
Kinya Kitaoji
Known for Acting · 175 credits
- Born
- 1943-02-23 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as
- Kin'ya Kitaôji · 키타오지 킨야
Biography
Early life:
He was born in Kyoto, son of jidaigeki film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ⅱ in Tokyo.
Acting career:
Kin'ya made his debut with his father in the 1956 Toei film Oyakodaka in the role of Katsu Kaishū. He is a contemporary of, and was taken to be a rival of, Hiroki Matsukata, who was also the son of a famous actor (Jūshirō Konoe). In 1964, Kin'ya made his first appearance on stage in Cyrano de Bergerac.
The 1960s and 1970s saw him in many contemporary roles. He appeared in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as well as Karei naru Ichizoku. The title role in the 1975 film Takehisa Yumeji was his.
Known For
TV Shows (46)

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
as Yoshito Tendo(天堂 義人)

SMAP×SMAP
1996
as Skit Guest

Seven Detectives
2015
as Shuntaro Domoto

Absolute Zero
2010
as Hideo Nagashima

Atsuhime
2008

Hanzawa Naoki
2013
as Ken Nakanowatari

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
2023

Masamune Shogun
1987
as 伊達輝宗

Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
2020
as Kyotaro Onda

I'm Home
2015
as Yozo Ieji

Blackboard
2012
as Akinori Shioda / Shioda Akinori

Princess Go
2011

Breathless Summer
2012
as 夏目周作

Fragile
2016
as Kaoru Nakaguma

Believe: A Bridge to You
2024
as Goro Bando

Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
2019

The Family
2007
as Daisuke Manpyo

Ryoma ga Yuku
1968
as Sakamoto Ryoma

Mominoki wa Nokotta
1970
as Sakai Tadakiyo

Hojo Tokimune
2001
as Sha Kokumei

Triangle
2009
as Kuroki Shinzo

Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi
2017
as Wataru Enoki

Alice in Wonderful Kitchen
2024
as Gojo Michitaka

Lone Wolf and Cub
2002
as Ogami Ittô

Man of Destiny
2012
as Keisaku Sahashi

The Story of Dominating Countries
2005

Miyamoto Musashi
1990
as Miyamoto Musashi

Secret Magistrate Asahina
1998
as Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo

Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
1986
as Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune)

Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987

In His Chart
2021
as Itagaki Genzo [Director]
白虎隊~敗れざる者たち

Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
2007
as Kuwayama Jubei

Further Tales of Musashi
1996
as Miyamoto Musashi

Magistrate Ooka Echizen
2005

Phantom Assassin
2008
as Koyama Genjuro

BORDERLESS -72 Hours
2026
as Midorikawa Soichiro

三屋清左衛門残日録
2016

The Diary of Chuji's Travels
1992
as Chuji
生存 愛する娘のために
2002

Sanada Yukimura
1989

Sanbiki no Ossan
2014
as 清田清一

さすらい署長 風間昭平
2003
刑事シュート しゅうと&ムコの事件日誌
2008

忠臣蔵
2004
事件 (テレビ朝日のテレビドラマ)
1993
Movies (129)

One Piece Film: GOLD
2016
as Raise Max (voice)

Spring Bell
1985
as Rokuheita Narumi

The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
2020
as Raymond Fuu

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Shoji Yamanaka

Asura
2012
as Monk

Mount Hakkoda
1977
as Captain Kanda

The Orphan Brother
1961
The Day the Sun Rose
1968

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023
as Saitō Dōsan

Fire Festival
1985
as Tatsuo

The Incite Mill
2010
as Yoshi Ando

Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings
2016
as Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)

The Peking Man
1997
as Kin'ya Kitaôji

Future War 198X
1982
as Wataru Mikumo (voice)

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014

Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Ginji Tachibana

Winter's Flower
1978
as Michio Sakata

Whistleblower
2019
as Ikuo Yakuyama

Sakurada Gate Incident
2010

The Story of a Man Among Men
1984

Lake of Illusions
1982
as Nobunaga Oda

The Acrobats of Death
1959

Father of the Kamikaze
1974

Castle of Sand
2019

Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
as Shunsuke Godai

Keepers of Order
1962

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
as 松平三郎元信(後の徳川家康)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Tamotsu Matsumura

Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
as Sabu, the third brother

Gambling Den Heist
1975
as Takeshi Kiyomoto

Sensei
1989
as Chairman of the town

The Mansion of Intrigue
1957
as Kyoya Kirishima

The Last Revenge
2011
as Tesshu Yamaoka

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Soji Okita

Shag
1978

Legal High SP
2013
as Isao Teshigawara

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974

The Corporation
1976

Kukai
1984
as Kukai

One Day at Summer's End
1968
as Shigeo Ugari

Sakura Housara
2014

Shimane Prison Riot
1975
as Yuji Kawamura

I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
2012
as Hanazono Shugoro

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980

53 Stages of Action
1963

Zero
1984
as Jiro Horikoshi

Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009

The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Eiji

Yume-Chiyo
1985

The Navy
1963
as Shinji

Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
1993

Fine Man
1961

Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
1995

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992

Abandoned
1981

Law in Ghost Island
1961
as Yusaku

Shadow Over Fuji
1957

Knightly Advice
1962

Rise, Fair Sun
1973

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993

Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010

遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958

River of Forever
1967

Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
1993
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
2004
as Shohei Kazama

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960

Monument to Holy Service
1978
Young Lord and Second Son
1961

Sushi King Goes to New York
2008
as Gengoro

The Blossom and the Sword
1973
as Captain Sakagami
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988
as Mondosuke

Dohten
1991

A Woman Called En
1971
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993
as Sawatari Mondonosuke

Tokaido Fullhouse
1963
as Okeya-no-oni

Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
2014

Shadow Conspirator
1982

がん消滅の罠~完全寛解の謎~
2018
as 西條征士郎(さいじょう せいしろう)

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
1975
as Yumeji Takehisa
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959

Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993

Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961

Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962

Love on the Rainbow
1965
as Tatsuya Kitakami

The Highest Honour
1982
as Major Tachibana

Rainbow Bridge
1993
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988
as Mondonosuke Saotome

Tsugaru zessho
1969

Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke
2016
as 香月玄太郎

A Revengeful Raid
1962

Virtue in Spades
1956

Kingdom of Youth
1958
as Yamanaka Shikanoske

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975

Glowing Autumn
1978

Whistling Drifter
1961
as Tsukinowa Gentaro

さすらい署長風間昭平スペシャル 塩屋岬いわき殺人事件
2022

Detective Heiji
1990
as Heiji Zenigata

Cry of the Mountain
1968

淋しい狩人
2013

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959

Warlord of the Underworld
1998
as Jirocho Shimizu

Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
1969
as Takeo
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992
as Sawatari Shusui

Traveling of Two Young Men
1961
as Gentaro

三屋清左衛門残日録 新たなしあわせ
2020

Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
1995

三屋清左衛門残日録 完結篇
2017
as Mitsuya Seizaemon

Eternal First Love
2010
as Yuichi Makibara

Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken
2024

Avenging Father
1956
as Minamoto no Yoriie

The Alaska Story
1977
as Frank Yasuda

Will to Conquer
1970
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
as Saotome Mondonosuke

Genkuro Yoshitsune
1962
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989
as Sawatari Shusui

Case 17
2016
as Shuichi Itami
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
as Sawatari Shusui

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976

The Phantom Beauty of Kobe Rokko
1989
as Kogoro Akechi
About Kinya Kitaoji
Early life: He was born in Kyoto, son of jidaigeki film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ⅱ in Tokyo. Acting career: Kin'ya made his debut with his father in the 1956 Toei film Oyakodaka in the role of Katsu Kaishū. He is a contemporary of, and was taken to be a rival of, Hiroki Matsukata, who was also the son of a famous actor (Jūshirō Konoe). In 1964, Kin'ya made his first appearance on stage in Cyrano de Bergerac. The 1960s and 1970s saw him in many contemporary roles. He appear… With 175 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Kinya Kitaoji has appeared in 129 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kinya Kitaoji Movies
- One Piece Film: GOLD (2016) — as Raise Max (voice)
- Spring Bell (1985) — as Rokuheita Narumi
- The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess – (2020) — as Raymond Fuu
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) — as Shoji Yamanaka
- Asura (2012) — as Monk
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