Masaya Katō
Acting Born Apr 27, 1963 Nara, Nara, Japan 154 credits
Biography
Masaya Katō is a Japanese actor and seiyū born on April 27, 1963. He is from Nara in the Kansai region, specifically born in Nara, Nara, Japan. Operating in the entertainment industry as a male performer, his stage name is written in Japanese characters as 加藤雅也. He is also known by alternative names including かとう まさや, Masaya Katô, and 加藤昌也. Known primarily for his work in acting, he holds 154 known credits according to database records. His professional profile encompasses involvement in both movies and television shows.
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Career overview
Masaya Kato is a Japanese actor and seiyu who was born on April 27, 1963. His place of birth is listed as Nara, Nara, Japan, and he originates from the Kansai region.
Working under the stage name written in Japanese characters as well as alternative romanized spellings including Masaya Kato and Masaya Kato, the performer is known professionally for his work in acting. Throughout his career, he has accumulated a total of 154 known credits in the entertainment industry.
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Career timeline
Kingdom 5The InvisiblesHaguregumoThe Living DragonMadame de Sade
Suzuki=BakudanInheritance DetectiveBeside the Hearth at Alice-san's HouseBy 6amMito Komon
Kingdom: Return of the Great GeneralLike a Dragon: YakuzaSmiling MatryoshkaUltraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown乱歩の幻影
Ultraman BlazarFixerKingdom III: The Flame of DestinyOne Second Ahead, One Second BehindSEE HEAR LOVE
The Honest RealtorPandora's FruitDCUKingdom 2: Far and AwayHotel: Next Door
Kareinaru ichizokuHigh-Speed Parahero Gand-DWarship BoyNishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle
We Make Antiques! Kyoto RendezvousSakuraThe Gun 2020HopeDancing in her Dreams
KingdomOkinawan BlueThe Nikaidos' FallSleep in the Shadows
Angels in WhiteOverlord: Blood GenealogyUta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters ProjectThe Final Parting
Koto Nakazawa: The Beautiful SwordswomanHiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of SkyThe Blue HeartsYumeji: A Spurt of Love
RE:BORNUnrequited LoveTerra FormarsKarate KillSanada 10 Braves
The Edge of SinUNFAIR: the endCrime's BlankCrime's BlankDouble Meaning: Chain Reaction
Women Does Not Allow ThatJikan no ShûzokuFLARE
MonsterDouble Meaning: Yes or No?
UNFAIR: the answerDouble Meaning
Shinjuku Incident
Around 40Je t'aime: I Am a BeastJe t'aime: I Am a Beast
The Signs of LoveUNFAIR: the movieUNFAIR: the movieVanishing Glow
UnfairPrimadamUnfair: Code Breaking
YoshitsuneOlder SisterThe Last SupperThe Files of Young Kindaichi: The Legendary Vampire Murders
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and MarplePrayer BeadsFighter in the Wind
GozuAragamiThe Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the LionSamurai ResurrectionThe Man in White
Muscle HeatStairway to Heaven
Good AdviceWomen of the NightAgitatorPrince ShotokuPrince Shōtoku
BrotherSchool Day of the DeadOkinawa Rendez-vousMouichido Kisu
ZankyoNaomi
GodzillaAbunai Deka Forever The Movie
DriveVicious Circles
The PretenderHachigatsu no Love Song
Crying FreemanBroken HeartThe Young Blood Typhoon
Full Filmography
154 titles- Kingdom 5 (2026)
- The Invisibles (2026)
- Haguregumo (2026)
- The Living Dragon (2026)
- Madame de Sade (2026) as モントルイユ夫人
- Suzuki=Bakudan (2025) as Yugo Hasebe
- Inheritance Detective (2025) as Kengo Jidori
- Beside the Hearth at Alice-san's House (2025) as Harunobu Moriyama
- By 6am (2025) as Makoto Akiyama
- Mito Komon (2025)
- My Fireworks (2025)
- Kaede (2025)
- One Last Throw (2025) as Kanemoto Tomoaki
- REQUIEM (2025)
- TSUGUNAI (2025)
- Kingdom: Return of the Great General (2024) as Shi Shi (Si Shi)
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024) as Sohei Dojima
- Smiling Matryoshka (2024) as Yoshitaka Wadajima
- Ultraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown (2024) as Retsu Haruno (flashback)
- 乱歩の幻影 (2024)
- Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams (2024)
- Let's Go Karaoke! (2024) as Akira Tanaka
- Ultraman Blazar (2023) as Retsu Haruno
- Fixer (2023) as Takumi Ujihara
- Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023) as Shi Shi (Si Shi)
- One Second Ahead, One Second Behind (2023) as Heibē Sumeragi
- SEE HEAR LOVE (2023)
- Songs of Kamui (2023)
- Lightning Over the Beyond (2023) as Hikari (part 3)
- The Honest Realtor (2022) as Masaya Tsukishita
- Pandora's Fruit (2022) as Yasuo Sakakibara
- DCU (2022) as Ichiro Kimi
- Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) as Si Shi
- Hotel: Next Door (2022) as Shu Haoren
- The Grandfather’s Clock (2022)
- The Wall of the Eye (2022) as Riichi Tamaru
- Bad City (2022) as Kenji Hirayama
- Fool's Blues (2022) as Daikon
- ナニワ金融道 3発目～大蛇市マネーウォーズ～ (2022)
- Borderless Island (2022)
- The Rise and Fall of Park Avenue and the 10 Rooms (2022)
- ナニワ金融道 2発目〜銭と泪と権利と女〜 (2022)
- Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance! (2022)
- Kareinaru ichizoku (2021) as Ichinose
- High-Speed Parahero Gand-D (2021) as Mysterious Man
- Warship Boy (2021) as Genkai Sakamoto
- Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle (2021) as Golgotha
- We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2020) as Naoya Arashiyama
- Sakura (2020) as Masao Mizoguchi
- The Gun 2020 (2020) as Tomita
- Hope (2020) as Teranuma Toshitsugu
- Dancing in her Dreams (2020) as Kinoshita
- Kingdom (2019) as Shi Shi (Si Shi)
- Okinawan Blue (2019)
- The Nikaidos' Fall (2019) as Tatsuya Nikaido
- Sleep in the Shadows (2019)
- Angels in White (2018) as Kotaro Bansho
- Overlord: Blood Genealogy (2018) as Yuki Kanamaru
- Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project (2018) as Hanada (segment "Genkou no Hate")
- The Final Parting (2018) as Yuji Uemura
- Koto Nakazawa: The Beautiful Swordswoman (2017) as Ryoma Sakamoto
- HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017) as Ryuichiro Katsunari
- The Blue Hearts (2017) as (segment “Be Kind To Others”)
- Yumeji: A Spurt of Love (2017) as Hikino's Father
- RE:BORN (2016) as Defence Force Commander
- Unrequited Love (2016)
- Terra Formars (2016) as Keisuke Dojima
- Karate Kill (2016) as Delivery Company Boss
- Sanada 10 Braves (2016) as Yukimura Sanada
- テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望 (2016)
- Overlord: Bloodline of Misfortune (2016) as Yuki Kanamaru
- Zebra (2016) as Shimauma
- Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections (2016)
- Kaze no Tayori (2016)
- Overlord: Bloodline of Misfortune II (2016) as Yuki Kanamaru
- The Edge of Sin (2015)
- UNFAIR: the end (2015) as Kaoru Mikami
- Crime's Blank (2015) as Manager
- Crime's Blank (2015) as Mitsuru Takayama
- Double Meaning: Chain Reaction (2015)
- Osoi Shiawase (2015) as 重吉
- Women Does Not Allow That (2014) as Yuji Katsuragi
- Jikan no Shûzoku (2014) as Shuichi Mineoka
- FLARE (2014) as Ensai Ymazaki
- Monster (2013)
- Double Meaning: Yes or No? (2013) as Kaoru Mikami
- UNFAIR: the answer (2011) as Kaoru Mikami
- Double Meaning (2011) as Kaoru Mikami
- Shinjuku Incident (2009) as Toshinari Eguchi
- Around 40 (2008) as Kazuya Kanasugi
- Je t'aime: I Am a Beast (2008)
- Je t'aime: I Am a Beast (2008) as Koichiro Shindo
- The Signs of Love (2007) as Yoshiro Nakajima
- UNFAIR: the movie (2007)
- UNFAIR: the movie (2007) as Kaoru Mikami
- Vanishing Glow (2007) as Tajima
- Unfair (2006) as Kaoru Mikami
- Primadam (2006) as Kioshi Yamamoto
- Unfair: Code Breaking (2006)
- Yoshitsune (2005) as Minamoto no Yoshitomo (Yoshitsune and Yoritomo's father)
- Older Sister (2005) as Soichi Sawaki
- The Last Supper (2005) as Doctor Yuji Kotorida
- The Files of Young Kindaichi: The Legendary Vampire Murders (2005) as Isamu Kenmochi
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004) as Raymond West (voice)
- Prayer Beads (2004)
- Fighter in the Wind (2004) as Kato
- Gozu (2003)
- Aragami (2003) as Aragami
- The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion (2003) as Moribe Azusa
- Samurai Resurrection (2003) as Araki Mataemon
- The Man in White (2003) as Azusa Moribe
- Okite (2003)
- Muscle Heat (2002) as Rai Kenjin
- Stairway to Heaven (2002)
- Good Advice (2001) as Japanese Trader
- Women of the Night (2001) as Sato
- Agitator (2001) as Kunihiko
- Prince Shotoku (2001) as Hatsusebe no miko
- Prince Shōtoku (2001) as Emperor Sushun
- Brother (2000) as Shirase
- School Day of the Dead (2000) as Isamu Kurabayashi
- Okinawa Rendez-vous (2000) as Ken Sato
- Mouichido Kisu (2000)
- Zankyo (1999)
- Naomi (1999)
- Godzilla (1998) as Japanese Tanker Crew Member
- Abunai Deka Forever The Movie (1998) as Date
- Drive (1997) as Advanced Model
- Vicious Circles (1997) as Morri
- The Pretender (1996) as Tommy Tanaka
- Hachigatsu no Love Song (1996)
- Crying Freeman (1995) as Ryuji Hanada
- Broken Heart (1995)
- The Young Blood Typhoon (1995)
- The Mystery of Rampo (1994) as Waiter at Hotel
- The Seventh Floor (1994) as Mitsuru
- Nobody (1994) as Taki
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Lu Chee
- CrimeBroker (1993) as Jin Okazaki
- Singapore Sling (1993)
- The Setting Sun (1992) as Kaya Tatsuma
- Talking Head (1992) as Yamashita
- Gekashitsu (1992) as Takamine
- Check (1991) as Ryuzo Kayama
- Savage City: Angel Whisper (1991)
- Balloon (1990)
- 1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)
- Like Madonna (1990)
- Seishun kazoku (1989)
- Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) as Tadashi Sakai
- Tokyo: The Last War (1989) as Yuko Nakamura
- You'll Fall For Me (1989) as Kyousuke Dazai
- Crazy Boys (1988)
- Shiro and Marilyn (1988) as Daisuke Nakazato
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Masaya Katō best known for?
Masaya Katō is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Kingdom 5 (2026), The Invisibles (2026), The Living Dragon (2026), Kingdom: Return of the Great General (2024).
When and where was Masaya Katō born?
Masaya Katō was born on April 27, 1963 in Nara, Nara, Japan.
How many credits does Masaya Katō have?
Masaya Katō has accumulated over 154 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1988 to 2026.
What is Masaya Katō's background in cinema and television?
Masaya Katō is a Japanese actor and seiyū born on April 27, 1963. He is from Nara in the Kansai region, specifically born in Nara, Nara, Japan. Operating in the entertainment industry as a male performer, his stage name is written in Japanese characters as 加藤雅也. He is also known by alternative names including かとう まさや, ...
Masaya Katō by the numbers
154credits
120films
34TV series
1988–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Pretender (1996) as Tommy Tanaka — aged about 33
- RE:BORN (2016) as Defence Force Commander — aged about 53
- Brother (2000) as Shirase — aged about 37
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Lu Chee — aged about 30
- Kingdom: Return of the Great General (2024) as Shi Shi (Si Shi) — aged about 61
- Gozu (2003) — aged about 40
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