Portrait of Kitaro

Acting

Kitaro

Career

Active from 1993 to 2026, busiest in 2014 and 2018 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kitaro Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.5, average 3.3
  • Historical
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Politics
    1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Emotional Complexity 2
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

14 titles · average score 74
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! (2026)

TV show · as Tobizaru

House of Sayuri
House of Sayuri (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as Shozo Kamiki

Eating Rice and Announcing Flowers
Eating Rice and Announcing Flowers (2024)

TV show · as Masao

Sanctuary
Sanctuary (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show

Draft King
Draft King (2023)

TV show

Ningen Kowai
Ningen Kowai (2022)

TV show

Everything Will Be Owlright!
Everything Will Be Owlright! (2022)

as Kitaro

A Man
A Man (2022)
GoodWatch score 82

as Ito

My Cuteness Is About to Expire!?
My Cuteness Is About to Expire!? (2022)

TV show

Romance Doll
Romance Doll (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kinji Aikawa

Gone Wednesday
Gone Wednesday (2020)

as Ando

Operation Z
Operation Z (2020)

TV show · as Kozo Kajino

2010s

29 titles · average score 71
Radiation House
Radiation House (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Teppei Yanagida

Love and Fortune
Love and Fortune (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Keisuke Naruse

My Retirement, My Life
My Retirement, My Life (2018)

as Yoshihiko Kanda

Suits
Suits (2018)

TV show · as Tatsuki Okabayashi

Mumon: The Land of Stealth
Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as Hanroku Otowa

Let's Go, Jets!
Let's Go, Jets! (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

as Principal

Time Spiral
Time Spiral (2014)

TV show · as Prof. Chubachi

A Drop of the Grapevine
A Drop of the Grapevine (2014)

as Miura

A Story of Yonosuke
A Story of Yonosuke (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

as Yozo Yokomichi

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Kinomoto

Solitary Gourmet
Solitary Gourmet (2012)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

2000s

11 titles · average score 68
The Chef of South Polar
The Chef of South Polar (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

as Taicho

Dororo
Dororo (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as Palm Reader

GARO
GARO (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Harima

Séance
Séance (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

as Detective

Summer Nude
Summer Nude (2003)

as 渡久地五郎

Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP (2003)

as Yoshioka

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show

Kisarazu Cat's Eye
Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Bag Thief

Red Shadow
Red Shadow (2001)
GoodWatch score 52

as Roushi

Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Tamasaburo Kazari

Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Yoshioka Yasushi

1990s

8 titles · average score 69
Railroad Man
Railroad Man (1999)
GoodWatch score 72

as Milkman

Samurai Fiction
Samurai Fiction (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as Doi

Bayside Shakedown
Bayside Shakedown (1997)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Salaryman

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996)

as Maruyama

In Tomoko's Case
In Tomoko's Case (1996)

as Ropeway man

Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)

TV show · as 野崎

Gensen-Kan Inn
Gensen-Kan Inn (1993)

as Suyama

Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki (1992)
GoodWatch score 52

as Chio's Subordinate

1980s

1 title · average score 71
A Taxing Woman's Return
A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

as Sadao

1970s

1 title · average score 69
Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider (1971)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Tamasaburo Kazari