Personal Info
Birth date
1960-12-12 (64 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Toyama, Japan
Also known as
니시무라 마사히코
西村まさ彦
西村雅彦
Masahiko Nishimura
Biography
We dont have a biography for Masahiko Nishimura
Filmography
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
7.9
Overview:
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.SMAP×SMAP
8.5
Overview:
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games. These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking. Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.CSI: Crime Scene Talks
7.2
Overview:
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.Emergency Room 24 Hours
7.5
Overview:
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.Suits
5.714
Overview:
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he thinks the only way to satisfy his clients is to win. He is getting close to becoming a senior partner at the law firm. Shogo Kai's boss worries about his focus on winning above all else. As a condition of his promotion at the law firm, his boss asks him to hire a young lawyer as an associate. Shogo Kai interviews prospective young lawyers and meets Daiki Suzuki. Daiki Suzuki has high intelligence and his memory ability is amazing.Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
10
Overview:
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes between young, mid-career, and big names, and a heartwarming story of friendship and bonding. Also, the self-deprecation and parodies are enhanced by the fact that the actors play a role of themselves.Farewell, Mr. Premier
NYR
Overview:
What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister who faces daily protests of citizens, inside betrayals, and the decision of a new Chief Cabinet Secretary. He makes an unprecedented selection, choosing his daughter's private tutor, who is only in his 20s and not even a politician! Will the Prime Minister be able to turn his ratings around, or will he be forced to resign? This drama focuses on the government of Japan, with a comedic twist.Furuhata Ninzaburo
9
Overview:
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.The Wife is 3 Stars
NYR
Overview:
It's a dilemma many young women face - they want to get married, but don't want the responsibilities of a daughter-in-law. Miyuki is an engineer working for a construction firm, who is forced to try to find a way to shuffle a career and housework. When her new husband is sent to work on a project in Africa, Miyuki finds facing his family daunting. However, the warm welcome they give her helps to put her at ease... but not for long.IS: Not a Boy and Not a Girl
7.857
Overview:
“IS” stands for “intersexual,” a term referring to people who cannot clearly be classified as male or female, and who may biologically possess characteristics of both sexes. Rokuhana's manga primarily deals with the troubles faced by the young Hoshino Haru (played by Fukuda), an intersexual who was registered as a girl at birth but has been raised as a boy. Goriki plays Aihara Miwako, a mysterious classmate who tries to get close to Haru. Inoue Masahiro has been cast as Ibuki Kenji, a member of the soccer club whom Haru begins having feelings for. Nishida Naomi and Minami Kaho play Miwako's and Haru's mothers, respectively.Awaiting Kirin
8.4
Overview:
After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.Nodame Cantabile
7.8
Overview:
When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.Veterinarian Dolittle
6.25
Overview:
Tottori Kenichi is a foul-mouthed but gifted veterinarian nicknamed Dolittle. His catch phrase is 'pet care means business'. He is the director of his animal clinic and rescues not only 'voiceless' pets but also helps their owners, who lack understanding and caution, with their problems and worries. Working with him is animal nurse Tajima Asuka. Hanabishi Masaru is Dolittle's rival, a charismatic vet and director of another animal hospital who has not only an opposite personality but also a different stance towards pet care.Perfect Woman
7
Overview:
Matsushima Nanako grew up in a very poor family and is thus determined to marry a rich man so that she will never have to go through poverty ever again, and is named the "gokon queen" in her quest to find her man. Tsutsumi Shinichi is a brilliant academic (Fields prize winner - Nobel Prize equivalent in Mathematics) who gave up his studies to take over his deceased father's fish-shop. They meet through a doctor's "gokon" (group date) and she falls in love with him under the mistaken assumption that he is a very rich manJaja uma narashi
10
Overview:
Ryuichiro's bride, company president Mayumi Kitahara dies, leaving him to take care of her daughter Natsumi. Natsumi moves into Ryuichiro's flat, but he sets to work to be the father she never had.Akimahende!
NYR
Overview:
Nowadays, kids have their parents wrapped around their fingers. While they appear to despise their parents, they are actually insecure and want someone to give them love, guidance, and support. Although Katsura is sometimes absent-minded, she is a strong, independent woman. Junichiro proposes to her for the second time in 30 years. During this 30-year span, Junichiro was widowed three times, and fathered four children. Katsura agrees to move into the Aoki household as a live-in housekeeper and marry him only if his children learn to love her. This is a comedic and sometimes touching story about Katsura's experiences as she tries, in her own way, to win the children's hearts and trust.Wonderful Life
NYR
Overview:
Wonderful Life is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2004. It stars Takashi Sorimachi, Kyoko Hasegawa, Norito Yashima, and Ken Horiuchi. Kirishima, played by Takashi Sorimachi, is the most famous baseball player in Japan. He is forced to retire early due to injuries. His family abandons him and he decides to spend his time coaching at a local young boys baseball team. The team is verging disbandment because they had not won one single game. Takashi plays the popular baseball player who gives kids the hope that "dreams come true", but in reality he is arrogant and a selfish flirt who spends his money pointlessly. Mizuki, played by Kyoko Hasegawa, wants to become a lawyer. Her brother plays on Kirishima's baseball team, but she can't stand Kirishima.He Is Always There
7.7
Overview:
This is a story of two physicians who are complete opposites. Although he's a skilled surgeon, Dr. Shiba does not believe that every life is worth saving, but is willing to perform any surgery for the right price. On the other hand, Dr. Ishikawa is an idealist who believes that doctors should treat all patients equally and fight to protect every person's right to live. Therefore, Ishikawa quickly becomes liked by hospital staff while Shiba continues to make enemies.Natsuko no Sake
6
Overview:
Natsuko, who was a copywriter, starts to cultivate rice called Tatsunishiki, which is a phantom kind and it is very difficult to grow. She does it to make her dead brother's dream come true. His dream was to make the...My Story Is Long
8.5
Overview:
A young man has college and a failed business behind him. Unemployed and planning his next steps he is lodging with is mother, a small business owner. His sister and her family also move in with the two, albeit temporarily. She sees him as a loser and a lush and wants him out. She also whispers in their mother's ear to ask him to leave the house in order to find his own way and begin the rest of his life. She probably has noble intentions, but is she right and will she succeed?Princess Mononoke
8.327
Overview:
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.Somebody Loves Her
3
Overview:
Manabu and his father Kouhei love Tsubasa in the same time, but they don't know that they are in love with the same girl. Tsubasa doesn't know they are a father and a son. Tsubasa enjoys meeting them in different places and different times. Finally the father and his son ask her which she loves but she loves both.Acting
2025My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2024お終活 再春!人生ラプソディ as Unknown
2024Our Last Day as Unknown
2023Kono Subarashiki Sekai (10 Episodes) as Unknown
2023[MADO] as Mr.A
2022Investigation Division 1 (6 Episodes) as Nishimura Masao
2022The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie as Chizuo Hasukabe
2022Dreaming of the Meridian Arc as Unknown
2021Kenjusho: Mitsukuni and I (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2021My Father's Tracks as Unknown
2021I Mean, I Want to Say I Like It (12 Episodes) as Higashiyama Kazuki
2021Oshûkatsu as Unknown
2021The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as Unknown
2021Angry Rice Wives as Unknown
2021Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors (1 Episode) as Unknown
2020Juusan-nin no Shikaku (1 Episode) as Unknown
2020大江戸グレートジャーニー～ザ・お伊勢参り～ (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2020Izakaya Choji as Unknown
2020Awaiting Kirin (44 Episodes) as Akechi Mitsuyasu [Mitsuhide's uncle]
2020Apparel Designer as Unknown
2019The 47 Rōnin in Debt as Chuzaemon Yoshida
2019My Story Is Long (10 Episodes) as 牧本求
2019Samurai Shifters as Shuzo Fujiwara
2019Momikeshite Fuyu 2019 Natsu: Natsu demo Samukute Shini Soudesu as Ikee Hidenori
2019Eien no Nispa as Sajima Kageyu
2018Suits (1 Episode) as Tadashi Okawara
2018What a Wonderful Family! 3 as Konosuke Hirata
2017Linking Love as Unknown
2017What a Wonderful Family! 2 as Konosuke Hirata
2017The Blue Hearts as (segment “Be Kind To Others”)
2016Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor as Nobutsuna Nakae
2016Samurai Hustle Returns as Advisor Kenji
2016The Magnificent Nine as Unknown
2016What a Wonderful Family! as Konosuke Hirata
2015事故調 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2014Clover as Section Chief Matsushita
2014Out Burn as Tetsuo Sawaki
2014Samurai Hustle as Advisor Kenji
2014TEAM -警視庁特別犯罪捜査本部 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2013Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo as Shuji Ohmori
2013The Wind Rises as Kurokawa (voice)
2013A Chair on the Plains as Unknown
2013Tokyo Family as Koichi Hirayama
2012The Floating Castle as Ujinaga Narita
2012Rock'n'Roll Housewives as Mieko's husband
2011Crossroads as Unknown
2011Circumstances as Miyashita Kouhei
2011Our Stardust Dance as Unknown
2011IS: Not a Boy and Not a Girl (10 Episodes) as Aihara Kenichi
2011Oh!どや顔サミット (1 Episode) as Unknown
2011CSI: Crime Scene Talks (9 Episodes) as Sosuke Morita
2011THEナンバー2 〜歴史を動かした陰の主役たち〜 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2011Gene Waltz as Professor Yashikiki
2010Abacus and Sword as Yosohachi Nishihisashi
2010Veterinarian Dolittle (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010Sakurada Gate Incident as Unknown
2010Love Scenario as Toshio Gamou
2010The King of Minami Returns as Unknown
2010新・ミナミの帝王 (20 Episodes) as Unknown
2010Dengeki Kon - Perfume of Love - (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2010警視庁機動捜査隊216 (10 Episodes) as 土居健作
2010Saru Lock: The Movie as Kanai
2009Dear Heart as Unknown
2009The Unbroken as Chuji Yaba
2009Inpei Shirei (5 Episodes) as Unknown
2009法廷サスペンスSP2 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009東京サンシャインボーイズ『returns』 as Unknown
2009Black Current as 屋代邦和
2009Zen as Unknown
2008The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor as Unknown
2008I Want to Be a Shellfish as Nemoto
2008AIBOU: The Movie as Keisuke Shikatebukuro
2008The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki (10 Episodes) as Kiyoshi Chouno
2008Nodame Cantabile in Europe as Tanioka Hajime
2007New Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Off Highway 20 as Akira
2007Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Hidemi Machida
2007Ikiru as Unknown
2007Did you quit again, husband? ~The famous magistrate of the late Edo period, Oguri Kozukenosuke~ (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007今週、妻が浮気します (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Nodame Cantabile (11 Episodes) as Tanioka Hajime
2006Detective Conan Drama Special 1: The Letter of Challenge as Inspector Megure
2006Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel as Daijiro Hanada
2006ウーマンズ.アイランド～彼女たちの選択 as Unknown
2006TAKI 183 as Unknown
2006古畑任三郎ファイナル ラスト・ダンス as Unknown
2006Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer as Unknown
2006Furuhata Ninzaburo The Resurrection Of Death as Unknown
2005Furyo shonen no yume as Unknown
2005Middle-aged Divorce (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2005The Winds of God as Unknown
2005Negotiator as Unknown
2004Minami's Girlfriend (11 Episodes) as Kenichi Minami
2004Wonderful Life (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2004My Life After Her Death (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2003The Lion Teacher (10 Episodes) as Kyozuke Takamura
2003The Battling Angel as Nakanishi
2003Kougen e Irasshai (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003ぼくの魔法使い (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special as Unknown
2003Always the two of us (11 Episodes) as Fuwa Keijiro
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (4 Episodes) as Keisuke Shikatebukuro
2002Psycho Doctor (11 Episodes) as Yao
2002Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso as Aikawa
2002Ghiblies: Episode 2 as Nonaka-kun (Voice)
2002Power of Love (11 Episodes) as Yoshitake Nobuo
2001Number One as Unknown
2001Let's Go Nagata-cho (10 Episodes) as Unknown
2001R-17 (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2001The Wife is 3 Stars (11 Episodes) as Shinsuke
2001Delicious Proposal (10 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Shingo Mama Drama Special: OH-HA Saves the World Vol. 1 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000午前三時のルースター (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Perfect Woman (11 Episodes) as Tamehisa Sakuma
1999Godzilla 2000: Millennium as Unknown
1999The Black House as Shigenori Komoda
1999Team Saiaku de Saikouna Futari (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1999The Exam as Unknown
1999古畑任三郎 黒岩博士の恐怖 as Unknown
1999Emergency Room 24 Hours (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP as Shintaro Imaizumi
1998Akimahende! (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1998Konya Uchu no Katasumi de (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1998News no Onna (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald as Tatsuhiko Ushijima
1997Woman in Witness Protection as Detective Tachibana
1997Princess Mononoke as Kouroku (voice)
1997Middle-aged Bachelors (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Farewell, Mr. Premier (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Moonlight Serenade as Assistant photographer
1997Warai no Daigaku as Unknown
1996Konna Watashi ni Dare ga Shita (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Coach (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1996July 7th, Sunny Day as Unknown
1996SMAP×SMAP (1 Episode) as Skit Guest
1996Ryoma ni Omakase (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1996消えた古畑任三郎 as Unknown
1996古畑任三郎 しばしのお別れ as Unknown
1996今泉慎太郎 (12 Episodes) as Imaizumi Shintaro
1996古畑任三郎番外篇：巡査今泉慎太郎 (12 Episodes) as 今泉慎太郎
1995Love Still Hasn't Begun (10 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1995王様のレストラン (11 Episodes) as Mizuhara Noritomo
1995古畑任三郎 笑うカンガルー as Unknown
1995Help! (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Good Mourning (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Furuhata Ninzaburo (36 Episodes) as 今泉慎太郎
1994Natsuko no Sake (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Jaja uma narashi (12 Episodes) as Business Advisor
1993He Is Always There (11 Episodes) as 平賀友一
1992Somebody Loves Her (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (5 Episodes) as Unknown