(born June 4, 1970 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He is best known from the Japanese cult films Versus, Battlefield Baseball, and Alive, in which he plays the main character Tenshu.

Selected filmography

TV drama

• Sky High (2003, TV Asahi) Takashi Kitajima
• Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi (2003, TV Asahi)
• Oooku (2004, Fuji TV) Inaba Masakatsu
• Fuurin Kazan (2007, NHK) Matsuda Shichirōzaemon

Films

• Versus (2001)
• Battlefield Baseball (2002) Houichi
• Alive (2003) Tenshu Yashiro
• Azumi (2003) Nagato
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Vice-Captain Ekereru
• Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008) Omito Date

See also

• Japanmusic