is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He is best known for his comedic portrayals.

Biography

Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960, in

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, Japan. While he attended

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to study photography, he met

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, a script writer for radio and playwright who aspired to be an actor and who turned his attention to the theatre. In 1983, Nishimura, Mitani and others including the actors Zen Kajiwara and Kazuyuki Aijima formed the Tokyo Sunshine Boys, a comedy troupe that grew in popularity over the following ten years. They produced the popular play ''12 Gentle Japanese'', a parody of

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's '' 12 Angry Men''. When ''12 Gentle Japanese'' was adapted to film, Nishimura did not form part of the cast. In the 1990s, the success of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys brought Nishimura parts in television dramas, notably a part in ''Furikaereba Yatsuga Iru'' and as the flamboyant Shintaro Imaizumi in Kōki Mitani's '' Furuhata Ninzaburo''. With the release of the Kōki Mitani film adaptation of the play '' Radio no Jikan'' in 1997, Nishimura won acclaim for his portrayal of a radio producer—a role for which he won the Best Supporting Actor award from the

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as well as a Blue Ribbon Award. The Tokyo Sunshine Boys disbanded in 1998, but most of its actors, including Nishimura, continued to work in television.

Awards

Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year The Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year is an award given at the Elan d'or Awards in Japan. This award is given to the person who is considered to be the most promising actor through the year. References External links

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(1997) *Best Supporting Actor (

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''Radio no Jikan'' *Best Supporting Actor (Japanese Academy Award) for

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''Marutai no Onna'' *Popularity Award "Most Popular Performer" for 1997 *

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1950 by , established under the name of the "Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award", which was formed mainly by film reporters from th ...

"Best Supporting Actor" *Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

for '' Marutai no onna'' and '' Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'' * Kinema Junpo Award

Filmography

Films

*''Tomoko no baai'' (1996) *''Shichi-gatsu nano ka, Hare'' (1996) *'' Radio no Jikan: Welcome Back Mr. McDonald'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) - Kōroku (voice) *''Marutai no onna'' (1997) *''The Black House'' (1999) *''

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'' (1999) *''O-juken'' (1999) *'' GTO'' (1999) *'' Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni'' (2000) *''Denen no yuutsu'' (2001) *''Ghiblies: Episode 2'' (2002) *'' Ganryujima'' (2003) - Sasaki Kojirō *''Nin Nin the Movie'' (2004) *''Furyo shonen no yume'' (2005) *'' Warai no Daigaku'' (2006) *'' Tokyo Family'' (2013) - Kōichi Hirayama *'' Samurai Hustle'' (2014) - Kanetsugu Sōma *'' The Magnificent Nine'' (2016) *'' What a Wonderful Family!'' (2016) *'' ''What a Wonderful Family! 2'''' (2017) *''Linking Love'' (2017) *'' ''What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life'''' (2018) *''Iwane: Sword of Serenity'' (2019) *''JK Rock'' (2019) *''Samurai Shifters'' (2019) *''The 47 Ronin in Debt'' (2019) *''Apparel Designer'' (2020) *''Angry Rice Wives'' (2021) *''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021) - himself *''My Father's Tracks'' (2021) *''Dreaming of the Meridian Arc'' (2022) *''The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie'' (2022) *''Mado'' (2022) *''The Ohara Family Rhapsody'' (2024) * ''Our Last Day'' (2024)

Television

*''Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru''(1993) *'' Furuhata Ninzaburo'' (1994) - Shintaro Imaizumi *''Ousama no restoran'' (1995) *'' Hideyoshi'' (1996) -

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*''Otona no otoko'' (1997) *'' Sōrito Yobanaide'' (1997) - Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister *''

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'' (2000) *''Yome wa mitsuboshi'' (2001) *''Koi no chikara'' (2002) *''Itsumo futari de'' (2003) *''Kanojo ga shinjatta'' (2004) *'' Wonderful Life'' (2004) *''

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'' (2006) *'' The Family'' (2007) *'' Sanada Maru'' (2016) - Muroga Masatake *''Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai'' (2016) - Nobutsuna Nakae *''Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter'' (2017), Nishimura Yohachi *'' Awaiting Kirin'' (2020) - Akechi Mitsuyasu *'' Unbound'' (2025), Nishimura Yohachi

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishimura, Masahiko 1960 births Living people Japanese male stage actors People from Toyama (city) Musicians from Toyama Prefecture