Masanobu Ando
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1975-05-19 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Masanobu Andô · Andō Masanobu · Masanobu Andō · Andô Masanobu · Masanobu Andou · Andou Masanobu
Biography
Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director.
For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return.
Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003).
As well as acting, Ando has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones.
In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano's Peacedelic compilation called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県道スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star").
Known For
TV Shows (26)
Code Blue
2008
as Shinkai Hiroki
Your Turn to Kill
2019
as Go Sano
Fishbowl Wives
2022
as Takuya Hiraga [Sakura's husband]
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Love and Fortune
2018
as Tsuchiya Jo
Pandora's Fruit
2022
as Caen Karl
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
House of the Owl
2024
as Ichiro Ogami
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
2016
as Haruki Kagawa
Voice
2019
as Kyosuke Kuon
The Royal Family
2025
as Hiroshi Hironaka
My Second Aoharu
2023
as Hinata Shogo
Destiny
2024
as Okuda Takashi
When the Saints Go Marching In
1998
as Takahara Ren
The Sun Does Not Move
2020
as Osamu Sakurai
The Ship of Theseus
2020
as Mikio Kimura
Black Scandal
2018
Gossip
2022
as Masaki Niwa
The Ideal Man
2021
as Mitsuyasu
Tokyo Houchi Shokudou
2021
as Kotaro Higashi
Cheers to Miki Clinic
2019
as Miki Shouichirou
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
2020
as Naoya Date（伊達 直哉）
Blue Days
1998
as Shuri Sawaki
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
2016
as Osako Tatsuya
Tomodachi no Koibito
1997
それを愛とまちがえるから
2019
Movies (62)
Battle Royale
2000
as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021
as Shinsaku Takasugi
City Hunter
2024
as Hideyuki Makimura
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
as Keizō Tokiwa
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
as Yoichi
A Flower Aflame
2016
as Yasunori Ochi
Sakuran
2006
as Seiji
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Railroad Man
1999
as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Kids Return
1996
as Shinji
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
2016
as Hajime Gakuto
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
2021
as Suzuki
Red Shadow
2001
as Akakage
No No Sleep
2015
as Japanese Man
Code Blue: The Movie
2018
as Hiroki Shinkai
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Kokoro
2016
as Jiro
Black Kiss
2004
as Tatsuo Sorayama
69
2004
as Adama
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
2001
as Kenichi Satomi
Forever Enthralled
2008
as Ryuichi Tanaka
Space Travelers
2000
as Makoto Fujimoto
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
as Sadafumi Heguri
Karaoke Terror
2003
as Sugioka
Smuggler
2011
as Spine
SHORT FILMS
2003
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
2016
as Yasui
Gonin Saga
2015
as Seiji Shikine
Monday
2000
as Mitsuo Kondo
Strawberry Shortcakes
2006
as Kikuchi
Day and Night
2019
as Kenichi Kitamura
Aegis
2005
as Don-chol
Still Life of Memories
2018
as Haruma
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
as Kamimura Ren
Adrenaline Drive
1999
as Satoru Suzuki
Petal Dance
2013
as Naoto
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
ZOKKI
2021
Rohan at the Louvre
2023
as Ryunosuke Tatsumi
Drive
2002
as Kodama Makato
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
as Shiro Kazuki
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
2011
as The Mute
Tokyo 10+01
2002
as Fake
Crickets
2006
as Taichi
Synesthesia
2005
as Takashi Nohara
Sakura
2021
Nightmare Detective
2007
as Detective Wakamiya
My Brother, The Android And Me
2022
Stay Mum
2024
as Yasuo Inukai
Beautiful 2015
2015
Thousand and One Nights
2022
as Yoji Tamura
Innocent World
1998
as Takuya
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
2013
as Shuji Yamura
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000
as Satô
Green Mind, Metal Bats
2006
as Ishioka
The Setting Sun
2022
as Jiro Uehara
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
as Self
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
as Self
Making-of Kids Return
1996
as Himself
Lenses on Her Heart
2018
as Yuji Kiba
About Masanobu Ando
Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return. Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all o… With 88 credits spanning from 1993 to 2025, Masanobu Ando has appeared in 62 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Masanobu Ando Movies
- Battle Royale (2000) — as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) — as Shinsaku Takasugi
- City Hunter (2024) — as Hideyuki Makimura
- Sadako vs. Kayako (2016) — as Keizō Tokiwa
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) — as Yoichi
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