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Nakamura Shidō II
二代目中村獅童Born Mikihiro Ogawa[1]
September 14, 1972
Tokyo, JapanWebsite http://www.shidou.jp/ Mikihiro Ogawa[1] (小川 幹弘 Ogawa Mikihiro, born 14 September 1972), better known by the stage name Nakamura Shidō II (二代目 中村 獅童 Nidaime Nakamura Shidō), is a Japanese kabuki and film actor.
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Background
Born in Tokyo, the son of kabuki actor Nakamura Shidō I, young Nakamura made his kabuki debut at the age of eight. He took the name Shidō the following year, following his father's retirement. Twenty-one years later, despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen, the 30-year-old Kabuki actor was in his first film, Ping Pong (2002), in which he portrayed a skin-headed, demonically intense table-tennis champion nicknamed Dragon. His film debut won Nakamura a Best Newcomer award at the 2003 Japanese Academy Awards. Since then, Nakamura has starred in a string of high-profile movies as well as TV dramas.
International fame
Nakamura came to international attention in 2004 after starring in the highly successful romance movie Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu (Be With You) with Yūko Takeuchi, the two stars playing a couple separated by death. The two married for a short time after filming was complete, from May 10, 2005 until they divorced on February 29, 2008.
In the Hong Kong/China martial arts movie Fearless starring international kung fu star Jet Li, and set in 1910s Imperial China, Nakamura plays a Japanese sword expert who is Jet Li's final opponent. He also has a choice role in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima.
Nakamura is the voice of Yoshitaka Mine, President of the Hakuho Clan in Yakuza 3 (released in Japan as Like a Dragon 3 (龍が如く3 "Ryū ga Gotoku 3").
Filmography
Films
Year English title Original title Role Notes 2002 Ping Pong ピンポン Dragon 2003 Like Asura 阿修羅のごとく Shizuo Katsumata Iden & Tity アイデン&ティティ Johnny 2004 Be With You いま、会いにゆきます Takumi One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword ONE PIECE 呪われた聖剣 Saga Voice acting Akasen 赤線 Izō My Lover Is a Sniper: The Movie 恋人はスナイパー 劇場版 Fan Huoqing 2005 Yamato 男たちの大和 Mamoru Uchida All About My Dog いぬのえいが Kentaro Yamada Neighbour No. 13 隣人１３号 No. 13 One Stormy Night あらしのよるに Gabu Voice acting 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima 硫黄島からの手紙 Lieutenant Ito Fearless 霍元甲 Anno Tanaka Death Note デスノート Ryuk Voice acting Honey and Clover ハチミツとクローバー Repairer 2007 GeGeGe no Kitaro ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 Great Tengu Judge Cha Cha, The Heavenly Woman 茶々 天涯の貴妃 Tokugawa Ieyasu 2008 Red Cliff 赤壁 Gan Xing Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior 劇場版ポケットモンスター
ダイヤモンド&パール
ギラティナと氷空の花束 シェイミZero Voice acting L: Change the World L Change the WorLD Ryuk Voice acting Ichi ICHI Banki 2009 Silver Rain 銀色の雨 Shoji Iwai Untouchable アンタッチャブル Kusuda Makoto 5th episode of this TV Series 2010 Leonie レオニー Yone Noguchi 2011 Ninja Kids!!! 忍たま乱太郎 Rantaro's father Hard Romantic-er ハードロマンチッカー TV series
- Mori no Asagao (TV Tokyo, 2010, ep1)
- Nikutai no Mon (TV Asahi, 2008)
- Kiri no Hi (NTV, 2008)
- Wachigaiya Itosato (TBS, 2007)
- Shinjitsu no Shuki BC-kyu Senpan Kato Tetsutaro: Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (NTV, 2007)
- Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm (Fuji TV, 2007)
- Sexy Voice and Robo (NTV, 2007, ep1 and 11)
- Ri Kouran (TV Tokyo, 2007)
- Tenka Souran (TV Tokyo, 2006)
- Akai Tsuki as Himuro Keisuke (TV Tokyo, 2004)
- Shinsengumi (NHK, 2004)
- HR (Fuji TV, 2003)
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye (TBS, 2002)
- Kasuga no Tsubone (NHK, 1989)
Endorsements
- UC Card (2005)
References
- ^ a b While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).
- Kabuki techō: Kabuki Official Data Book 2008. Nihon Haiyū Kyōkai (Japan Actors' Association). 2008: Tokyo. p175.
External links
- Nakamura Shido Kabuki actors profile(Japanese site)
- Nakamura Shido at the Internet Movie Database
- Shido Nakamura profile on HogaCentral
- jdorama entry
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- Kabuki actors
- Japanese film actors
- People from Tokyo
- Japanese actor stubs
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