Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)

Japanese actor

Hidetoshi Nishijima

西島 秀俊

Nishijima at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival

Born|  (1971-03-29) March 29, 1971 (age 52)

Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan

Education| Yokohama National University
Occupation| Actor model
Years active| 1992–present
Height| 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse|

* Ayaka Mori

(m. 2014)​

Children| 2

Hidetoshi Nishijima (Japanese: 西島 秀俊, Hepburn: Nishijima Hidetoshi, born March 29, 1971) is a Japanese actor model. He is widely regarded as one of Japan's leading actors, having appeared in a wide range of films from science fiction films such as Shin Ultraman (2022) to small-scale art films such as Dolls (2002). He gained international recognition for his critically acclaimed leading role in the 2021 film Drive My Car, for which he received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor.[1]

## Early life[edit]

Nishijima became interested in watching films as a child, influenced by his father.[2] He wanted to be a film crew member, but while in college, he passed the acting audition that an acquaintance encouraged him to take, and he became an actor.[3]

## Career[edit]

Nishijima made his debut in the contemporary detective television drama series Hagure Keiji Junjōha in 1992.

In 1993, Nishijima gained public recognition for his portrayal of a gay character in the massive hit television series Asunaro Hakusho, which co-starred Takuya Kimura.[4] Nishijima’s subtle performance and good looks in that series attracted attention.[2] in 1994 as Playmode It was published in Playgirl magazine in November 1994 and was photographed naked by Naoko Yamamoto.

In 1990s, Nishijima gained popularity as a young actor in television series, but left a major talent agency to become a film actor, and did not appear on commercial television from 1998 to 2002.[5]

Nishijima played his first leading role in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1998 film License to Live, and co-starred with Kōji Yakusho.[6] He won the Best Actor award at the Japan Film Professional Awards for the film.[7]

Nishijima attracted attention again later, being selected by Takeshi Kitano for the lead role in Dolls in 2002.[8] The film was a major turning point in his career.[9]

In 2009, he was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his portrayal of a strange death row inmate in Vacation.[10]

While establishing himself as a film actor, Nishijima also resumed appearing in television series.

In the 2010s, he became one of the most popular actors in Japan, for his performances in hit television series, such as General Rouge no Gaisen, Strawberry Night, Yae's Sakura, and MOZU.[11]

In 2011, Nishijima had his first starring role alongside Korean actress Kim Tae-hee in the television series Boku to Star no 99 Nichi, a romantic comedy drama about the romance between an actress and her bodyguard.[12]

In Amir Naderi's 2011 film Cut, he played the leading role, which was described by Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine as "the most convincingly pretentious and frustrated cinephile to ever be portrayed on film".[13] His performance in the film was praised by Dan Fainaru of Screen International as "painfully memorable".[14]

He also played the role of Kiro Honjo in Hayao Miyazaki's 2013 animated film The Wind Rises as a voice actor.[15] His other voice work includes dubbing Colin Farrell in Dumbo [16] and Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) in Pokémon Detective Pikachu.[17]

In 2017, he became the first Japanese man to model for Giorgio Armani's Made-to-Measure.[18]

He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2019 for his performance in Samurai's Promise.[19]

In 2019, Nishijima starred in the television series What Did You Eat Yesterday?, a drama about the daily lives of a middle-aged gay couple. The drama became very popular and was made into a hit film.[20]

In 2021, he starred in Ryusuke Hamaguchi 's film Drive My Car. His performance was highly acclaimed, with The New York Times selecting him as one of the "Great Performers / The Best Actors of 2021".[21] He also won the National Society of Film Critics Award,[22] the Boston Film Critics Circle Award,[23] and the Japan Academy Award[1] for Best Actor in a leading role for the film.

He has also appeared in films such as Akihiko Shiota's Canary[24] and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Loft.[25]

In 2022, Nishijima portrayed the role of Kotaro Minami in the remake of 1987's Kamen Rider Black film titled Kamen Rider Black Sun.

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref

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1994  | Ghost Pub | Koichi  |  |
1995  | Marks no Yama | Mori  |  |
Kura | Ryota Takeda  |  |
1997  | 2/Duo | Kei  |  |
1998  | License to Live | Yutaka  | Lead role  |
2000  | Love/Juice | Sakamoto  |  |
2001  | Sekai no Owari to Iu Na no Zakkaten |  | Lead role  |
2002  | Dolls | Matsumoto  |  |
Tokyo.sora |  |  |
Last Scene |  | Lead role  |
2004  | Casshern | Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo  |  |
Tony Takitani | Narrator (voice)  |  |
The Cat Leaves Home |  |  |
Kikyo |  |  |
Angel in the Box |  |  |
2005  | House of Himiko | Hosokawa  |  |
Sayonara Midori-chan |  |  |
Su-ki-da | Yosuke  |  |
Loft | Koichi Kijima  |  |
Canary | Akira Izawa  |  |
2006  | Oh! Oku | Shingoro Ikushima  |  |
2007  | Freesia: Bullet Over Tears | Toshio Iwasaki  |  |
Pacchigi! Love & Peace |  |  |
Shindo |  |  |
2008  | Tokyo Rendezvous | Takashi Nogami  | Lead role  | [26]
Vacation | Shin'ichi Kaneda  |  | [26]
Over the Hilltop | Ma Hae-song  |  | [26]
2009  | Kanikōsen | Asakawa  |  |
Zero Focus | Kenichi Ubara  |  |
2010  | Goodbye, Someday | Yutaka Higashigaito  | Lead role; South Korean film  | [27]
2011  | Cut | Shuji  | Lead role  |
2012  | Seiji: Riku no Sakana | Seiji  | Lead role  |
2013  | Strawberry Night | Kazuo Kikuta  |  |
Memories Corner | Okabe  |  |
The Wind Rises | Kiro Honjo (voice)  |  |
2014  | Genome Hazard | Taketo Ishigami  | Lead role  |
2015  | Mozu | Naotake Kuraki  | Lead role  |
Poison berry in my brain | Yoshida  |  |
2016  | Creepy | Takakura  | Lead role  |
While the Women Are Sleeping | Kenji  |  |
2017  | The Last Recipe | Yamagata  |  |
2018  | Samurai's Promise | Uneme Sakakibara  |  |
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps | Kazumasa Harima  |  |
Ozland | Yoshihiko Ozuka  |  |
Penguin Highway | Aoyama's Father (voice)  |  |
2019  | Ninkyō Gakuen | Seiji Himura  | Lead role  |
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki | Ryōta Akitsu  | Lead role  |
2020  | Voices in the Wind | Morio  |  |
Silent Tokyo | Shinobu Seta  |  |
2021  | 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie | Kyōhei Nagumo  |  | [28]
What Did You Eat Yesterday? | Shirō Kakei  | Lead role  | [29]
Caution, Hazardous Wife | Yūki Isayama  |  | [30]
Drive My Car | Yūsuke Kafuku  | Lead role  | [31]
2022  | Shin Ultraman | Kimio Tamura  |  | [32]
Goodbye Cruel World | Mikiya Anzai  | Lead role  | [33]
2023  | Kubi | Akechi Mitsuhide |  | [34]

### Television[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes  | Ref

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1992  | Hagure Keiji Junjōha | Tsuyoshi Nakagami  | Season 5  | [35]
Dinner On Thursday | Tatsuro Miyazawa  |  | [36]
1993  | Asunaro Hakusho | Junichiro Matsuoka  |  |
1997  | Mori Motonari | Aiō Mototsuna | Taiga drama |
2003  | Always Smiling | Kazuya Yuzuhara  |  | [37]
2004  | Ōoku | Tokugawa Iemitsu |  |
Waltz Of Her Heart [1] | Shinya Minazuki  |  | [38]
2006  | Unfair | Ichiro Sezaki  |  |
2007  | Yama Onna Kabe Onna | Iguchi Shohei  |  | [39]
2009  | Real Clothes | Yusaku Tabuchi  |  |
2010  | General Rouge no Gaisen | Koichi Hayami  |  |
2011  | School | Iori Kirihara  |  |
Boku to Star no 99 Nichi | Kohei Namiki  | Lead role  |
2012  | Strawberry Night | Kazuo Kikuta  |  |
2013  | Yae's Sakura | Yamamoto Kakuma | Taiga drama  |
2015  | Mutsu: Mieru Me | Eisuke Tameyori  | Lead role  | [40]
Second Chance Chauffeur | Kazuo Nagata  | Lead role  | [41]
2016  | Daddy Sister | Takezō Kohashi  | Asadora |
2017  | Crisis | Saburo Tamaru  |  |
Blanket Cats | Shusuke Shiina  |  |
Caution, Hazardous Wife | Yuki Isayama  |  |
2019  | Maison de Police | Soichiro Natsume  |  |
2019–23  | What Did You Eat Yesterday? | Shiro Kakei  | Lead role; 2 seasons  | [42]
2020  | North Light | Minoru Aose  | Lead role; miniseries  | [43]
2021  | Welcome Home, Monet | Satoru Asaoka  | Asadora | [44]
Guilty Flag | Ryosuke Sagara  | Lead role  | [45]
Chef Is A Great Detective | Shinobu Mifune  | Lead role  | [46][47]
2022  | Riding a Unicorn | Satoshi Kotori  |  | [48]
Kamen Rider Black Sun | Kōtarō Minami / Kamen Rider Black Sun  | Lead role  | [49]
2023  | Outsider Cops | Eiji Kagawa  | Lead role  | [50][51]
TBA  | Sunny | Masa Sakamoto  | Lead role  | [52]

### Dubbing roles[edit]

* Dumbo (2019), Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell)[53]
* Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds)

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Association  | Category  | Nominated work  | Result  | Ref.

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2000  | 9th Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor  | License to Live | Won  | [54]
2006  | 15th Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor  | Kikyō, Sayonara Midori-chan, Ame Yori Setsunaku | Won  | [55]
20th Takasaki Film Festival [ja] | Best Actor  | Kikyō | Won  | [56]
2009  | 30th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor  | Vacation, Tokyo Rendezvous and Over the Hilltop | Won  | [26]
2012  | 26th Takasaki Film Festival  | Best Actor  | Cut | Won  | [56]
21st Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor  | Won  | [57]
2019  | 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Samurai's Promise | Nominated  | [58]
2021  | 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Performance by an Actor | Drive My Car | Nominated  | [59]
42nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Won  | [60]
34th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Nominated  | [61]
34th Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Actor | Won  | [62]
2022  | 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor  | Nominated  | [63]
35th Takasaki Film Festival  | Best Actor  | Won  | [64]
45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Won  | [65]
56th National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Won  | [66]
25th Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Nominated  | [67]
20th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Nominated  | [68]
2023  | 16th Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | Nominated  | [69]

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## External links[edit]

* Hidetoshi Nishijima at IMDb
* Hidetoshi Nishijima at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
* Hidetoshi Nishijima, The Japan Times (in English)

Awards for Hidetoshi Nishijima

* v
* t
* e

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

1980–2000|

* Robert De Niro (1980)
* Burt Lancaster (1981)
* Dustin Hoffman (1982)
* Eric Roberts (1983)
* Haing S. Ngor (1984)
* Jack Nicholson (1985)
* Bob Hoskins (1986)
* Albert Brooks (1987)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (1988)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)
* Jeremy Irons (1990)
* Nick Nolte (1991)
* Denzel Washington (1992)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (1993)
* Albert Finney (1994)
* Nicolas Cage (1995)
* Geoffrey Rush (1996)
* Al Pacino (1997)
* Brendan Gleeson (1998)
* Jim Carrey (1999)
* Colin Farrell (2000)

2001–present|

* Brian Cox / Denzel Washington (2001)
* Adrien Brody (2002)
* Bill Murray (2003)
* Jamie Foxx (2004)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
* Forest Whitaker (2006)
* Frank Langella (2007)
* Sean Penn / Mickey Rourke (2008)
* Jeremy Renner (2009)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2010)
* Brad Pitt (2011)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
* Chiwetel Ejiofor (2013)
* Michael Keaton (2014)
* Paul Dano / Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
* Casey Affleck (2016)
* Daniel Kaluuya (2017)
* John C. Reilly (2018)
* Adam Sandler (2019)
* Anthony Hopkins (2020)
* Hidetoshi Nishijima (2021)
* Colin Farrell (2022)
* Paul Giamatti (2023)

* v
* t
* e

Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

* Ken Takakura (1978)
* Ken Ogata (1979)
* Tomisaburo Wakayama (1980)
* Ken Takakura (1981)
* Ken Takakura (1982)
* Mitsuru Hirata (1983)
* Ken Ogata (1984)
* Tsutomu Yamazaki (1985)
* Minoru Chiaki (1986)
* Ken Ogata (1987)
* Tsutomu Yamazaki (1988)
* Toshiyuki Nishida (1989)
* Rentarō Mikuni (1990)
* Ittoku Kishibe (1991)
* Rentarō Mikuni (1992)
* Masahiro Motoki (1993)
* Toshiyuki Nishida (1994)
* Kōichi Satō (1995)
* Rentarō Mikuni (1996)
* Koji Yakusho (1997)
* Koji Yakusho (1998)
* Akira Emoto (1999)
* Ken Takakura (2000)
* Akira Terao (2001)
* Yōsuke Kubozuka (2002)
* Hiroyuki Sanada (2003)
* Kiichi Nakai (2004)
* Akira Terao (2005)
* Hidetaka Yoshioka (2006)
* Ken Watanabe (2007)
* Hidetaka Yoshioka (2008)
* Masahiro Motoki (2009)
* Ken Watanabe (2010)
* Satoshi Tsumabuki (2011)
* Yoshio Harada (2012)
* Hiroshi Abe (2013)
* Ryuhei Matsuda (2014)
* Junichi Okada (2015)
* Kazunari Ninomiya (2016)
* Kōichi Satō (2017)
* Masaki Suda (2018)
* Koji Yakusho (2019)
* Tori Matsuzaka (2020)
* Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2021)
* Hidetoshi Nishijima (2022)
* Satoshi Tsumabuki (2023)

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

1966–2000|

* Michael Caine (1966)
* Rod Steiger (1967)
* Per Oscarsson (1968)
* Jon Voight (1969)
* George C. Scott (1970)
* Peter Finch (1971)
* Al Pacino (1972)
* Marlon Brando (1973)
* Jack Nicholson (1974)
* Jack Nicholson (1975)
* Robert De Niro (1976)
* Art Carney (1977)
* Gary Busey (1978)
* Dustin Hoffman (1979)
* Peter O'Toole (1980)
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* Dustin Hoffman (1982)
* Gérard Depardieu (1983)
* Steve Martin (1984)
* Jack Nicholson (1985)
* Bob Hoskins (1986)
* Steve Martin (1987)
* Michael Keaton (1988)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)
* Jeremy Irons (1990)
* River Phoenix (1991)
* Stephen Rea (1992)
* David Thewlis (1993)
* Paul Newman (1994)
* Nicolas Cage (1995)
* Eddie Murphy (1996)
* Robert Duvall (1997)
* Nick Nolte (1998)
* Russell Crowe (1999)
* Javier Bardem (2000)

2001–present|

* Gene Hackman (2001)
* Adrien Brody (2002)
* Bill Murray (2003)
* Jamie Foxx (2004)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
* Forest Whitaker (2006)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
* Sean Penn (2008)
* Jeremy Renner (2009)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2010)
* Brad Pitt (2011)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
* Oscar Isaac (2013)
* Timothy Spall (2014)
* Michael B. Jordan (2015)
* Casey Affleck (2016)
* Daniel Kaluuya (2017)
* Ethan Hawke (2018)
* Antonio Banderas (2019)
* Delroy Lindo (2020)
* Hidetoshi Nishijima (2021)
* Colin Farrell (2022)
* Andrew Scott (2023)

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Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actor

* Kiyoshi Atsumi (1988)
* Eiji Okuda (1989)
* Yoshio Harada (1990)
* Rentarō Mikuni (1991)
* Yoshio Harada (1992)
* Toshiyuki Nishida (1993)
* Kōichi Satō (1994)
* Hiroyuki Sanada (1995)
* Koji Yakusho (1996)
* Tetsuya Watari (1997)
* Akira Emoto (1998)
* Masahiro Motoki (1999)
* Akira Terao (2000)
* Naoto Takenaka (2001)
* Hiroyuki Sanada (2002)
* Kiichi Nakai (2003)
* Takeshi Kitano (2004)
* Ichikawa Somegorō VII (2005)
* Ken Watanabe (2006)
* Takuya Kimura (2007)
* Masahiro Nakai (2008)
* Shōfukutei Tsurube (2009)
* Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010)
* Kenichi Matsuyama (2011)
* Ken Takakura (2012)
* Ryuhei Matsuda (2013)
* Junichi Okada (2014)
* Kengo Kora (2015)
* Kōichi Satō (2016)
* Masaki Suda (2017)
* Tori Matsuzaka (2018)
* Sosuke Ikematsu (2019)
* Shun Oguri (2020)
* Hidetoshi Nishijima (2021)
* Hiroshi Abe (2022)
* Ryohei Suzuki (2023)

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Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor

* Keizō Kanie (1980)
* Morio Kazama (1981)
* Renji Ishibashi (1982)
* Mitsuru Hirata (1983)
* Juzo Itami (1984)
* Kaku Takashina (1985)
* Tomokazu Miura (1986)
* Kaoru Kobayashi (1987)
* Sabu Kawahara (1988)
* Tsurutaro Kataoka (1989)
* Yoshio Harada (1990)
* Keizō Kanie (1991)
* Koji Matoba (1992)
* Hideo Murota (1993)
* Masato Hagiwara (1994)
* Kōichi Satō (1995)
* Kazuhiko Kanayama (1996)
* Ryo Ishibashi (1997)
* Masahiko Nishimura / Isao Bitoh (1998)
* Ren Osugi (1999)
* Kazuki Kitamura (2000)
* Teruyuki Kagawa / Jun Murakami (2001)
* Tsutomu Yamazaki (2002)
* Shinya Tsukamoto (2003)
* Nao Ōmori (2004)
* Akira Emoto (2005)
* Ittoku Kishibe (2006)
* Takashi Sasano (2007)
* Masatoshi Nagase (2008)
* Hidetoshi Nishijima (2009)
* Yoshinori Okada / Yutaka Matsushige (2010)
* Renji Ishibashi (2011)
* Denden (2012)
* Takayuki Yamada (2013)
* Lily Franky (2014)
* Sosuke Ikematsu (2015)
* Ken Mitsuishi (2016)
* Masaki Suda (2017)
* Sansei Shiomi / Tori Matsuzaka (2018)
* Tori Matsuzaka (2019)
* Ryo Narita (2020)
* Shōhei Uno / Naoto Ogata (2021)
* Ryohei Suzuki (2022)
* Hayato Isomura / Tasuku Emoto (2023)
* Hayato Isomura / Kōichi Satō (2024)

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