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Takao Osawa

Acting Born Mar 11, 1968 Musashino, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Takao Osawa (born on March 11, 1968) is a Japanese actor and a former model. He began his career as a fashion model when he was a university student in 1987. He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000.

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Known for

Jin

as Jin Minakata

Galileo

as Shiko Renzaki
Film

Wolf Children

as Wolf Man (voice)
Film

The Keeper of the Camphor Tree

as Toshiaki Saji (voice)

Full filmography

  • Jin (2009) as Jin Minakata
  • Galileo (2007) as Shiko Renzaki
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) as Tabito Takao
  • The Silent Service (2024) as Shiro Kaieda
  • Burning Flower (2015)
  • NHK Special: Unsolved Cases (2011)
  • Wolf Children (2012) as Wolf Man (voice)
  • The Smashing Machine (2025) as Nobuyuki Sakakibara
  • ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ (2023) as Tachiaoi Tokio
  • Kingdom: Return of the Great General (2024) as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
  • Kingdom (2019) as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
  • The Keeper of the Camphor Tree (2026) as Toshiaki Saji (voice)
  • Heaven's Coin (1995)
  • Heaven's Coin (1995) as Shuichi Nagai
  • Le Bel Homme (1999) as 村雨次郎
  • Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023) as Ou Ki (Wang Qi)
  • Ex Lover (2001) as Arashi Ikeda
  • A summer with you (1994) as Ryoichi Aizawa
  • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) as Sakutaro Matsumoto
  • Jam Films (2002)
  • Only You: Aisarete (1996)
  • Into the Sun (2005) as Kuroda
  • The Silent Service (2023) as Shiro Kaieda
  • Stay Gold (1994) as Shinsuke Yamazaki（山崎 慎介）