Kinya Kitaoji

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-02-23 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Kinya Kitaoji

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.

Known For

  • Seven Detectives

    Seven Detectives

  • SMAP×SMAP

    SMAP×SMAP

  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

    Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

  • Hanzawa Naoki

    Hanzawa Naoki

  • Absolute Zero

    Absolute Zero

  • Spring Bell

    Spring Bell

  • The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –

    The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –

  • Atsuhime

    Atsuhime

  • Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings

    Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings

  • One Piece Film: GOLD

    One Piece Film: GOLD

  • Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

  • Asura

    Asura

  • Hojo Tokimune

    Hojo Tokimune

  • Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

    Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

  • The Incite Mill

    The Incite Mill

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

  • The Orphan Brother

    The Orphan Brother

  • Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke

    Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke

  • Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

    Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

  • Castle of Sand

    Castle of Sand

  • Whistleblower

    Whistleblower

  • Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

  • Alice in Wonderful Kitchen

    Alice in Wonderful Kitchen

  • Believe: A Bridge to You

    Believe: A Bridge to You

  • 淋しい狩人

    淋しい狩人

  • Yume-Chiyo

    Yume-Chiyo

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai

    The Notorious Bored Samurai

  • Eternal First Love

    Eternal First Love

  • Legal High SP

    Legal High SP

  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

    Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

  • The Blossom and the Sword

    The Blossom and the Sword

  • Dynamite Don-Don

    Dynamite Don-Don

  • I'm Home

    I'm Home

  • Shadow Conspirator

    Shadow Conspirator

  • Princess Go

    Princess Go

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

  • The Peking Man

    The Peking Man

  • Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

  • Sensei

    Sensei

  • Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

    Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

  • Law in Ghost Island

    Law in Ghost Island

  • 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

    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

  • Sakurada Gate Incident

    Sakurada Gate Incident

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 3

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 3

  • Gambling Den Heist

    Gambling Den Heist

  • Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

    Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

  • Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

    Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

  • Shadow Over Fuji

    Shadow Over Fuji

  • Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

  • Father of the Kamikaze

    Father of the Kamikaze

  • 53 Stages of Action

    53 Stages of Action

  • Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken

    Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken

  • Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

    Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

  • The Second Is a Christian

    The Second Is a Christian

  • Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

    Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

  • THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

    THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

  • Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case

    Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case

  • Fine Man

    Fine Man

  • Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

  • 三屋清左衛門残日録

    三屋清左衛門残日録

  • The Navy

    The Navy

  • Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

    Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

  • Fire Festival

    Fire Festival

  • Kukai

    Kukai

  • The Acrobats of Death

    The Acrobats of Death

  • Tokaido Fullhouse

    Tokaido Fullhouse

  • Will to Conquer

    Will to Conquer

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 8

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 8

  • Virtue in Spades

    Virtue in Spades

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 5

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 5

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 2

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 2

  • 三屋清左衛門残日録 完結篇

    三屋清左衛門残日録 完結篇

  • Shimane Prison Riot

    Shimane Prison Riot

  • Genkuro Yoshitsune

    Genkuro Yoshitsune

  • Zero

    Zero

  • Wolves, Pigs & Men

    Wolves, Pigs & Men

  • A Woman Called En

    A Woman Called En

  • Winter's Flower

    Winter's Flower

  • Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

    Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

  • Sakura Housara

    Sakura Housara

  • Keepers of Order

    Keepers of Order

  • Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

  • Glowing Autumn

    Glowing Autumn

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 7

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 7

  • The Last Revenge

    The Last Revenge

  • Young Lord and Second Son

    Young Lord and Second Son

  • I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore

    I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore

  • Future War 198X

    Future War 198X

  • Blackboard

    Blackboard

  • Blackboard

    Blackboard

  • Bloody Battle at Dawn

    Bloody Battle at Dawn

  • Monument to Holy Service

    Monument to Holy Service

  • The Day the Sun Rose

    The Day the Sun Rose

  • Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator

    Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator

  • The Corporation

    The Corporation

  • One Day at Summer's End

    One Day at Summer's End

  • The Story of a Man Among Men

    The Story of a Man Among Men

  • The Family

    The Family

  • Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

    Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

  • 遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐

    遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

  • Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

    Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

  • Sushi King Goes to New York

    Sushi King Goes to New York

  • The Mansion of Intrigue

    The Mansion of Intrigue

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

  • Love on the Rainbow

    Love on the Rainbow

  • Case 17

    Case 17

  • 三屋清左衛門残日録 新たなしあわせ

    三屋清左衛門残日録 新たなしあわせ

  • Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

    Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

  • Knightly Advice

    Knightly Advice

  • Whistling Drifter

    Whistling Drifter

  • River of Forever

    River of Forever

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

  • Ryoma ga Yuku

    Ryoma ga Yuku

  • Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

    Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

  • がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

    がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

  • Lone Wolf and Cub

    Lone Wolf and Cub

  • The Alaska Story

    The Alaska Story

  • Avenging Father

    Avenging Father

  • Traveling of Two Young Men

    Traveling of Two Young Men

  • A Revengeful Raid

    A Revengeful Raid

  • Sanada Yukimura

    Sanada Yukimura

  • Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

    Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

  • Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya

    Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya

  • Shag

    Shag

  • Cry of the Mountain

    Cry of the Mountain

  • Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist

    Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist

  • Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

    Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

  • Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

    Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

  • Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

    Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

  • Detective Heiji

    Detective Heiji

  • Rise, Fair Sun

    Rise, Fair Sun

  • Kingdom of Youth

    Kingdom of Youth

  • Dohten

    Dohten

  • The Highest Honour

    The Highest Honour

  • Triangle

    Triangle

  • Man of Destiny

    Man of Destiny

  • 南十字星

    南十字星

  • Fragile

    Fragile

  • Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi

    Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi

  • Breathless Summer

    Breathless Summer

  • In His Chart

    In His Chart

  • Magistrate Ooka Echizen

    Magistrate Ooka Echizen

  • Tsugaru zessho

    Tsugaru zessho

  • Sanbiki no Ossan

    Sanbiki no Ossan

  • Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches

    Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches

  • Secret Magistrate Asahina

    Secret Magistrate Asahina

  • Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

  • Mominoki wa Nokotta

    Mominoki wa Nokotta

  • Further Tales of Musashi

    Further Tales of Musashi

  • Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

  • さすらい署長 風間昭平

    さすらい署長 風間昭平

  • Phantom Assassin

    Phantom Assassin

  • 忠臣蔵

    忠臣蔵

  • Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces

    Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces

  • The Story of Dominating Countries

    The Story of Dominating Countries

  • 生存 愛する娘のために

    生存 愛する娘のために

  • The Diary of Chuji's Travels

    The Diary of Chuji's Travels

  • 白虎隊～敗れざる者たち

    白虎隊～敗れざる者たち

  • 日時計館の美女 江戸川乱歩の「屋根裏の散歩者」

    日時計館の美女 江戸川乱歩の「屋根裏の散歩者」

  • Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki

    Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki

  • 刑事シュート しゅうと&ムコの事件日誌

    刑事シュート しゅうと&ムコの事件日誌

  • Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

    Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

  • 事件 (テレビ朝日のテレビドラマ)

    事件 (テレビ朝日のテレビドラマ)

  • 三屋清左衛門残日録 三十年ぶりの再会

    三屋清左衛門残日録 三十年ぶりの再会