Katsuhisa Namase
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Early life
He graduated from the Doshisha University Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters in 1986.[1]
Personal life
Namase married model and yoga instructor Yoko Horimoto in 1997 in Hawaii.[2] The couple have one child, a son.[3][4][5][6]
Career
Namase joined the Template:Ill in 1983. The first stage role he appeared in was "Sarutobi Sasuke". In 1986 he became the 4th chairman of Sotobakomachi. Around 2001, while working with the theatre company, which he soon departed, he started appearing in a series of late-night variety shows, including Yomiuri TV's "Weekly TV Kojien" gaining popularity, especially among university students. He had many regular TV and radio programs, and became an opinion leader among young people in the Kansai region.[1]
He has also been active as a playwright and director.[1]
Filmography
Television dramas
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- TRICK (2000–14), Detective Kenzō Yabe[8]
- Gokusen (2002–08), Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari[9][10]
- Ryōmaden (2010), Yoshida Shōin[11]
- Detective Kenzō Yabe (2010–13), Detective Kenzō Yabe[8]
- Legal High (2012–13), Choichiro Miki[12]
- Your Turn to Kill (2019), Jun'ichirō Tamiya[13]
- Ochoyan (2021), Makoto Nagasawa[14]
- Kotaro Lives Alone (2021–23), Isamu Tamaru[15]
- Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Kensaku Yamahara[16]
- Boogie Woogie (2023–24), Kenji Tanahashi[17]
- 19th medical record (2025), Eikichi Kitano[18]
Films
- TRICK: The Movie (2002), Detective Kenzō Yabe[8]
- TRICK: The Movie 2 (2006), Detective Kenzō Yabe[8]
- TRICK: The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010), Detective Kenzō Yabe[8]
- TRICK: The Movie: Last Stage (2014), Detective Kenzō Yabe[19]
- The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019), Ho[20]
- The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess (2020), Ho[20]
- Godai: The Wunderkind (2020), Godai Hidetaka[21]
- Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021), Jun'ichirō Tamiya[13]
- The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022), Ho[20]
- The Water Flows to the Sea (2023), Naruse[22]
- The Innocent Game (2023), Masaharu Kugimiya[23]
- Bad Lands (2023), Seiji Takashiro[24]
- Black Showman (2025), Daisuke Kogure[25]
Video games
- Fatal Fury 2 (1992), Joe Higashi, Billy Kane, Laurence Blood[26][27][28]
- Fatal Fury Special (1993), Joe Higashi, Billy Kane, Laurence Blood, Geese Howard[26][27][28][29]
- The King of Fighters '94 (1994), Joe Higashi[30]
- The King of Fighters '95 (1995), Billy Kane[31]
Dubbing
- The Addams Family, Gomez Addams[32]
- The Addams Family 2, Gomez Addams[33]
References
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Katsuhisa Namase at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Official Cube profile
- Katsuhisa Namase at NHK Archives