Arata Furuta
Acting Born Dec 3, 1965 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 167 credits
Biography
Arata Furuta is a Japanese theatre and film character actor. He was born as Furuta Takefumi on December 3, 1965, in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. His stage name is written in Japanese as 古田新太. Active in acting, he is known for a broad range of roles that spans from playing serious salarymen to bushi in period drama roles, and even women. His known credits include appearances in numerous films and television shows. Among the works associated with his career are the projects Yusha Yoshihiko to maô no shiro, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, and Fumo chitai. He is recognized for his extensive filmography and work across theatre and cinema in Japan.
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Career overview
Arata Furuta is a Japanese theatre and film character actor. Born as Furuta Takefumi on December 3 in 1965 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, he is known for his extensive work in acting with a large number of known credits in movies and television shows.
Throughout his career, Furuta has demonstrated a broad acting range. His performances span a wide variety of roles, ranging from serious salarymen and bushi in period drama roles to portraying women. His filmography includes appearances in various films and television series, and he has gained recognition for his work in projects such as Yusha Yoshihiko to maô no shiro, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, and Fumo chitai.
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Frequent co-stars
Yoshiki Kanahashi
8 shared titles
Yasukaze Motomiya
6 shared titles
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
6 shared titles
Yoshimi Tachi
6 shared titles
Takashi Kitadai
6 shared titles
Tatsuya Nakazawa
6 shared titles
Hiroto Honda
6 shared titles
Kenta Kawasaki
6 shared titles
Katsuya
6 shared titles
Yutaka Kyan
6 shared titles
Career timeline
Extremely Inappropriate! New Years Special
CoachFaking BeethovenShe Taught Me SerendipityOne Last ThrowNursing Aide at Your Side SP
Extremely Inappropriate!MONSTERNursing Aide at Your SideSilent Love劇団☆新感線 ゲキ×シネ 『バサラオ』
Marriage Is Difficult for a NinjaUndercover Investigator Matsushita KoheiFixerLet's Get DivorcedPolice and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge
DoronjoMy Cuteness Is About to Expire!?KappeiDakara Korosenakatta
Kamen Rider: Beyond GenerationsSUPER RICHThe Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's SpecialJUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLDIntolerance
YellWe Married as a Job: New Year's SpecialNot Quite Dead Yet獣道一直線！！！全身刑事
PromareDragon Quest: Your StoryWhere Have My Skirts Gone?Kokichi's WifeI Turn
Late Night! The Genius BakabonRoad To Eden
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~Fugitive BoysPokémon the Movie: I Choose You!Shimokitazawa Die HardThe Public Enemy
Shin GodzillaThe Full-Time Wife EscapistOne Piece Film: GOLDThe Mole Song: Hong Kong CapriccioKeishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka
The God of RiskPartner In DarknessApril Fools
Nobunaga ConcertoOne Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his FriendsBorderThe Long GoodbyeCover-up Investigation
AmachanHanzawa NaokiShiren & RagiSpace Pirate Captain HarlockThe Wrong Man
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonResident: Story of 5 InternsTeppei 1990Soupfukusuke
The Brave 'Yoshihiko'Goemon Rock 2: Rose and SamuraiRanma ½Ninja Kids!!!Shitsuren Hoken
13 AssassinsBad Boy and Good GirlThe Seaside Motel
Wasted Land20th Century Boys 3: Redemption20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hopeイケ麺新そば屋探偵～いいんだぜ！～印獣
Saito-sanGenius Party BeyondOh! My Girl!!The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. SasakiYume wo Kanaeru Zo
HeroKung Fu KidDog in a SidecarApartment 1303Cain's Descendant
Gal CircleShimokita SundaysPrimadamKisarazu Cat's Eye: World SeriesHana
Tokyo FriendsYaji & Kita: The Midnight PilgrimsHaruka SeventeenThe All-Out Nine: Field of NightmaresTokyo Zombie
Divorce LawyerZebramanMilk White鈍獣
Karaoke TerrorSamurai Resurrectionぼくの魔法使いKisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon SeriesHard Luck Hero
恋に唄えば♪Kisarazu Cat's EyeGhiblies: Episode 2HRNinpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Shushuuto: The Movie
Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
Riot in Gujo
NODA・MAP版「パンドラの鐘」Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
Popolocrois Monogatari
Junk FoodAkagi the Gambler II
Full Filmography
167 titles- Extremely Inappropriate! New Years Special (2026) as Inushima Yuzuru
- Coach (2025)
- Faking Beethoven (2025) as Ludwig van Beethoven
- She Taught Me Serendipity (2025) as Sasaki
- One Last Throw (2025) as Kakefu Masayuki
- Nursing Aide at Your Side SP (2025)
- 大阪激流伝 (2025) as Narrator
- The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year (2025)
- Extremely Inappropriate! (2024) as Inushima Yuzuru [2024]
- MONSTER (2024) as Tsubuki Haruaki
- Nursing Aide at Your Side (2024) as Higami Ikuo
- Silent Love (2024) as Ippei Kunita
- 劇団☆新感線 ゲキ×シネ 『バサラオ』 (2024)
- Rose & Samurai 2: Return of the Pirate Queen (2024) as Goemon
- Marriage Is Difficult for a Ninja (2023) as Ryuhei Tsukino
- Undercover Investigator Matsushita Kohei (2023) as Arata Furuta
- Fixer (2023) as Eiichi Oonuki
- Let's Get Divorced (2023) as Henry K. Ishihara
- Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge (2023)
- The Village (2023) as Shusaku Ohashi
- Parasite (2023)
- Shaman Star (2023) as Hanbei
- Doronjo (2022) as Gunsawa
- My Cuteness Is About to Expire!? (2022) as [Mysterious man]
- Kappei (2022) as Shihan
- Dakara Korosenakatta (2022) as Mitsuo Ishibashi
- Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations (2021) as Hideo Momose / Kamen Rider Century
- SUPER RICH (2021)
- The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special (2021) as Yoritsuna Numata
- JUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021) as Koichi Kanzaki
- Intolerance (2021) as Mitsuru Soeda
- 月影花之丞大逆転 (2021)
- Yell (2020)
- We Married as a Job: New Year's Special (2020)
- Not Quite Dead Yet (2020) as Kei's former colleague
- 獣道一直線！！！ (2020)
- 全身刑事 (2020) as Kashiya Hagura
- 劇場の灯を消すな！サンシャイン劇場編 (2020)
- Wonderful Paradise (2020) as Man in Fried Noodle Shop
- Promare (2019) as Deus Prometh (voice)
- Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019) as Mildrath (voice)
- Where Have My Skirts Gone? (2019) as Nobuo Harada
- Kokichi's Wife (2019) as Katsuya Adachi
- I Turn (2019) as Iwakiri Takeshi
- Seven Souls in the Skull Castle – Season Flower (2019)
- Siren in the Shadows (2019)
- Kemuri no Gundan (2019)
- Late Night! The Genius Bakabon (2018) as パパ
- Road To Eden (2018) as Adam
- Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~ (2017)
- Fugitive Boys (2017) as Sojuro Wajima
- Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017) as Bonji (voice)
- Shimokitazawa Die Hard (2017) as [Regular patron]
- The Public Enemy (2017) as Kazuhisa Inusaki
- Napping Princess (2017) as Ichiro Watanabe / Bewan (voice)
- Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017) as Tenzuki (voice)
- BORDER Redemption (2017)
- Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale (2017) as Amakasu
- Stray Nightingale (2017)
- Ancien and the Magic Tablet: Another Story (2017) as Ichiro Watanabe (voice) / Bewan (voice)
- Ashiato Hime (2017)
- Shin Godzilla (2016) as Sawaguchi : Police Agency Commissioner General's Secretariat
- The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016) as Numata Yoritsuna
- One Piece Film: GOLD (2016) as Kent Beef Jr. / Pork (voice)
- The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016) as Momoji Sakuraba
- Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka (2016) as Kanta Ishinabe
- Rudolf the Black Cat (2016) as Devil (Voice)
- Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016) as Hisahide Matsunaga
- Too Young To Die! (2016) as Principal
- Samurai Hustle Returns (2016) as Tadasuke Ooka
- Death on Gokumon Island (2016) as Kihei Kitō
- Botchan (2016) as Yama Arashi
- Deep Sea of Tree (2016)
- Prison Gate Island (2016) as Gihei
- The God of Risk (2015) as Toshio Tanegashima
- Partner In Darkness (2015) as Shinji Daigo
- April Fools (2015) as Store Manager
- Nobunaga Concerto (2014) as Hisahide Matsunaga
- One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends (2014) as Byrnndi World (voice)
- Border (2014) as Akai
- The Long Goodbye (2014) as Joji Kamiido
- Cover-up Investigation (2014)
- Typhoon Family (2014)
- Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III (2014) as Goemon
- Manju Kowai (2014)
- Amachan (2013) as Taichi Aramaki
- Hanzawa Naoki (2013) as Yōichirō Mikasa
- Shiren & Ragi (2013)
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) as Yattaran (voice)
- The Wrong Man (2013) as Yujiro Sawaki
- Trembling Cow (2013)
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Seishiro Fujikawa（富士川 清志郎）
- Resident: Story of 5 Interns (2012) as Tabuchi Ikuo
- Teppei 1990 (2012) as Takano Kiyofumi [2012]
- Soup (2012) as Ichi Kondo
- fukusuke (2012)
- The Tang of Lemon (2012)
- The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011)
- Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai (2011)
- Ranma ½ (2011) as Genma Saotome
- Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
- Shitsuren Hoken (2011) as Eitarou Tokura
- 13 Assassins (2010) as Heizo Sahara
- Bad Boy and Good Girl (2010) as Chuta Shinagawa
- The Seaside Motel (2010) as Katsutoshi Ota
- Wasted Land (2009) as Kunio Ashida
- 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) as Haruo Nami
- 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) as Haru Namio
- イケ麺新そば屋探偵～いいんだぜ！～ (2009) as 이케다 마사히코
- 印獣 (2009)
- Goemon Rock (2009)
- Saito-san (2008) as Masayuki Mochizuki
- Genius Party Beyond (2008) as (segment "Moondrive") (voice)
- Oh! My Girl!! (2008) as Hirofumi Sugawara
- The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki (2008) as Inoki Tetsuo
- Yume wo Kanaeru Zo (2008) as Ganesha
- Yume wo Kanaeru Zo SP (2008) as Ganesha
- The Last Princess (2008)
- Life Improvement Club (2008) as Shoichi Komori
- Hero (2007) as Shuji Gouda
- Kung Fu Kid (2007) as CM Tarento
- Dog in a Sidecar (2007) as Makoto Kondo
- Apartment 1303 (2007) as Detective Sakurai
- Cain's Descendant (2007)
- Gal Circle (2006) as Geronimo III
- Shimokita Sundays (2006) as Nobuo Shimouma
- Primadam (2006) as Kotaro Manda
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006) as Ozzy
- Hana (2006) as Sadashiro
- 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」 (2006)
- Tokyo Friends: The Movie (2006) as Takeshi Wada
- A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth (2006) as Tanaka
- Our War (2006)
- Tokyo Friends (2005) as Takeshi Wada（和田 岳志）
- Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005) as Shimizu Jirocho
- Haruka Seventeen (2005) as Fukuhara Tsuyoshi
- The All-Out Nine: Field of Nightmares (2005)
- Tokyo Zombie (2005) as Ishihara
- Hold Up Down (2005) as Maeda
- Divorce Lawyer (2004) as Takeshi Nakamura
- Zebraman (2004) as Eggplant Vendor
- Milk White (2004)
- 鈍獣 (2004)
- Karaoke Terror (2003) as Sakaguchi
- Samurai Resurrection (2003) as Hozoin Inshun
- ぼくの魔法使い (2003)
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003) as Ozzy
- Hard Luck Hero (2003)
- 恋に唄えば♪ (2002)
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002) as Ozzy
- Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002) as Oku-chan (Voice)
- HR (2002) as Joe Tabuchi
- Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Shushuuto: The Movie (2002) as Hisaru
- Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na (2001)
- Riot in Gujo (2000) as Kishiro
- NODA・MAP版「パンドラの鐘」 (1999)
- Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid (1999)
- Popolocrois Monogatari (1998) as Gamigamimaō
- Junk Food (1997) as Yokoyama
- Akagi the Gambler II (1997)
- Prison Hotel (1996)
- Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996) as Naoya Moriyasu
- The Tales of a couple of Minami Rascals: What’s the Big Deal? Vol. 2 (1995)
- The Miracle on a Christmas Night (1995)
- 傷だらけの蝙蝠 (1993)
- 朧の森に棲む鬼
- Inpei Sousa as Itami Shuntaro
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Arata Furuta best known for?
Arata Furuta is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Extremely Inappropriate! (2024), Yell (2020), Promare (2019), Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~ (2017).
When and where was Arata Furuta born?
Arata Furuta was born on December 3, 1965 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
How many credits does Arata Furuta have?
Arata Furuta has accumulated over 167 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1993 to 2026.
What is Arata Furuta's background in cinema and television?
Arata Furuta is a Japanese theatre and film character actor. He was born as Furuta Takefumi on December 3, 1965, in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. His stage name is written in Japanese as 古田新太. Active in acting, he is known for a broad range of roles that spans from playing serious salarymen to bushi in period drama roles, and ev...
Arata Furuta by the numbers
167credits
101films
66TV series
1993–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Hanzawa Naoki (2013) as Yōichirō Mikasa — aged about 47
- Amachan (2013) as Taichi Aramaki — aged about 47
- Extremely Inappropriate! (2024) as Inushima Yuzuru [2024] — aged about 58
- Yell (2020) — aged about 54
- The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011) — aged about 45
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Seishiro Fujikawa（富士川 清志郎） — aged about 46
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