Junichi Okada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Okada Junichi)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image

Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is an actor, fight choreographer[1] and a former member of Japanese boy band V6.

Career

Music career

In the summer of 1995, Okada participated in Johnny's Pre-School, part of the NTV program Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. He passed the audition and joined Johnny & Associates at the age of 14. After being in Johnny's for only a short period of three months, he made his debut as the youngest member of the idol group V6. Unlike the rest of the members in the group, he did not have much experience as Johnny's Jr. The first time that he had been on a music program was only after the debut of V6. Their debut song was "Music For the People".

Okada can play the guitar, as well as the piano. His mother is a piano teacher. His voice is in the middle range, and hence his solos usually include slower ballads. Later in his career as member of V6, he was given longer solo songs, such as "Way of Life".[2] He also revealed that during V6's 2008 concert Vibes, he was directing most of the lightning, staging, and costumes.[3]

Acting career

Dramas

In a Shounen Club Premium interview on May 7, 2009, he said that the Japanese drama Kisarazu Cat's Eye caught the attention of viewers and directors, and made them aware of his acting ability.[3] The success of the drama led to the making of two movie sequels, Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series and Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series. His other notable dramas include Tiger & Dragon, a comedy drama about rakugo, a form of Japanese comedy acted only by one person telling that story.[4] and SP (also known as Security Police), an action suspense drama about a team of security police bodyguards in charge of protecting important people in the government. With Shinichi Tsutsumi as his co-star, the drama drew in overall ratings of 15.35% despite its Saturday 11:00 p.m. (JST) time slot;[5] its special episode broadcast in 2008 also received a viewership rating of 21.5%.[6]

After several years of "drama hiatus", Okada played the main character, Kuroda Kanbei, in the January 2014 NHK historical drama, Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. Kanbei was a man of ambition who served as the chief strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Sengoku period.[7]

Movies

He made a big leap in his movie career with Tokyo Tower in 2005. In the movie he portrayed a young college student torn between his love for a lady twenty years his senior and the views society has on these kinds of relationship.[8] After that came Hana, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. In the movie, Okada portrayed Sōza, a samurai uninterested in killing his enemy and focused on what he could do today to be a better person instead. The movie earned him a nomination for the Blue Ribbon Awards, but he declined this nomination.[9] Nevertheless, he was awarded the Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award at Nikkan Sports Film Award for his role in Hana.[10] Later, he was involved in movies such as Flowers in the Shadows, portraying a young man in debt because of pachinko,[11] and Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., an unconventional love story between two neighbors who have never met each other and only follow the other person's life through the sounds they hear from the other side of the wall.[12]

In 2012, Okada played the role of Shibukawa Shunkai, an astronomer who invented the Jōkyō calendar used for many decades, in the movie Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer, directed by Yōjirō Takita.[13] The director has previously won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures, in 2009.[14] Later that year, it was announced that Okada would appear in another film set for a spring 2013 release, The Eternal Zero, directed by Takashi Yamazaki. The film follows the journey of a kamikaze pilot named Kyuzo Miyabe, a man described as a coward who volunteered to die for his country.[15]

Personal life

He married actress Aoi Miyazaki on 23 December 2017.[16] In May 2018, it was announced that he and his wife were expecting their first child.[17] It was announced via fax message that their son was born in October 2018.[18]

On October 2, 2023, it was announced that Okada would be leaving Johnny's on November 30.[19]

Martial arts practitioner

In 2010, Okada had reported in a press conference that he is certified to teach Jeet Kune Do and Kali in Japan, the latter was used by him as his main martial art when the SP series was filmed.[20] Trained under USA Shooto instructor Yorinaga Nakamura.[21]

While filming for The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill, Okada trained for a fight scene using jiu-jitsu. He continued training under jiu-jitsu artist Tomoyuki Hashimoto (CARPE DIEM), getting a brown belt in 2022. Okada participated for the first time in a public match in the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) World Master 2023 in Las Vegas, USA, on 31 August 2023, in the Master 3 Brown Belt Light Featherweight Division,[22][23] winning his first round, but losing on the quarterfinals against Andrew Steve Slackta.[24][25]

On October 27, 2024, it was reported that Okada had reached a significant milestone by earning his fifth black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The news was reported by the "Carpe Diem Hiroo" gym, of which he belongs to.[26]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 Cosmic Rescue: The Moonlight Generations Azuma Sawada Lead role [27]
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series Kōhei "Bussan" Tabuchi Lead role [28]
Hard Luck Hero Takashi Asai Lead role [29]
2005 Tokyo Tower Toru Kojima Lead role [30]
Hold Up Down Koichi Sawamura Lead role [31]
Fly, Daddy, Fly Soon-Shin Park Lead role [32]
2006 Hana Sōzaemon Aoki (Sōza) Lead role [33]
Kisarazu Cats Eye: World Series Kōhei "Bussan" Tabuchi Lead role [34]
Tales from Earthsea Prince Arren (voice) Lead role [35]
2008 Flowers in the Shadows Shin'ya Lead role [36]
2009 Romantic Prelude Satoshi Nojima Lead role [37]
2010 SP: The Motion Picture Kaoru Inoue Lead role [38]
2011 SP: The Motion Picture II Kaoru Inoue Lead role [38]
From Up on Poppy Hill Shun Kazama (voice) Lead role [39]
2012 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Shibukawa Shunkai (Santetsu Yasui) Lead role [40]
2013 Library Wars Atsushi Dojo Lead role [41]
The Eternal Zero Kyūzō Miyabe Lead role [42]
2014 A Samurai Chronicle Shōzaburō Dan'no Lead role [43]
2015 Library Wars: The Last Mission Atsushi Dojo Lead role [44]
2016 Everest: The Summit of the Gods Makoto Fukamachi Lead role [45]
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate Tetsuzō Kunioka Lead role [43]
2017 Reminiscence Detective Atsushi Shikata Lead role [46]
Sekigahara Ishida Mitsunari Lead role [43]
2018 Samurai's Promise Shinbei Uryū Lead role [43]
It Comes Nozaki Lead role [43]
2019 The Fable Akira Satō Lead role [47]
2021 The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill Akira Satō Lead role [47]
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Hijikata Toshizō Lead role [48]
2022 Hell Dogs Shōgo Kanetaka Lead role [49]
A Life of Climber Narrator Documentary [50]
2023 Hard Days Kudō Lead role [51]
2026 Sukiyaki Hachidai Nakamura Lead role [52]

TV dramas

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995 V no Honoo Junichi Okada
1997 D×D Toranosuke Kihara
1998 Pu-Pu-Pu Jump Kazuya Omine Lead role
1999 Shin Oretachi no Tabi Shinroku Kumazawa
Dear Friend Yuuji Yamamuro TV movie
2000 Mona Lisa no Hohoemi Takuro Okajima
Oyaji Tadashi Kanzaki
2001 Chūshingura 1/47 Chikara Oishi TV movie [53]
Hanran no Voyage Kunpei Sakaue
2002 Love Quotient Ryuji
Kisarazu Cat's Eye Kōhei Tabuchi (Bussan) Lead role [42]
2003 The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters Ichiro Kashiwakura [54]
2005 Taika no Kaishin Nakatomi no Kamatari Lead role, miniseries [55]
Fuyu no Undokai Kikuo Kitazawa Lead role, TV movie [56]
Tiger & Dragon Ryuji Yanaka (Kotatsu) [43]
2006 Niji wo Kakeru Ōhi Yi Un Miniseries [57]
2007 SP Kaoru Inoue Lead role [42]
2014 Gunshi Kanbei Kuroda Kanbei Lead role; Taiga drama [42]
2015 Library Wars: Book of Memories Atsushi Dōjō Lead role, TV movie [44]
2019 The Great White Tower Gorō Zaizen Lead role, miniseries [58]
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Oda Nobunaga Taiga drama [59]
2025 Last Samurai Standing Saga Shūjirō Lead role; also producer and action planner [60]

Television animation

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Crayon Shin-chan Gorō Zaizen Episode 997 [58]

Other television

Year Title Notes Ref.
2012–present The Profiler As host [61]
2013 64th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen As a judge [62]
2025 Dareka to Nakai co-host (the program ended before Okada had opportunity to appear).[63] [64]

Japanese dub

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2004 Thunderbirds Alan Tracy

Awards and nominations

Year presented, name of the award ceremony, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Year Award ceremony Category Nominated work(s) Result
2002 32nd Television Drama Academy Awards (ja) Best Actor Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nominated[65]
2005 9th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actor Tiger & Dragon Won[66]
2006 19th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award Hana Yori mo Naho, Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series Won[67]
2008 56th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Actor SP Won[68]
2014 27th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Actor The Eternal Zero, A Samurai Chronicle Won[69]
39th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor The Eternal Zero Won[70]
2015 57th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor A Samurai Chronicle Nominated[71]
38th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor The Eternal Zero Won[72]
Best Supporting Actor A Samurai Chronicle Won[72]
83rd Television Drama Academy Awards Best Actor Gunshi Kanbei Won[73]
2017 40th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate Nominated
2018 60th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Reminiscence, Sekigahara Nominated
27th Tokyo Sports Film Awards Best Actor Sekigahara Nominated
41st Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Nominated
43rd Hochi Film Awards Best Actor Samurai's Promise Nominated
2019 73rd Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Nominated
42nd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Nominated
2021 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Actor Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai,
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill		 Nominated[74]
46th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor Nominated[75]
2022 64th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Won[76]
47th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor Hell Dogs Nominated[77]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Jun'ichi Okada - Awards - IMDb
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  32. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  35. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  36. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  37. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  38. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  39. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  40. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  41. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  42. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  43. ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  44. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  45. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  46. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  47. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  48. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  49. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  50. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  51. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  52. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  55. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  56. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  57. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  58. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  59. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  60. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  61. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  62. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  63. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  64. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  65. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  66. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  67. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  68. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  69. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  70. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  71. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  72. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  73. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  74. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  75. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  76. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  77. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor Template:Nikkan Sports Film Award for Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award Template:Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actor Template:Hochi Film Award for Best Actor Template:Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actor Template:Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor Template:Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting ActorScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Junichi_Okada&oldid=4088572"