Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka in Swing Girls

Naoto Takenaka (竹中直人, Takenaka Naoto) is a Japanese actor, singer, comedian, and director. He has been nominated for ten Japanese Academy Awards during his career which currently spans over two decades.

Profile

• Name: Naoto Takenaka (竹中直人, Takenaka Naoto)
• Birth date: March 20, 1956
• Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Blood type: A
• Height: 5' 7" (170cm)

Filmography

• [1984] Yuugurezoku ... Utsui
• [1984] Location ... Dabo
• [1984] Kakkun Cafe
• [1985] Tracked ... Masasuke Ujiie
• [1986] Gonza the Spearman ... Fumiemon
• [1986] Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma ... Kenkichi Nagaoka
• [1986] Death Shadows
• [1987] Tokyo Bordello ... Sakurada
• [1987] Take Me Out to the Snowland
• [1987] Eien no 1/2
• [1988] The Scary Bionic Man: The Ultimate Teacher ... Ganpachi Chagane
• [1988] Angel Guts: Red Vertigo ... Tetsuro Muraki
• [1988] The Yen Family ... Refuse collector
• [1988] Love Bites Back ... Uemura
• [1988] So What
• [1988] Crazy Boys ... Instructor at the reformatory
• [1989] Four Days of Snow and Blood ... Asakazu Isobe
• [1989] Bakayaro! 2: Shiawase ni Naritai ... Toru Matsukawa
• [1989] Fancy Dance ... Mitsuki Kitagawa
• [1990] Tanba Tetsuro no Daireikai Shindara Odoroita!! ... Detective
• [1990] Guinea Pig 6: Devil Doctor Woman
• [1990] Universal Laws ... Sakuma
• [1990] Gattubi: Bokura wa Kono Natsu Nekutai wo Suru ... Yasushi Otsuka
• [1990] Peesuke: Gatapishi Monogatari
• [1991] Kagero ... Yasugoro
• [1991] Hiruko the Goblin ... Takashi Yabe
• [1991] Futari ... Psychiatrist
• [1991] Taro! Tokyo Makai Taisen ... Captain Rokai
• [1991] Until the End of the World ... Custodian
• [1991] Nowhere Man ... Sukezo Sukegawa
• [1992] Sumo Do, Sumo Don't ... Aoki Tomio
• [1992] Original Sin ... Gay guy in his 30s
• [1993] Ijo no Hitobito: Densetsuno Nijino Sankyodai
• [1993] Patlabor 2 ... Arakawa Shigeki
• [1993] Chibusa
• [1993] A Night in Nude ... Kojiro aka Tetsuro Muraki
• [1994] The Mystery of Rampo ... Edogawa Rampo
• [1994] Bo no Kanashimi ... Customer at a bar
• [1994] Alone in the Night ... Pimp
• [1994] Quiet Days of Firemen
• [1995] Yonshimai Monogatari ... Nishimura
• [1995] Sharaku
• [1995] Gonin ... Shohei Ogiwara
• [1995] East Meets West ... Tommy, Tamejiro
• [1995] Tokyo Fist ... Ohizumi, trainer
• [1996] Shall We Dance? ... Tomio Aoki
• [1997] Moonlight Serenade ... Soldier holding a skeleton
• [1997] Tokyo Biyori ... Mikio Shimazu
• [1998] Mind Game
• [1998] Andromedia ... Kurosawa
• [1998] Young Thugs: Nostalgia ... Riichi's father
• [1999] Amateur Singing Contest ... Kondo, Taxi Driver
• [1999] The Perfect Education ... Iwazono
• [1999] The Accomplice ... Carlos
• [1999] Ley Lines
• [1999] Gemini ... Rich Man
• [2000] Freeze Me ... Baba
• [2000] Pokemon 3: The Movie ... Dr. Shuri
• [2000] Sakuya: Slayer of Demons ... Narrator
• [2000] By Player ... Taiji Tonoyama
• [2000] The Guys from Paradise
• [2001] Quartet for Two ... Sasaki Shoutarou
• [2001] Stereo Future ... Ryuutarou Takayama
• [2001] Red Shadow: Akakage ... Shirokage
• [2001] Waterboys ... The Dolphin Trainer
• [2001] Agitator
• [2001] The Happiness of the Katakuris ... TV Reporter/Singer
• [2001] Vengeance for Sale ... Enemy
• [2001] Genji: A Thousand-Year Love ... Akashi no Nyudo
• [2001-06-23] Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love ... Akai, Seiichi
• [2002] Mr. Rookie ... Kazuo Koga
• [2002] Onna Kunishuu Ikki
• [2002] Ping Pong ... Butterfly Joe
• [2002] Suite de Jeudi ... Keiji
• [2002] Blood Heat ... Tajima, the Street Better
• [2002] To Sing of Love
• [2002] Trick: The Movie ... Deity
• [2002-12-07] Perfect Education 3 ... Hashimoto (Ai's homeroom teacher)
• [2003] The Blue Light ... Shishobako no Otoko
• [2003] Azumi ... Kiyomasa Kato
• [2003] Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement ... Masamura
• [2003] Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story ... Ikuo
• [2004] Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ... Kim (voice)
• [2004] My Lover is a Sniper: The Movie ... Ko Muraki
• [2004] Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie ... story "Yakei no hokokusho"
• [2004] Swing Girls ... Tadahiko Ozawa (math teacher)
• [2005] The Dining Table at Natsume's ... Anma Takuetsu
• [2005] The Great Yokai War ... Lamp-Oil
• [2005] Sayonara Color ... Shohei Sasaki
• [2006] Peanuts ... Customer
• [2006] Princess in an Iron Helmet ... Tamako's father
• [2006] Catch a Wave
• [2006] Kani Goalkeeper
• [2006] Cat-Eyed Boy
• [2006] Otoko wa Sore wo Gaman Dekinai ... DJ Tiger
• [2006] I Just Didn't Do It
• [2006] Oh! Oku: The Movie ... Man
• [2007] Anata wo Wasurenai
• [2007] The Longest Night in Shanghai
• [2007] Hito ga Hito o ai Suru Koto no Doshiyo mo Nasa ... Katsuragi
• [2008] Kurosagi
• [2008] Bokutachi to Chuzai-san no 700-nichi Senso
• [2008] Postman
• [2008] Maboroshi no Yamataikoku
• [2008] Tokyo!
• [2009] Yamagata Scream ... Zombie general (also directed)

External Links

• Naoto Takenaka at the Internet Movie Database
• Naoto Takenaka at the Japanese Movie Database
• Naoto Takenaka article at Wikipedia