Portrait of Dai Watanabe

Acting

Dai Watanabe

Career

Active from 2006 to 2025, busiest in 2009 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Vampire Island
Vampire Island
GoodWatch score55/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dai Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.3, average 3.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.5, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Japanese Television 2
  • Police Procedural 2
  • Japanese Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 66
Sudden Marriage
Sudden Marriage (2025)

TV show · as Masaya Ikezaki

Six Lying University Students
Six Lying University Students (2024)
GoodWatch score 60

as Norichika Ishikawa

Smiling  Matryoshka
Smiling Matryoshka (2024)

TV show · as Koichi Sasaki

Akinai Seiden: Kin to Gin
Akinai Seiden: Kin to Gin (2023)

TV show

SEE HEAR LOVE
SEE HEAR LOVE (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jeweler

Kyoto as You've Never Seen It: A Tale of 1200 Years
Kyoto as You've Never Seen It: A Tale of 1200 Years (2023)

TV show

Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex!
Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex! (2022)

TV show · as Kenta Mizusawa

The Files of Young Kindaichi
The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Yosuke Itsuki

Kanakana
Kanakana (2022)

TV show · as Kubo

How About Coffee?
How About Coffee? (2021)

TV show

#Remolove
#Remolove (2020)

TV show

2010s

23 titles · average score 72
A Town and a Tall Chimney
A Town and a Tall Chimney (2019)

as Junpei Kaya

I Prefer Tomorrow's You
I Prefer Tomorrow's You (2018)

TV show · as Kuroda Tomohiro

The Usuke Boys
The Usuke Boys (2018)

as Okamura

A Family Goes Job Hunting
A Family Goes Job Hunting (2017)

TV show · as Yuto Makabe

Cold Case: Door of Truth
Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016)

TV show

Crossroads
Crossroads (2015)

as Kazunari Hamura

The Emperor in August
The Emperor in August (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

as Akitomi

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom (2014)

as Hiromi Natsume

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

as Seiku Arai

The Last Message
The Last Message (2012)

as Kazuyuki Ichinose

QP
QP (2011)

TV show · as Ryosuke Kimizuka

Kasha
Kasha (2011)

as Kazunari Kurihara

2000s

14 titles · average score 59
Vampire Island
Vampire Island (2009)
GoodWatch score 55

as Atsushi

Rinjo
Rinjo (2009)

TV show · as Kazuyuki Ichinose

Pride
Pride (2009)

as Ranmaru Ikenohata

The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keio
The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keio (2008)

as Junji Toda

Crows Zero
Crows Zero (2007)
GoodWatch score 72

as Bando Hideto

For Those We Love
For Those We Love (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

as Staff Sergeant Kato

Silver Mask
Silver Mask (2006)

as Yoshiaki Hongo

Miracle Zoo ~ The Asahiyama Zoo Story ~
Miracle Zoo ~ The Asahiyama Zoo Story ~ (2006)

TV show · as 勝山元気

GARO
GARO (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Matou

Water Boys
Water Boys (2003)

TV show · as Takahara's friend

Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman (2003)

as Tatsuya Morishita

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko (2002)

TV show

1990s

1 title
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show · as Yosuke Itsuki