Toshinori Omi

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Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965 (age 60)
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1973–present
Toshinori Omi
尾美としのり
Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965 (age 60)
OccupationActor
Years active1973–present

Toshinori Omi (尾美としのり, Omi Toshinori; born 7 December 1965) is a Japanese actor.

Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten.[1] He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's Hi no Tori (1978) and got his first starring role in a film with Shinji Somai's Tonda Couple (1980).[1] He starred in Nobuhiko Obayashi's Tenkosei (1982), for which he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award.[2] He appeared in most of Obayashi's films until the mid-1990s.[1] Since then he has moved on to adult roles, playing white collar businessmen and fathers.

Selected filmography

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