Masatoshi Nakamura

Masatoshi Nakamura
Masatoshi Nakamura
中村雅俊
Born	1 February 1951 (age 73); Onagawa, Miyagi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1974–present
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Spouse	Igarishi Junko
Children	1 son, 3 daughters
Website	columbia.jp/artist-info/masatoshi/http://tomonokai.mj-e.com/

Masatoshi Nakamura (中村雅俊, Nakamura Masatoshi, born 1 February 1951) is a Japanese actor and singer from Onagawa, Miyagi. He graduated from Keio University.^[1]

Nakamura joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1973 and made his television debut in 1974 with "Warera Seishun.^[2] Masatoshi made his film debut with "Fureai" in the same year .^[3] He won his first major award at the Elan d'or Awards in 1975.^[4] In 1977, he married actress Junko Igarashi.^[5] In 2012, he played the role of Fumimaro Konoe in the Peter Webber's film Emperor.^[6]

As a singer his first single "Fureai" peaked at number 1 in the Japanese single record chart in 1974.^[7] Besides "Fureai" he has several other hit songs such as "Oretachi no Tabi" and "Koibito mo Nureru Machikado".^[8] "Nakamura appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1982 and 2012.

Selected filmography

Film

Title	Date	Role	Notes	Ref.
Fureai	1974	Hisashi Yamawaki
Bochann	1977	Daisuke Kondō
Tora-san Plays Cupid	1977	Ryōsuke Shimada
Akumagakitarite Fuewofuku	1979	Sakuzo
Hashire Ichiro	2001	Ichiro Ishikawa		^[9]
Hinokio	2005	Kaoru Iwamoto
American Pastime	2007		American film
Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune	2008	Tokugawa Yoshimune
Leonie	2010	Toshu Senda
Yoake no Machi de	2011
Emperor	2012	Fumimaro Konoe	American-Japanese film
A Tale of Samurai Cooking	2013	Narrator
Sakura Guardian in the North	2018
The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn	2022			^[10]

Television

Title	Date	Role	Notes	Ref.
Warera Seishun	1974	Shun Okita	Lead role
Oretachi no Kunshō	1975	Takahisa Igarashi	Lead role
Oretachi no Tabi	1975	Kōsuke Tsumura (Karsuke)	Lead role
Kashin	1977	Takasugi Shinsaku	Taiga drama
Yuhigaokano Soridaijin	1978	Yujiro Oiwa	Lead role
Onna Taikō-ki	1981	Toyotomi Hidenaga	Taiga drama
Oshin	1983	Shunsaku	Asadora
Hissatsu Watashinin	1984	Sota	Lead role; Hissatsu series
Hokorino Hōshu	1985	Haruki Serizawa	Lead role
Kasuga no Tsubone	1989	Tokugawa Hidetada	Taiga drama
Yonigeya Honpo	1999	Masahiko Genji	Lead role
Oyaji Tantei	2001	Kōauke Saotome	Lead role
Musashi	2003	Sanada Yukimura	Taiga drama
Half Blue Sky	2018	Senkichi Nireno	Asadora
Two Homelands	2019	Kisaburō Yokoyama	Miniseries
Date My Daughter!	2021	Shunichirō Oda
The Forbidden Magic	2022	Kazurō Ukai	Special appearance; TV movie	^[11]
House of the Owl	2024	Takeuchi		^[12]

Dubbing

Chicken Little (Buck Cluck)^[13]

Selected discography

Singles

Fureai (1974)
Shiroishashinkan (1974)
Itsuka Machide Attanara (1975)
Oretachi no Tabi (1975)
Bongaeri (1976)
Oretachi no Matsuri (1977)
Jidaiokureno Kuibitotach (1978)
Kokorono Iro (1981)
Koibitomo Nurerumachikado (1982)
Hittokino Ai (1983)
Sayonaraga Einakute (1987)
Anataniagetai Aigaaru (1989)
Kazeno Sumumachi (1990)
Zackbaran (1991)
Aiwakokoniaru (1997)
Kanashi Hito (1999)
Aitsu (2001)
Utsusemi (2005)
Namida (2008)
Hajimeteno Sora (2015)
Naraba Kazetoike (2016)
Dokoetokiga Nagaretemo (2017)
Daro!! (2018)

Albums

Fureai (1974)
Sayonarano Suigara (1976)
Omoideno Kakera (1976)
Karashiiro no Arubamu (1977)
Seishun Horoki (1978)
Shy Guy Masatoshi (1979)
Kimito Keita E (1980)
Restoration (1982)
BORN NEW (1983)
MONDAY MORNING BLUES (1984)
OUVas-tu? (1985)
MONO (1986)
I LOVE YOU, ALL (1987)
Ordinary Life (1988)
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (1988)
Tokino Shozo (1991)
Rabu songwo Okuritai (1993)
HEART OF ENERGY (1994)
WITHOUT YOU (1996)
Ah Seishun (1999)
STEPPING STONES (2000)
Wasurenai MASATOSHI NAKAMURA 40th Anniversary(2014)
Masatoshi Nakamura 45th Anniversary Single Collection 〜yes! on the way〜 (2019)

References

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