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and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese

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s '' Suicide Club'' and '' Audition.'' He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in '' The Grudge'' and '' The Grudge 2''. Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū,

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. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Ishibashi has subsequently resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, ''Real Life'' in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film ''A-Hômansu'' in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity. He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for '' A Sign Days'' and at the 5th Japan Film Professional Awards he took the Best Actor award for his role as a yakuza hitman in '' Another Lonely Hitman''. Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children.

Filmography

Films

* '' A Homansu'' (1986) * '' A Sign Days'' (1989) * '' American Yakuza'' (1993) * '' Blue Tiger'' (1994) * ''Natural Woman'' (1994) * '' Another Lonely Hitman'' (1995) * '' Back to Back'' (1996) * '' Kids Return'' (1996) * '' Audition'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Suicide Club'' (2002) * '' Moon Child'' (2003) * '' The Grudge'' (2004) * '' The Grudge 2'' (2006) * '' Shamo'' (2007) * '' War'' (2007) – Shiro Yanagawa * '' Ace Attorney'' (2012) – Karuma Gō / Manfred von Karma * '' Persona Non Grata'' (2015) – Chūichi Ōhashi * '' Masquerade Hotel'' (2019) – Fujiki * ''Dancing Mary'' (2020) * ''The Cinderella Addiction'' (2021) – Masaaki Fukuura * '' Masquerade Night'' (2021) – Fujiki * ''Parasite in Love'' (2021) – Urizane * ''Yukiko a.k.a'' (2025) – Kazuhiko Yoshimura

Television

* '' Takeda Shingen'' (1988) –

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* '' Nemureru Mori'' (1998) – Detective Onda * '' Ryōmaden'' (2010) – Asahina Masahiro * ''Man of Destiny'' (2012) – Takashi Anzai * ''Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05'' (2016) – Kakuei Tanaka * ''Smoking'' (2018) – Uncle Sabe * '' The Naked Director'' (2019) – Ikezawa * '' Awaiting Kirin'' (2020) – Takeda Shingen * '' Modern Love Tokyo'' (2022) – Kōsuke Hayami

References

External links

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Ryo Ishibashi Official Website (actor)

Ryo Ishiabshi Official Website (singer)
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