Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa
Etsushi Toyokawa
豊川悦司
	Toyokawa in 2022
Born	March 18, 1962 (age 62); Yao, Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Etsushi Toyokawa (Japanese: 豊川悦司, Hepburn: Toyokawa Etsushi, born March 18, 1962) is a Japanese actor.

Biography

Born in Yao, Osaka, he studied at Shimizudani High School, and eventually dropped out of Kwansei Gakuin University to pursue a career in acting. He began by joining the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe "Under Thirty," which was known for the membership of another famous actor, Watanabe Eriko, at the time. Though like many new theatre actors at the time, he struggled to make ends meet until he got his first big break in 1992, in the television drama Night Head alongside Shinji Takeda, as one of two brothers with supernatural powers.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993 he won the "Newcomer of the Year" award for his drama Kira Kira Hikaru, and the Popularity Award in 1996 for his work in the drama Love Letter.^{[citation needed]}

He also won the Japanese Academy Award as best supporting actor three times, the Hochi Film Award for Love Letter, No Way Back and Hanako.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Kimi wa Boku ni Suki ni Naru
1990	Boiling Point	Okinawa-Rengou Kumichou
1990	Byouin e Ikou
1991	The Gentle Twelve	Juror 11		^[2]
1992	Kira Kira Hikaru	Mutsuki Kishida
1993	Tsuribaka Nisshi 6
1994	Undo	Yukio
	Night Head	Naoto Kirihara	Leading role
	Ghost Pub	Nobuya Sugimoto
1995	Love Letter	Shigeru Akiba
	No Way Back	Yuji Kobayashi	American film
	School Mystery	Yuji Sakamoto	Also known as Phantom of the Toilet
1996	Yatsuhaka-Mura	Kosuke Kindaichi	Leading role
1997	Kizu Darake no Tenshi	Mitsuru Kida	Leading role
2000	Face	Hiroyuki Nakagami
	Zawazawa Shimokitazawa
	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity	Kadoya Kaneo
2002	Inochi	Yutaka Higashi
2002	Dog Star	Shiro
2003	Moon Child	vampire Luca
2004	Tange Sazen	Tange Sazen	Leading role
2004	Lakeside Murder Case	Masaru Tsukumi
2005	The Man Behind the Scissors	Yasunaga
	Year One in the North	Ashirika
	The Great Yokai War	Yasunori Katō
	Loft	Makoto Yoshioka
2006	Hula Girls	Yojiro Tanikawa
2006	Nihon Chinbotsu	Yusuke Tadokoro
2007	Tsubaki Sanjuro	Hanbei Muroto	Remake of the Kurosawa film
	The Kiss	Akio Sakaguchi
	Southbound	Ichiro Uehara	Leading role
	The Investigation Game	Fumihiko Makishima	Leading role
2008	10 Promises to My Dog	Yuichi Saito
	Teacher and Three Children	Yoshihito Yamazaki
	20th Century Boys	Otcho
2009	20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope	Otcho
2009	20th Century Boys 3: Redemption	Otcho
2010	Sword of Desperation	Kanemi Sanzaemon	Leading role
	A Good Husband	Shunsuke Kitami	Leading role
	Postcard	Keita Matsuyama	Leading role
2013	Platinum Data	Reiji Asama
2013	Human Trust	Harry Endo
2014	Judge!	Ichirō Ōtaki
	Climbing to Spring	Goro Tada
	Her Granddaughter	Jun Kaieda	Leading role	^[3]
2016	Black Widow Business	Tōru Kashiwagi
2017	March Comes in Like a Lion	Kōda
	March Goes out Like a Lamb	Kōda
	The Blue Hearts	Tatsuya Akiyama
2018	Flea-picking Samurai	Senbē
	Laplace's Witch	Amakasu
	Punk Samurai Slash Down	Naitō Tatewaki
2019	Paradise Next	Shima	Leading role, Taiwanese-Japanese film
	Midway	Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto	American film
	Samurai Marathon	Ioki Suketora
2020	Last Letter	Atō
2021	Ito	Kōichi Sōma		^[4]
	One Summer Story	Tomomitsu Waragai
	I Never Shot Anyone	Atō
	Every Trick in the Book	Kenjirō Kurata		^[5]
2022	My Brother, The Android and Me	Kaoru Kiryu	Leading role	^[6]
	Kingdom 2: Far and Away	Biao Gong		^[7]
	2 Women	Atsurō Shiraki	Leading role	^[8]
2023	Baian the Assassin, M.D.	Fujieda Baian	Leading role	^[9]
	Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2	Fujieda Baian	Leading role	^[9]
	And So I'm at a Loss	Kōji		^[10]
	Revolver Lily	Kinya Hosomi		^[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	Taiheiki	Kichiji	Taiga drama
1993	Homura Tatsu	Kiyohara no Iehira	Taiga drama	^[12]
1995	Tell Me That You Love Me	Koji Sakaki	Leading role
1997	Aoi Tori	Yoshimori Shibata	Leading role
2006	Bengoshi no Kuzu	Kuzu Motohito	Leading role
2011	Go	Oda Nobunaga	Taiga drama	^[13]
2012	Beautiful Rain	Keisuke Kinoshita	Leading role
2018	Half Blue Sky	Haori Akikaze	Asadora
2020	Earwig and the Witch	Mandrake (voice)	TV movie
2020	The Fugitive	Masami Hosaka	Mini-series
2021–24	No Activity	Shingo Tokita	Leading role; 2 seasons	^[14]
2024	Tokyo Swindlers	Harrison Yamanaka	Leading role	^[15]

Video games

Lost Odyssey (2008)

References

^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
^ "12人の優しい日本人". eiga.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Live-Action Otoko no Isshō Film's Trailer Previews Love Story". Anime News Network. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
^ "いとみち". Osaka Asian Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ "藤原竜也が2人!?土屋太鳳、風間俊介、西野七瀬、豊川悦司との共演作公開". Natalie. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "豊川悦司＆安藤政信が義兄弟、阪本順治監督が"究極の孤独"描く問題作『弟とアンドロイドと僕』公開". Cinema Cafe. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
^ "「キングダム2」豊川悦司が秦の大将軍・麃公に、小澤征悦、高橋努、渋川清彦も出演". Natalie. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
^ "あちらにいる鬼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "鬼平犯科帳：松本幸四郎が5代目長谷川平蔵に「仕掛人・藤枝梅安」は豊川悦司が主人公・梅安". Mantan.web. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ "藤ヶ谷太輔主演『そして僕は途方に暮れる』、前田敦子、豊川悦司、香里奈ら全キャスト解禁". Crank-in!. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ "行定勲の監督作「リボルバー・リリー」主演は綾瀬はるか、長谷川博己やジェシーも参加". Natalie. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ "炎立つ". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "江姫たちの戦国". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "豊川悦司×中村倫也の刑事コンビ再び『No Activity』シーズン2配信決定木村佳乃&清野菜名も続投". Oricon (in Japanese). July 2, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
^ "綾野剛×豊川悦司、ダブル主演で『地面師たち』映像化大根仁が監督・脚本". Oricon. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

External links

Etsushi Toyokawa at IMDb

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[1] 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

[2] "12人の優しい日本人". eiga.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[3] "Live-Action Otoko no Isshō Film's Trailer Previews Love Story". Anime News Network. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.

[4] "いとみち". Osaka Asian Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

[5] "藤原竜也が2人!?土屋太鳳、風間俊介、西野七瀬、豊川悦司との共演作公開". Natalie. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[6] "豊川悦司＆安藤政信が義兄弟、阪本順治監督が"究極の孤独"描く問題作『弟とアンドロイドと僕』公開". Cinema Cafe. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

[7] "「キングダム2」豊川悦司が秦の大将軍・麃公に、小澤征悦、高橋努、渋川清彦も出演". Natalie. Retrieved March 8, 2022.

[8] "あちらにいる鬼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[baian-9] "鬼平犯科帳：松本幸四郎が5代目長谷川平蔵に「仕掛人・藤枝梅安」は豊川悦司が主人公・梅安". Mantan.web. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[10] "藤ヶ谷太輔主演『そして僕は途方に暮れる』、前田敦子、豊川悦司、香里奈ら全キャスト解禁". Crank-in!. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[11] "行定勲の監督作「リボルバー・リリー」主演は綾瀬はるか、長谷川博己やジェシーも参加". Natalie. Archived from the original on February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[12] "炎立つ". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[13] "江姫たちの戦国". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[14] "豊川悦司×中村倫也の刑事コンビ再び『No Activity』シーズン2配信決定木村佳乃&清野菜名も続投". Oricon (in Japanese). July 2, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

[15] "綾野剛×豊川悦司、ダブル主演で『地面師たち』映像化大根仁が監督・脚本". Oricon. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

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