ai (1991) Tsuribaka Nisshi 4 (1991) – Kazuhiko Usami Tōki Rakujitsu (1992) Okoge (1992) Seishun dendekedekedeke (1992) – Sugimoto Fujiwara Haruka, nosutarujii (1993) – Noburu Ohta Onna-zakari (1994) – Tamaru's secretary Nozokiya (1995) – Matsumiya Ashita (1995) – Megumi's Teacher Onihei hankachô (1995) Miyazawa Kenji sono ai (1995) – Fujiwara Happy People (1997) Ikinai (1998) – Kimura Kaza-hana (2000) – Nightclub manager Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001) – Shibukawa The Twilight Samurai (2002) – Shichijuro Otsuka Kusa no ran (2004) Koi no mon (2004) Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô- Negai (2005) – Yoshiro Arigatô (2006) – Kenta Arino I Just Didn't Do It (2006) Sekai wa tokidoki utsukushii (2006) – Customer Kôan keisatsu sôsakan (2007) The Triumphant of General Rouge (2009) – Keiji Mifune Wasao (2011) Itsukaichi Monogatari (2011) Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari (2012) – Tadahiko Megamisama (2017) The Negotiator: Behind The Reversion of Okinawa (2018) – Fumio Ishino 37 Seconds (2019) Peer (2019) – Terunobu Kuramatsu Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) – Kondō Isami Rika: Love Obsessed Psycho (2021) Tombi: Father and Son (2022) Wedding High (2022) The Zen Diary (2022) – Takashi My Broken Mariko (2022) – Mariko's father Roleless (2022) The Legend and Butterfly (2023) – Hirate Masahide Confess to Your Crimes (2023) Oshi no Ko: The Final Act (2024) – Toshiro Kindaichi Secret: A Hidden Score (2024) – Tōru Higuchi Shinpei (2025) – Masakazu Oka Salary Man Kintaro (2025) – Morinosuke Yamato Salary Man Kintaro 2 (2025) – Morinosuke Yamato Rewrite (2025) – Hosoda A Place Called Home (2026) The Ogre's Bride (2026) Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar (2026), Shigeo Nakata
Television
Kusa Moeru (1979) – young Hōjō Yasutoki Hōjō Tokimune (2001) – Ashikaga Yoriuji At Home Dad (2004) Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (2006) – Nakagawa Yoshio Ryūsei no Kizuna (2008) – Hayashi George Teppan (2010) Ariadne no Dangan (2011) – Jōichirō Kitayama Taira no Kiyomori (2012) – Taira no Koretsuna Amachan (2013), Masamune Kurokawa Akira and Akira (2017) – Toshio Kitamura Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) – Sakakibara Yasumasa The Negotiator: Behind The Reversion of Okinawa (2017) Everyone's Demoted (2019) – Takashi Umehara Awaiting Kirin (2020) – Toki Yorinori Pareto's Miscalculation (2020) The Supporting Actors 3 (2021) – Himself Yū-san no Nyōbō (2021) – Masahiko Kobayashi Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022) – Isao Nimura The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023) Oshi no Ko (2024) – Toshiro Kindaichi Unbound (2025) – Hirasawa Tsunemasa Zenigata Heiji (2026)
References
External links Official profile (in Japanese)