Personal Info
Birth date
1961-09-18 (63 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
Kiichi Nakai
Киити Накаи
나카이 키이치
Kiichi Nakai
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kiichi Nakai (born 18 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year of Japan Academy Awards in 1981. He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for 47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (for Mibu gishi den (When the Last Sword is Drawn). He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 19th Hochi Film Award for 47 Ronin. In 2003 he played a Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty in Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Though a few of his lines are in Japanese, most are in Mandarin. His older sister, Kie Nakai, is also an actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kiichi Nakai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Tales of the Bizarre
7.8
Overview:
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.Taira no Kiyomori
8
Overview:
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of Japan.Kumokiri Nizaemon
8.5
Overview:
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.Yoshitsune
8.5
Overview:
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.Kareinaru ichizoku
6.2
Overview:
Daisuke Manpyō is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyō is in for difficult times as he attempts to block the merger between his bank and another.Keigo Higashino Mysteries
6.7
Overview:
11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.Second to Last Love
7
Overview:
Chiaki Yoshino is a TV producer. She is 45-years-old and single. Chiaki Yoshino worries about her health and her later years rather than dating. She hopes to buy an old house and live there with a friend when she gets older. Chiaki then goes to Kamakura, Japan to look for a house. There, she meets a 50-year-old single man Wahei Nagakura. Wahei's first wife died and he has one child. Their love story begins ...Smile
7.8
Overview:
Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto plays the lead role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese man who always smiles despite all of the problems and difficulties he faces. The series focus on foreigners and mixed-race children who suffered from racismMusashi
8.3
Overview:
Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.Garden of the Wind
NYR
Overview:
The lead, Dr. Sadami Shiratori worked in the operating room at a famous Tokyo hospital was around death on a daily basis. His own father, Teizo Shiratori is also a doctor, called Grandfather as he raised the estranged children of his wayward son, he practiced medicine in a small town on Hokkaido, Japan’s most northern island. His practice was limited only to terminal patients…in their own homes. He cared for them and helped both them and their families prepare for the ‘final journey’.The Travel Nurse
7.3
Overview:
Nasuda Ayumi is a young travel nurse who gives a bad first impression. In fact, he had been an excellent nurse practitioner in the US. He has the qualifications to carry out certain medical procedures and assist doctors in surgeries. However, some circumstances trigger his return to Japan where nurse practitioners are relatively unknown and nurses are still expected to do what doctors order. Ayumi ends up working at Amano General Medical Centre where he encounters a mysterious, legendary nurse Kuki Shizuka who will become his partner. Shizuka cleans “quietly” just like his name suggests and gets mistaken for a cleaner by the hospital staff including Ayumi. But he is actually a super nurse with boggling skills.Takeda Shingen
7.5
Overview:
There was a very turbulent time in the warring period in the history, and Takeda Shingen is consider one of the great warlord among many other.The History of Our Family
7
Overview:
Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast.SWITCH Interview Masters
8.5
Overview:
Two charismatic people from completely different fields who usually have no contact with each other meet, and with the intention of what kind of chemical reaction "switch" will enter, "masters" who are active on the front line will meet each other. In addition to the chemical reactions of the two charisma that can not be seen in a simple dialogue, they visit each other's work sites and explore common methodologies and hints for success, as well as the "face" of both the speaker and the listener. A new cross-interview show that you can enjoy.玩具の神様
NYR
Overview:
Screenwriter Tsutomu Futani (Hiroshi Tachi) is having trouble writing what he really wants to write for the TV drama he is currently writing and is behind schedule. While being rushed by producer Okaishi (Jinpachi Nezu), he is unluckily trapped in a toilet and is rescued by Aomori Police Detective Mizusawa (B-Saku Sato). Mizusawa says that he is investigating a fake person who is travelling around fraudulently in the name of Nitani. The impostor Nitani (Kiichi Nakai) was travelling at the time and met a prostitute 'Omocha' (Hiromi Nagasaku), who aspired to become a screenwriter, and decided to take Omocha on as an apprentice and travel together. Then one day, Nitani sends Nitani a manuscript written by Omocha... This comedy, written by Satoshi Kuramoto out of love for TV dramas, won the 37th Galaxy Award for Encouragement. There is a theory that the late writer Tsutomu Futani's model is the famous Koki Mitani, but is this true...?I Miss Age 35
NYR
Overview:
Akemi's marriage was the kind that no one could complain about. Akemi had perfect kids and a great husband. Everyone was happy. Until her husband, Eiji, starts having an affair, and a cruel fate calls upon her.Memory
7
Overview:
A human drama describing the life of a talented lawyer diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, as he comes face to face with himself and his family. A 50-something lawyer, Hidehisa Honjo (Kiichi Nakai), diagnosed with an early-onset Alzheimer-like form of dementia, keeps forgetting the things he must remember while constantly being reminded of the things he longs to forget. What he longs to forget is the fact that his son died in a car accident in the past. The person responsible for his son’s death has never been apprehended. Unable to face the past until now and thinking only about his job while neglecting his new family, as he begins to gradually lose his memory, he takes on his last case and the challenge of uncovering the past during what remains of his life. Losing his memory causes him to break away from the world and his own suffering. As he looks back on his life, which he had come to think of as extremely successful, and tries to repair the relationship with his estranged family, he will discover what’s really important in life.Kinpika
NYR
Overview:
Kenta Sakaguchi was a yakuza member and he spent 13 years in prison for killing a rival yakuza boss. Hidehiko Hirohashi was a secretary for a politician. He took the blame for the politician’s act. Isao Okawara was a self-defense official, but he took in arms against the government. Kenta Sakaguchi, Hidehiko Hirohashi and Isao Okawara gather under retired ex-detective Gonzaemon Mukai. Kenta, Hidehiko and Isao get even with people who betrayed and deceived them.Priceless
8.4
Overview:
Originally a mid-level manager (Kimura Takuya) with a promising future in a big corporation and loved by his subordinates, the life of this elite employee changes dramatically one day. Having for some reason attracted the attention of the senior management, he is framed for a crime which he knows nothing of and forced out of the workplace. Even after that, he is assailed by a series of surprises and in one day, he loses his house, wealth and handphone until he is without a cent to his name. At his wits end, he comes to a park where he encounters two children. Learning from them how to survive even if he does not have money, he somehow weathers this crisis and discovers the truly important and priceless things in life. The good thing about him is that his carefree personality amazingly does not shift. It is not resentment and bitterness that become his driving force, but the love and help of the people he meets that enables him to keep go forward step by step.Jaja 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.有母親等待的故鄉
NYR
Overview:
For office worker Toru Matsunaga (played by Nakai Kiichi), this is his return to his hometown after 40 years of absence. When he returned to his hometown with vague memories, his mother (Nobuko Miyamoto) greeted him with a smile. Seeing his mother happily taking care of him, the home he misses, and the cooking he misses, Tohru feels at ease. But I don’t know why, but I can’t remember my mother’s “name”… On the other hand, Natsuki Koga (played by Nanako Matsushima) also returned to her long-lost hometown. The place where Xia Sheng goes is also a home where "the same mother" is waiting. Seiichi Murota (played by Kuranosuke Sasaki), whose wife separated from him, also went to his "hometown" where "the same mother" is waiting in order to find a place to stay...Semi-double
NYR
Overview:
Ki-ichi Nakai acts university professor Jinguji studying psychology. For his heartless character, the university students are afraid of him. One day, Jinguji saves fashion model Misaki (Izumi Inamori) at a station. Then, a love story between the cold professor and the model starts. Later, a doctor informs Misaki of cancer, and removes her nipples. Sharan Q vocalist Tsunku acts a supply teacher of the university, and Shinobu Ohtake acts a woman professor named Tsuzuki.Lunch ON!
NYR
Overview:
From salarymen's lunches to the CEOs of trending companies, and even admired sports players. Thoroughly watching the various lunches of people from diverse occupations. Unveiling the astonishing rule of 'this lunch for this job,' as well as episodes of laughter and tears. Starting with lunch, we joyfully and keenly observe the joys, angers, sorrows, and pleasures of the people working in modern Japan!"Barefoot Gen
NYR
Overview:
Hadashi no Gen is a Japanese television special drama. The drama come from the one of the popular manga "Barefoot Gen" written by Keiji Nakazawa, from his real experiences as an atomic bomb survivor. The drama was the third special drama of the Sen no Kaze ni Natte drama special by Fuji Television in 2007.Acting
TBAはだしのゲン (1 Episode) as 中岡 大吉
2025YUKIKAZE as Unknown
2025Second to Last Love 3 (11 Episodes) as 长仓和平
2024Silence of the Sea as Suiken
2024Haha no Matsu Sato (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2024有母親等待的故鄉 (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2023We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams as Norio Koike
2022The Travel Nurse (17 Episodes) as Kuki Shizuka
2022Dreaming of the Meridian Arc as Unknown
2022「銀座ゴルフ倶楽部 presented by テーラーメイド」 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2021Kareinaru ichizoku (12 Episodes) as Manpyo Daisuke
2020劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 as Unknown
2020Kyouen NG (7 Episodes) as Toyama Eiji
2020We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous as Norio Koike
2019風博士 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019Hit Me Anyone One More Time as Keisuke Kuroda
2019Aircraft Carrier Ibuki as Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
2018Memory (12 Episodes) as Hidehisa Honjo
2018娘の結婚 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2018We Make Antiques! as Norio Koike
2017Flower and Sword as Nobunaga Oda
2016Kofuku no Alibi: Picture as Unknown
2016Good Morning Show as Shingo Sumida
2016Ken San as Narrator
2016Kinpika (5, 5 Episode) as Kenta Sakaguchi, 阪口健太
2015Again as Haruhiko Sakacho
2014Snow on The Blades as Kingo Shimura
2014Time Never Stops as Ryosuke Saigo
2013Kumokiri Nizaemon (53 Episodes) as Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013SWITCH Interview Masters (1 Episode) as Unknown
2012Second to Last Love as Unknown
2012Priceless (10 Episodes) as Kengo Moai
2012中国文明の謎 (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2012Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer as Mitsukuni Mito
2012Keigo Higashino Mysteries (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2012The Wings of the Kirin as Takeaki Aoyagi
2012Second to Last Love (34 Episodes) as Nagakura Wahei
2012Taira no Kiyomori (54, 4 Episode) as Taira no Tadamori, Unknown
2011Wild 7 as Unknown
2011A Flawless Concierge as Unknown
2011Short Cut as Unknown
2011A Ghost of a Chance as Osano
2011Princess Toyotomi as Koichi Sanada
2011Lunch ON! (11 Episodes) as Self (narration)
2011The Warring States as King of Qi
2010Railways as Hajime Tsutsui
2010The History of Our Family (3 Episodes) as Jyuichi Shishimaru
2010Pro Bono as Sawaki
2009Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess as Hiroshi Kataoka
2009Smile (11 Episodes) as Ito Kazuma
2008Garden of the Wind (11 Episodes) as Sadami Shiratori
2008Samurai Gangsters as Jirocho Shimizu
2008The Magic Hour as Toru Iwata
2007Phoenix as Unknown
2007Hero as Akihiko Takida
2007Barefoot Gen (2 Episodes) as Daikichi Nakaoka
2007Dororo as Kagemitsu Daigo
2006Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company as Unknown
2005Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles as Kenichi Takata (voice)
2005A Hardest Night!! as Hashita
2005Aegis as Yong Fa
2005Yoshitsune (49 Episodes) as Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
2003Onmyoji II as Genkaku
2003Rockers as Unknown
2003Warriors of Heaven and Earth as Lai Qi
2003When the Last Sword Is Drawn as Kanichiro Yoshimura
2003Musashi (49 Episodes) as Munenori Yagyu
2002Shura Group Part 2 as Unknown
2002Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover as Unknown
2002Shura Group as Unknown
2002Shura Group Part 1 as Unknown
2002Shura Group Part 3 as Unknown
2001Love From a Lie (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2001The Firefly as Unknown
2001Bring Me to the Hotel (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Darkness in the Light as Makoto Sasano
2000Tales of the Unusual as (segment "Samurai Cellular")
2000Shinsengumi as Unknown
1999玩具の神様 (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Owls' Castle as Tsuzura Juzo
1999Semi-double (1 Episode) as Sho Jinguji
1999Zankyo as Unknown
1998Falling into the Evening as Shibata
1998Begging for Love as Fumio Chin
1998Love Letter as Unknown
1996I Miss Age 35 (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Love Still Hasn't Begun (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1995MARKS as Yuichiro Goda
199447 Ronin as Matashiro Irobe
1994Good Mourning (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Natsuko no Sake (11 Episodes) as 佐伯康男
1993Marriage as Masahiko Tendo
1993Jaja uma narashi (12 Episodes) as Ryuichiro Yamada
1993Fusa as Unknown
1993Moving as Kenichi
1992Unmei no gyakuten: Nusuma reta kigyô himitsu! as Unknown
1992Gekashitsu as Kiyonaga
1991Yakuza Warfare as Unknown
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (6 Episodes) as Unknown
19901750 Days of Turbulence as Unknown
1990Tokyo Heaven as Fumio Amamiya
1990Tales of the Bizarre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Those Swell Yakuza as Unknown
1988Takeda Shingen (50 Episodes) as Takeda Shingen
1987Princess from the Moon as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
1987Actress as Heinosuke Gosho
1986The Greatest Man in the World as Nise
1986The Hall of the Crying Deer as Unknown
1986Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies as Kenjiro Shimada
1986Big Joys, Small Sorrows as Unknown
1986Rice Curry (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1985The Empty Table as Otohiko Kidoji
1985The Burmese Harp as Pvt. Mizushima
1984Make-Up as Kusaka
1984F2 Grand Prix as Nakano
1983Tora-san Goes Religious? as Kazumichi
1983Lanterns on Blue Waters as Unknown
1983Legend of Plumeria as Shinji Terao
1983ふぞろいの林檎たち (47 Episodes) as 仲手川 良雄
1981The Imperial Navy as Masato Odagiri