:Osamu Mukai
{{Short description|Japanese actor}}
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| name = Osamu Mukai
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| native_name = 向井 理
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 2006–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Ryoko Kuninaka|2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2014/11/mukai-osamu-kuninaka-ryoko-to-get-married|title=Mukai Osamu & Kuninaka Ryoko to get married|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=6Theory Media, LLC|work=tokyohive}}
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| children = 2
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| known_for = {{Plainlist|
- GeGeGe no Nyōbō
- Beck
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| agent = Hori Agency
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{{nihongo|Osamu Mukai|向井 理|Mukai Osamu|born February 7, 1982}} is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.{{cite web|last=Hori Agency|title=Talent File:Osamu Mukai|url=http://www.horiagency.co.jp/web_data/talentfiles/mukai_1.html|work=Hori Agency|publisher=horiagency.co.jp|access-date=27 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119150750/http://www.horiagency.co.jp/web_data/talentfiles/mukai_1.html|archive-date=19 January 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp10590|script-title=ja:向井理|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=Yahoo Japan Corporation|language=ja}}
Early life
He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High school, where it became the location for After the Rain.{{cite web|url=https://robamimireport.com/mukaiosamu-sinntyou-koukou/|script-title=ja:向井理の身長や出身校(中学校・高校)は?兄弟はいる?私服や髪型も|trans-title=How tall is Mukai Osamu? and where's his alma mater? Does he have brothers? How were his ordinary clothes and hairstyle?|access-date=2019-05-28|publisher=robamimi report|language=ja|date=25 August 2015 }} He graduated from Meiji University, and majored in genetic engineering.{{cite web|url=http://goethe.nikkei.co.jp/serialization/takigawa/110217/|script-title=ja:スペシャル対談 向井 理|trans-title=Special Interview with Osamu Mukai|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=Nikkei Inc.|language=ja}} He received the "Best Poster Award" at the International Zoological Genetics Conference in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://japan.techinsight.jp/2010/08/mukaiosamu-nude-honne.html|script-title=ja:「芸能界に脱がされた」。向井理があのヌード写真から1年、本音を明かす。|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=Mediaproducts Japan Co,.Ltd|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806165248/http://japan.techinsight.jp/2010/08/mukaiosamu-nude-honne.html|archive-date=2010-08-06}} While he was attending university, he worked as a bartender. He became a full-time employee there after graduation, and he became a manager later.{{cite web|url=http://weban.jp/contents/baito_yume/008/index_a.html|title=Osamu Mukai Special Interview|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=Intelligence Ltd.|language=ja}} While working as a bartender, he got into the magazine Tokyo Graffiti. A reader later recruited him to be an actor. Now, he works for Hori agency, as an actor.
Filmography
=Dramas=
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| 2006 | Journey Under the Midnight Sun | | |
| rowspan=3|2010
| Murai Shigeru | Asadora |
| Shinzanmono
| Kyose Koki | |
| Hotaru no Hikari 2
| Seno Kazuma | |
| 2011
| Gō |
| 2012
| Summer Rescue: Hospital of Sky | Keigo Hayami | Lead role |
| rowspan=2|2014
| S: The Last Policeman | Kamikura Ichigo | Lead role |
| Nobunaga Concerto
| |
| 2016
| Tetsurō Kohashi | Asadora |
| 2020
| Taiga drama |
| 2021
| Teppei Manpyō | |
| rowspan=2|2022
| Bakumatsu Aibō-den | Lead role; television film |
| First Love
| | |
| 2023
| Zhuge Kongming | Lead role | {{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Ya Boy Kongming! Manga Gets Live-Action Series Starring Osamu Mukai|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-30/ya-boy-kongming-manga-gets-live-action-series-starring-osamu-mukai/.197660|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 1, 2023|date=May 1, 2023}} |
| 2024
| Shogo Tachibana | |
=Films=
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| 2007 | I'll Die For You | | |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Junichi Kitami | |
| Beck
| Yoshiyuki Taira | |
| 2011
| Joji "George" Koizumi | |
| rowspan=2|2012
| Sekai | |
| We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.
| Tanaka Kota | Lead role |
| 2014
| Toshio Nakagawa | |{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-13/live-action-otoko-no-issho-film-trailer-previews-love-story/.82116|title= Live-Action Otoko no Isshō Film's Trailer Previews Love Story|date= December 13, 2014|access-date= January 20, 2015|work= Anime News Network}} |
| 2015
| S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future | Ichigo Kamikura | Lead role |
| 2016
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| 2017
| When Will You Return? | Gorō Ashimura | |
| 2019
| Sunagawa | |
| 2021
| Brothers in Brothel | Mita | |
| 2022
| Wedding High | Noriaki Sawada | |
| 2023
| Ichikei's Crow: The Movie | Eiji Ujō | |
| 2025
| Zhuge Kongming | Lead role |
Awards
=2010=
- The Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for GeGeGe no Nyōbō{{cite web|url=http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2010/10/27/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130112642/http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2010/10/27/|script-title=ja:第66回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞|archive-date=2012-01-30|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=The Television|language=ja}}
- GQ Japan Men of the Year 2010{{cite web|url=http://gqjapan.jp/fashion/wardrobe/20121024/motyjapanhistory|script-title=ja:過去のMen of the Year受賞者たち【国内編】|trans-title=Men of the Year 2012|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=Condenast Japan|language=ja|date=24 October 2012 }}
=2011=
- 35th Elan d'or Awards: Best New Actor{{cite web|url=http://www.producer.or.jp/elandor-list.html|script-title=ja:エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧|trans-title=The list of Elan d'or awadee|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=All Nippon Producers Association|language=ja}}
- 32nd Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer for Beck and Hanamizuki{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/32-2010/32_2010_shou.html|script-title=ja:第32回ヨコハマ映画祭 2010年日本映画個人賞|access-date=2015-05-30|work=Yokohama Film Festival homepage|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055624/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/32-2010/32_2010_shou.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
- 7th TVnavi Drama of the Year 2010: Best Supporting Actor for GeGeGe no Nyōbō{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnaviweb.jp/TVnavi_contents/doYear/2010index.html|script-title=ja:ドラマ・オブ・ザ・イヤー 2010年間大賞|trans-title=Drama of the Year 2010|access-date=2015-05-30|work=tvnaviweb.jp|language=ja}}
- 19th Hashida Awards: Best Newcomer{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/87501/full/|script-title=ja:草なぎ剛、仲間由紀恵とのW主演作『橋田賞』受賞に男泣き|access-date=2015-05-30|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.horiagency.co.jp/talent/mukai/index.html Official profile] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090105222713/http://ameblo.jp/osamu-labo/ Official blog] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://gree.jp/mukai_osamu/ Official blog on Gree] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb name|nm2888309}}
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