Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/23/1943
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Kin'ya Kitaôji키타오지 킨야
Kinya Kitaoji
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: Deadl...
Known For
One Piece Film: GOLD
as Raise Max (voice)
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings
as Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)
Spring Bell
as Rokuheita Narumi
The Incite Mill
as Yoshi Ando
The Highest Honour
as Major Tachibana
Future War 198X
as Wataru Mikumo (voice)
Asura
as Monk
Sakurada Gate Incident
Unknown Role
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
as Saitō Dōsan
The Last Revenge
as Tesshu Yamaoka
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
as Raymond Fuu
The Peking Man
as Kin'ya Kitaôji
Mount Hakkoda
as Captain Kanda
三屋清左衛門残日録 完結篇
as Mitsuya Seizaemon
Zero
as Jiro Horikoshi
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as 松平三郎元信（後の徳川家康）
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Tamotsu Matsumura
Wolves, Pigs & Men
as Sabu, the third brother
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Unknown Role
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Shoji Yamanaka