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Kōtarō Yoshida (actor)

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Kōtarō Yoshida
吉田 鋼太郎
Born (1959-01-14) January 14, 1959 (age 65)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director
Agents
Children1
Websiteaun.la.coocan.jp

Kōtarō Yoshida (吉田 鋼太郎, Yoshida Kōtarō, born January 14, 1959, in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and theatre director. He is currently affiliated with Horipro.

Biography

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Yoshida spent six years in Osaka during his grade school days, and later grew up in Hino, Tokyo. While a student at St. Paul High School, he saw the Shakespearean comedy "Twelfth Night" by the Kumo Theater Company and decided to become an actor. While studying at the Department of German Literature in the Faculty of Literature at Sophia University, he made his debut by performing Twelfth Night in the Shakespeare Study Group. He later dropped out of the same university.

After working with the Shiki Theatre Company for six months, he worked with Shakespeare Theatre, Lyming Theatre Company, and Tokyo Ichigumi before forming Performance Unit AUN with director Yoshihiro Kurita in 1997, which he also directed. He was valued as an actor capable of performing the roles required of foreign classics such as Shakespeare and Greek tragedies, and was a regular in Yukio Ninagawa's productions. He is a close friend of Tatsuya Fujiwara and Shun Oguri, who often appeared in Ninagawa's works. Starting in 2010, he expanded his activities into television dramas and films on the advice of Oguri.

Yoshida played Hanzawa's boss in Hanzawa Naoki in 2013 and Densuke Kanō, who was modeled after businessman Den'emon Itō, in Hanako to Anne in 2014. These performances attracted attention, which led to an increase in his appearances in films, his first starring role being in Tokyo Sentimental.

He got married on January 1, 2016 (his fourth marriage, including one de facto marriage) and hosted a wedding in February 2017. In October 2016, he succeeded Yukio Ninagawa as the second artistic director of the Sai no Kuni Shakespeare Series.

Filmography

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Stage

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Year Title Role Director Notes Ref.
1985 Twelfth Night Harumi Nakashima
1997 Othello Othello Yukio Ninagawa
1998 The Merchant of Venice Shylock Norio Deguchi
2001 Hamlet Hamlet Norio Deguchi
2008 King Lear Earl of Gloucester Yukio Ninagawa
2014 Julius Caesar Cassius Yukio Ninagawa
2015 Death Note: The Musical Ryuk Tamiya Kuriyama

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Surely Someday Kitō
2015 Assassination Classroom Kensaku Ōno
Shinjuku Swan Amano
2017 To Each His Own Mamoru Yamagami
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High Jōsuke Akaba
The Third Murder Daisuke Settsu
Mixed Doubles Seiichirō Yamashita
Shinjuku Swan II Amano
2018 The Lies She Loved
Love × Doc
Over Drive Issei Tsuzuki
2019 Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration Diabolo (voice)
Ossan's Love the Movie Musashi Kurosawa
Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV Akio's father Lead role
Dragon Quest: Your Story Ladja (voice)
Lupin III: The First Lambert (voice)
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X Ohanefu (voice) [1]
2020 Kaiji: Final Game Yoshihiro Kurosaki [2]
From Today, It's My Turn!! Ichirō Mitsuhashi [3]
2021 Cube Kazumasa Andō [4]
Last of the Wolves Yōzō Watafune [5]
2022 The Way of the Househusband Kondō [6]
2023 Yudō Critic [7]
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The Movie Iwao Aso [8]
2024 Love You as the World Ends: The Final Saijō [9]
Hey Handsome!! Gentaro Ito Lead role [10]
Maru Akimoto [11]
Oshi no Ko: The Final Act Ichigo Saitō [12]
2025 Showtime 7 Shōji [13]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 The Brothers Karamazov Bunzō Kurosawa
Hanzawa Naoki Hiroshi Naitō
2014 Hanako and Anne Densuke Kanō Asadora
Mozu Jin Nakagami
2016 Sanada Maru Oda Nobunaga Taiga drama
Totto TV Hisaya Morishige
Yuriko-san no Ehon Hiroshi Harashima
We're Millennials. Got a Problem? Iwao Aso [8]
2018 From Today, It's My Turn!!' Ichirō Mitsuhashi
2018–24 Ossan's Love Musashi Kurosawa 3 seasons [14]
2019 Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru Gotō Tokujō
2020 The Yagyu Conspiracy Yagyū Munenori Lead role; TV movie
The Sun Stands Still: The Eclipse Tōru Nagashima
2020–21 Awaiting Kirin Matsunaga Hisahide Taiga drama
2021 Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi Miniseries [15]
Japan Sinks: People of Hope Mamoru Amami Special appearance [16]
2022 Hey Handsome!! Gentaro Ito Lead role [17]
2024 Oshi no Ko Ichigo Saitō [12]
2025 Anpan Kamaji Asada Asadora [18]

Awards

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Year Award ceremony Category Result Ref.
2014 7th International Drama Festival in Tokyo Best Supporting Actor Won [19]
2018 11th International Drama Festival in Tokyo Best Supporting Actor Won

References

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  1. ^ "劇場版 新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン 未来からきた神速のALFA-X". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ "「カイジ」藤原竜也主演で9年ぶり映画化、福本伸行による完全オリジナルストーリー". Natalie. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "今日から俺は!!劇場版". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ "菅田将暉主演で密室劇「CUBE」をリメイク！男女6人に杏、岡田将生、斎藤工ら". Natalie. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "松坂桃李主演『孤狼の血 LEVEL2』8.20公開決定 鈴木亮平、西野七瀬らキャスト解禁". Crank-in!. 4 February 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Live-Action Way of the Househusband Film Reveals 7 Cast Members, June Debut". Anime News Network. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "生田斗真主演、映画『湯道』"銭湯"に吉田鋼太郎、夏木マリ、柄本明ら大集合". Oricon. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "『ゆとりですがなにか』続編映画に安藤サクラ・仲野太賀・吉田鋼太郎らキャスト再集結". Oricon. 8 June 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "劇場版「君と世界が終わる日に」シリーズ史上最大の敵役に吉田鋼太郎 "首藤シンジ"須賀健太も参戦". eiga.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Live-Action Film of Risa Itou's Hey Hey Pitan! Manga Reveals More Cast, New Trailer". Anime News Network. 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  11. ^ "まる". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Live-Action Oshi no Ko Series, Film Reveal 28 Cast Members". Anime News Network. 2024-09-01. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  13. ^ "吉田鋼太郎、阿部寛主演「ショウタイムセブン」に出演！ 視聴率第一主義のテレビ局プロデューサー役". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  14. ^ "『おっさんずラブ』続編放送開始日決定 内田理央&眞島秀和らレギュラーキャスト全員続投". Oricon. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  15. ^ "中村勘九郎がNHKドラマで"伝説の歌舞伎俳優"中村仲蔵に、共演に上白石萌音ら". eiga.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  16. ^ "吉田鋼太郎、『日本沈没』で小栗旬の父親役に「本当にうれしく気合いが入りました」". Real Sound. 19 September 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  17. ^ "おいハンサム!!". Fuji TV. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  18. ^ "来春朝ドラ『あんぱん』第3次キャスト7人発表 ヒロイン家族を演じる豪華な顔ぶれ". Oricon. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  19. ^ "吉田鋼太郎、『花アン』伝助人気を分析「男らしさが新鮮だった」". oricon. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
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