is a Japanese actor.

Career

Born in

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, Fukikoshi moved to

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at age 19 and joined the Wahaha Honpo theater troupe. Since leaving Wahaha in 1999, he has appeared in many films and television dramas, while continuing to act on stage. He works in both serious drama and comedy, and has often played police detectives. He starred in

Sion Sono is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet. Best known on the Film festival, festival circuit for the film ''Love Exposure'' (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today", a "Stakhanovite movement, ...

's '' Cold Fish''. He co-starred with

Hideaki Itō is a Japanese actor. Biography Ito is best known for starring in the hit franchise ''Umizaru'' film series, which consistently topped the Japanese box office of the year. He has also head-lined many other major Japanese films such as Takashi ...

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's ''

Lesson of the Evil , known in English as ''Lesson of the Evil'', is a 2012 Japanese thriller film directed by Takashi Miike starring Hideaki Itō. It is an adaptation of Yusuke Kishi's 2010 novel of the same name. A seinen manga under the same name, illustrated by ...

''.

Personal life

In 1994, Fukikoshi married the actress Reona Hirota. They divorced in 2005 after having one child, but then remarried in 2012. The couple separated for the second time in December 2016.

Filmography

Film

* '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' (1996) * '' Love & Pop'' (1998) * ''

Samurai Fiction is a 1998 comedy-samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. It is almost entirely black-and-white, and follows a fairly standard plotline for a comedy and ''jidaigeki'' samurai film, but the presence of Tomoyasu Hotei's rock-and-roll soundtrack se ...

'' (1998) * '' Whiteout'' (2000) * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) * '' The Twilight Samurai'' (2002) * '' Spy Sorge'' (2003) * ''

Lady Joker is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama, based on a story by Kaoru Takamura. Cast * Tetsuya Watari as Seizo Monoi * Satoshi Tokushige as Yuichiro Gouda * Koji Kikkawa as Shuhei Handa * Jun Kunimura as Satoru Hirose * Ren Osug ...

'' (2004) * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * '' Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2006) * '' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) * ''The Chasing World'' (2008) * ''

Yoroi Samurai Zombie is a 2008 Japanese Comedy horror, comic horror film directed by Tak Sakaguchi and written by Ryuhei Kitamura, who had previously collaborated on ''Versus (2000 film), Versus''. A family taken hostage and their kidnappers become prey to an undead ...

'' (2008) * ''Sweet Rain'' (2008) * ''

Love Exposure is a 2008 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. The film gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its four-hour runtime and themes including love, family, lust, religion and the ar ...

'' (2008) * ''

Shinjuku Incident ''Shinjuku Incident'' (, ''Shinjuku Inshidento'') is a 2009 Hong Kong Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama film directed by Derek Yee, and written by Yee and Chun Tin-nam. It stars Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, and Fan Bin ...

'' (2009) * '' Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky'' (2009) * ''Ballad'' (2009) * '' My Rainy Days'' (2009) * '' Listen to My Heart'' (2009) * '' Last Operations Under the Orion'' (2009) * '' Cold Fish'' (2010) * '' Heaven's Story'' (2010) * '' Himizu'' (2011) * '' Antoki no Inochi'' (2011) * '' Unfair 2: The Answer'' (2011) * '' Afro Tanaka'' (2012) * '' Space Brothers'' (2012) * '' Land of Hope'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * '' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' (2014) * '' Age Harassment'' (2015) * '' The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio'' (2016) * ''Mori, The Artist's Habitat'' (2018) * ''Lady in White'' (2018) * ''According to Our Butler'' (2019) * '' A Girl Missing'' (2019) * ''The Gun 2020'' (2020) * ''Angry Rice Wives'' (2021) * ''Between Us'' (2021) * '' The Mole Song: Final'' (2021) * '' Red Post on Escher Street'' (2021) * ''The Flower in the Sky'' (2022),

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* ''Motherhood'' (2022) * ''We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams'' (2023) * ''Twilight Cinema Blues'' (2023) * ''Winny'' (2023), Masashi Akita * ''Revolver Lily'' (2023) * ''Love Will Tear Us Apart'' (2023) * ''I Ai'' (2024) * ''Angry Squad: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers'' (2024) * ''Frontline: Yokohama Bay'' (2025) * ''After the Quake'' (2025)

Television

* ''Hojo Tokimune'' (2001) –

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* ''

Dondo Hare is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2007. It was the 76th Asadora. Cast * Manami Higa as Natsumi Asakura * Ren Osugi as Keigo Asakura, Natsumi's father * Masako Mori (singer), Masako Mori as Fusako Asakura, Natsumi's mother * Asa ...

'' (2007) * '' Deka Wanko'' (2011) * '' Inu o Kau to Iu Koto'' (2011) * ''

Amachan is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast ...

'' (2013) * ''

Gunshi Kanbei is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junich ...

'' (2014) –

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* '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' (2016) – Gakai * ''

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'' (2016) – Hiroki Takidō * '' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017) – Ono Masanao * ''

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'' (2017) * ''Tokusou 9'' (2018-present) * ''Kishū Hanshu Tokugawa Yoshimune'' (2019) –

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* ''

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' drama and the 43rd entry of the Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' series. Although the series primarily aired in the Reiwa era, it is considered the final Heisei era series as it began airing during it. It ...

'' (2019) - Naohisa Tatsui * ''

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'' (2019) * '' The Days'' (2023) * ''

What Will You Do, Ieyasu? is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu. The series is the 62nd NHK ''taiga'' drama. Cast Starring role *Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu **Waku Kawaguchi as Matsudaira Takechiyo (young Ieyas ...

'' (2023) -

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* ''Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku'' (2023) * ''After the Quake'' (2025)

Video games

* ''

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'' (2012) - Naoki Katsuya

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fukikoshi, Mitsuru Japanese male actors 1965 births Living people Actors from Aomori Prefecture