Yukiya Kitamura
Japanese actor
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Yukiya Kitamura (北村 有起哉, Kitamura Yukiya; born April 29, 1974, in Tokyo, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actor represented by Tom company. His father is actor Kazuo Kitamura and his wife is actress Shiho Takano.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji High School
- Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Yukiya Kitamura | |
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北村 有起哉 | |
| Born | April 29, 1974 Tokyo, Japan |
| Education |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Agent | Tom company |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Kazuo Kitamura (father) |
| Website | Official profile |
Biography
While in Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji High School, Kitamura was interested in theater and wants to be an aspiring actor. He later studied acting at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image and in 1998 he debuted in the stage play Spring Awakening and the film Dr. Akagi.[2] Kitamura perform at stage shows but he does not belong to a specific theater company and in recent years he appeared in a number of television dramas. On 2016 his first starring film role was Taiyō no Futa.[3]
On June 4, 2013, Kitamura married actress Shiho Takano after dating for four years.[4] He later announced in his blog that she later gave birth to male child in November 2014.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Dr. Akagi | [2] | ||
| 1999 | Jigoku: Japanese Hell | Suda | ||
| 2000 | Hasen no Maris | |||
| Tales of the Unusual | Man of the couple | Segment: "The Marriage Simulator" | [6] | |
| Nippon no Kuroi Natsu Enzai | Koji Asakwa | |||
| 2001 | Siberia Chō Tokkyū 2 | Maruyama | ||
| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Sintaro Uomi | |||
| 2002 | The Sea Is Watching | Gonta | ||
| 2004 | Kusa no Ran | Morikura Iizuka | ||
| 2006 | Stone Age | |||
| Trick Gekijō-ban 2 | Ginzo Sano | |||
| Backdancers! | DJ Ken | |||
| 2007 | Chōshū Five | Inoue Kaoru | ||
| 2008 | Kurosagi | Takao Reiji | ||
| Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushī Yoru | ||||
| Peeping Tom | Joji Sasaki | |||
| 2009 | Play Cards When You Die | Ichiro Sasaki | Lead role | [7] |
| 2010 | Hanjirō | Ōkubo Toshimichi | ||
| Sakurada Gate Incident | Ryusuke Ando | [8] | ||
| 2012 | I'm Flash! | Kaoru Yoshino | [9] | |
| 2015 | Kakekomi | Torii Yōzō | [10] | |
| 2016 | Taiyō no Futa | Nabeshima | Lead role | [3][11] |
| Over the Fence | Koichiro Hara | [12] | ||
| 2017 | Sekigahara | Ii Naomasa | [13] | |
| 2018 | Hibiki | Hitoshi Kijima | [14] | |
| 2019 | Fortuna's Eye | Takeo Kurokawa | [15] | |
| Almost a Miracle | Ayuta Machida | [16] | ||
| A Long Goodbye | Imamura | [17] | ||
| The Journalist | Jin'no | [18] | ||
| 2020 | The Asadas | Kenzo Shibukawa | [19] | |
| All the Things We Never Said | Killer | [20] | ||
| 2021 | Under the Open Sky | Iguchi | [21] | |
| A Family | Nakamura | [22] | ||
| 2022 | Prior Convictions | Naoharu Takamatsu | [23] | |
| A Hundred Flowers | [24] | |||
| Old School | Shinjirō Renjō | Lead role | [25] | |
| 2023 | Life of Mariko in Kabukicho | [26] | ||
| Eternal New Mornings | Takeaki Satomi | [27] | ||
| Goldfish | Haru | [28] | ||
| The Water Flows to the Sea | [29] | |||
| Masked Hearts | [30] | |||
| Kyrie | Negishi | [31] | ||
| 2024 | Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood | Jingorō | [32] | |
| The Parades | [33] | |||
| 2025 | Hold Me Tighter Than Anyone | Dr. Sakura | [34] | |
| Fiamma | Nojima | Lead role | [35] | |
| 2026 | The A-Care: Disusebody | Shuntaro Yagura | [36] | |
TV series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Yoshitsune | Goashi | Taiga drama | [37] |
| 2011 | Gō | Toyotomi Hidetsugu | Taiga drama | [38] |
| 2012 | Man of Destiny | Ryo Kiyohara | [39] | |
| 2013 | Yae's Sakura | Akizuki Teijirō | Taiga drama | [40] |
| 2015 | Aka Medaka | Dandan Tachikawa | [41] | |
| 2016 | Chikaemon | Takemoto Gidayū | [42] | |
| Kaitō Yamaneko | Kenichiro Todo | [43] | ||
| The Woman who Took the Local Paper | Hayao Shiota | TV movie | [44] | |
| 2017 | Laugh It Up! | Asadora | [45] | |
| 2018 | Segodon | Ōyama Tsunayoshi | Taiga drama | [46] |
| 2019 | Hotaru-gusa | [45] | ||
| 2020 | Pareto's Miscalculation | Detective Wakabayashi | [47] | |
| Yell | Jirō Ikeda | Asadora | [48] | |
| 2021 | Prisonization | Sōsuke Jinnai | Lead role | [49] |
| Zenkamono | Naoharu Takamatsu | [50] | ||
| 2022 | A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki | Episode 7 | [51] | |
| Lost Man Found | Hirayama | [52] | ||
| 2023 | The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House | Takeshi Ishida | [53] | |
| 2024–25 | Omusubi | Masato Yoneda | Asadora | [54] |
| 2025 | Simulation: Defeat in the Summer of 1941 | Fumimaro Konoe | Miniseries | [55] |
| When I was a Child Everything Was Fine | Wataru Ogura | Lead role | [56] | |
| 2026 | Reboot | Wataru Goroku | [57] | |
| 2027 | Gyakuzoku no Bakushin | Oguri Tadataka | Taiga drama | [58] |