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Asao Koike

Acting Born Mar 18, 1931 Died Mar 23, 1985 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 177 credits
177
Total Credits
1953–1984
32 Years Career Span
43
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Asao Koike was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. His stage name is 小池朝雄. Born on March 18, 1931, in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, he was a male actor. Koike is known for his work in acting, with a total of 184 known credits. He passed away on March 23, 1985, at the age of 54.

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Career

Career overview

Asao Koike was a Japanese actor. He was born on March 18, 1931, in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Koike's acting career spanned multiple projects, with a total of 184 known credits.

Throughout his career, Koike worked in various capacities, primarily focusing on acting. His extensive body of work showcases his versatility as a performer. The breadth of his credits suggests a prolific career, with a significant presence in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Koike passed away on March 23, 1985, at the age of 54.

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Known for

Film

Fireflies in the North

as Yuhara
Film

Swan Lake

as Rothbart (voice)
Film

Shogun's Ninja

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Film

G.I. Samurai

as Koizumi Yukinaga
Film

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

as Kaneko
Film

Winter's Flower

as Osamu Yamabe

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977
Film

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

as Tomoji Okajima
Film

Violent Streets

as Yoshii Haruo
Film

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

as Kunimatsu Takanashi
Film

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as Narrator
Film

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

1973

Frequent co-stars

Teruo Yoshida 5 shared titles
Yukie Kagawa 5 shared titles
Reiko Mikasa 4 shared titles
Fumio Watanabe 4 shared titles
Shin'ichirô Hayashi 4 shared titles
Kunie Tanaka 4 shared titles
Mitsuko Aoi 4 shared titles
Yumiko Katayama 4 shared titles
Shingo Yamashiro 4 shared titles
Tatsuo Endō 4 shared titles

Career timeline

Fireflies in the NorthThe Story of a Man Among MenNewlywed HellSamon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4
Nogare no machiLowly Ronin 4: Living HellThe GeishaOur TeacherThe Yoshida School
Ninja HuntThe Beauty of Heaven and Hell
Swan LakeThe Blazing ValiantRennyo and His MotherFifth MovementGrudge Girls Academy: Serial Murder of Fear!
Keishi-KShogun's NinjaThe RevoltNurse's HusbandDrive for the Future
G.I. SamuraiAftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityThe Resurrection of the Golden WolfDown with The Big Boss
Japanese Godfather: ConclusionHakatakko Pure HeartWinter's FlowerThe Okinawa War of Ten YearsA Young Female Instructor
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzuJapan's DonJapanese Godfather: AmbitionPoetry of Baseball EnthusiastsA Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
The Racketeer IshimatsuNoboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and SexThe Machine Gun DragonCobra 2Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
The Killing MachineMain Line to TerrorGreat JailbreakLight of Africa
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsViolent StreetsHanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaBattles Without Honor and HumanityProfessional Killers – Assassin's QuarryAesthetics of a BulletGirl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
Kogarashi MonjiroProfessional KillersLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in PerilGirl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's ChallengeZatoichi in Desperation
Sex Comedy, Quick on the TriggerAnimal Treasure IslandHot Springs Mimizu GeishaThe Armed OrganizationSympathy for the Underdog
Tomorrow's Joe · Theme Song PerformanceThe Revelation of a GeishaPostwar SecretsThree Pretty DevilsThe Last Kamikaze
Love and CrimeA Thousand and One NightsOrgies of EdoThe Wonderful World of Puss 'n BootsHorrors of Malformed Men
Shogun's Joy of TortureA History of the Japanese UnderworldTokugawa: Woman's GenealogyWicked Priest 2: Ballad of MurderLiving Skeleton
The Return of the Filthy SevenZatoichi ChallengedThe Last LadyThe Gambler's LawA Certain Killer
The Dragon and the Tiger
Kimba the White LionGang's Upward StrategyThe Black Gambler: The Gambling SyndicateThe Man's Crest: I Shall Kill駿河遊侠伝　度胸がらす
The Flower and the SwordThe Hunter's DiaryA Man's Crest: Fight ChallengeEliminate The KillerWhirlpool of Flesh
Life of a FlowerThe Insect WomanThe Symbol of a ManBad GirlThe Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
A Flame at the PierAkitsu Hot SpringsI Hate But LoveThis Madding CrowdThe Man From the Sea
Eternity of LoveHappiness of Us AloneNetsuai sha
The Sun's BurialBananaThe Lost AlibiThe Last Trump Card
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Throne of Blood
An Inlet of Muddy Water

Full Filmography

177 titles
  • Fireflies in the North (1984) as Yuhara
  • The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
  • Newlywed Hell (1984)
  • Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 (1984)
  • Nogare no machi (1983)
  • Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell (1983)
  • The Geisha (1983)
  • Our Teacher (1983)
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  • The Yoshida School (1983) as Inejirō Asanuma
  • Confessions of a Wife (1983)
  • The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado (1983)
  • Kanei Command Performance (1983)
  • Ninja Hunt (1982)
  • The Beauty of Heaven and Hell (1982)
  • Swan Lake (1981) as Rothbart (voice)
  • The Blazing Valiant (1981)
  • Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
  • Fifth Movement (1981)
  • Grudge Girls Academy: Serial Murder of Fear! (1981)
  • Hamuretto wa yukue fumei (1981)
  • Keishi-K (1980)
  • Shogun's Ninja (1980) as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  • The Revolt (1980)
  • Nurse's Husband (1980)
  • Drive for the Future (1980) as Iwataro Okabe
  • G.I. Samurai (1979) as Koizumi Yukinaga
  • Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) as Hidenobu Fujioka
  • The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) as Kaneko
  • Down with The Big Boss (1979) as Kazuaki Yashiro
  • Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978) as Fujii
  • Hakatakko Pure Heart (1978)
  • Winter's Flower (1978) as Osamu Yamabe
  • The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)
  • A Young Female Instructor (1978)
  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
  • Japan's Don (1977) as Katsunosuke Miura
  • Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977) as Akimasa Onizawa
  • Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts (1977) as Tetsugorō Iwata
  • A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) as Michizou Senbou
  • Gambling Code and Feuds (1977) as Yoshimatsu Sasamoto
  • The Racketeer Ishimatsu (1976)
  • Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex (1976) as Yuji Tadokoro
  • The Machine Gun Dragon (1976)
  • Cobra 2 (1976) as Kinugasa
  • Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den (1976)
  • The Killing Machine (1975)
  • Main Line to Terror (1975)
  • Great Jailbreak (1975) as Sagawa
  • Light of Africa (1975) as Tokumatsu
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) as Tomoji Okajima
  • Violent Streets (1974) as Yoshii Haruo
  • Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974) as Ishiyama
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) as Kunimatsu Takanashi
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) as Narrator
  • Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry (1973) as Sohku Yamazaki
  • Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973) as Sugimachi
  • Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
  • Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Sekiguchi
  • Rebellion Reward (1973) as Kikukawa
  • Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa (1973)
  • Kogarashi Monjiro (1972) as Sataro
  • Professional Killers (1972)
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) as Tokugawa Yoshinao
  • Girl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge (1972) as Yakuza Boss
  • Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) as Boss Mangoro
  • The Red Silk Gambler (1972)
  • Street Mobster (1972) as Kizaki
  • Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972) as Samonji
  • New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm (1972)
  • Delinquent Street (1972)
  • Sex, Gamble and Big Money (1972)
  • The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)
  • Companion to Hell (1972)
  • Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger (1971) as Tatsuya Kayama
  • Animal Treasure Island (1971) as Silver (voice)
  • Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha (1971)
  • The Armed Organization (1971)
  • Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) as Ozaki
  • Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods (1971)
  • The Insatiable (1971) as Kiyoshi Ôba
  • The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) as Suzaki
  • A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers (1971)
  • A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code (1971)
  • The Sucker's Blunt Dagger (1971)
  • The Big Chase (1971)
  • Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 9 - Ghost Story of the Evening Mist Tower (1971)
  • Tomorrow's Joe (1970) Theme Song Performance
  • The Revelation of a Geisha (1970)
  • Postwar Secrets (1970)
  • Three Pretty Devils (1970) as Yabuki
  • The Last Kamikaze (1970)
  • A Wad of Notes (1970) as Kinpachi
  • The Final Gamble (1970)
  • Inside a Girl's Dormitory (1970)
  • Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (1970) as Kurogane Fujikichi:
  • Love and Crime (1969) as Yoshio Kodaira (segment "Kodaira jiken")
  • A Thousand and One Nights (1969) as Kamarkim (voice)
  • Orgies of Edo (1969)
  • The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969) as Lucifer (voice)
  • Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) as Hirukawa
  • Inferno of Torture (1969) as Horitatsu
  • Lefty Fencer (1969)
  • Gambler's Legacy (1969) as Sanji
  • Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love (1969) as Terauchi
  • The Fort of Death (1969) as Lord Ozeki
  • Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969) as Tetsunosuke Kanehara
  • Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) as Hatsutaro Ochiai
  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969)
  • Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin (1969)
  • Kanto Woman Fortitude (1969)
  • The Woman Killer (1969)
  • Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)
  • A History of the Japanese Underworld (1968)
  • Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy (1968) as Makino Bingo-no-kami
  • Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)
  • Living Skeleton (1968) as Tsuji
  • Lone Wolf Isazo (1968)
  • Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
  • The Saga of Tanegashima (1968) as Matasaburo Tachibanaya
  • Human Torpedoes (1968)
  • The Return of the Filthy Seven (1967)
  • Zatoichi Challenged (1967) as Boss Gonzo
  • The Last Lady (1967) as Journalist
  • The Gambler's Law (1967)
  • A Certain Killer (1967) as Kimura
  • Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) as Tsukada
  • Classmates (1967) as First Lieutenant Ôoka
  • Heiji, the Detective (1967) as Tatsunosuke
  • Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend (1967)
  • Gamblers (1967)
  • The Last Loyalty Offering (1967)
  • The Sister Gamblers (1967)
  • The Aftermath of War (1967)
  • The Dragon and the Tiger (1966)
  • Kimba the White Lion (1965) as Panja
  • Gang's Upward Strategy (1965)
  • The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate (1965)
  • The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill (1965)
  • 駿河遊侠伝　度胸がらす (1965)
  • Flowering Maidens (1965) as Kawamoto
  • The Flower and the Sword (1964)
  • The Hunter's Diary (1964) as Narrator (voice)
  • A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge (1964)
  • Eliminate The Killer (1964)
  • Whirlpool of Flesh (1964) as Matoba
  • The Scarred Crest (1964)
  • Flora on the Sand (1964)
  • Life of a Flower (1963) as Minegishi Ryunosuke
  • The Insect Woman (1963) as Sawakichi
  • The Symbol of a Man (1963) as Tatsu
  • Bad Girl (1963)
  • The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart (1963) as Hanai
  • Fight of the Gamblers (1963)
  • The Dragon Crest (1963)
  • At the Side of the Bridge 3 (1963)
  • Foggy Night Blues (1963)
  • Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women (1963) as Actor
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu the great (1963)
  • Jidanya (1963)
  • Akai ka to Rokudenashi (1963)
  • A Flame at the Pier (1962)
  • Akitsu Hot Springs (1962) as Osaki
  • I Hate But Love (1962) as Toshio Kosaka
  • This Madding Crowd (1962)
  • The Man From the Sea (1962)
  • Hitoribotchi no futari daga (1962)
  • Eternity of Love (1961)
  • Happiness of Us Alone (1961)
  • Netsuai sha (1961) as Tomonari
  • The Sun's Burial (1960) as Black Glasses
  • Banana (1960)
  • The Lost Alibi (1960) as Hayakawa
  • The Last Trump Card (1960) as Noppo (Stretch)
  • I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)
  • Throne of Blood (1957) as Tsuzuki soldier
  • An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
  • Crystal House

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Asao Koike best known for?

Asao Koike is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Fireflies in the North (1984), Swan Lake (1981), Shogun's Ninja (1980), G.I. Samurai (1979).

When and where was Asao Koike born?

Asao Koike was born on March 18, 1931 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. They passed away on March 23, 1985.

How many credits does Asao Koike have?

Asao Koike has accumulated over 177 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1953 to 1984.

What is Asao Koike's background in cinema and television?

Asao Koike was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. His stage name is 小池朝雄. Born on March 18, 1931, in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, he was a male actor. Koike is known for his work in acting, with a total of 184 known credits. He passed away on March 23, 1985, at the age of 54.

Asao Koike by the numbers

177credits
169films
8TV series
1953–1984active years

Age in their best-rated roles

Full filmography (177) Born on March 18 In memoriam 1985

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