Naoto Takenaka

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Naoto Takenaka
Born	(1956-03-20) March 20, 1956 Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor, comedian, film director, singer
Years active	1977-present
Spouse(s)	Midori Kinouchi

Naoto Takenaka (竹中直人, Takenaka Naoto, born March 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.

Filmography

Director

Munō no Hito (1991)
119 (1994)
Tōkyō Biyori (1997)
Rendan (2001)
Sayonara Color (2005)
Yamagata Scream (2009)

Film

Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Fancy Dance (1989)
Best Guy (1990)
Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
Rampo (1994)
Tokyo Fist (1995)
Gonin (1995)
East Meets West (1995)
Shall We Dance? (1996) (Tomio Aoki)
By Player (2000)
Waterboys (2001)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Ping Pong (2002)
Azumi (2003)
Swing girls (2004)
Sayonara Color (2005)
Midnight Sun (2006)
The School of Water Business (2006)
Catch a wave (2006)
26 Years Diary (2007)
Kurosagi (2008)
4 Shimai Tantei Dan (2008)
Shinjuku Incident (2009)
Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)

Television

Hideyoshi (1996) (Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
Good Luck!! (2003)
Nodame Cantabile (2006)
Gunshi Kanbei (2014) (Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

Television animation

One Piece (2009) - Shiki the Golden Lion

Theater animation

Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) - Shigeki Arakawa
Pocket Monsters the Movie: Emperor of the Crystal Tower ENTEI (2000) - Entei, Doctor Shurī
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) - Kimu
Sword of the Stranger (2007) - Kachū
The Sky Crawlers (2008) - Master
One Piece Film: Strong World (2009) - Shiki the Golden Lion

Video games

Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3, Sega, 2008) - Nagayoshi Marume

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Batman Forever (1995) - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Val Kilmer)
Batman & Robin (1997) - Bruce Wayne/Batman (George Clooney)
The Avengers (2012) - Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)

Animation

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) - Sarousch
Ice Age (2002) - Diego
Shrek 2 (2004) - Puss in Boots
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) - Diego
Shrek the Third (2008) - Puss in Boots
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) - Diego

Discography

Singles

"Postman Pat no Uta" (1994)
"Dokutoku-kun" (1995)
"Deka Melon" (1997)
"Kimi ni Hoshi ga Furu" (1997)
"Nichiyōbino Shokuji" (1998)

Albums

Kawatta Katachi no Ishi (1984)
Naoto Takenaka no Kimi to Itsumademo (1995)
Merci Boku (1995)
Merci Boku, Unpeu Boku ~ Live in Japan (1995)
Eraserhead (1996)
Kuchibue to Ukulele (2000)

Other appearances

Demento (PlayStation 2, Capcom, 2005) - Cinematics director, motion actor (Riccardo)

Film awards

1991

Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor (Munō no Hito)

Hochi Film Award Rookie of the Year (Munō no Hito)

Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (Munō no Hito)

1992

Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor (Shiko Funjatta)^[1]

1995

Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor (East Meets West)

1996

Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor (Shall We Dance?)

Impression repertoire

References

↑ "第 16 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-16.

External links

Naoto Takenaka at the Internet Movie Database

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor

Toshiro Mifune (1951)
Hisaya Morishige (1955)
Keiji Sada (1956)
Frankie Sakai (1957)
Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1958)
Hiroyuki Nagato (1959)
Rentarō Mikuni (1960)
Toshiro Mifune (1961)
Tatsuya Nakadai (1962)
Yorozuya Kinnosuke (1963)
Keiju Kobayashi (1964)
Toshiro Mifune (1965)
Hajime Hana (1966)
Bunta Sugawara (1975)
Tetsuya Watari (1976)
Ken Takakura (1977)
Ken Ogata (1978)
Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979)
Tatsuya Nakadai (1980)
Toshiyuki Nagashima (1981)
Kiyoshi Atsumi (1982)
Ken Ogata (1983)
Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984)
Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985)
Kunie Tanaka (1986)
Takanori Jinnai (1987)
Hajime Hana (1988)
Rentarō Mikuni (1989)
Yoshio Harada (1990)
Naoto Takenaka (1991)
Masahiro Motoki (1992)
Hiroyuki Sanada (1993)
Eiji Okuda (1994)
Hiroyuki Sanada (1995)
Kōji Yakusho (1996)
Kōji Yakusho (1997)
Takeshi Kitano (1998)
Ken Takakura (1999)
Yūji Oda (2000)
Mansai Nomura (2001)
Kōichi Satō (2002)
Toshiyuki Nishida (2003)
Akira Terao (2004)
Hiroyuki Sanada (2005)
Ken Watanabe (2006)
Ryo Kase (2007)
Masahiro Motoki (2008)
Tsurube Shofukutei (2009)
Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010)
Yutaka Takenouchi (2011)
Hiroshi Abe (2012)

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

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Persondata
Name	Takenaka, Naoto
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese comedian
Date of birth	March 20, 1956
Place of birth	Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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