Etsushi Toyokawa
| Etsushi Toyokawa | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 豊川 悦司 |
| Born |
March 18, 1962 Yao, Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Etsushi Toyokawa (Japanese: 豊川 悦司 Hepburn: Toyokawa Etsushi, born 18 March 1962) is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Born in Yao, Osaka, he studied at Shimizudani High School, and eventually dropped out of Kwansei Gakuin University to pursue a career in acting. He began by joining the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe "Under Thirty," which was known for the membership of another famous actor, Watanabe Eriko, at the time. Though like many new theatre actors at the time, he struggled to make ends meet until he got his first big break in 1992, in the television drama Night Head alongside Shinji Takeda, as one of two brothers with supernatural powers.
In 1993 he won the "Newcomer of the Year" award for his drama Kira Kira Hikaru, and the Popularity Award in 1996 for his work in the drama Love Letter.
He also won the Japanese Academy Award as best supporting actor three times, the Hochi Film Award for Love Letter, No Way Back and Hanako.[1]
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Kimi wa Boku ni Suki ni Naru | ||
| 1990 | Boiling Point | Okinawa-Rengou Kumichou | |
| 1990 | Byouin e Ikou | ||
| 1991 | 12 Nin no Yasashii Nihonjin | ||
| 1992 | Kira Kira Hikaru | Mutsuki Kishida | |
| 1993 | Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 | ||
| 1994 | Undo | Yukio | |
| 1994 | Night Head | Naoto Kirihara | |
| 1994 | Ghost Pub | Nobuya Sugimoto | |
| 1995 | Love Letter | Shigeru Akiba | |
| 1995 | No Way Back | Yuji Kobayashi | |
| 1996 | Yatsuhaka-Mura | Kosuke Kindaichi | |
| 1997 | Kizu Darake no Tenshi | Mitsuru Kida | |
| 2000 | Face | Hiroyuki Nakagami | |
| 2000 | Zawazawa Shimokitazawa | ||
| 2000 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Kadoya Kaneo | |
| 2002 | Inochi | Yutaka Higashi | |
| 2002 | Dog Star | Shiro | |
| 2003 | Moon Child | vampire Luca | |
| 2004 | Tange Sazen | Tange Sazen | |
| 2004 | Lakeside Murder Case | Masaru Tsukumi | |
| 2005 | The Man Behind the Scissors | Yasunaga | |
| 2005 | Year One in the North | Ashirika | |
| 2005 | The Great Yokai War | Yasunori Katō | |
| 2005 | Loft | Makoto Yoshioka | |
| 2006 | Hula Girls | Yojiro Tanikawa | |
| 2006 | Nihon Chinbotsu | Yusuke Tadokoro | |
| 2007 | Tsubaki Sanjuro | Hanbei Muroto | Remake of the Kurosawa film |
| 2007 | The Kiss | Akio Sakaguchi | |
| 2007 | Southbound | Ichiro Uehara | |
| 2007 | Hannin ni Tsugu | Makijima | |
| 2008 | 10 Promises to My Dog | Yuichi Saito | |
| 2008 | Ishiuchi Jinjo Koto Shogakko: Hana wa Chiredomo | Yoshihito Yamazaki | |
| 2008 | 20th Century Boys | Otcho | |
| 2009 | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | Otcho | |
| 2009 | 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | Otcho | |
| 2010 | Hisshiken Torisashi | Kanemi Sanzaemon | |
| 2010 | Postcard | Keita Matsuyama | |
| 2011 | Go | Oda Nobunaga | NHK Taiga Drama |
| 2013 | Platinum Data | Reiji Asama | |
| 2013 | Human Trust | Harry Endo | |
| 2014 | Judge! | ||
| 2014 | Climbing to Spring | Goro Tada | |
| 2014 | Otoko no Isshō | Jun Kaieda | [2] |
| 2016 | Black Widow Business | Tōru Kashiwagi | |
| 2017 | March Comes in Like a Lion | Kōda | |
Video games
- Lost Odyssey (2008)
References
- ↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "Live-Action Otoko no Isshō Film's Trailer Previews Love Story". Anime News Network. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.