Portrait of Katsuhisa Namase

Acting

Katsuhisa Namase

Career

Active from 1988 to 2026, busiest in 2014 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
39
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Katsuhisa Namase Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Eroticism
    1.1, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 10
  • Japanese Drama 7
  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Japanese Mystery 6
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Eccentric Characters 5
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Japanese Crime Drama 3
  • Slice of Life 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

167
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

39 titles · average score 69
Maison Prison
Maison Prison (2026)

TV show · as Irie Takao

Time Loop Detective
Time Loop Detective (2026)

TV show · as Atsushi Kurosaki

Black Showman
Black Showman (2025)

as Daisuke Kogure

Shinjuku Field Hospital
Shinjuku Field Hospital (2024)

TV show · as Keizo Takamine

Bad Lands
Bad Lands (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

as Takagi

Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle
Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle (2023)

TV show · as Yokota Munenori

Hayabusa Fire Brigade
Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023)

TV show · as Kensaku Yamahara

Ten Count to the Future
Ten Count to the Future (2022)

TV show · as Hajime Nekobayashi

Kotaro Lives Alone
Kotaro Lives Alone (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Tamaru Isamu

Kaiji: Final Game
Kaiji: Final Game (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

as Kotaro Sakazaki

The Smiling Man
The Smiling Man (2020)

as Hajime Inoue

Godai - The Wunderkind
Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)

as Hidetaka Godai

2010s

69 titles · average score 69
Dying Eye
Dying Eye (2019)

TV show · as Koichi Eshima

Your Turn to Kill
Your Turn to Kill (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Junichiro Tamiya

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
GoodWatch score 87

as David Shield (voice)

The Noble Detective
The Noble Detective (2017)

TV show

Beppin-san
Beppin-san (2016)

TV show · as Isoya Bando

Otoko Meshi
Otoko Meshi (2016)

TV show · as Yanagiba Ryuichi

Truth of Zero
Truth of Zero (2014)

TV show · as Ikuo Izumisawa

Saving My Stupid Youth
Saving My Stupid Youth (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Daizaburo Sannomiya

Legal High SP
Legal High SP (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

as Choichiro Miki

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kotaro Sakazaki

Keibuho Yabe Kenzo
Keibuho Yabe Kenzo (2010)

TV show · as Kenzo Yabe

Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kenzo Yabe

2000s

42 titles · average score 65
The Chef of South Polar
The Chef of South Polar (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mr. Moto

Gokusen: The Movie
Gokusen: The Movie (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as Goro Sawatari

Sideways
Sideways (2009)
GoodWatch score 51

as Daisuke Uehara

Yatterman
Yatterman (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

as Boyacky

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as Donkey

Mother at Fourteen
Mother at Fourteen (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Ichinose Tadahiko

Suite Dreams
Suite Dreams (2006)
GoodWatch score 66

as Takashi Seo

Gal Circle
Gal Circle (2006)

TV show · as Tetsuo Yanagishita

Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

as Akihiko Mori

Gokusen
Gokusen (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Goro Sawatari

Trick: The Movie
Trick: The Movie (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

as Kenzo Yabe

Trick
Trick (2000)

TV show · as Kenzo Yabe

1990s

15 titles · average score 79
Don't be a cry baby
Don't be a cry baby (1999)

TV show · as Kurokawa Yukihiko

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

as Yawata Marine Insurance representative

Keizoku Special: Phantom
Keizoku Special: Phantom (1999)

as Toyama Kintaro

New Flight by Night
New Flight by Night (1999)

TV show

You Don't Know That, Teacher?
You Don't Know That, Teacher? (1998)

TV show

My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon (1997)

as Lion (voice)

Love Generation
Love Generation (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Ando

Love Vacance
Love Vacance (1997)

TV show

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

as Shinichi Suzuki

San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku (1996)

TV show

Tokyo Cinderella Story
Tokyo Cinderella Story (1994)

TV show

Hana no Ran
Hana no Ran (1994)

TV show

1980s

1 title
Jun-chan's Cheering Song
Jun-chan's Cheering Song (1988)

TV show · as Kiyohiko

1970s

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

TV show · as Junichirou Tokiwa