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Naoto Takenaka

Name in Native Language: "竹中直人" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Film Director / Voice Acting In Japan / Comedian / Professor | * 03/20/1956 (68) | Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (Japan)
Naoto Takenaka (竹中 直人, Takenaka Naoto, born March 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in the dubbed version of the Avengers, as Nicholas "Nick" Fury. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly... until one day. The monotony of their daily lives is i ...

119

Certification unknown

1994 | 3.0/5 | 1h 55min
Comedy, Drama
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Sukezo, a farmer manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but business does not go well and the family becomes pr ...

Nowhere Man

Certification unknown

1991 | 2.6/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki. ...

Tokyo Biyori

Certification unknown

1997 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Drama
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A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ba ...

Shall We Dance?

PG

1996 | 3.7/5 | 2h 16min
Music, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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After sacrificing his life to protect his friends, Tenkuji Takeru thought he was dead for sure. Now, after being resurrected by a mystical hermit, Takeru has 99 days to fight as the masked phantom aga ...

Kamen Rider Ghost

Certification unknown

2015
Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Naoto Takenaka

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor Fipresci Prize At Festival of Venice Golden Arrow Award
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Movies with Naoto Takenaka as Actor(184)

as Head of the invaders (voice)2024 Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 2
as Kikujiro Eguchi2022 The Way of the Househusband: The Movie
2022 The Broken Commandment
as Michizora Hotaka2021 Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
2021 The Blue Danube
as Hiroshi Tokoshima2021 Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
as Buddhist priest2020 Not Quite Dead Yet
as Mr. Endo2020 Enter the Fat Dragon
as Ōba (voice)2020 On-Gaku: Our Sound
2020 Perfect Education: étude
as Mogari (voice)2020 Over the Sky
as Chef2019 Crystal Frog
as Kusomaru2019 A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
as Tomio Aoki2019 Talking the Pictures
2019 Toshimaen: Haunted Park
as Mataemon Kurita2019 Samurai Marathon
as Yokohama Kenji2019 Dosukoi! Love
2019 Fly Me to the Saitama
as Tabi/Horo (voice)2019 One Piece: Stampede
as 管理人2018 Run! T High School Basketball Club
as Master2018 Colors of Wind
2018 Exorcism of Mary Lamb
as Hamamoto's Father (voice)2018 Penguin Highway
as Reo Asahina2018 Reon
as Principal2018 The Hungry Lion
as Narrator (voice)2017 Cinema Capriccio
as Ryo2017 Temple
2017 Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
as Mamoru Ito2017 Manhunt
as Double Down / Whitejack (voice)2016 One Piece Film: GOLD
2016 Kagerô Ezu
2016 Last Attack: Hikisakareta Shima no Kioku
as principal2016 Gold Medal Man
2015 The Big Bee
as Myojin2015 Gonin Saga
2015 Candy Boys
2015 Bittare!!!
as Kudo2015 125 Years Memory
as Man at bar2014 Judge!
as Takeshi Matsumoto2014 Hibi Rock
as Onda2014 Miracle classroom
as Tomi2014 Lady Maiko
2014 25
as Department Head Oikawa2013 Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend
as Kenta Koenji2013 The After-Dinner Mysteries
as Daigo2013 Sweet Whip
as Okakura Tenshin2013 Tenshin
as Ken Katakura2013 Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express
as 020, Boss of Agent 009-12013 009-1: The End of the Beginning
2013 The Intermission
2013 TAP: Perfect Education
as Honda2013 Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
as Kousuke Awano2013 Angel Home
as Akame Kotoji2013 Oyari Haishaku
2012 Eight Ranger
as Man in a Public Lavatory2012 Robo-G
as Sliderman2012 I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
as Tosaki Ryunosuke2012 Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex
as Juushoku (voice)2012 Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
as Tajiri2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as Dr. Daimon2011 Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011 Ninja Kids!!!
2010 BECK
as Franz Strezemann2010 Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Takeo Kishi2010 Surely Someday
as Shiki2010 One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
2010 Mutant Girls Squad
as Taira2010 Perfect Education: A Maid for You
as Jiro / Kurenai2010 A Night in Nude: Salvation
as Yamazaki / Leader of Red Barons2009 Yamagata Scream
2009 Saikin rettō
as Pierre Ichimonji2009 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
as Rojin Kanai2009 RoboGeisha
as Kōji Kamifuji2009 On Next Sunday
as Shiki (voice)2009 One Piece: Strong World
as Franz Stresseman2009 Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I
as Inspector Kitano2009 Shinjuku Incident
as Math Professor2008 Cyborg She
as Passenger2008 Happy Flight
2008 Where The Legend Lives
as Toru Ishigaki2008 The Black Swindler: Movie
2008 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
as Bar Owner (voice)2008 The Sky Crawlers
2008 Postman
as Pizza-Delivery Girl's Boss (segment "Shaking Tokyo")2008 Tokyo!
as Franz Strezemann2008 Nodame Cantabile in Europe
as Ichima Hirata2007 26 Years Diary
as Katsuragi2007 The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
as Tomio Aoki2007 I Just Didn't Do It
as Shoan (voice)2007 Sword of the Stranger
as Chihiro Yamaoka2007 The Longest Night In Shanghai
2006 Cat-Eyed Boy
as Duke Kawahara2006 Catch a Wave
2006 Crab Goalkeeper
as Tamako's father2006 Princess in an Iron Helmet
as Shohei Sasaki2005 Sayonara Color
as Lamp-Oil2005 The Great Yokai War
as Kim (voice)2004 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
as Tadahiko Ozawa2004 Swing Girls
as Ikuo2004 Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
2004 Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
as (segment "Real")2004 Prayer Beads
as Kiyomasa Katô2003 Azumi
as Masamura2003 Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
as Shishobako no Otoko2003 The Blue Light
2002 Women's Kunishû Rebellion
as TV Reporter / Singer2002 The Happiness of the Katakuris
as Butterfly Joe2002 Ping Pong
2002 Perfect Education 3
2002 恋に唄えば♪
as God No. 0012002 Trick: The Movie
as Tajima, the Street Better2002 Muscle Heat
as Isomura2001 Waterboys
2001 Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
as Higuchi2001 Agitator
as Shirokage2001 Red Shadow
as Sasaki Shoutarou2001 Quartet for Two
2001 Last Scene
2001 Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love
as Ryuutarou Takayama2001 Stereo Future
as Taiji Tonoyama2000 By Player
2000 The Guys from Paradise
as Sully Snowdon / Entei (voice)2000 Pokémon 3: The Movie
2000 Chinpira
as Baba2000 Freeze Me
as Narrator2000 Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
as Wong1999 Ley Lines
1999 Amateur Singing Contest
as Iwazono1999 The Perfect Education
1999 The Accomplice
as Rich Man1999 Gemini
1998 MIND GAME
as Riichi's father1998 Young Thugs: Nostalgia
as Kurosawa1998 Andromedia
1997 Moonlight Serenade
as Mikio Shimazu1997 Tokyo Biyori
as Shohei Ogiwara1996 Gonin 2
as Tomio Aoki1996 Shall We Dance?
as Shohei Ogiwara1995 GONIN
as Ohizumi1995 Tokyo Fist
1995 Sharaku
as Edogawa Rampo1995 The Mystery of Rampo
1995 Story of Four Sisters
as Tommy, Tamejiro1995 East Meets West
1995 Secret Liaisons
1994 Alone in the Night
1994 Be-Bop High School
1994 Like a Rolling Stone
as Tatsuya Tsuda1994 119
as Shigeki Arakawa (voice)1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie
as Kojiro / Tetsuro Muraki1993 A Night in Nude
1993 Chibusa
as Aoki Tomio1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992 Original Sin
as Doctor1991 Chizuko's Younger Sister
as Captain Rokai1991 Taro! Momotaro in Trouble
as Sukezo Sukegawa1991 Nowhere Man
as Takashi Yabe1991 Hiruko the Goblin
as Custodian1991 Until the End of the World
as Yasugoro1991 Heat Wave
1990 Universal Laws
1990 Peesuke: Gatapishi monogatari
as flight operations officer1990 BEST GUY
as Asakazu Isobe1989 Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Shigeru Yoshida1989 Dangerous Stories
as Mitsuki Kitagawa1989 Fancy Dance
as Hidden wasteman1988 The Yen Family
1988 So What
as Tetsuro Muraki1988 Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
as Yamagishi1988 Psychic Vision: Jaganrei
as Uemura1988 Love Bites Back
as Ganpachi Chabane1988 Ultimate Teacher
as Tokorozaki1987 Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987 Oishii Onna-tachi
1987 Bedtime Eyes
1986 Death Shadows
as Kenkichi Nagaoka1986 Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
as Fumiemon1986 Gonza the Spearman
1986 Guinea Pig 4: Devil Woman Doctor
as Masasuke Ujiie1985 Tracked
as Marui1985 Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
as Utsui1984 People of Twilight
1984 Location
1984 The Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

TV Shows/Series with Naoto Takenaka as Actor(39)

as Ippongi Takeru2024 My Undead Yokai Girlfriend
as Shin Oji2022 Ikemen Domoyo Meshi wo Kue
as Trinity Kasuga2022 I Will Be Your Bloom
as Shohei Yamanaka2021 Tokyo Houchi Shokudou
as Tenjakukai2020 The Way of the Househusband
as Hiroshi Tokoshima2019 Your Turn To Kill
2019 Banjo no Himawari
as Mimori Daiki2019 Cheers to Miki Clinic
as Keiichiro Hijirisawa（聖澤 敬一郎）2018 Suits
as Takeshi Kasumi2017 Samurai Gourmet
as Wakita2017 Orphan Black – 7 GENES
as Kurosawa Kosuke2016 Cain and Abel
as Masanosuke Shiobara2016 Wife of Soseki Natsume
as Tetsutarou Takayama2015 Age Harassment
as Jinnai Kimihiko2015 Stars in the Deep
as Hisayuki Kajio2014 A Sinner's Lie
as Yoshikatsu Kodama2014 Women Does Not Allow That
2014 Black Suit Story
2014 Heartbroken Chocolatier
as Doctor2013 ×××HOLiC
as Ichio Tannai2012 I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -
as Kase Goro2011 Bartender
2010 The Fugitive: Plan B
as Hiroki (Kieko's father)2010 The Fugitive: Plan B
as Tetsuji Maruyama2010 Moon Lovers
as Junichiro Yoshino2009 BOSS
as Masakazu Morimoto2007 Hotelier
as Franz Strezemann2006 Nodame Cantabile
as Miura Osamu2006 A Song to the Sun
as Yuuya Oohara2006 Red Miracle
as Eiichi Anami2005 GARO
as Tetsuo Mashiba2005 Aikurushii
as Ichio Suzuki2004 Bewitched In Tokyo
as Naito Jane2003 Good Luck!!
2000 Straight News
as Ryuji Asai（浅井 龍次）2000 Legendary Teacher
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi1996 Hideyoshi
1990 Tales of the Bizarre
as Sennin1971 Kamen Rider

Movies with Naoto Takenaka as Crew(12)

Directing/Director2023 Downfall
Directing/Director2021 ZOKKI
Directing/Director2013 Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Directing/Director2009 Yamagata Scream
Writing/Writer2009 Yamagata Scream
Directing/Director2005 Sayonara Color
Writing/Screenplay2005 Sayonara Color
Directing/Director2001 Quartet for Two
Directing/Director1997 Tokyo Biyori
Directing/Director1994 119
Writing/Writer1994 119
Directing/Director1991 Nowhere Man

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.from1-pro.jp
Full Name: Naoto Takenaka
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 03/20 1956 (March) in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (Japan) (current age: 68 years + 34 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Japanese (JA, native language)
Educated at: Tama Art University
Employer: Tama Art University
Member of: Seinenza Theater Company
Spouses (current/former): Midori Kinouchi
Influenced by/Role models: Bruce Lee, Sonny Chiba
Other names for Naoto Takenaka (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Takenaka Naoto"
"타케나카 나오토"
"竹中 直人"
"竹中直人"
"たけなか なおと" (Kana/Japanese)
Naoto Takenaka frequently works together with these people:
Takashi Ishii (28x, Crew)
Shinya Tsukamoto (20x, Crew)
Kanji Tsuda (18x, Actor)
Renji Ishibashi (16x, Actor)
Yasushi Sasakibara (16x, Crew)
Yoji Tanaka (15x, Actor)
Akira Emoto (14x, Actor)
Masayuki Suo (14x, Crew)
Takashi Miike (12x, Crew)
Yuu Tokui (12x, Actor)
Akimasa Kawashima (11x, Crew)
Katsumi Shiono (9x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:33348, Added: 05/13/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024