Kinya Kitaoji

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, 1943-02-23

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Virtue in Spades		0
2	1956	Avenging Father	Minamoto no Yoriie	90
3	1957	Shadow Over Fuji		0
4	1957	The Mansion of Intrigue	Kyoya Kirishima	0
5	1958	Kingdom of Youth	Yamanaka Shikanoske	0
6	1958	Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute		50
7	1959	The Acrobats of Death		58
8	1959	Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy		60
9	1959	Bloody Battle at Dawn		50
10	1960	Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return		0
11	1961	Traveling of Two Young Men	Gentaro	0
12	1961	Fine Man		0
13	1961	Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku		0
14	1961	The Orphan Brother		61
15	1961	Law in Ghost Island	Yusaku	53
16	1961	Whistling Drifter	Tsukinowa Gentaro	0
17	1961	Young Lord and Second Son		0
18	1962	Knightly Advice		70
19	1962	Genkuro Yoshitsune		0
20	1962	Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha		0
21	1962	Keepers of Order		50
22	1962	A Revengeful Raid		50
23	1963	Tokaido Fullhouse	Okeya-no-oni	70
24	1963	53 Stages of Action		0
25	1963	The Navy	Shinji	0
26	1964	Wolves, Pigs & Men	Sabu, the third brother	81
27	1965	Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu	松平三郎元信（後の徳川家康）	82
28	1965	Love on the Rainbow	Tatsuya Kitakami	0
29	1967	River of Forever		0
30	1968	Cry of the Mountain		0
31	1968	The Day the Sun Rose		70
32	1968	One Day at Summer's End	Shigeo Ugari	0
33	1969	津軽絶唱		0
34	1969	Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator	Takeo	0
35	1969	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor	Soji Okita	68
36	1970	Will to Conquer		0
37	1971	A Woman Called En		0
38	1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima	Shoji Yamanaka	74
39	1973	Men and War III: The Final Chapter	Shunsuke Godai	60
40	1973	Rise, Fair Sun		0
41	1973	The Blossom and the Sword	Captain Sakagami	70
42	1974	Akumyo: Notorious Dragon		50
43	1974	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode	Tamotsu Matsumura	73
44	1974	Father of the Kamikaze		0
45	1975	Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack		0
46	1975	Shimane Prison Riot	Yuji Kawamura	50
47	1975	Gambling Den Heist	Takeshi Kiyomoto	67
48	1975	Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru	Yumeji Takehisa	0
49	1976	Love and Separation in Sri Lanka		0
50	1976	The Corporation		10
51	1977	The Alaska Story	Frank Yasuda	60
52	1977	Mount Hakkoda	Captain Kanda	64
53	1978	Shag		70
54	1978	Winter's Flower	Michio Sakata	62
55	1978	Monument to Holy Service		0
56	1978	Dynamite Don-Don	Ginji Tachibana	70
57	1978	Glowing Autumn		0
58	1980	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga		67
59	1981	Abandoned		0
60	1982	The Highest Honour	Major Tachibana	57
61	1982	Lake of Illusions	Nobunaga Oda	15
62	1982	Future War 198X	Wataru Mikumo (voice)	58
63	1982	Shadow Conspirator		0
64	1984	Kukai	Kukai	90
65	1984	Zero	Jiro Horikoshi	42
66	1984	The Story of a Man Among Men		60
67	1985	Fire Festival	Tatsuo	59
68	1985	Yume-Chiyo		80
69	1985	The Second Is a Christian	Eiji	50
70	1985	Spring Bell	Rokuheita Narumi	60
71	1988	The Notorious Bored Samurai	Mondosuke	0
72	1988	The Notorious Bored Samurai 2	Mondonosuke Saotome	0
73	1989	Sensei	Chairman of the town	0
74	1989	The Notorious Bored Samurai 3	Sawatari Shusui	0
75	1990	Detective Heiji	Heiji Zenigata	0
76	1990	The Notorious Bored Samurai 5	Sawatari Shusui	0
77	1991	遊の人‐天下の御意見番大久保彦左衛門‐		0
78	1991	Dohten		0
79	1991	The Notorious Bored Samurai 6	Sawatari Shusui	0
80	1992	Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan		0
81	1992	The Notorious Bored Samurai 7	Sawatari Shusui	0
82	1993	Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon		0
83	1993	Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2		60
84	1993	The Notorious Bored Samurai 8	Sawatari Mondonosuke	0
85	1993	Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death		0
86	1993	Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy		0
87	1994	The Notorious Bored Samurai 9		0
88	1994	The Notorious Bored Samurai 9	Saotome Mondonosuke	0
89	1995	Assassin's Target: Iemitsu		0
90	1995	Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki		0
91	1997	The Peking Man	Kin'ya Kitaôji	30
92	2004	Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case	Shohei Kazama	0
93	2008	Sushi King Goes to New York	Gengoro	70
94	2009	Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami		0
95	2010	Eternal First Love	Yuichi Makibara	67
96	2010	The Incite Mill	Yoshi Ando	55
97	2010	Sakurada Gate Incident		72
98	2010	Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke		90
99	2011	The Last Revenge	Tesshu Yamaoka	70
100	2012	I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore	Hanazono Shugoro	60
101	2012	Asura	Monk	71
102	2013	Legal High SP	Teshigawara Isao	81
103	2013	淋しい狩人		0
104	2014	Sakura Housara		0
105	2014	Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel		50
106	2014	剣客商売鬼熊酒屋		0
107	2016	Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke	香月玄太郎	0
108	2016	Case 17	Shuichi Itami	0
109	2016	One Piece Film: GOLD	Raise Max (voice)	72
110	2016	Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings	Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)	31
111	2018	がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～	西條征士郎(さいじょうせいしろう)	0
112	2019	Whistleblower	Ikuo Yakuyama	80
113	2019	Castle of Sand		87
114	2020	The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –	Raymond Fuu	68
115	2022	さすらい署長風間昭平スペシャル　塩屋岬いわき殺人事件		0
116	2023	THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY	Saitō Dōsan	67
117	2024	Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Ryoma ga Yuku	Sakamoto Ryoma	0
2	1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Sakai Tadakiyo	0
3	1986	Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches	Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune)	0
4	1987	Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu		0
5	1987	Masamune Shogun	伊達輝宗	92
6	1989	Sanada Yukimura		0
7	1990	Miyamoto Musashi	Miyamoto Musashi	0
8	1992	The Diary of Chuji's Travels	Chuji	0
9	1993	事件 (テレビ朝日のテレビドラマ)		0
10	1996	Further Tales of Musashi	Miyamoto Musashi	0
11	1996	SMAP×SMAP	Skit Guest	85
12	1998	Secret Magistrate Asahina	Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo	0
13	2001	Hojo Tokimune	Sha Kokumei	0
14	2002	生存愛する娘のために		0
15	2002	Lone Wolf and Cub	Ogami Ittô	68
16	2003	さすらい署長風間昭平		0
17	2004	忠臣蔵		0
18	2005	The Story of Dominating Countries		0
19	2005	Magistrate Ooka Echizen		0
20	2007	The Family	Daisuke Manpyo	78
21	2007	Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces	Kuwayama Jubei	0
22	2008	Atsuhime		90
23	2008	Phantom Assassin	Koyama Genjuro	0
24	2008	刑事シュートしゅうと&ムコの事件日誌		0
25	2009	Triangle	Kuroki Shinzo	72
26	2010	Absolute Zero	Hideo Nagashima	80
27	2011	Princess Go		83
28	2012	Man of Destiny	Keisaku Sahashi	0
29	2012	Blackboard	Akinori Shioda	80
30	2012	Blackboard	Shioda Akinori	80
31	2012	Breathless Summer	夏目周作	80
32	2012	Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon	Yoshito Tendo（天堂義人）	74
33	2013	Hanzawa Naoki	Ken Nakanowatari	82
34	2014	Sanbiki no Ossan	清田清一	70
35	2015	I'm Home	Yozo Ieji	73
36	2015	Seven Detectives	Shuntaro Domoto	74
37	2016	Fragile	Kaoru Nakaguma	78
38	2017	Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi	Wataru Enoki	85
39	2019	Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~		50
40	2020	Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist	Kyotaro Onda	73
41	2021	In His Chart	Itagaki Genzo [Director]	0
42	2023	Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero		70
43	2024	Alice in Wonderful Kitchen	Gojo Michitaka	65
44	2024	Believe: A Bridge to You	Goro Bando	67
45		白虎隊～敗れざる者たち		0