Kinya Kitaoji

Personal Info

Birthday

February 23, 1943

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Kin'ya Kitaôji

키타오지 킨야

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.

Known For

SMAP×SMAP

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Absolute Zero

Hanzawa Naoki

Masamune Shogun

Seven Detectives

I'm Home

Ryoma ga Yuku

Filmography

2023
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
as Saitō Dōsan
2020
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
as Raymond Fuu
2019
Whistleblower
as Ikuo Yakuyama
2018
がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～
as 西條征士郎(さいじょうせいしろう)
2016
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings
as Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)
One Piece Film: GOLD
as Raise Max (voice)
Case 17
as Shuichi Itami
Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke
as 香月玄太郎
2013
Legal High SP
as Teshigawara Isao
2012
Asura
as Monk
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
as Hanazono Shugoro
2011
The Last Revenge
as Tesshu Yamaoka
2010
The Incite Mill
as Yoshi Ando
Eternal First Love
as Yuichi Makibara
2008
Sushi King Goes to New York
as Gengoro
2004
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
as Shohei Kazama
1997
The Peking Man
as Kin'ya Kitaôji
1994
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
as Saotome Mondonosuke
1993
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
as Sawatari Mondonosuke
1992
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
as Sawatari Shusui
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
as Sawatari Shusui
1990
The Notorious Bored Samurai 5
as Sawatari Shusui
Detective Heiji
as Heiji Zenigata
1989
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
as Sawatari Shusui
Sensei
as Chairman of the town
1988
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
as Mondonosuke Saotome
The Notorious Bored Samurai
as Mondosuke
1985
Spring Bell
as Rokuheita Narumi
The Second Is a Christian
as Eiji
Fire Festival
as Tatsuo
1984
Zero
as Jiro Horikoshi
Kukai
as Kukai
1982
Future War 198X
as Wataru Mikumo (voice)
Lake of Illusions
as Nobunaga Oda
The Highest Honour
as Major Tachibana
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
as Ginji Tachibana
Winter's Flower
as Michio Sakata
1977
Mount Hakkoda
as Captain Kanda
The Alaska Story
as Frank Yasuda
1975
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
as Yumeji Takehisa
Gambling Den Heist
as Takeshi Kiyomoto
Shimane Prison Riot
as Yuji Kawamura
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Tamotsu Matsumura
1973
The Blossom and the Sword
as Captain Sakagami
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Shunsuke Godai
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Shoji Yamanaka
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Soji Okita
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
as Takeo
1968
One Day at Summer's End
as Shigeo Ugari
1965
Love on the Rainbow
as Tatsuya Kitakami
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as 松平三郎元信（後の徳川家康）
1964
Wolves, Pigs & Men
as Sabu, the third brother
1963
The Navy
as Shinji
Tokaido Fullhouse
as Okeya-no-oni
1961
Whistling Drifter
as Tsukinowa Gentaro
Law in Ghost Island
as Yusaku
Traveling of Two Young Men
as Gentaro
1958
Kingdom of Youth
as Yamanaka Shikanoske
1957
The Mansion of Intrigue
as Kyoya Kirishima
1956
Avenging Father
as Minamoto no Yoriie