Masanobu Ando
Known for
For decades now, Masanobu Ando has been a Japanese actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. 33 years of work add up to around 69 titles. 'Battle Royale' remains the reference point, thanks largely to Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6). The list also holds 'Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning'. If the filmography has a home genre, it is action.
Masanobu Ando
49 Movies
20 Series
For decades now, Masanobu Ando has been a Japanese actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. 33 years of work add up to around 69 titles. 'Battle Royale' remains the reference point, thanks largely to Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6). The list also holds 'Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning'. If the filmography has a home genre, it is action.
Movies
Plays Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Battle Royale
2000
Plays Shinsaku Takasugi
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021
Plays Hideyuki Makimura
City Hunter
2024
Plays Keizō Tokiwa
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
Plays Yoichi
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
Plays Seiji
Sakuran
2006
Plays Haruma
Still Life of Memories
2018
Plays Suzuki
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
2021
Plays Shinji
Kids Return
1996
Plays Yasunori Ochi
A Flower Aflame
2016
Plays Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Railroad Man
1999
Plays Akakage
Red Shadow
2001
Plays Adama
69
2004
Plays Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
Plays Kenichi Satomi
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
2001
Plays Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
Plays Hiroki Shinkai
Code Blue: The Movie
2018
Plays Jiro
Kokoro
2016
Plays Sugioka
Karaoke Terror
2003
Plays Spine
Smuggler
2011
Plays Hajime Gakuto
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
2016
Plays Tatsuo Sorayama
Black Kiss
2004
Plays Ryuichi Tanaka
Forever Enthralled
2008
Plays Yasui
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
2016
Plays Kenichi Kitamura
Day and Night
2019
Plays The Mute
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
2011
Plays Makoto Fujimoto
Space Travelers
2000
Plays Sadafumi Heguri
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
Plays Don-chol
Aegis
2005
Plays Seiji Shikine
Gonin Saga
2015
Plays Mitsuo Kondo
Monday
2000
Plays Ryunosuke Tatsumi
Rohan at the Louvre
2023
Plays Shiro Kazuki
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
Plays Kodama Makato
Drive
2002
Plays Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012
Plays Satoru Suzuki
Adrenaline Drive
1999
Plays Naoto
Petal Dance
2013
Plays Detective Wakamiya
Nightmare Detective
2007
Plays Ishioka
Green Mind, Metal Bats
2006
Plays Fake
Tokyo 10+01
2002
Plays Takashi Nohara
Synesthesia
2005
Plays Yoji Tamura
Thousand and One Nights
2022
Plays Yasuo Inukai
Stay Mum
2024
TV Shows
Plays Go Sano
Your Turn to Kill
2019
Plays Caen Karl
Pandora's Fruit
2022
Plays Tsuchiya Jo
Love and Fortune
2018
Plays Takahara Ren
When the Saints Go Marching In
1998
Plays Shuri Sawaki
Blue Days
1998
Plays Masaki Niwa
Gossip
2022
Plays Shinkai Hiroki
Code Blue
2008
Plays Hinata Shogo
My Second Aoharu
2023
Plays Kyosuke Kuon
Voice
2019
Plays Mikio Kimura
The Ship of Theseus
2020
Plays Miki Shouichirou
Cheers to Miki Clinic
2019
Plays Ichiro Ogami
House of the Owl
2024
Plays Hiroshi Hironaka
The Royal Family
2025
Plays Okuda Takashi
Destiny
2024
Plays Mitsuyasu
The Ideal Man
2021
Plays Takuya Hiraga [Sakura's husband]
Fishbowl Wives
2022
Plays Kotaro Higashi
Tokyo Houchi Shokudo
2021
Plays Osamu Sakurai
The Sun Does Not Move
2020
Plays Osako Tatsuya
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
2016
Plays Haruki Kagawa
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
2016
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City Hunter
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The Royal Family
Hiroshi Hironaka · 10 episodes
2025–
TV
Destiny
Okuda Takashi · 9 episodes
2024
TV
House of the Owl
Ichiro Ogami · 10 episodes
2024
TV
Stay Mum
Yasuo Inukai
2024
Film
City Hunter
Hideyuki Makimura
2024
Film
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Sadafumi Heguri
2024
Film
My Second Aoharu
Hinata Shogo · 10 episodes
2023
TV
Rohan at the Louvre
Ryunosuke Tatsumi
2023
Film
Fishbowl Wives
Takuya Hiraga [Sakura's husband] · 8 episodes
2022
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Masanobu Ando and where are they from?
Masanobu Ando is 51 years old, born on May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
What are the most famous roles of Masanobu Ando?
Masanobu Ando is best known for roles in Battle Royale, Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, Sukiyaki Western Django.
How many movies has Masanobu Ando been in?
Over a 33-year career (since 1993), Masanobu Ando has appeared in 49 movies and 20 TV shows.
What was Masanobu Ando's first movie?
The career of Masanobu Ando began with Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993).
What is Masanobu Ando's most recent movie or series?
Masanobu Ando's most recent release is The Royal Family, which premiered on October 12, 2025.
What TV shows has Masanobu Ando appeared in?
On television, Masanobu Ando has appeared in Fishbowl Wives, Your Turn to Kill, Code Blue, Love and Fortune.
Masanobu Ando
1975-05-19 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director.
For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return.
Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003).
As well as acting, Ando has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones.
In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano's Peacedelic compilation called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県道スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star").
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