Toshiyuki Nishida

{{Infobox person

| name = Toshiyuki Nishida

| native_name = 西田敏行

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Toshiyuki Nishida cropped 3 Toshiyuki Nishida 20180511.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Nishida in 2018

| birth_name = Toshiyuki Imai (今井敏行)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|11|04}}

| birth_place = Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|10|17|1947|11|04}}

| death_place = Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

| occupation = Actor, business executive

| yearsactive = 1967–2024

}}

{{nihongo|Toshiyuki Nishida|西田敏行|Nishida Toshiyuki|November 4, 1947 – October 17, 2024}} was a Japanese actor. He won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he was best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in the TV series Monkey.

Nishida served as president of the Japan Actors Union and vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee. He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018.

Personal life

Nishida was born {{nihongo|Toshiyuki Imai|今井敏行}}{{Cite web |title=ファミリーヒストリー 2017/10/04(水)22:00 の放送内容ページ1 |url=https://datazoo.jp/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=TV Detazo |language=ja}} on November 4, 1947, in Kōriyama, Fukushima, to Izumi and Kie Imai. His biological father Izumi worked at the Kōriyama Postal Savings Bureau, and was born to the family of a karō, a top-ranking samurai official. Izumi died when Nishida was young, and Kie raised him while working as a beautician. After Kie remarried, Nishida, five years old at the time, was adopted by Kie's younger sister and her husband, Miyo and Tatsuji Nishida, respectively. His adoptive father's ancestors served Shimazu Nariakira, the daimyo of Satsuma Domain, and defended Satsuma during the Anglo-Satsuma War.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-09-09 |title=【大河のころ西田敏行（２）】養父の先祖が薩摩藩…西郷さんと奇縁 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20180909-6H6KBZNNCNPWZBHDMVDJMVDM24/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Sankei Sports |publisher=Sankei Shimbun |language=ja}}

Nishida and his adoptive parents lived at a Shinto shrine's office, and although Tatsuji worked at the Kōriyama City Hall, the family was barely making a living. Tatsuji took him to the movies on the weekends, which inspired Nishida to join the drama club at his elementary school. During middle school, he told his parents that he wanted to become an actor and received strong support from his parents. During high school, he moved to Tokyo to "learn standard Japanese". In 1968, he entered an acting school, and his parents moved to Tokyo to support him.

Nishida was found dead in his home in Setagaya, Tokyo, on October 17, 2024, at the age of 76.{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |date=2024-10-17 |title=俳優の西田敏行さん亡くなる 76歳東京の自宅で |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20241017/k10014611861000.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=NHKニュース}} He had previously been suffering from a chronic heart condition.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Japan actor Nishida, known for folksy charm, dies at 76 |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/10/8a102c08b361-japan-actor-nishida-known-for-folksy-charm-dies-at-76.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Kyodo News}}

Career

In Japan, he was best known for his fishing comedy series, Tsuribaka Nisshi ("The Fishing Maniac's Diary"), which spans 21 episodes. Outside Japan Nishida was best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the first season of the TV series Monkey, or for his role in the 2008 film The Ramen Girl, as the sensei of American actress Brittany Murphy's character.

Nishida was nominated 10 times for a Japanese Academy Award and won twice, once for best actor in The Silk Road in 1988 as Gakko, and once for best actor in Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993.{{Cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=17 |script-title=ja:第17回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品|access-date= 2010-04-10|language= ja|publisher= Japan Academy Prize}} He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14.{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2003/|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー|access-date= 2010-04-08|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091211223935/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2003/|archive-date= 2009-12-11}}

In 2017, Nishida reprised his role as yakuza underboss Nishino in Takeshi Kitano's Outrage trilogy to positive reviews.

In 2018, Nishida received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, alongside comedian Takeshi Kitano.{{Cite web |title=北野武、西田敏行らに旭日小綬章｜テレビ朝日 |url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/smt/f/geinou_tokuho/hot/?id=hot_20180429_010 |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=TV Asahi}}

Nishida served as president of the Japan Actors Union and vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee.{{Cite web |title=日本アカデミー賞優秀賞発表『ふしぎな岬の物語』が最多13部門受賞 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2047192/full/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=ORICON NEWS}}{{Cite web |title=日本アカデミー賞概要 |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/about/index.php |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Japan Academy Film Prize 日本アカデミー賞 |at=協会組織}} He was a 'Frontier Ambassador' for his hometown of Kōriyama City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.city.koriyama.lg.jp/shiseijoho/kokogaiine_koriyama/5/9811.html|title=フロンティア大使のプロフィール等{{!}}郡山市公式ウェブサイト|website=www.city.koriyama.lg.jp|language=ja|access-date=2020-02-25}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! class="unsortable" \| Source
1974 \| Okita Sōji \| Nagakura Shinpachi \| \|
1977 \| Ballad of Orin \| Suketaro \| \|
1979 \| Devil's Flute \| Kindaichi Kōsuke \| \|
1981 \| Edo Porn \| Sashichi \| \|
1984 \| Station to Heaven \| \| \|
1986 \| Uemura Naomi Monogatari \| Naomi Uemura \| Lead role \|
1988 \| Dun-Huang \| Zhu Wangli \| Lead role \|
1988–2009 \| Tsuribaka Nisshi series \| Hama-chan \| Lead role \|
rowspan=3\|1992 \| Tengoku no Taizai \| \| \|
Dreams of Russia \| \| \|
Kantsubaki \| Iwago Tomita \| Lead role \|
1993 \| Gakko \| Mr. Kuroi \| Lead role \|
1996 \| Gakko II \| Ryuhei Aoyama \| Lead role \|
2002 \| Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS \| Shizuo Kagaya \| Lead role \|
2003 \| Get Up! \| \| Lead role \|
2006 \| The Uchōten Hotel \| \| \|
rowspan=2\|2007 \| Sukiyaki Western Django \| \| \|
Happy Ever After \| \| \|
rowspan=3\|2008 \| The Ramen Girl \| \| American film \|
Flowers in the Shadows \|Moses \| \|
The Magic Hour \| Kōnosuke Teshio \| \|
rowspan=2\|2009 \| Castle Under Fiery Skies \| \| Lead role \|
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky \| Kanji Takizawa \| Lead role \|
2010 \| Space Battleship Yamato \| Hikozaemon Tokugawa \| \|
rowspan=2\|2011 \| A Letter to Momo \| Iwa \| Voice role \|
Once in a Blue Moon \| Sarashina Rokubei \| \|
rowspan=2\|2012 \| Reunion \| Aiba \| Lead role \| {{cite web \|url= http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/6764/Reunion-Itai-Asu-e-no-tokakan\|title= Reunion (Itai: Asu e no tokakan)\|publisher= Time Out Tokyo\|location= Japan\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226085531/http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/6764/Reunion-Itai-Asu-e-no-tokakan\|archive-date=2013-02-26\|url-status= dead\|access-date= 22 February 2013}}
Beyond Outrage \| Nishino \| \|
rowspan=2\|2013 \| Emperor \| General Kajima \| American film \|
The Kiyosu Conference \| Sarashina Rokubei \| \|
rowspan=4\|2015 \| Maestro! \| Tendō \| \| {{cite web \|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-22/live-action-maestro-film-teaser-video-streamed/.77902\|title= Live-Action Maestro Film's Teaser Video Streamed\|date= August 22, 2014\|access-date= December 20, 2014\|work= Anime News Network}}{{cite web \|url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=348676\|title= マエストロ！(2015)\|access-date= December 20, 2014\|work= allcinema.net\|publisher= Stingray\|language= ja}}
Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e \| Nakanussan \| \| {{cite web \|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-28/1st-live-action-jinuyo-saraba-kamuroba-mura-e-film-teaser-posted/.82709\|title= 1st Live-Action Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e Film's Teaser Posted\|date= December 28, 2014\|access-date= December 3, 2015\|work= Anime News Network}}
Love & Peace \| Pa \| \|
Galaxy Turnpike \| \| \|
2016 \| A Living Promise \| Gentaro Nishimura \| \|
rowspan=2\|2017 \| Miracles of the Namiya General Store \| Yūji Namiya \| \|
Outrage Coda \| Nishino \| \|
2019 \| Ninkyō Gakuen \| Yūzō Akimoto \| Lead role \|
rowspan="2"\| 2020 \| Voices in the Wind \| Imada \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://eiga.com/movie/91090/\|title= 風の電話\|access-date= August 1, 2021\|work= eiga.com}}
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms \| Munemitsu Soga \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://eiga.com/news/20201003/4/\|title= 西田敏行、福田雄一組に初参加！大泉洋主演作「新解釈・三國志」で"語り部"に\|access-date= October 3, 2020\|work= eiga.com}}
rowspan="1"\| 2021 \| A Morning of Farewell \| Tōru Senkawa \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/79467/1\|title= 吉永小百合、主演映画『いのちの停車場』で初の医師役　松坂桃李＆広瀬すずと初共演\|access-date= August 7, 2020\|work= Crank-in!}}
2022 \| What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? \| Prime Minister Kan Nishiōtachime \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://eiga.com/movie/92765/\|title= 大怪獣のあとしまつ\|access-date= October 14, 2021\|work= eiga.com}}
2024 \| Doctor-X: The Movie \| Shigekatsu Hiruma \| Posthumous release \| {{cite web \|url= https://eiga.com/news/20240619/2/\|title= 「ドクターX」映画化決定主演・米倉涼子が熱望「私たちの12年の想いがこもった作品」\|access-date= June 19, 2024\|work= eiga.com}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | Source

1974

| Okita Sōji

| Nagakura Shinpachi

1977

| Ballad of Orin

| Suketaro

1979

| Devil's Flute

| Kindaichi Kōsuke

1981

| Edo Porn

| Sashichi

1984

| Station to Heaven

1986

| Uemura Naomi Monogatari

| Naomi Uemura

| Lead role

1988

| Dun-Huang

| Zhu Wangli

| Lead role

1988–2009

| Tsuribaka Nisshi series

| Hama-chan

| Lead role

rowspan=3|1992

| Tengoku no Taizai

Dreams of Russia

Kantsubaki

| Iwago Tomita

| Lead role

1993

| Gakko

| Mr. Kuroi

| Lead role

1996

| Gakko II

| Ryuhei Aoyama

| Lead role

2002

| Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

| Shizuo Kagaya

| Lead role

2003

| Get Up!

| Lead role

2006

| The Uchōten Hotel

rowspan=2|2007

| Sukiyaki Western Django

Happy Ever After

rowspan=3|2008

| The Ramen Girl

| American film

Flowers in the Shadows

|Moses

The Magic Hour

| Kōnosuke Teshio

rowspan=2|2009

| Castle Under Fiery Skies

| Lead role

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

| Kanji Takizawa

| Lead role

2010

| Space Battleship Yamato

| Hikozaemon Tokugawa

rowspan=2|2011

| A Letter to Momo

| Iwa

| Voice role

Once in a Blue Moon

| Sarashina Rokubei

rowspan=2|2012

| Reunion

| Aiba

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/6764/Reunion-Itai-Asu-e-no-tokakan|title= Reunion (Itai: Asu e no tokakan)|publisher= Time Out Tokyo|location= Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226085531/http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/6764/Reunion-Itai-Asu-e-no-tokakan|archive-date=2013-02-26|url-status= dead|access-date= 22 February 2013}}

Beyond Outrage

| Nishino

rowspan=2|2013

| Emperor

| General Kajima

| American film

The Kiyosu Conference

| Sarashina Rokubei

rowspan=4|2015

| Maestro!

| Tendō

| {{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-22/live-action-maestro-film-teaser-video-streamed/.77902|title= Live-Action Maestro Film's Teaser Video Streamed|date= August 22, 2014|access-date= December 20, 2014|work= Anime News Network}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=348676|title= マエストロ！(2015)|access-date= December 20, 2014|work= allcinema.net|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}

Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e

| Nakanussan

| {{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-28/1st-live-action-jinuyo-saraba-kamuroba-mura-e-film-teaser-posted/.82709|title= 1st Live-Action Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e Film's Teaser Posted|date= December 28, 2014|access-date= December 3, 2015|work= Anime News Network}}

Love & Peace

| Pa

Galaxy Turnpike

2016

| A Living Promise

| Gentaro Nishimura

rowspan=2|2017

| Miracles of the Namiya General Store

| Yūji Namiya

Outrage Coda

| Nishino

2019

| Ninkyō Gakuen

| Yūzō Akimoto

| Lead role

rowspan="2"| 2020

| Voices in the Wind

| Imada

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/91090/|title= 風の電話|access-date= August 1, 2021|work= eiga.com}}

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms

| Munemitsu Soga

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20201003/4/|title= 西田敏行、福田雄一組に初参加！大泉洋主演作「新解釈・三國志」で"語り部"に|access-date= October 3, 2020|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan="1"| 2021

| A Morning of Farewell

| Tōru Senkawa

| {{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/79467/1|title= 吉永小百合、主演映画『いのちの停車場』で初の医師役　松坂桃李＆広瀬すずと初共演|access-date= August 7, 2020|work= Crank-in!}}

2022

| What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?

| Prime Minister Kan Nishiōtachime

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/92765/|title= 大怪獣のあとしまつ|access-date= October 14, 2021|work= eiga.com}}

2024

| Doctor-X: The Movie

| Shigekatsu Hiruma

| Posthumous release

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20240619/2/|title= 「ドクターX」映画化決定主演・米倉涼子が熱望「私たちの12年の想いがこもった作品」|access-date= June 19, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! class="unsortable" \| Source
1974 \| Shin Heike Monogatari \| Hōjō Yoshitoki \| Taiga drama \|
1977 \| Kashin \| Yamagata Aritomo \| Taiga drama \|
1977–1979 \| ''Tokusō Saizensen \| Detective Yōzō Takasugi \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://nendai-ryuukou.com/1980/drama/008.html\|title= 特捜最前線\|access-date= June 25, 2022\|work= Nendai Ryūkō}}
1978–1979 \| Saiyuki \| Cho Hakkai/Pigsy \| \|
1981 \| Onna Taikō-ki \| Toyotomi Hideyoshi \| Taiga drama \|
1984 \| Sanga Moyu \| Tadashi Amō \| Lead role, Taiga drama \|
1986 \| Byakkotai \| Kayano Gonbei \| \|
1988 \| Takeda Shingen \| Yamamoto Kansuke \| Taiga drama \| {{cite web \|url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000899518/cast/\|title= 武田信玄\|access-date= July 29, 2022\|work= The Television}}
1990 \| Tobu ga Gotoku \| Saigō Takamori \| Lead role, Taiga drama \|
1995 \| Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune \| Tokugawa Yoshimune \| Lead role, Taiga drama \|
1998 \|Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka \|Saitō Dōsan \|Special appearance, TV movie \|
2000 \| Aoi \| Tokugawa Hidetada \| Lead role, Taiga drama \| {{cite web \|url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-34025\|title= 葵徳川三代\|access-date= August 29, 2023\|work= TV drama database}}
rowspan=2\|2003 \| Musashi \| Yamanouchi Hanbei \| Taiga drama \|
The Great White Tower \| Mataichi Zaizen \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000001018/cast/\|title= 白い巨塔（唐沢寿明主演）の出演者・キャスト一覧\|access-date= April 5, 2024\|work= The Television}}
rowspan=2\|2005 \| Tiger and Dragon \| Hayashiyatei Donbei \| \|
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika \| elder Toshiaki Yajima \| TV movie \|
2006 \| Kōmyō ga Tsuji \| Tokugawa Ieyasu \| Taiga drama \|
2007 \| The Family \| Ichirō Ōkawa \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://www.mbs.jp/pgm/tbs_karei2007/1170032832.shtml\|title= 華麗なる一族\|access-date= June 15, 2021\|work= MBS}}
2009–2011 \| Clouds Over the Hill \| Takahashi Korekiyo \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/09-saka.html\|title= 坂の上の雲\|access-date= 13 March 2025\|website= Haiyaku Jiten\|language=ja}}
rowspan=3\|2010 \| Wagaya no Rekishi \| Yame Tokijiro \| Miniseries \|
Yae's Sakura \| Saigō Tanomo \| Taiga drama \| {{cite web \|url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/13-taiga.html\|title= 八重の桜\|access-date= 13 March 2025\|website= Haiyaku Jiten\|language=ja}}
Detective Lovesick \| Tsukikage Yōzō \| \| {{cite web \|url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-43420\|title= うぬぼれ刑事\|access-date= September 25, 2023\|work= TV drama database}}
2013–2021 \| Doctor-X \| Shigekatsu Hiruma \| 7 seasons \|
rowspan=2\| 2014 \| Nobunaga Concerto \| Saitō Dōsan \| \|
Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko \|Masaji Tabata \|TV movie \|
2015 \| Tsuribaka Nisshi \| Su-san \| \|
2016 \| Montage \| Shinnosuke Sawada \| TV movie \|
2017 \| Kohaku \| Katsumi Yoneda \| Lead role, TV movie \|
2018 \| Segodon \| Narrator / Saigō Kikujirō \| Taiga drama \|
2021 \| Story of My Family!!! \| Jusaburo Miyama \| \| {{cite web \|url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-68156\|title= 俺の家の話\|access-date= February 11, 2024\|work= TV drama database}}
2022 \| The 13 Lords of the Shogun \| Emperor Go-Shirakawa \| Taiga drama \| {{cite web \|url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210415dog00m200006000c.html\|title= 鎌倉殿の13人:後白河法皇役に西田敏行 14回目の大河ドラマ\|access-date= April 15, 2021\|work= Mantan-web}}
2023 \| Fixer \| Goichi Hongō \| Special appearance \| {{cite web \|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/511629\|title= 「連続ドラマW フィクサー」ビジュアル＆予告、唐沢寿明が政界を舞台に暗躍\|access-date= April 21, 2023\|work= Natalie}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | Source

1974

| Shin Heike Monogatari

| Hōjō Yoshitoki

| Taiga drama

1977

| Kashin

| Yamagata Aritomo

| Taiga drama

1977–1979

| ''Tokusō Saizensen

| Detective Yōzō Takasugi

| {{cite web |url= https://nendai-ryuukou.com/1980/drama/008.html|title= 特捜最前線|access-date= June 25, 2022|work= Nendai Ryūkō}}

1978–1979

| Saiyuki

| Cho Hakkai/Pigsy

1981

| Onna Taikō-ki

| Toyotomi Hideyoshi

| Taiga drama

1984

| Sanga Moyu

| Tadashi Amō

| Lead role, Taiga drama

1986

| Byakkotai

| Kayano Gonbei

1988

| Takeda Shingen

| Yamamoto Kansuke

| Taiga drama

| {{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000899518/cast/|title= 武田信玄|access-date= July 29, 2022|work= The Television}}

1990

| Tobu ga Gotoku

| Saigō Takamori

| Lead role, Taiga drama

1995

| Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune

| Tokugawa Yoshimune

| Lead role, Taiga drama

1998

|Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka

|Saitō Dōsan

|Special appearance, TV movie

2000

| Aoi

| Tokugawa Hidetada

| Lead role, Taiga drama

| {{cite web |url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-34025|title= 葵徳川三代|access-date= August 29, 2023|work= TV drama database}}

rowspan=2|2003

| Musashi

| Yamanouchi Hanbei

| Taiga drama

The Great White Tower

| Mataichi Zaizen

| {{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000001018/cast/|title= 白い巨塔（唐沢寿明主演）の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= April 5, 2024|work= The Television}}

rowspan=2|2005

| Tiger and Dragon

| Hayashiyatei Donbei

Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika

| elder Toshiaki Yajima

| TV movie

2006

| Kōmyō ga Tsuji

| Tokugawa Ieyasu

| Taiga drama

2007

| The Family

| Ichirō Ōkawa

| {{cite web |url= https://www.mbs.jp/pgm/tbs_karei2007/1170032832.shtml|title= 華麗なる一族|access-date= June 15, 2021|work= MBS}}

2009–2011

| Clouds Over the Hill

| Takahashi Korekiyo

| {{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/09-saka.html|title= 坂の上の雲|access-date= 13 March 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}

rowspan=3|2010

| Wagaya no Rekishi

| Yame Tokijiro

| Miniseries

Yae's Sakura

| Saigō Tanomo

| Taiga drama

| {{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/13-taiga.html|title= 八重の桜|access-date= 13 March 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}

Detective Lovesick

| Tsukikage Yōzō

| {{cite web |url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-43420|title= うぬぼれ刑事|access-date= September 25, 2023|work= TV drama database}}

2013–2021

| Doctor-X

| Shigekatsu Hiruma

| 7 seasons

rowspan=2| 2014

| Nobunaga Concerto

| Saitō Dōsan

Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko

|Masaji Tabata

|TV movie

2015

| Tsuribaka Nisshi

| Su-san

2016

| Montage

| Shinnosuke Sawada

| TV movie

2017

| Kohaku

| Katsumi Yoneda

| Lead role, TV movie

2018

| Segodon

| Narrator / Saigō Kikujirō

| Taiga drama

2021

| Story of My Family!!!

| Jusaburo Miyama

| {{cite web |url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-68156|title= 俺の家の話|access-date= February 11, 2024|work= TV drama database}}

2022

| The 13 Lords of the Shogun

| Emperor Go-Shirakawa

| Taiga drama

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2023

| Fixer

| Goichi Hongō

| Special appearance

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=Variety show=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! class="unsortable" \| Source
2001–2019 \|Knight Scoop \|as Chairman \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483840/?ref_=nv_sr_1\|title=Tantei! Naito sukûpu\|website=IMDB}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | Source

2001–2019

|Knight Scoop

|as Chairman

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483840/?ref_=nv_sr_1|title=Tantei! Naito sukûpu|website=IMDB}}

=Dubbing=

Robots (Bigweld){{cite web |url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0000820a|title= 『ロボッツ』|date= June 13, 2005|access-date= December 30, 2021|work= Cinema Today}}

Honours

Medal with Purple Ribbon (2008){{cite web |title=2008年秋・紫綬褒章受章者 {{!}} 演劇ニュース {{!}} シアターリーグ |url=http://www.moon-light.ne.jp/news/2008/11/2008-9.html |website=www.moon-light.ne.jp |access-date=20 October 2024 |date=2 November 2008}}
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2018){{cite web |title=旭日小綬章に北野武さんら…春の叙勲４１５１人 : カルチャー : 読売新聞 |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20180429-OYT1T50010.html |website=yomiuri.co.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429222510/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20180429-OYT1T50010.html |archive-date=29 April 2018}}