Takao Osawa
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1968-03-11 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Takao Ohsawa · Takao Ôsawa · Takao Ōsawa · 大沢 たかお · 大澤 隆夫 · Takao Oosawa
Biography
Takao Osawa (born on March 11, 1968) is a Japanese actor and a former model. He began his career as a fashion model when he was a university student in 1987. He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Takao Osawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
Burning Flower
2015
Galileo
2007
as Shiko Renzaki
Jin
2009
as Jin Minakata
The Silent Service
2024
as Shiro Kaieda
Le Bel Homme
1999
as 村雨次郎
Heaven's Coin
1995
as Shuichi Nagai
Stay Gold
1994
as Shinsuke Yamazaki（山崎 慎介）
A summer with you
1994
as Ryoichi Aizawa
NHK Special: Unsolved Cases
2011
Only You: Aisarete
1996
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~
2023
as Tachiaoi Tokio
Ex−Lover
2001
as Arashi 池田嵐
Ex Lover
2001
as Arashi Ikeda
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Kagayakeru Shunkan
1999
Another Heaven
2000
Movies (57)
Wolf Children
2012
as Wolf Man (voice)
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
as Tabito Takao
The Smashing Machine
2025
as Nobuyuki Sakakibara
Kingdom: Return of the Great General
2024
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
Two Punks
1996
as Yoichi Fujikawa
Kingdom
2019
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree
2026
as Toshiaki Saji (voice)
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
2023
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
Jam Films
2002
ICHI
2008
as Toma Fujihira
Into the Sun
2005
as Kuroda
Kingdom 2: Far and Away
2022
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
Worst Contact
2000
as Takemoto
Shield of Straw
2013
as Kazuki Mekari
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
as Sakutaro Matsumoto
The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean
2025
as Shiro Kaieda
Halfway
2009
as Hirabayashi
The Island Tales
2000
as Haruki
Flowers
2010
as Hiroshi Manaka
Hana & Alice
2004
as Ryo Taguchi
Goemon
2009
as Saizo Kirigakure
The King and I
2018
as The Kralahome
The Silent Service
2023
as Shiro Kaieda
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’98 – Toward the Light, Europe
1998
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
as Seki Tetsunosuke
Strawberry Night
2013
as Isao Makita
Ballad
2009
as Itakatora Ohkura
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as Gyobu Inugami
Ooku Saishusho
2019
as Tokugawa Yoshimune
The Hungry Shinjuku Detective
1994
Sky High
2003
as Tatsuya Kudo
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’96 – Torrid Asia
1996
Milk White
2004
as Tanako
The Battling Angel
2003
as Kazumasa
KANO
2014
as Yoichi Hatta
Aragami
2003
as Samurai
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Toru Tsukahara
The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
2014
as Fred Isamu Wada
The Lion Standing in the Wind
2015
as Koichiro Shimada
Riding the Metro
2006
as Sakichi Konuma
The Taste of Fish
2008
as Shuntaro Akagi
Midnight Eagle
2007
as Yuji Nishizaki
Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara
2007
as Natsuki Iijima
Bizan
2007
as Daisuke Terasawa
Helen the Baby Fox
2006
as Koji Yajima
Love Fight
2008
as Joe Oki
AI Amok
2020
as Kosuke Kiryu
Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitai
1995
Hana
2003
as Yoichiro Nozaki
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
2006
as Naruse
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’97 – Westward to Eurasia
1997
I Am a Sardine
2004
Christmas on July 24th Avenue
2006
as Satoshi Okuda
Filament
2002
Sennen-Tabito
1999
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
2000
Wish You Were Here
2019
as Tomiya Morishima
About Takao Osawa
Takao Osawa (born on March 11, 1968) is a Japanese actor and a former model. He began his career as a fashion model when he was a university student in 1987. He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takao Osawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 73 credits spanning from 1994 to 2026, Takao Osawa has appeared in 57 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Takao Osawa Movies
- Wolf Children (2012) — as Wolf Man (voice)
- All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) — as Tabito Takao
- The Smashing Machine (2025) — as Nobuyuki Sakakibara
- Kingdom: Return of the Great General (2024) — as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
- Two Punks (1996) — as Yoichi Fujikawa
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