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