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Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 03, 1948 (76)
Birthplace Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Jul 21, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Ginza, Tokyo. Both parents like movies and theaters. After graduating from Machinery Department of Toky ... o Industrial High School, Emoto got a job at a trading company. However, he became an actor and became a student of the acting classes of the theater company "Marui", which is headed by Nobuo Kaneko, and met Yusaku Matsuda who was in the same class. In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr. Akagi. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Dotonbori River and Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san.

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Maru

Maru

2024

as Teacher

Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

2016

as Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary

11’09”01—September 11

11’09”01—September 11

2002

as Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Yanchakure

as 水嶋钦一

Episodes: 150

First Aired: Oct 05, 1998

Genroku Ryoran

as Genshiro

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Jan 10, 1999

Love and Glory

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Jan 08, 2006

Taiheiki

as Moronao Kô-no

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Jan 06, 1991

Eighth Shogun Yoshimune

as Tokugawa Munenao

Episodes: 48

First Aired: Jan 08, 1995

Family Court Judge

as Shibuya Naomasa

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 07, 1993

Water Boys

as Mama (of a bar)

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jul 01, 2003

Absolute Zero

as Sosuke Kagami

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Apr 13, 2010

Shinjuku Field Hospital

as Keisuke Takamine

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jul 03, 2024

Ties of Shooting Stars

as Togami Masayuki

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 17, 2008

HUNTER - Women After Reward Money

as Shogo Ooiwa

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 11, 2011

Love That Makes You Cry

as Masahiko Hayashida

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 18, 2016

A Life

as Danjo Toranosuke

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 15, 2017

Frankenstein's Love

as Tsurumaru

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 23, 2017

Good Doctor

as Akira Shiga

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 12, 2018

Humanoid Monster Bem

as Nameless Man

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 22, 2011

Black Kite

as Kaiun

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 13, 2013

The New Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga: Classmates are Warriors

as Yotaro Befunokami

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 24, 2022

Mori no Asagao

as Keizukuri Hukahori

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 18, 2010

Hanzawa Naoki

as Keiji Minobe

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 07, 2013

Ten Count to the Future

as Kenzo Ashiya

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Apr 14, 2022

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Hyoue Yarikura

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Oct 09, 2002

Japanese Style

as Hifuji Umekoshi

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Oct 22, 2022

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

as Sfar

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Mar 19, 2016

JK to Roppozensho

as 桜木倫太郎

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 19, 2024

Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses

as Hadashi no Tyosuke(裸足のチョウスケ)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 17, 2021

Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation

as 铃本茂树

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 12, 2019

The Long Goodbye

as Heizo Harada

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 19, 2014

Haru and Natsu

as Kotaro Nakayama

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 02, 2005

Teen Regime

as Washida Tsuguaki

Episodes: 5

First Aired: May 07, 2022

Silver and Gold

as Hitoshi Kuramae

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 07, 2017

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later

as Kawabata

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 29, 2021

Segodon

as Ryu Samin

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 07, 2018

満天のゴール

as トクじい

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 19, 2023

Prince Shotoku

as Anahobe no miko

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 10, 2001

Home Sweet Tokyo

as [Ramen Shop Owner]

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 19, 2017

The Honest Realtor

as Tetsuo Kishi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 2022

Goodbye My Dear

as Hiroshi Yamawaki

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2022

Get Ready!

as Hiroshi Bojo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2023

Folktales from Japan

Episodes: 346

First Aired: Apr 01, 2012

Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Apr 10, 2006

Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Oct 12, 1999

Lost Man Found

as Himself

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jun 26, 2022

Platinum Town

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Aug 19, 2012

Banjo no Himawari

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 08, 2019

竜馬がゆく

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 02, 2004

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 28, 2002

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 10, 2013

Olympic Ransom

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 30, 2013

混声の森

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 23, 2022

Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 25, 2010

The Private Detective Mike

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 01, 2002

てにあまる

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 2021

In Hand

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 12, 2019

水曜ドラマスペシャル

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 1984

新 法廷荒らし 猪狩文助〜終の棲家〜

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2015

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