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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: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as well as Karei naru Ichizoku. The title role in the 1975 film Takehisa Yumeji was his. On television, Kitaōji portrayed Miyamoto Musashi in the Nippon Television show of the same name. A major historical role was Sakamoto Ryōma in the year-long prime-time NHK Taiga drama Ryōma ga Yuku (1968). He landed the title role in the long-running cop show Zenigata Heiji, set in the Edo period. In the 1985 twelve-hour New Year special Fūun Yagyū Bugeichō, he played Yagyū Jūbei, and in the following year's special, he portrayed both Tokugawa Yoshimune and Yagyū Shinrokurō. The role of another shogun fell to him in the following new year as TV Tokyo tapped him to play Tokugawa Iemitsu. Kin'ya returned to NHK for the 1987 Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune as Date Terumune, father of title character Date Masamune. Another role he took had been created by his father. Saotome Mondonosuke was the title character in the series Gozonji! Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko. It ran from 1988 to 1994 on TV Asahi. His father, Ichikawa Utaemon, had appeared in numerous films as Mondonosuke. Kin'ya reprised the part of Miyamoto Musashi in the 1990 New Year's special. Toshirō Mifune had portrayed Musashi in the earlier film, also based on the Eiji Yoshikawa story, that had won an Academy Award. He returned to the New Year's special in 1996, again as the famous swordsman, in Tokugawa Kengōden Sore kara no Musashi. His first portrayal of Ōishi Kuranosuke was in the 1996 Chūshingura. He took up the role again in 2004 for the NHK Saigo no Chūshingura and in 2007, in the New Year special Chūshingura Yōzei-in no Inbō. Other historical roles from the Sengoku period include Azai Nagamasa, Saitō Dōsan, and Yamamoto Kansuke. In addition to historical parts, he appeared in fictional series. His portrayal of Ogami Ittō in the Lone Wolf and Cub ( Kozure 2) Which was a series for Asahi TV in Japan is representative of these appearances. In 2008, Kitaōji revisited the role of Katsu Kaishū in the Taiga drama Atsuhime. He had portrayed Katsu in his 1956 debut. He won the award for best actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Fire Festival and Haru no kane. Kitaōji played one of the lead roles in Hideo Nakata's psychological thriller film The Incite Mill. In recent times, Kitaōji voices the Hokkaido-inu character of "Father" in SoftBank Mobile's White Family advertising campaign.
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Movie | One Piece Film: GOLD | Raise Max (voice) | 2016-07-23 |
Series | I'm Home | Yozo Ieji | 2015-04-16 |
Series | Keiji 7-nin | Shuntaro Domoto | 2015-07-15 |
Movie | Sakura Housara | 2014-01-01 | |
Series | Sanbiki no Ossan | 清田清一 | 2014-01-17 |
Movie | Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel | 2014-01-19 | |
Movie | Legal High SP | Teshigawara Isao | 2013-04-13 |
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Series | Blackboard | Shioda Akinori | 2012-04-05 |
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Series | Princess Go | 2011-01-09 | |
Movie | The Last Revenge | Tesshu Yamaoka | 2011-02-26 |
Movie | The Incite Mill | Yoshi Ando | 2010-10-16 |
Movie | Eternal First Love | Yuichi Makibara | 2010-09-11 |
Movie | Sakurada Gate Incident | 2010-10-16 | |
Movie | Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke | 2010-12-25 | |
Series | Triangle | Kuroki Shinzo | 2009-01-06 |
Series | Atsuhime | 2008-01-06 | |
Movie | Sushi King Goes to New York | Gengoro | 2008-04-19 |
Series | The Family | Daisuke Manpyo | 2007-01-14 |
Series | Magistrate Ooka Echizen | 2005-04-18 | |
Movie | Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case | Shohei Kazama | 2004-02-01 |
Series | Hojo Tokimune | Sha Kokumei | 2001-01-07 |
Movie | The Peking Man | Kin'ya Kitaôji | 1997-12-20 |
Movie | Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2 | 1993-01-30 | |
Movie | Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death | 1993-03-27 | |
Movie | Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan | 1992-01-03 | |
Movie | Dohten | 1991-01-26 | |
Series | Sanada Yukimura | 1989-01-01 | |
Movie | Sensei | Chairman of the town | 1989-04-08 |
Series | Masamune Shogun | 伊達輝宗 | 1987-01-04 |
Series | Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches | Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune) | 1986-01-02 |
Movie | Fire Festival | Tatsuo | 1985-05-25 |
Movie | The Second Is a Christian | Eiji | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Yume-Chiyo | 1985-06-08 | |
Movie | Kukai | Kukai | 1984-04-13 |
Movie | Zero | Jiro Horikoshi | 1984-08-11 |
Movie | The Story of a Man Among Men | 1984-11-17 | |
Movie | Lake of Illusions | Nobunaga Oda | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | The Highest Honour | Major Tachibana | 1982-05-15 |
Movie | Future War 198X | Wataru Mikumo (voice) | 1982-10-30 |
Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | 1980-04-05 | |
Movie | Glowing Autumn | 1979-01-01 | |
Movie | Shag | 1978-03-31 | |
Movie | Winter's Flower | Michio Sakata | 1978-06-17 |
Movie | Dynamite Don-Don | Ginji Tachibana | 1978-10-07 |
Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
Movie | The Alaska Story | Frank Yasuda | 1977-01-22 |
Movie | Mount Hakkoda | Captain Kanda | 1977-06-04 |
Movie | Love and Separation in Sri Lanka | 1976-05-29 | |
Movie | The Corporation | 1976-08-14 | |
Movie | Gambling Den Heist | Takeshi Kiyomoto | 1975-06-21 |
Movie | Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack | 1975-01-15 | |
Movie | Shimane Prison Riot | Yuji Kawamura | 1975-06-07 |
Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode | Tamotsu Matsumura | 1974-06-29 |
Movie | Akumyo: Notorious Dragon | 1974-04-24 | |
Movie | Father of the Kamikaze | 1974-09-14 | |
Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Shoji Yamanaka | 1973-04-28 |
Movie | Men and War III: The Final Chapter | Shunsuke Godai | 1973-08-11 |
Movie | Rise, Fair Sun | 1973-10-27 | |
Movie | The Blossom and the Sword | Captain Sakagami | 1973-11-17 |
Movie | A Woman Called En | 1971-05-29 | |
Movie | Will to Conquer | 1970-10-17 | |
Movie | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Soji Okita | 1969-12-05 |
Movie | One Day at Summer's End | Shigeo Ugari | 1968-11-30 |
Movie | The Day the Sun Rose | 1968-11-23 | |
Movie | River of Forever | 1967-02-19 | |
Movie | Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1965-01-03 | |
Movie | Love on the Rainbow | Tatsuya Kitakami | 1965-03-31 |
Movie | Wolves, Pigs & Men | Sabu, the third brother | 1964-08-26 |
Movie | Tokaido Fullhouse | Okeya-no-oni | 1963-01-03 |
Movie | The Navy | Shinji | 1963-08-13 |
Movie | A Revengeful Raid | 1962-09-22 | |
Movie | Knightly Advice | 1962-01-31 | |
Movie | Keepers of Order | 1962-08-22 | |
Movie | Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku | 1961-07-18 | |
Movie | Fine Man | 1961-06-11 | |
Movie | The Orphan Brother | 1961-07-19 | |
Movie | Whistling Drifter | Tsukinowa Gentaro | 1961-09-23 |
Movie | Law in Ghost Island | Yusaku | 1961-08-13 |
Movie | Young Lord and Second Son | 1961-11-01 | |
Movie | Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return | 1960-01-09 | |
Movie | Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy | 1959-06-28 | |
Movie | The Acrobats of Death | 1959-01-09 | |
Movie | Bloody Battle at Dawn | 1959-10-10 | |
Movie | Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute | 1958-08-12 | |
Movie | Shadow Over Fuji | 1957-10-29 | |
Movie | The Mansion of Intrigue | Kirishima Kyoya | 1957-12-28 |
Movie | Virtue in Spades | 1956-05-03 | |
Movie | Avenging Father | Minamoto no Yoriie | 1956-10-17 |