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)
Galileo
2007
as Shiko Renzaki
Jin
2009
as Jin Minakata
The Silent Service
2024
as Shiro Kaieda
NHK Special: Unsolved Cases
2011
Burning Flower
2015
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~
2023
as Tachiaoi Tokio
Heaven's Coin
1995
as Shuichi Nagai
Le Bel Homme
1999
as 村雨次郎
Stay Gold
1994
as Shinsuke Yamazaki（山崎 慎介）
Mukashi no Otoko
2001
as Arashi Ikeda
A summer with you
1994
as Ryoichi Aizawa
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Ex−Lover
2001
as Arashi 池田嵐
Only You: Aisarete
1996
Another Heaven
2000
Kagayakeru Shunkan
1999
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)
ICHI
2008
as Toma Fujihira
Kingdom
2019
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
2023
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as Gyobu Inugami
Into the Sun
2005
as Kuroda
Kingdom 2: Far and Away
2022
as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree
2026
as Toshiaki Saji (voice)
Shield of Straw
2013
as Kazuki Mekari
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
as Sakutaro Matsumoto
Hana & Alice
2004
as Ryo Taguchi
The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean
2025
as Shiro Kaieda
Goemon
2009
as Saizo Kirigakure
The Silent Service
2023
as Shiro Kaieda
KANO
2014
as Yoichi Hatta
Ballad
2009
as Itakatora Ohkura
The Taste of Fish
2008
as Shuntaro Akagi
Jam Films
2002
AI Amok
2020
as Kosuke Kiryu
Sky High
2003
as Tatsuya Kudo
Aragami
2003
as Samurai
The Lion Standing in the Wind
2015
as Koichiro Shimada
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
as Seki Tetsunosuke
Two Punks
1996
as Yoichi Fujikawa
Strawberry Night
2013
as Isao Makita
Midnight Eagle
2007
as Yuji Nishizaki
Bizan
2007
as Daisuke Terasawa
Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara
2007
as Natsuki Iijima
The Island Tales
2000
as Haruki
Flowers
2010
as Hiroshi Manaka
Riding the Metro
2006
as Sakichi Konuma
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
2006
as Naruse
The Battling Angel
2003
as Kazumasa
The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
2014
as Fred Isamu Wada
Halfway
2009
as Hirabayashi
The King and I
2018
as The Kralahome
Love Fight
2008
as Joe Oki
Christmas on July 24th Avenue
2006
as Satoshi Okuda
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Toru Tsukahara
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
2000
Milk White
2004
as Tanako
Helen the Baby Fox
2006
as Koji Yajima
Wish You Were Here
2019
as Tomiya Morishima
Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitai
1995
Ooku Saishusho
2019
as Tokugawa Yoshimune
Hana
2003
as Yoichiro Nozaki
Sennen-Tabito
1999
Filament
2002
I Am a Sardine
2004
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’97 – Westward to Eurasia
1997
The Hungry Shinjuku Detective
1994
Worst Contact
2000
as Takemoto
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’98 – Toward the Light, Europe
1998
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’96 – Torrid Asia
1996
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)
- ICHI (2008) — as Toma Fujihira
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