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

富士に立つ影

勢揃い関八州

Yamanaka Shikanoske

少年三国志

Soji Okita

新選組

Yoshi Ando

インシテミル 7日間のデス・ゲーム

漂流

Takeo

ボルネオ大将 赤道に賭ける

Kin'ya Kitaôji

北京原人

西條征士郎(さいじょう せいしろう)

がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

Rokuheita Narumi

春の鐘

Tatsuo

火まつり

家光謀殺

幻十郎必殺剣スペシャル　死神復活

Gozonji! Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko

Captain Kanda

八甲田山

Monk

アシュラ

桜ほうさら

淋しい狩人

よか稚児ざくら　馬上の若武者

婉という女

朝やけの詩

Tamotsu Matsumura

仁義なき戦い 完結篇

動天

Saitō Dōsan

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

Eiji

二代目はクリスチャン

源九郎義経

千曲川絶唱

戦国最後の勝利者！徳川家康

Michio Sakata

冬の華

Yuichi Makibara

恋するナポリタン　世界で一番おいしい愛され方

Wataru Mikumo (voice)

FUTURE WAR 198X年

聖職の碑

旗本退屈男

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

忠臣蔵〜その男、大石内蔵助

黒い福音

Yumeji Takehisa

竹久夢二物語　恋する

商魂一代　天下の暴れん坊

桜田門外ノ変

犬笛

Gengoro

銀幕版 スシ王子！ ～ニューヨークへ行く～

Jiro Horikoshi

零戦燃ゆ

Frank Yasuda

アラスカ物語

燃える秋

Takeshi Kiyomoto

資金源強奪

Sabu, the third brother

狼と豚と人間

悪名 縄張荒らし

祇園祭

Tesshu Yamaoka

遺恨あり 明治十三年 最後の仇討

松平三郎元信（後の徳川家康）

徳川家康

Teshigawara Isao

リーガル・ハイ スペシャル

Mondosuke

ご存知！旗本退屈男 長崎 死の密書！

Mondonosuke Saotome

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅱ 薩摩に倒幕の謀反！

Sawatari Shusui

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅲ 疑惑渦巻く大奥！

Sawatari Shusui

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅴ 甲府城に渦巻く暗雲！

Sawatari Shusui

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅵ 伊達家に倒幕の陰謀！

Sawatari Shusui

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅶ 危うし！加賀百万石

Sawatari Mondonosuke

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅷ　琉球王朝に渦巻く暗雲！

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅸ

Saotome Mondonosuke

ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅸ

Kukai

空海

元禄太平記　忠臣蔵討入りの助っ人たち

次郎長と小天狗　殴り込み甲州路

Ginji Tachibana

ダイナマイトどんどん

仁義なき戦い 総集篇

Shunsuke Godai

戦争と人間　第三部

Yusaku

幽霊島の掟

Kyoya Kirishima

旗本退屈男　謎の蛇姫屋敷

水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ

Raise Max (voice)

ワンピース　フィルム GOLD

Nobunaga Oda

幻の湖

Shoji Yamanaka

仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇

香月玄太郎

さよならドビュッシー ～ピアニスト探偵 岬洋介～

あゝ決戦航空隊

旗本退屈男　謎の南蛮太鼓

Hanazono Shugoro

もう誘拐なんてしない

新・極道の妻たち 覚悟しいや

Tsukinowa Gentaro

口笛を吹く無宿者

若君と次男坊

葵の暴れん坊

Captain Sakagami

日本侠花伝

安寿と厨子王丸

Yuji Kawamura

暴動島根刑務所

スリランカの愛と別れ

Ikuo Yakuyama

七つの会議

修羅の群れ

Tatsuya Kitakami

虹をつかむ恋人たち

Shohei Kazama

さすらい署長風間昭平2 こまち田沢湖殺人事件

Shuichi Itami

事件17～大富豪の夫を殺した女！空白の一時間に何が？

Shigeo Ugari

濡れた二人

砂の器

Shinji

海軍

Major Tachibana

The Highest Honour

旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊島

Okeya-no-oni

勢揃い東海道

Raymond Fuu

コンフィデンスマンJP プリンセス編

父子鷹

天下の御意見番

Chairman of the town

せんせい

天下の伊賀越 暁の血戦

Minamoto no Yoriie

曽我兄弟 富士の夜襲

闇の傀儡師

不毛地帯

独眼竜の野望　伊達政宗

ご存知！旗本退屈男７

大暴れ五十三次

日本任侠道 激突篇

旗本退屈男　謎の大文字

夢千代日記

Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)

モンスターストライク THE MOVIE はじまりの場所へ

とやま庄川峡殺人事件

Heiji Zenigata

銭形平次

Gentaro

花笠ふたり若衆

北穂高絶唱

津軽絶唱

遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐

剣客商売 鬼熊酒屋

南十字星

日時計館の美女 江戸川乱歩の「屋根裏の散歩者」