Kinya Kitaoji

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

164

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

  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

    Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

  • SMAP×SMAP

    SMAP×SMAP

  • Absolute Zero

    Absolute Zero

  • Hanzawa Naoki

    Hanzawa Naoki

  • Atsuhime

    Atsuhime

  • Hojo Tokimune

    Hojo Tokimune

  • THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

    THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

  • Future War 198X

    Future War 198X

  • One Piece Film: GOLD

    One Piece Film: GOLD

  • Asura

    Asura

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

  • Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

  • Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

    Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

  • The Peking Man

    The Peking Man

  • Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

    Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 7

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 7

  • The Orphan Brother

    The Orphan Brother

  • Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist

    Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 6

  • I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore

    I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore

  • Winter's Flower

    Winter's Flower

  • Eternal First Love

    Eternal First Love

  • Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

  • Avenging Father

    Avenging Father

  • The Alaska Story

    The Alaska Story

  • Young Lord and Second Son

    Young Lord and Second Son

  • Will to Conquer

    Will to Conquer

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 8

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 8

  • Cry of the Mountain

    Cry of the Mountain

  • The Second Is a Christian

    The Second Is a Christian

  • Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

    Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

  • Law in Ghost Island

    Law in Ghost Island

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 2

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 2

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai

    The Notorious Bored Samurai

  • Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

    Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

  • Zero

    Zero

  • Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

    Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

  • Rise, Fair Sun

    Rise, Fair Sun

  • River of Forever

    River of Forever

  • Glowing Autumn

    Glowing Autumn

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 3

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 3

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

  • Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

  • Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

  • One Day at Summer's End

    One Day at Summer's End

  • Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

    Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return

  • Kukai

    Kukai

  • Traveling of Two Young Men

    Traveling of Two Young Men

  • Believe: A Bridge to You

    Believe: A Bridge to You

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

  • Bloody Battle at Dawn

    Bloody Battle at Dawn

  • The Highest Honour

    The Highest Honour

  • Princess Go

    Princess Go

  • Shimane Prison Riot

    Shimane Prison Riot

  • The Notorious Bored Samurai 5

    The Notorious Bored Samurai 5

  • Love on the Rainbow

    Love on the Rainbow

  • Virtue in Spades

    Virtue in Spades

  • Whistling Drifter

    Whistling Drifter

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

  • Gambling Den Heist

    Gambling Den Heist

  • Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

    Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

  • Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

    Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

  • The Incite Mill

    The Incite Mill

  • Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator

    Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

  • The Mansion of Intrigue

    The Mansion of Intrigue

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

    Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

  • The Story of a Man Among Men

    The Story of a Man Among Men

  • Kingdom of Youth

    Kingdom of Youth

  • The Last Revenge

    The Last Revenge

  • Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

    Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

  • A Revengeful Raid

    A Revengeful Raid

  • がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

    がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

  • 南十字星

    南十字星

  • Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke

    Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke

  • 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‐

  • The Blossom and the Sword

    The Blossom and the Sword

  • Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

    Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

  • Dohten

    Dohten

  • Shadow Over Fuji

    Shadow Over Fuji

  • Knightly Advice

    Knightly Advice

  • The Day the Sun Rose

    The Day the Sun Rose

  • Father of the Kamikaze

    Father of the Kamikaze

  • The Acrobats of Death

    The Acrobats of Death

  • 淋しい狩人

    淋しい狩人

  • Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

    Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

  • The Navy

    The Navy

  • Spring Bell

    Spring Bell

  • Detective Heiji

    Detective Heiji

  • Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

  • Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

    Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

  • Genkuro Yoshitsune

    Genkuro Yoshitsune

  • A Woman Called En

    A Woman Called En

  • Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

    Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

  • Monument to Holy Service

    Monument to Holy Service

  • Keepers of Order

    Keepers of Order

  • Dynamite Don-Don

    Dynamite Don-Don

  • 53 Stages of Action

    53 Stages of Action

  • Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken

    Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken

  • Tsugaru zessho

    Tsugaru zessho

  • Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

    Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

  • Sakura Housara

    Sakura Housara

  • Shag

    Shag

  • Sushi King Goes to New York

    Sushi King Goes to New York

  • Whistleblower

    Whistleblower

  • Castle of Sand

    Castle of Sand

  • Ryoma ga Yuku

    Ryoma ga Yuku

  • Shadow Conspirator

    Shadow Conspirator

  • Mominoki wa Nokotta

    Mominoki wa Nokotta

  • I'm Home

    I'm Home

  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

    Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

  • Legal High SP

    Legal High SP

  • Fine Man

    Fine Man

  • Tokaido Fullhouse

    Tokaido Fullhouse

  • Fire Festival

    Fire Festival

  • Alice in Wonderful Kitchen

    Alice in Wonderful Kitchen

  • Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

  • Wolves, Pigs & Men

    Wolves, Pigs & Men

  • The Corporation

    The Corporation

  • Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya

    Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya

  • Yume-Chiyo

    Yume-Chiyo

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

    Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case

  • 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

  • Case 17

    Case 17

  • The Family

    The Family

  • Sensei

    Sensei

  • Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

    Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

  • Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

    Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

  • Lone Wolf and Cub

    Lone Wolf and Cub

  • Sanada Yukimura

    Sanada Yukimura

  • Fragile

    Fragile

  • Further Tales of Musashi

    Further Tales of Musashi

  • Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings

    Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings

  • In His Chart

    In His Chart

  • Man of Destiny

    Man of Destiny

  • Blackboard

    Blackboard

  • Blackboard

    Blackboard

  • Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

  • Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi

    Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi

  • The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –

    The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –

  • Magistrate Ooka Echizen

    Magistrate Ooka Echizen

  • Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches

    Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches

  • Sanbiki no Ossan

    Sanbiki no Ossan

  • Triangle

    Triangle

  • Sakurada Gate Incident

    Sakurada Gate Incident

  • The Story of Dominating Countries

    The Story of Dominating Countries

  • Breathless Summer

    Breathless Summer

  • 白虎隊～敗れざる者たち

    白虎隊～敗れざる者たち

  • Secret Magistrate Asahina

    Secret Magistrate Asahina

  • Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

  • 生存 愛する娘のために

    生存 愛する娘のために

  • Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces

    Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces

  • The Diary of Chuji's Travels

    The Diary of Chuji's Travels

  • Phantom Assassin

    Phantom Assassin

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 忠臣蔵

    忠臣蔵

  • さすらい署長 風間昭平

    さすらい署長 風間昭平

  • Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki

    Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki

  • Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

    Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

  • 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」