Education
After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage.
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After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage.
He was interested in plays since childhood. Later, he jumped at the opportunity to be an entertainer when he took the gold medal at the audition called "Birth of Comedians". Then, he started garnering roles on Japanese television Shows he appeared on include Fuji television"s Evil Grandmother and Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai"s RinRinto.
He performs in Life Never Stops by himself at GyanGyan Theater in Shibuya.
Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in the Edward Yang"s Yi Yi: A One and a Two, the title character in June Ichikawa"s Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story), and has played the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov"s 2005 film, The Sun.