Naoto Takenaka

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 278

Gender Male

Birthday 1956-03-20 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Takenaka Naoto
타케나카 나오토
竹中直人
竹中直人

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Naoto Takenaka

Biography

Naoto Takenaka (竹中直人; March 20, 1956 ) is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Yokohama, Kanagawa, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to former idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.

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Known For

Acting

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(1 episode)

2023

as Basho Matsuo (松尾芭蕉)

2022		I Will Be Your Bloom (10 episodes) as Trinity Kasuga
2022		Sayonara, Band Apart
2022		Ikemen Domoyo Meshi wo Kue (12 episodes) as Shin Oji
2022		破戒
2022		The Way of the Househusband: The Movie as Kikujiro Eguchi
2022		Mischievous Kids Assemble! (1 episode)

2021		Your Turn to Kill: The Movie as Hiroshi Tokoshima
2021		Seigi no Tenbin (6 episodes) as Kiyotaka Saionji
2021		Tokyo Houchi Shokudou (8 episodes) as Shohei Yamanaka
2021		The Grapes of Joy
2021		Inside Zokki
2021		Koeharu! (10 episodes) as Enjo Kinkakuji
2021		The Blue Danube
2021		Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord as Michizora Hotaka

2020		Over the Sky as Mogari (voice)
2020		Perfect Education: étude
2020		The Way of the Househusband (10 episodes) as Tenjakukai
2020		Zannenna Ikimono Jiten (24 episodes)
2020		Onmyouji Takiyasha Hime
2020		Not Quite Dead Yet as Buddhist priest
2020		Enter the Fat Dragon as Mr. Endo
2020		On-Gaku: Our Sound as Ōba (voice)

2019		Talking the Pictures as Tomio Aoki
2019		SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 as Taira no Kiyomori
2019		Dosukoi! Love as Yokohama Kenji
2019		Banjo no Himawari (4 episodes)
2019		허당 보디가드 (1 episode)
2019		One Piece: Stampede as Tabi/Horo (voice)
2019		Toshimaen: Haunted Park
2019		Crystal Frog as Chef
2019		Your Turn To Kill (20 episodes) as Hiroshi Tokoshima
2019		Yaji x Kita Ganzo Tokaidochu Hizakurige (1 episode) as Jippensha Ikku
2019		A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 as Kusomaru
2019		Fly Me to the Saitama
2019		Samurai Marathon as Mataemon Kurita
2019		Cheers to Miki Clinic (10 episodes) as Mimori Daiki

2018		Run! T High School Basketball Club as 管理人
2018		Exorcism of Mary Lamb
2018		Suits (2 episodes) as Keiichiro Hijirisawa（聖澤敬一郎）
2018		The Hungry Lion as Principal
2018		Penguin Highway as Hamamoto's Father (voice)
2018		Ashita e no Chikai (1 episode)
2018		Kuinige Killer as Jason
2018		Reon as Reo Asahina
2018		Colors of Wind as Master

2017		Orphan Black – 7 GENES (8 episodes) as Wakita
2017		Town Factory's Woman (7 episodes) as 勝俣勉
2017		Manhunt as Mamoru Ito
2017		Cinema Capriccio as Narrator (voice)
2017		Temple as Ryo
2017		Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017		Samurai Gourmet (12 episodes) as Takeshi Kasumi

2016		Gold Medal Man as principal
2016		Cain and Abel (10 episodes) as Kurosawa Kosuke
2016		Wife of Soseki Natsume (4 episodes) as Masanosuke Shiobara
2016		Last Attack: Hikisakareta Shima no Kioku
2016		One Piece Film: GOLD as Double Down / Whitejack (voice)
2016		Kagerô Ezu

2015		125 Years Memory as Kudo
2015		Bittare!!!
2015		必殺仕事人2015
2015		Umi Ni Furu (6 episodes) as Jinnai Kimihiko
2015		Gonin Saga as Myojin
2015		The Big Bee
2015		Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015 as Ehara
2015		Age Harassment (9 episodes) as Tetsutarou Takayama
2015		Welcome to Our Home as Hiroki Mase
2015		Candy Boys

2014		Hibi Rock as Takeshi Matsumoto
2014		25
2014		Black Suit Story (8 episodes)
2014		Onna wa Sore o Yurusanai (10 episodes) as Yoshikatsu Kodama
2014		Lady Maiko as Tomi
2014		Miracle classroom as Onda
2014		The Next Generation: Patlabor (1 episode)
2014		Heartbroken Chocolatier (11 episodes)
2014		Judge! as Man at bar

2013		Pecoross' Mother and Her Days as Honda
2013		Tenshin as Okakura Tenshin
2013		TAP: Perfect Education
2013		The After-Dinner Mysteries as Kenta Koenji
2013		Sweet Whip as Daigo
2013		Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express as Ken Katakura
2013		009-1: The End of the Beginning as 020, Boss of Agent 009-1
2013		Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend as Department Head Oikawa
2013		Jikenya Kagyou 事件屋稼業
2013		Angel Home as Kousuke Awano
2013		×××HOLiC (8 episodes) as Doctor
2013		The Intermission
2013		Oyari Haishaku as Akame Kotoji

2012		Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress as Juushoku (voice)
2012		Eight Ranger
2012		I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (16 episodes) as Ichio Tannai
2012		Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex as Tosaki Ryunosuke
2012		I am alone, walking on the straight road.
2012		Robo-G as Man in a Public Lavatory
2012		I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore as Sliderman

2011		Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Tajiri
2011		Karate-Robo Zaborgar as Dr. Daimon
2011		Ninja Kids!!!
2011		Bartender (8 episodes) as Kase Goro

2010		Freeter, Ie wo Kau (11 episodes)
2010		A Night in Nude: Salvation as Jiro / Kurenai
2010		The Fugitive: Plan B (0 episodes)
2010		BECK
2010		Surely Someday as Takeo Kishi
2010		Keiji Narusawa Ryou (2 episodes)
2010		Mutant Girls Squad
2010		Moon Lovers (9 episodes) as Tetsuji Maruyama
2010		One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 as Shiki
2010		Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II as Franz Strezemann
2010		Perfect Education: A Maid for You as Taira

2009		のだめカンタービレ最終楽章 (2 episodes) as フランツ・フォン・シュトレーゼマン
2009		Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I as Franz Stresseman
2009		One Piece: Strong World as Shiki (voice)
2009		RoboGeisha as Rojin Kanai
2009		20th Century Boys 3: Redemption as Pierre Ichimonji
2009		Yamagata Scream as Yamazaki / Leader of Red Barons
2009		BOSS（ボス） (1 episode) as Junichiro Yoshino
2009		On Next Sunday as Kōji Kamifuji
2009		Saikin rettō
2009		Shinjuku Incident as Inspector Kitano
2009		Kami no Shizuku (9 episodes) as Robert Doi

2008		Happy Flight as Passenger
2008		Where The Legend Lives
2008		Tokyo! as Pizza-Delivery Girl's Boss (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008		The Sky Crawlers as Bar Owner (voice)
2008		Cyborg She as Math Professor
2008		Postman
2008		The Black Swindler: Movie as Toru Ishigaki
2008		4 Shimai Tantei Dan (9 episodes)
2008		Nodame Cantabile in Europe as Franz Strezemann

2007		Sword of the Stranger as Shoan (voice)
2007		The Longest Night In Shanghai as Taro Yamaoka
2007		Hotelier (9 episodes) as Masakazu Morimoto
2007		The Brutal Hopelessness of Love as Katsuragi
2007		26 Years Diary as Ichima Hirata
2007		I Just Didn't Do It as Tomio Aoki

2006		Nodame Cantabile (11 episodes) as Franz Strezemann
2006		Cat-Eyed Boy
2006		A Song to the Sun (10 episodes) as Miura Osamu
2006		Crab Goalkeeper
2006		Catch a Wave as Duke Kawahara
2006		Red Miracle (2 episodes) as Yuuya Oohara
2006		The Long Season Revue as Self
2006		Princess in an Iron Helmet as Tamako's father

2005		GARO (1 episode) as Eiichi Anami
2005		Sayonara Color as Shohei Sasaki
2005		The Great Yokai War as Lamp-Oil
2005		Aikurushii (11 episodes) as Tetsuo Mashiba

2004		Bewitched in Tokyo SP
2004		Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story as Ikuo
2004		Swing Girls as Tadahiko Ozawa
2004		実録・名古屋やくざ戦争統一への道
2004		Prayer Beads as (segment "Real")
2004		Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence as Kim (voice)
2004		Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 2
2004		Bewitched In Tokyo (11 episodes) as Ichio Suzuki
2004		Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
2004		The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence as Self

2003		Princess Hiro (10 episodes) as Masahiko Amakasu
2003		The Lion Teacher (10 episodes) as Yuzuke Takamura
2003		Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement as Masamura
2003		Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (1 episode) as Guest
2003		Water Boys (11 episodes) as Mr. Isomura
2003		Azumi as Kiyomasa Katô
2003		Tokyo Love Cinema (12 episodes) as Kaoru Edogawa
2003		The Blue Light as Shishobako no Otoko
2003		Teacher's suitcase as Man with Newspaper
2003		Good Luck!! (10 episodes) as Naito Jane

2002		Perfect Education 3
2002		Trick: The Movie as God No. 001
2002		恋に唄えば♪
2002		Muscle Heat as Tajima, the Street Better
2002		100 Tales of Horror (11 episodes) as Ashiya Dosan
2002		Ping Pong as Butterfly Joe
2002		Women's Kunishû Rebellion
2002		The Happiness of the Katakuris as TV Reporter / Singer

2001		Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001		Last Scene
2001		Agitator as Higuchi
2001		恋人はスナイパー (1 episode)
2001		Waterboys as Isomura
2001		Red Shadow as Shirokage
2001		Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love
2001		Stereo Future as Ryuutarou Takayama
2001		Quartet for Two as Sasaki Shoutarou

2000		Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons as Narrator
2000		By Player as Taiji Tonoyama
2000		Chinpira
2000		The Guys from Paradise
2000		Straight News (11 episodes)
2000		Pokémon 3: The Movie as Sully Snowdon / Entei (voice)
2000		Freeze Me as Baba
2000		Legendary Teacher (11 episodes) as Ryuji Asai（浅井龍次）
2000		School Ghost Story: Curse Special as Teacher Sasaki

1999		Yamada Ikka no Shinbou (11 episodes)
1999		Open tonight! (10 episodes)
1999		Gemini as Rich Man
1999		Ley Lines as Wong
1999		The Accomplice
1999		The Perfect Education as Iwazono
1999		Amateur Singing Contest

1998		Young Thugs: Nostalgia as Riichi's father
1998		Andromedia as Kurosawa
1998		MIND GAME

1997		STEEL & LEAD as ヒットマン
1997		Koi no Tamerai (11 episodes)
1997		Tokyo Biyori as Mikio Shimazu
1997		Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu as Self
1997		Moonlight Serenade

1996		Gonin 2
1996		Shall We Dance? as Tomio Aoki
1996		Hideyoshi (49 episodes) as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1995		Secret Liaisons
1995		Tokyo Fist as Ohizumi
1995		GONIN as Shohei Ogiwara
1995		East Meets West as Tommy, Tamejiro
1995		Sharaku
1995		The Mystery of Rampo as Edogawa Rampo
1995		Story of Four Sisters

1994		119 as Tatsuya Tsuda
1994		Alone in the Night
1994		Like a Rolling Stone
1994		Be-Bop High School

1993		A Night in Nude as Kojiro / Tetsuro Muraki
1993		Chibusa
1993		Patlabor 2: The Movie as Shigeki Arakawa (voice)

1992		Original Sin
1992		Sumo Do, Sumo Don't as Aoki Tomio

1991		Nowhere Man as Sukezo Sukegawa
1991		Until the End of the World as Custodian
1991		Taro! Momotaro in Trouble as Captain Rokai
1991		Hiruko the Goblin as Takashi Yabe
1991		Chizuko's Younger Sister as Doctor
1991		Black Princess 2 Flame Target
1991		Heat Wave as Yasugoro
1991		Carlos

1990		BEST GUY as flight operations officer
1990		Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
1990		Peesuke: Gatapishi monogatari
1990		Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
1990		Tales of the Bizarre (1 episode)
1990		Black Princess Hell Angel as Ryoichi Shindo
1990		Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
1990		Universal Laws
1990		Female Punisher Zebra 1 Sexy Edition

1989		Fancy Dance as Mitsuki Kitagawa
1989		Dangerous Stories as Shigeru Yoshida
1989		Four Days of Snow and Blood as Asakazu Isobe

1988		What's Michael? 2 as Takechi (voice)
1988		So What
1988		Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 2: Lunna's Secret
1988		Love Bites Back as Uemura
1988		The Yen Family as Hidden wasteman
1988		Angel Guts: Red Vertigo as Tetsuro Muraki
1988		Ultimate Teacher as Ganpachi Chabane
1988		Psychic Vision: Jaganrei as Yamagishi

1987		Take Me Out to the Snowland as Tokorozaki
1987		Oishii Onna-tachi
1987		Bedtime Eyes
1987		Crybaby Chacha as Masaru

1986		Death Shadows
1986		Guinea Pig 4: Devil Woman Doctor
1986		Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Kenkichi Nagaoka
1986		Gonza the Spearman as Fumiemon

1985		Tracked as Masasuke Ujiie
1985		Terra Warrior Ψ BOY as Marui
1985		Monday Drama Land Gegege no Kitaro as Nezumi Otoko

1984		Location
1984		People of Twilight as Utsui
1984		The Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

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(50 episodes) as Sennin

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