Koji Yamamoto (actor)


Koji Yamamoto is a Japanese actor and singer, who was born in Tokyo, Japan.
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Career

He began his career as a baby model at under one year of age. He also played Gavroche in the original Japanese cast and later Marius in the Japanese TOHO production of Les Misérables and appears on the 2003 "green" cast recording. His first major role was in 2004 in Shinsengumi!, as Hijikata Toshizō, a role he reprised for the 2006 sequel. This sequel portrays the last day of Hijikata Toshizō, Vice Commander of Shinsengumi and he reprised the role in Asa ga Kita eleven years later. In 2022 he also played Alien Mefilas in Shinji Higuchi's critically acclaimed tokusatsu superhero film Shin Ultraman.

Personal life

Yamamoto married actress Maki Horikita on 22 August 2015, and their first child was born in December 2016. The couple became close in May 2015 when playing the role of lovers in the theatrical production Arashi ga Oka , commenced dating in June 2015, and married in August 2015.

Filmography

Film

Tales of the Unusual Yumejūya – Natsume SōsekiI Just Didn't Do It – TatsuoThe Majic Hour Higanjima A Ghost of a Chance Ninja Kids!!! Galaxy Turnpike – Tobe ShinzaemonPretty Cure All Stars – Trauuma Touken Ranbu – Oda NobunagaHitotsubu no Mugi – Yukiyoshi ShikataStartup Girls – MizukiTalking the Pictures – Shōzō MakinoKamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation – Soreo Hiden / Kamen Rider Ichi-gata Extro – HimselfWhat Did You Eat Yesterday? – Daisaku KohinataKappei – MasayoshiShin Ultraman – Alien MefilasFullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar – Alex Louis ArmstrongFullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy – Alex Louis ArmstrongKingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny – Zhuang ZhaoKingdom 4: Return of the Great General – Zhuang ZhaoWhat If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister – Hijikata ToshizōCells at Work! – Killer T CellDive in Wonderland – Mad Hatter

Television

Under the Same Roof, Fumiya KashiwagiBoys Over Flowers, Rui Hanazawa Shinsengumi!, Hijikata ToshizōShinsengumi!: Hijikata Toshizo Saigo no Ichinichi, Hijikata ToshizōThe Family, Ginpei ManpyōKagerō no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zōshi, Sakazaki IwaneAtashinchi no Danshi, Shuji TokitaJin, NoguchiWagaya no Rekishi, Mitsunari AnoMother, Shunsuke FujiyoshiTaira no Kiyomori, Fujiwara no YorinagaAsa ga Kita, Hijikata ToshizōSanada Maru, Ishida MitsunariThrill, Shin'nosuke ShiraiTotto-chan!, Moritsuna KuroyanagiHitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon, Hitoshi UekiFūunji tachi, Hiraga GennaiNaruto Hitchō, Norizuki GennojōKishū Hanshu Tokugawa Yoshimune, Tokugawa YoshimuneWhat Did You Eat Yesterday?, Daisaku KohinataKamen Rider Zero-One, Soreo HidenA Warmed Up Love, Ryō KamikoAn Incurable Case of Love, Rokuro KoishikawaThe 13 Lords of the Shogun, Miura YoshimuraHayabusa Fire Brigade, Hiroshi NakayamadaExtremely Inappropriate!, Kazuya KuritaTokyo Swindlers, Aoyagi

Theatre

Les Misérables – Gavroche, Marius Stand by Me – Chris, Ace RENT – Mark Cyrano – Christian de Neuvillette Romeo and Juliet – Romeo The Pitchfork Disney – Cosmo Godspell – Jesus Thank you! Broadway! Vol.2 The Pilgrim – Naotaro Tick, Tick... Boom! – Jon Broadway Gala Concert 2005 Little Shop of Horrors – Seymour Krelborn The Last Five Years – Jamie Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Hedwig The Picture of Dorian Gray – Dorian Usani – Snake Mozart L'Opera Rock – Mozart / Salieri Napoleon – Montholon Earl Memphis – Huey Calhoun Wuthering Heights – Heathcliff Anastasia – Gleb

Video games

Dubbing

;Live-actionJurassic World, Owen Grady Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket
;AnimationPuss in Boots: The Last Wish, Puss in BootsThe Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Kovu