Kinya Kitaoji
Known for Acting · 175 credits
- Born
- 1943-02-23 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as
- Kin'ya Kitaôji · 키타오지 킨야
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.
Known For
TV Shows (46)
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
as Yoshito Tendo（天堂 義人）
SMAP×SMAP
1996
as Skit Guest
Absolute Zero
2010
as Hideo Nagashima
Seven Detectives
2015
as Shuntaro Domoto
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
as Ken Nakanowatari
Atsuhime
2008
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
2023
Masamune Shogun
1987
as 伊達輝宗
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
2020
as Kyotaro Onda
I'm Home
2015
as Yozo Ieji
Blackboard
2012
as Akinori Shioda / Shioda Akinori
Fragile
2016
as Kaoru Nakaguma
Princess Go
2011
The Family
2007
as Daisuke Manpyo
Breathless Summer
2012
as 夏目周作
Believe: A Bridge to You
2024
as Goro Bando
Ryoma ga Yuku
1968
as Sakamoto Ryoma
Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi
2017
as Wataru Enoki
Lone Wolf and Cub
2002
as Ogami Ittô
Man of Destiny
2012
as Keisaku Sahashi
Triangle
2009
as Kuroki Shinzo
Mominoki wa Nokotta
1970
as Sakai Tadakiyo
Hojo Tokimune
2001
as Sha Kokumei
The Story of Dominating Countries
2005
Alice in Wonderful Kitchen
2024
as Gojo Michitaka
Miyamoto Musashi
1990
as Miyamoto Musashi
Secret Magistrate Asahina
1998
as Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
2019
Magistrate Ooka Echizen
2005
白虎隊～敗れざる者たち
In His Chart
2021
as Itagaki Genzo [Director]
Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
2007
as Kuwayama Jubei
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
1986
as Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune)
BORDERLESS -72 Hours
2026
as Midorikawa Soichiro
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987
三屋清左衛門残日録
2016
Further Tales of Musashi
1996
as Miyamoto Musashi
Sanada Yukimura
1989
Sanbiki no Ossan
2014
as 清田清一
生存 愛する娘のために
2002
The Diary of Chuji's Travels
1992
as Chuji
Phantom Assassin
2008
as Koyama Genjuro
刑事シュート しゅうと&ムコの事件日誌
2008
忠臣蔵
2004
事件 (テレビ朝日のテレビドラマ)
1993
さすらい署長 風間昭平
2003
Movies (129)
One Piece Film: GOLD
2016
as Raise Max (voice)
Spring Bell
1985
as Rokuheita Narumi
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
2020
as Raymond Fuu
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Shoji Yamanaka
Asura
2012
as Monk
Mount Hakkoda
1977
as Captain Kanda
The Orphan Brother
1961
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023
as Saitō Dōsan
Future War 198X
1982
as Wataru Mikumo (voice)
Winter's Flower
1978
as Michio Sakata
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Castle of Sand
2019
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
as Sabu, the third brother
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings
2016
as Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)
Sensei
1989
as Chairman of the town
The Incite Mill
2010
as Yoshi Ando
Legal High SP
2013
as Isao Teshigawara
The Corporation
1976
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Tamotsu Matsumura
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
as Shunsuke Godai
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Ginji Tachibana
Gambling Den Heist
1975
as Takeshi Kiyomoto
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
Lake of Illusions
1982
as Nobunaga Oda
The Peking Man
1997
as Kin'ya Kitaôji
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
Keepers of Order
1962
Whistleblower
2019
as Ikuo Yakuyama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
as 松平三郎元信（後の徳川家康）
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Eiji
The Acrobats of Death
1959
Sakura Housara
2014
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
Abandoned
1981
Zero
1984
as Jiro Horikoshi
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Soji Okita
The Last Revenge
2011
as Tesshu Yamaoka
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
as Yuji Kawamura
The Navy
1963
as Shinji
Yume-Chiyo
1985
Rise, Fair Sun
1973
Shag
1978
Monument to Holy Service
1978
The Mansion of Intrigue
1957
as Kyoya Kirishima
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
2012
as Hanazono Shugoro
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958
Kukai
1984
as Kukai
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
1995
Fire Festival
1985
as Tatsuo
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
A Woman Called En
1971
Knightly Advice
1962
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
1993
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
2004
as Shohei Kazama
The Blossom and the Sword
1973
as Captain Sakagami
Fine Man
1961
River of Forever
1967
Tokaido Fullhouse
1963
as Okeya-no-oni
The Highest Honour
1982
as Major Tachibana
One Day at Summer's End
1968
as Shigeo Ugari
Shadow Over Fuji
1957
Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Whistling Drifter
1961
as Tsukinowa Gentaro
Dohten
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988
as Mondosuke
A Revengeful Raid
1962
Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken
2024
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962
Law in Ghost Island
1961
as Yusaku
Detective Heiji
1990
as Heiji Zenigata
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010
53 Stages of Action
1963
Love on the Rainbow
1965
as Tatsuya Kitakami
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
1975
as Yumeji Takehisa
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Sushi King Goes to New York
2008
as Gengoro
Cry of the Mountain
1968
Virtue in Spades
1956
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992
as Sawatari Shusui
淋しい狩人
2013
Shadow Conspirator
1982
Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke
2016
as 香月玄太郎
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960
Kingdom of Youth
1958
as Yamanaka Shikanoske
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
1993
Genkuro Yoshitsune
1962
The Alaska Story
1977
as Frank Yasuda
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
1969
as Takeo
Tsugaru zessho
1969
Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
1995
Case 17
2016
as Shuichi Itami
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988
as Mondonosuke Saotome
Traveling of Two Young Men
1961
as Gentaro
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
2014
Glowing Autumn
1978
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993
as Sawatari Mondonosuke
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989
as Sawatari Shusui
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
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
2022
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
as Saotome Mondonosuke
Eternal First Love
2010
as Yuichi Makibara
Avenging Father
1956
as Minamoto no Yoriie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 5
1990
as Sawatari Shusui
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
as Sawatari Shusui
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
三屋清左衛門残日録 三十年ぶりの再会
2018
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
南十字星
1982
がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～
2018
as 西條征士郎(さいじょう せいしろう)
Will to Conquer
1970
The Mysterious Lightning Beauty
1990
as Kogoro Akechi
About Kinya Kitaoji
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 appear… With 175 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Kinya Kitaoji has appeared in 129 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kinya Kitaoji Movies
- One Piece Film: GOLD (2016) — as Raise Max (voice)
- Spring Bell (1985) — as Rokuheita Narumi
- The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess – (2020) — as Raymond Fuu
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) — as Shoji Yamanaka
- Asura (2012) — as Monk
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