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Acting

Masaya Katō

Career: Active from 1988 to 2026, busiest in 2001 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 34
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Fighter in the Wind
75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Masaya Katō Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
2.0, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Family Dynamics
3.6, average 4.8
Satire & Parody
1.3, average 2.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Japanese Cinema 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Fast-Paced 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Contemporary Setting 3
Political Intrigue 3
Social Commentary 2
Found Family 2
Legal Drama 2
Bleak Atmosphere 2
Complex Plot 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

116

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

35 titles · average score 68

Beside the Hearth at Alice-san's House

TV show · as Harunobu Moriyama

Inheritance Detective

69

TV show · as Kengo Jidori

Smiling Matryoshka

TV show · as Yoshitaka Wadajima

Like a Dragon: Yakuza

53

TV show · as Sohei Dojima

One Second Ahead, One Second Behind

64

as Heibē Sumeragi

Ultraman Blazar

81

TV show · as Retsu Haruno

Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny

70

as Shi Shi (Si Shi)

Hotel: Next Door

TV show · as Shu Haoren

The Honest Realtor

67

TV show · as Masaya Tsukishita

Dancing in her Dreams

as Kinoshita

Hope

as Teranuma Toshitsugu

The Gun 2020

as Tomita

2010s

28 titles · average score 65

The Nikaidos' Fall

as Tatsuya Nikaido

Kingdom

75

as Shi Shi (Si Shi)

Mampuku

TV show · as Kawakami Akira

Zebra

as Shimauma

RE:BORN

64

as Defence Force Commander

Terra Formars

52

as Keisuke Dojima

UNFAIR: the end

as Kaoru Mikami

Crime's Blank

as Mitsuru Takayama / Manager

Women Does Not Allow That

TV show · as Yuji Katsuragi

FLARE

as Ensai Ymazaki

Double Meaning

as Kaoru Mikami

UNFAIR: the answer

as Kaoru Mikami

2000s

31 titles · average score 57

Shinjuku Incident

64

as Toshinari Eguchi

Unfair

TV show · as Kaoru Mikami

The Last Supper

56

as Doctor Yuji Kotorida

The Files of Young Kindaichi: The Legendary Vampire Murders

as Isamu Kenmochi

Fighter in the Wind

75

as Kato

Aragami

70

as Aragami

The Man in White

66

as Azusa Moribe

Muscle Heat

44

as Rai Kenjin

Agitator

66

as Kunihiko

Women of the Night

52

as Sato

Brother

60

as Shirase

School Day of the Dead

50

as Isamu Kurabayashi

1990s

17 titles · average score 58

Godzilla

36

as Japanese Tanker Crew Member

Drive

65

as Advanced Model

The Pretender

83

TV show · as Tommy Tanaka

Crying Freeman

65

as Ryuji Hanada

Nobody

as Taki

The Seventh Floor

44

as Mitsuru

CrimeBroker

as Jin Okazaki

Walker, Texas Ranger

53

TV show · as Lu Chee

The Setting Sun

as Kaya Tatsuma

Gekashitsu

as Takamine

Talking Head

69

as Yamashita

Check

as Ryuzo Kayama

1980s

5 titles · average score 68

You'll Fall For Me

as Kyousuke Dazai

Tokyo: The Last War

as Yuko Nakamura

Four Days of Snow and Blood

68

as Tadashi Sakai

Seishun kazoku

TV show

Shiro and Marilyn

as Daisuke Nakazato