is a Japanese actor. He was born in

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...

Harumi Inoue is an actress, model and accomplished swimmer. Career Inoue has released pop singles. She was the character "Hiromi Ueda" in the 1995 TV series ''Kimi To Deatte Kara''. She appeared in ''Asakusa Kid,'' a series based on a semi-autobiographic ...

is his older sister, and they worked together in ''Rock Musical Bleach''. He has acted in television dramas and musicals, as well as a movie. He is best known for his role as

Izuru Kira This is a list of featured in the manga and anime series ''Bleach'', created by Tite Kubo. Soul Reapers are a fictional race of spirits who govern the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife realm called the ''Soul Society''. Th ...

in ''Rock Musical BLEACH'' when he joined the cast in 2006 for ''Rock Musical Bleach Saien''. He also briefly portrayed Takashi Kawamura in ''

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

'' musical series (commonly called ''

Tenimyu , also known as for short, is a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on the manga series ''The Prince of Tennis'' created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. The first music ...

'') for the ''More Than Limit: St. Rudolph Gakuen'' musical. Kitamura reprised the role of Kawamura with the revived 1st generation Seigaku cast for ''Tenimyus ''Dream Live 7th'' concert to celebrate the end of the first season.

Filmography

Drama

*, Fuji TV （フジテレビジョン, フジテレビ） *ごくせん (テレビドラマ), ごくせん（日本テレビ放送網, 日本テレビ） *天国に一番近い男（日本テレビ放送網, 日本テレビ） *伝説の教師（日本テレビ放送網, 日本テレビ） *美少女H（フジテレビジョン, フジテレビ） *FACE～見知らぬ恋人～（日本テレビ放送網, 日本テレビ） *またのお越しを（東京放送, TBS） *Dragonzakura (Ep.08) *新宿スワン（テレビ朝日） *世にも奇妙な物語 ( "イマキヨさん" ~ Hiroshi) *仮面ライダーディケイド (Kamen Rider Decade ep. 06 & 07 as Haguro Ren/Kamen Rider Knight)

Film

*ウォーターボーイズ *樹の海（JUKAI） *オトシモノ *13の月 *ピカ☆ンチ　LIFE IS HARD だけど HAPPY *ピカ☆☆ンチ　LIFE IS HARD だから HAPPY * Ghost Train (Shigeru)

Musical

* ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': More Than Limit St. Rudolph Gakuen - Takashi Kawamura * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 7th (2010) - Takashi Kawamura Rock Musical BLEACH series (as

) * ''Rock Musical BLEACH Saien'' * 'Rock Musical BLEACH'': The Dark of The Bleeding Moon * 'Rock Musical BLEACH'': Live Bankai Show Code 001 * 'Rock Musical BLEACH'': No Clouds in the Blue Heaven * ''Rock Musical BLEACH The All'' * ''Rock Musical BLEACH'': Live Bankai Show Code 002 * ''Rock Musical BLEACH'': Live Bankai Show Code 003 Other Stage Work * 研修医魂 (aka Kendama) * TOWER OF SUGAR * ソウガ　(SOUGA)

Trivia

*Although Eiki acted in only two musicals of Tenimyu, he got to work with many of graduated members of the first

Seigaku ''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various ...

cast who got roles in ''BLEACH''.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

Official blog (in Japanese)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitamura, Eiki Japanese male film actors 1981 births Living people Japanese male television actors Japanese male stage actors Actors from Kumamoto Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male musical theatre actors