Kiichi Nakai
Born
September 18, 1961 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kiichi Nakai (born 18 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year of Japan Academy Awards in 1981.
He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for 47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (for Mibu gishi den (When the Last Sword is Drawn). He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 19th Hochi Film Award for 47 Ronin.
In 2003 he played a Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty in Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Though a few of his lines are in Japanese, most are in Mandarin.
His older sister, Kie Nakai, is also an actress.
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Known For
YUKIKAZE
2025
Second to Last Love 3
长仓和平 · (11 episodes)
2025
Silence of the Sea
Suiken
2024
Haha no Matsu Sato
(4 episodes)
2024
有母親等待的故鄉
(4 episodes)
2024
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
Norio Koike
2023
The Travel Nurse
Kuki Shizuka · (17 episodes)
2022
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」
(1 episode)
2022
Kareinaru ichizoku
Manpyo Daisuke · (12 episodes)
2021
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
Kyouen NG
Toyama Eiji · (7 episodes)
2020
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
Norio Koike
2020
風博士
(1 episode)
2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Keisuke Kuroda
2019
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
2019
Memory
Hidehisa Honjo · (12 episodes)
2018
娘の結婚
(1 episode)
2018
We Make Antiques!
Norio Koike
2018
Flower and Sword
Nobunaga Oda
2017
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture
2016
Good Morning Show
Shingo Sumida
2016
Ken San
Narrator
2016
Kinpika
Kenta Sakaguchi · (5 episodes)
2016
Kinpika
阪口健太 · (5 episodes)
2016
Again
Haruhiko Sakacho
2015
Snow on The Blades
Kingo Shimura
2014
Time Never Stops
Ryosuke Saigo
2014
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Kumokiri Nizaemon · (53 episodes)
2013
SWITCH Interview Masters
(1 episode)
2013
Second to Last Love
2012
Priceless
Kengo Moai · (10 episodes)
2012
中国文明の謎
(3 episodes)
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Mitsukuni Mito
2012
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
(11 episodes)
2012
The Wings of the Kirin
Takeaki Aoyagi
2012
Second to Last Love
Nagakura Wahei · (34 episodes)
2012
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Tadamori · (54 episodes)
2012
Taira no Kiyomori
(4 episodes)
2012
Wild 7
2011
A Flawless Concierge
2011
Short Cut
2011
A Ghost of a Chance
Osano
2011
Princess Toyotomi
Koichi Sanada
2011
Lunch ON!
Self (narration) · (11 episodes)
2011
The Warring States
King of Qi
2011
Railways
Hajime Tsutsui
2010
The History of Our Family
Jyuichi Shishimaru · (3 episodes)
2010
Pro Bono
Sawaki
2010
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Hiroshi Kataoka
2009
Smile
Ito Kazuma · (11 episodes)
2009
Garden of the Wind
Sadami Shiratori · (11 episodes)
2008
Samurai Gangsters
Jirocho Shimizu
2008
The Magic Hour
Toru Iwata
2008
Phoenix
2007
Hero
Akihiko Takida
2007
Barefoot Gen
Daikichi Nakaoka · (2 episodes)
2007
Dororo
Kagemitsu Daigo
2007
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
2006
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Kenichi Takata (voice)
2005
A Hardest Night!!
Hashita
2005
Aegis
Yong Fa
2005
Yoshitsune
Kamakura's first Sho-Gun · (49 episodes)
2005
Onmyoji II
Genkaku
2003
Rockers
2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Lai Qi
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Kanichiro Yoshimura
2003
Musashi
Munenori Yagyu · (49 episodes)
2003
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002
Shura Group
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Shura Group Part 1
2002
Love From a Lie
(11 episodes)
2001
The Firefly
2001
Bring Me to the Hotel
(12 episodes)
2001
Darkness in the Light
Makoto Sasano
2001
Tales of the Unusual
(segment "Samurai Cellular")
2000
Shinsengumi
2000
玩具の神様
(3 episodes)
1999
Owls' Castle
Tsuzura Juzo
1999
Semi-double
Sho Jinguji · (1 episode)
1999
Zankyo
1999
Falling into the Evening
Shibata
1998
Begging for Love
Fumio Chin
1998
Love Letter
1998
I Miss Age 35
(11 episodes)
1996
Love Still Hasn't Begun
(10 episodes)
1995
MARKS
Yuichiro Goda
1995
47 Ronin
Matashiro Irobe
1994
Good Mourning
(11 episodes)
1994
Natsuko no Sake
佐伯康男 · (11 episodes)
1994
Marriage
Masahiko Tendo
1993
Jaja uma narashi
Ryuichiro Yamada · (12 episodes)
1993
Fusa
1993
Moving
Kenichi
1993
Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu!
1992
Gekashitsu
Kiyonaga
1992
Yakuza Warfare
1991
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
(6 episodes)
1990
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
Tokyo Heaven
Fumio Amamiya
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
(1 episode)
1990
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen · (50 episodes)
1988
Princess from the Moon
Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
1987
Actress
Heinosuke Gosho
1987
The Greatest Man in the World
Nise
1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Kenjiro Shimada
1986
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
1986
Rice Curry
(13 episodes)
1986
The Empty Table
Otohiko Kidoji
1985
The Burmese Harp
Pvt. Mizushima
1985
Make-Up
Kusaka
1984
F2 Grand Prix
Nakano
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Kazumichi
1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Legend of Plumeria
Shinji Terao
1983
ふぞろいの林檎たち
仲手川 良雄 · (47 episodes)
1983
The Imperial Navy
Masato Odagiri
1981
はだしのゲン
中岡 大吉 · (1 episode)