is a Japanese

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who won the award for best supporting actor at the 21st

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for '' Minazuki'', ''Kyohansha'' and ''Kanzen-naru shiiku'' as well as the CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Film at

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: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York in 2014.

Personal life

In 1993, Kitamura married a non-celebrity woman. In 1994, their only child, actor Shousei Kitamura, was born. In 2012, Kitamura confirmed through his agency that he had divorced his wife of nineteen years. On December 27, 2019, he announced his second marriage, again to a non-celebrity woman.

Selected filmography

Film

*''Yuki no Concerto'' (1991) * (1996) as Kubo *''Tenzen Shoujo Man'' (天然少女　萬) (1996) * (1997) as Sada * (1997) as Hideyuki Sakata *''Mukokuseki no otoko: Chi no shûkaku'' (1997) *''Romantikku mania'' (1997) as Ujiie * (1997) *''Joker'' (1998) as Hisao * (1998) as Sada * (1999) as Tsuda * (1999) as Yasuharu Nishikawa * (1999) as Yoji * (1999) as Ryuichi * (1999) as Akira * (1999) * (2000) as Noboru Hirokawa *''Himawari'' (2000) as Shinji Sasahara *''Swing Man'' (2000) as Kazuki Kitaoka *''Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai: Yakyudan'' (2000) *''Rendan'' (2001) as Ohsawa *''Man-hole'' (2001) as Shin'ichi Yoshioka *''

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'' (2001) as Kakizaki Kiyotaka *''Chinpira'' (2001) *''Bastoni: The Stick Handlers'' (2002) *''Onna kunishuu ikki'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead") *''Yurusarezaru mono'' (2003) * (2003) as Kanbê Inoue * (2003) as Tamori *''Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi'' (2003) as Kenji *'' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' (2003) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88 * (2003) * (2003) *''Kyô no dekigoto'' (2003) as Surfer *'' Kill Bill: Volume 2'' (2004) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88 *''Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Gekijōban'' (2004) (segment "Omoi!") * (2004) as Yoshio Motoyama * (2004) as The Controller of Planet X *''Atarashii kaze - Wakaki hi no Yoda Benzo'' (2004) as Benzo Yoda * (2005) as Kanbê Inoue * (2005) as Shichibe Iinuma *''Nureta akai ito'' (2005) as Shigeru *''Maze'' (2006) *''So-Run Movie'' (2006) * (2006) * (2006) as Masahiko Sawai * (2006) as Chojuro Kaneko * (2007) as

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* (2007) as Doctor *''Kaze no sotogawa'' (2007) *''Dôsôkai'' (2008) *''Jirochô sangokushi'' (2008) *'' Suspect X'' (2008) as Shunpei Kusanagi * (2009) as Chi Edajima *''Eo-ddeon bang-moon'' (2009) *''Killer VirginRoad'' (2009) as Michio Keizan *''Acacia'' (2009) * (2010) * (2011) as Sunil *'' Speed Angels'' (極速天使) (2011) as Asano / Onidaka * (2012) as Ceionius *'' Bakugyaku Familia'' (2012) as Yuji natsume *''Nihon no higeki'' (2012) * (2012) as Akinori Natsume * (2013) as Shinji *''Jongeun Chingoodeul'' (2013) as Tatsuya *''

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'' (2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi * (2013) as Shunichi Sawa *'' SPEC: Close'' (2013, part 1, 2) *''The Trick Movie: The Last Stage'' (2014) *'' Killers'' (2014) as Nomura *''

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'' (2014) as Ryuichi * (2014) as Madarame Kyutaro *'' Thermae Romae II'' (2014) as Ceionius *'' Man From Reno'' (2014) as Akira *'' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) as Takeshi Hirokawa *'' Parasyte: Part 2'' (2015) as Takeshi Hirokawa *''Neko zamurai: Minami no shima e iku'' (2015) as Kyutaro Madarame *''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017) *''

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'' (2017) as Sabato Kuroi *'' The Scythian Lamb'' (2017) as Katsushi sugiyama *'' The 8-Year Engagement'' (2017) as Shibata *'' Color Me True'' (2018) as Ryunosuke Shundo *'' Last Winter, We Parted'' (2018) as Yoshiki Kobayashi *'' Pretty Cure Super Stars!'' (2018) as Usobakka (voice) *''Million Dollar Man'' (2018) as Momose *'' The Battle: Roar to Victory'' (2019) as Yasukawa Jiro *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Final'' (2021) as Tatsumi *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning'' (2021) as Tatsumi *''

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'' (2021) as Takeshi Ōyama *''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021) as himself *'' The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' (2021) as

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*''Silent Parade'' (2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi *''Hell Dogs'' (2022) as Tsutomu Toki *'' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'' (2023) as Gonzo Kosugi *''From the End of the World'' (2023) *''Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love'' (2023) *''Don't Lose Your Head!'' (2024) as

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*'' Let's Go Karaoke!'' (2024), yakuza boss *''Gold Boy'' (2024) *''The Yin Yang Master Zero'' (2024), Koremune no Korekuni *''Muromachi Outsiders'' (2025), Nawa *''Sham'' (2025) *''Golden Kamuy: The Movie 2'' (TBA), Shirosuke Inudō 0

TV dramas

* ( NTV, 1998, Main Cast) * (NTV, 1999, Supporting Role) * (NTV, 2000, Supporting Role) * (NTV, 2000) as Grey Won * (

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, 2000) as Shōta Honma * (

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'' (NTV, 2007) as Reiji Yona *''

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'' (2007) as Shunpei Kusanagi *''

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*'' Yokai Ningen Bem'' (2011), Akinori Natsume *'' Galileo 2'' (2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi *'' Hirugao'' (2014) as Osamu Katō *'' Kindaichi Case Files SP 2 - Gate of Jail Private School Murder Case'' (NTV, 2014) as Takayuki Ujie *''Hamon'' (2015) as Yasuhiko Kuwahara *'' Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu'' (2015) as Kakeru Mikajima *''Ishitsubute'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018) *''

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'' "Tatami" (2018) *'' Ōoku the Final'' (2019) as Tokugawa Muneharu *'' Scarlet'' (2019–20) *''The Return'' (2020) as Jōji Kawahara *''North Light'' (2020) *''Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange'' (2021), Mitsuo Kawahara *''Okehazama'' (2021),

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*''The Forbidden Magic'' (2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi *'' Born to Be On Air!'' (2023) as Kanetsugu Matō *''

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'' (2024) *'' Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido'' (2024) as Shirosuke Inudō *'' La Grande Maison Tokyo Special'' (2024) as Sosuke Akashi

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References

External links

Kazuki Kitamura official web site
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitamura, Kazuki 1969 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Male actors from Osaka People from Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors