List of male Japanese actors
The following list of male Japanese actors only includes male actors. There is a separate list for actresses . Actors in the Japanese theater are not listed here.
A.
- Abe Hiroshi (born 1964)
- Abe Tôru (1917-1993)
- Abe Tsuyoshi (* 1982)
- Aiba Hiroki (* 1987)
- Aiba Masaki (* 1982)
- Aikawa Shō (* 1961)
- Aijima Kazuyuki (* 1961)
- Akanishi Jin (* 1984)
- Amano Kōsei (* 1978)
- Anan Kenji (* 1962)
- Andō Masanobu (* 1975)
- Aoki Tomio (1923-2004)
- Aoyama Sōta (* 1979)
- Arai Hirofumi (* 1979)
- Arai Jun (1890-1943)
- Araki Hirofumi (* 1983)
- Arata (* 1974)
- Asano Tadanobu (* 1973)
- Ashida Shinsuke (1914-1999)
- Atō Kai (* 1946)
- Atsumi Kiyoshi (1928–1996)
- Azusa Eiko (* 1947)
B.
- Ban Daisuke (* 1947)
- Ban Junzaburô (1908-1981)
- Bandō Eiji (* 1940)
- Bôya Saburô (1910-2002)
C.
- Chiaki Minoru (1917-1999)
- Chiba Sonny (* 1939)
- Cho Bang-ho (1956–1997)
D.
- Dan Tokumaro (1902-1987)
- Denden (* 1950)
- Dokumamushi Sandayū (* 1936)
- Dōmoto Tsuyoshi (* 1979)
- Dōmoto Kōichi (* 1979)
E.
- Eita (* 1982)
- Egawa Hisao (born 1962)
- Egawa Ureo (1902-1970)
- Eguchi Yōsuke (* 1967)
- Endō Ken'ichi (* 1961)
- Endô Seiji (* 1940)
- Endō Yūya (* 1987)
- Enomoto Ken'ichi (1904–1970)
F.
- Fuji Tatsuya (* 1941)
- Fujiki Yū (1931-2005)
- Fujino Hideo (1878-1956)
- Fujioka Hiroshi (* 1946)
- Fujita Makoto (1933-2010)
- Fujita Susumu (1912–1991)
- Fujiwara Tatsuya (* 1982)
- Fukumoto Seizō (* 1943)
- Fukuyama Masaharu (* 1969)
- Furukawa Yūta (* 1987)
- Fuse Akira (* 1947)
G
- Gō Eiji (1937-1992)
H
- Hagino Takashi (* 1973)
- Hagiwara Masato (* 1971)
- Hamada Torahiko (1919-209)
- Hamamura Jun (1906-1995)
- Handa Kento (* 1984)
- Harada Yoshio (1940-2011)
- Hasegawa Kazuo (1908–1984)
- Hayakawa Sessue (1889–1973)
- Hirata Akihiko (1927-1984)
- Hirata Hiroaki (born 1963)
- Hitomi Reiko (* 1938)
- Hōjō Takahiro (* 1986)
- Hongō Kanata (* 1990)
- Horie Kei (* 1978)
- Horiuchi Masami (* 1950)
- Hosokawa Shigeki (* 1971)
- Hotei Tomoyasu (* 1962)
I.
- Ichikawa Kobunji (1893–1976)
- Ichikawa Momonosuke (1906–1978)
- Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931-1969)
- Ichikawa Utaemon (1907-1999)
- Igawa Hisashi (* 1936)
- Igawa Togo (* 1946)
- Iguchi Noboru (* 1969)
- Ikariya Chōsuke (1931-2004)
- Ikebe Ryō (1918-2010)
- Ikuta Tōma (* 1984)
- Imamura Shōhei (1926-2006)
- Inaba Yoshio (1920–1998)
- Inagaki Gorō (* 1973)
- Inagaki Hiroshi (1905–1980)
- Isaka Tatsuya (* 1985)
- Iseya Yūsuke (* 1976)
- Ishibashi Renji (* 1941)
- Ishibashi Ryō (* 1956)
- Ishida Takuya (* 1987)
- Ishiguro Tatsuya (1911-1965)
- Ishihama Akira (* 1935)
- Ishihara Yūjirō (1934–1987)
- Ishikura Saburō (* 1946)
- Isono Akio (1910-1986)
- Itami Jūzō (1933–1997)
- Itō Atsushi (* 1983)
- Iura Arata (* 1974)
- Iwamatsu Makoto (1933-2006)
- Izumiya Shigeru (* 1948)
K
- Kaga Takeshi (born 1950)
- Kagawa Teruyuki (* 1965)
- Kaji Masaki (* 1988)
- Kamakari Kenta (* 1984)
- Kamenashi Kazuya (* 1986)
- Kamiji Yūsuke (* 1979)
- Kamiyama Ryūji (* 1986)
- Kamiyama Sôjin (1884-1954)
- Kaname Jun (born 1981)
- Kane Kosugi (* 1974)
- Kaneshiro Takeshi (* 1973)
- Karahashi Mitsuru (* 1977)
- Karasawa Toshiaki (* 1963)
- Kase Ryō (* 1974)
- Kase Taishū (* 1969)
- Kataoka Tsurutarō (* 1954)
- Katō Kazuki (* 1974)
- Katō Gō (1938-2018)
- Katori Shingo (* 1977)
- Kawamoto Katsuhiko (* 1966)
- Kawazu Yûsuke (* 1935)
- Keaton Yamada (* 1945)
- Kimura Takuya (* 1972)
- Kinugasa Teinosuke (1896–1982)
- Kishi Yūji (* 1970)
- Kishibe Ittoku (* 1947)
- Kishida Shin (1939–1982)
- Kitamura Eiki (* 1981)
- Kitamura Kazuo (1927-2007)
- Kitano Takeshi (* 1947)
- Kitaôji Kin'ya (* 1943)
- Kobayashi Akiji (1930–1996)
- Kobayashi Akira (* 1938)
- Kobayashi Kaoru (* 1951)
- Kobayashi Keiju (1923-2010)
- Kobayashi Masahiro (* 1971)
- Kobayashi Nenji (* 1943)
- Koike Teppei (* 1986)
- Komatsu Hôsei (1924-2003)
- Kondō Masahiko (* 1964)
- Kôno Akitake (1911–1978)
- Kosugi Isamu (1904-1983)
- Kosugi Yoshio (1903-1968)
- Kotani Yoshikazu (* 1982)
- Koyamada Shin (* 1982)
- Kubo Akira (* 1936)
- Kubozuka Yosuke (* 1979)
- Kurata Yasuaki (* 1946)
- Kurokawa Yatarô (1910-1984)
- Kuze Ryû (1908–1985)
M.
- Maruse Tarō (1933-2001)
- Masuda Junji (1915-1989)
- Masuda Takahisa (* 1986)
- Matsuda Kenji (* 1971)
- Matsuda Ryūhei (* 1983)
- Matsuda Shōta (* 1985)
- Matsudaira Ken (* 1953)
- Matsuda Yūsaku (1949–1989)
- Matsukata Hiroki (* 1942)
- Matsukawa Naruki (* 1991)
- Matsumoto Hiroya (* 1986)
- Matsumoto Jun (* 1983)
- Matsumura Tatsuo (1914-2005)
- Matsushita Yūya (* 1990)
- Matsuyama Ken'ichi (* 1985)
- Matsuyama Takashi (* 1960)
- Matsuzaki Yūki (* 1981)
- Miake Bontarô (1906-1992)
- Mifune Toshirō (1920–1997)
- Mitsui Kôji (1910–1979)
- Miura Akifumi (* 1981)
- Miura Haruma (* 1990)
- Miura Tomokazu (* 1954)
- Miyaguchi Seiji (1913–1985)
- Miyano Mamoru (* 1983)
- Miyashita Yūya (* 1985)
- Miyavi (* 1981)
- Mizushima Hiro (* 1984)
- Morimoto Ryōji (* 1982)
- Morishige Hisaya (1913-2009)
- Morita Kensaku (* 1949)
- Morita Masakazu (* 1971)
- Moriyama Mirai (* 1984)
- Motoki Masahiro (* 1965)
- Murakami Hiroaki (* 1956)
- Murano Takenori (* 1945)
- Murata Kazumi (* 1978)
N
- Nagai Anzu (* 1992)
- Nagase Masatoshi (* 1966)
- Nagase Tomoya (* 1978)
- Nagata Akira (* 1985)
- Nagata Yasushi (1907–1972)
- Nagato Hiroyuki (1934-2011)
- Nagayama Takashi (* 1978)
- Nakadai Tatsuya (* 1932)
- Nakai Kiichi (* 1961)
- Nakai Masahiro (* 1972)
- Nakajima Haruo (1929-2017)
- Nakamura Aoi (* 1991)
- Nakamura Atsuo (* 1940)
- Nakamura Ganjirô (1902-1983)
- Nakamura Katsuo (* 1938)
- Nakamura Kinnosuke (1932–1997)
- Nakamura Masatoshi (* 1951)
- Nakamura Nobuo (1908-1991)
- Nakamura Shidô (* 1972)
- Nakamura Shikan (1928-2011)
- Nakamura Tomoya (* 1986)
- Nakamura Tôru (* 1965)
- Nakamura Yasuhi (* 1972)
- Nakamura Yūichi (* 1987)
- Nanbara Kôji (1927-2001)
- Narimiya Hiroki (* 1982)
- Negami Jun (1923-2005)
- Nihon'yanagi Hiroshi (1917–1970)
- Ninomiya Kazunari (* 1983)
- Nishida Toshiyuki (* 1947)
- Nishijima Hidetoshi (* 1971)
- Nishikido Ryō (* 1984)
- Nishimura Masahiko (* 1960)
O
- Oda Yūji (* 1967)
- Odagiri Joe (* 1976)
- Ogata Ken (1937-2008)
- Ogawa Shinji (1941-2015)
- Ogura Ichirô (* 1951)
- Oguri Shun (* 1982)
- Oida Yoshi (* 1933)
- Ōizumi Yō (* 1973)
- Oka Jôji (1904–1970)
- Oka Masi (* 1974)
- Okada Eiji (1920–1995)
- Okada Masumi (1935-2006)
- Ōkōchi Denjirō (1898–1962)
- Ōkuchi Kengo (* 1981)
- Okuda Eiji (born 1950)
- Ono Takehiko (* 1942)
- Ōno Satoshi (* 1980)
- Onoe Kikutaro (1907–1985)
- Orimoto Junkichi (* 1927)
- Oshinari Shūgo (* 1981)
- Osawa Takao (* 1982)
- Ōsugi Ren (* 1951)
- Ōtaki Hideji (1925–2012)
- Ozawa Eitarô (1909–1988)
R.
- Ryōhei Odai (* 1971)
- Ryū Chishū (1904–1993)
- Ryû Raita (* 1940)
S.
- Sabu (* 1964)
- Saburi Shin (1909–1982)
- Sada Keiji (1926–1964)
- Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944)
- Sahara Kenji (* 1932)
- Saitō Takumi (* 1981)
- Sakai Furankî (1929–1996)
- Sakai Masato (* 1973)
- Sakamoto Kyū (1941–1985)
- Sakamoto Shōgo (* 1993)
- Sakamoto Takeshi (1899–1974)
- Sakata Harold (1920–1982)
- Sakurai Shō (* 1982)
- Sanada Hiroyuki (* 1960)
- Sano Seki (1905-1966)
- Sano Shûji (1912–1978)
- Sasaki Takamaru (1898–1986)
- Sasano Takashi (* 1948)
- Sato Kei (1928-2010)
- Satō Kōichi (* 1960)
- Satō Takeru (* 1989)
- Satō Yūki (* 1984)
- Satoi Kenta (* 1957)
- Satomi Kōtarō (* 1936)
- Sawaki Tetsu (* 1982)
- Sawamura Ikki (* 1967)
- Sazanka Kyû (1914–1971)
- Shibue Jōji (* 1983)
- Shimomoto Shirō (* 1948)
- Shimura Takashi (1905-1982)
- Shirota Yū (* 1985)
- Shishido Jo (* 1933)
- Shō Kosugi (* 1948)
- Sono Shion (born 1961)
- Sonomanma Higashi (* 1957)
- Sorimachi Takashi (* 1973)
- Suga Fujio (1927-1998)
- Suga Kenta (* 1994)
- Suga Takamasa (* 1977)
- Sugawara Bunta (1933-2014)
- Sugi Ryōtarō (* 1947)
- Sugiyama Tokuko (* 1926)
- Suzuki Hiroki (* 1983)
- Suzuki Kazuma (* 1968)
- Suzuki Mizuho (* 1927)
T
- Tachibana Teijirô (1893-1918)
- Taguchi Tomorowo (* 1957)
- Tagawa Hiroyuki (* 1950)
- Takahashi Hideki (* 1944)
- Takakura Ken (1931-2014)
- Takaoka Sōsuke (* 1982)
- Takase Minoru (1890-1947)
- Takashima Masahiro (* 1965)
- Takashima Masanobu (* 1966)
- Takashima Tadao (* 1930)
- Takashina Kaku (1919–1994)
- Takeda Shinji (* 1972)
- Takeda Tetsuya (born 1949)
- Takenaka Naoto (* 1956)
- Takenouchi Yutaka (* 1971)
- Takeuchi Riki (* 1964)
- Takizawa Hideaki (* 1982)
- Takizawa Osamu (1906-2000)
- Tamba Tetsurō (1922-2006)
- Tamba Yoshitaka (* 1955)
- Tamaki Hiroshi (* 1980)
- Tamayama Tetsuji (* 1980)
- Tamura Masakazu (* 1943)
- Tamura Takahiro (1928-2006)
- Tamura Ryō (* 1946)
- Tanabe Seiichi (* 1969)
- Tanabe Tōru (* 1961)
- Tanaka Hiroyuki (* 1964)
- Tanaka Kunie (* 1932)
- Tanaka Min (born 1945)
- Tanaka Minoru (1966-2011)
- Tani Akira (1885–1966)
- Tani Hayato (born 1946)
- Tani Kei (1932-2010)
- Tazaki Jun (1910–1985)
- Tanihara Shōsuke (* 1972)
- Terajima Susumu (* 1963)
- Tono Eijirô (1907-1994)
- Tonoyama Taiji (1915–1989)
- Toyokawa Etsushi (* 1962)
- Tsuda Kanji (* 1965)
- Tsugawa Masahiko (* 1940)
- Tsukamoto Shin'ya (* 1960)
- Tsukayama Masane (* 1944)
- Tsurumi Shingo (* 1964)
- Tsuruno Takeshi (* 1975)
- Tsutsumi Shin'ichi (* 1964)
- Tsutsumi Yasuhisa (* 1922)
U
- Uchida Asao (1920–1996)
- Uchida Naoya (* 1953)
- Uchida Ryōhei (1924-1984)
- Uchida Yuki (* 1975)
- Uchida Yûya (* 1939)
- Uchiyama Masato (* 1986)
- Ueki Hitoshi (1926-2007)
- Uemura Kenjirô (1914–1979)
- Ukaji Takashi (* 1962)
W.
- Wakabayashi Gō (* 1939)
- Wakamizu Kinuko (1907–1968)
- Wakayama Tomisaburō (1929-1992)
- Watanabe Atsushi (1898–1977)
- Watanabe Dai (* 1984)
- Watanabe Fumio (1929-2004)
- Watanabe Ken (* 1959)
- Watari Tetsuya (* 1941)
- Watase Tsunehiko (* 1944)
Y
- Yagira Yūya (* 1990)
- Yaguchi Shinobu (* 1967)
- Yakusho Kōji (* 1956)
- Yamada Takayuki (* 1983)
- Yamadera Kōichi (* 1961)
- Yamaguchi Kappei (* 1965)
- Yamaguchi Yūichirō (* 1956)
- Yamaji Kazuhiro (born 1954)
- Yamamoto Gaku (* 1937)
- Yamamoto Kaichi (1877-1939)
- Yamamoto Kei (* 1940)
- Yamamoto Ren (1930-2003)
- Yamamoto Sen (born 1943)
- Yamamoto Tarō (* 1974)
- Yamamura Sô (1910-2000)
- Yamashita Tomohisa (* 1984)
- Yamazaki Tsutomu (* 1936)
- Yanagi Kōtarō (* 1985)
- Yasui Shôji (1928-2014)
- Yokoyama Unpei (1881-1967)
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke (1932–1997)
- Yoshizawa Hisashi (* 1978)
- Yūsuke Santamaria (* 1971)