
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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