Toshiyuki Nishida

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Toshiyuki Nishida
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Nishida in 2018
Native name 西田 敏行
Born Toshiyuki Imai (今井 敏行)
(1947-11-04)November 4, 1947
Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
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Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Actor, Business executive
Years active 1967–2024

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行 Nishida Toshiyuki?, November 4, 1947 – October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. He won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he was best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.

Nishida served as president of the Japan Actors Union and vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee. He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018.

Personal life

Nishida was born Toshiyuki Imai (今井 敏行?)[1] on November 4, 1947, in Kōriyama, Fukushima, to Izumi and Kie Imai. His biological father Izumi worked at the Kōriyama Postal Savings Bureau, and was born to the family of a karō, a top-ranking samurai official. Izumi died when Nishida was young, and Kie raised him while working as a beautician. After Kie remarried, Nishida, five years old at the time,[1] was adopted by Kie's younger sister and her husband,[1][2] Miyo and Tatsuji Nishida, respectively.[1] His adoptive father's ancestors served Shimazu Nariakira, the daimyo of Satsuma Domain, and defended Satsuma during the Anglo-Satsuma War.[2]

Nishida and his adoptive parents lived at a Shinto shrine's office, and although Tatsuji worked at the Kōriyama City Hall, the family was barely making a living. Tatsuji took him to the movies on the weekends, which inspired Nishida to join the drama club at his elementary school. During middle school, he told his parents that he wanted to become an actor and received strong support from his parents. During high school, he moved to Tokyo to "learn standard Japanese". In 1968, he entered an acting school, and his parents moved to Tokyo to support him.[1]

Nishida was found dead in his home in Setagaya, Tokyo, on October 17, 2024, at the age of 76.[3] He had previously been suffering from a chronic heart condition.[4]

Career

In Japan, he was best known for his fishing comedy series, Tsuribaka Nisshi ("The Fishing Maniac's Diary"), which spans 21 episodes. Outside Japan Nishida was best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the first season of the TV series Monkey, or for his role in the 2008 film The Ramen Girl, as the sensei of American actress Brittany Murphy's character.

Nishida was nominated 10 times for a Japanese Academy Award and won twice, once for best actor in The Silk Road in 1988 as Gakko, and once for best actor in Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993.[5] He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14.[6]

In 2017, Nishida reprised his role as yakuza underboss Nishino in Takeshi Kitano's Outrage trilogy to positive reviews.

In 2018, Nishida received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, alongside comedian Takeshi Kitano.[7]

Nishida served as president of the Japan Actors Union and vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee.[8][9] He was a 'Frontier Ambassador' for his hometown of Kōriyama City.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Source
1974 Okita Sōji Nagakura Shinpachi
1977 Ballad of Orin Suketaro
1979 Devil's Flute Kindaichi Kōsuke
1981 Edo Porn
1984 Station to Heaven
1986 Uemura Naomi Monogatari Naomi Uemura Lead role
1988 Dun-Huang Zhu Wangli Lead role
1988–2009 Tsuribaka Nisshi series Hama-chan Lead role
1992 Tengoku no Taizai
Dreams of Russia
Kantsubaki Iwago Tomita Lead role
1993 Gakko Mr. Kuroi Lead role
1996 Gakko II Ryuhei Aoyama Lead role
2002 Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Shizuo Kagaya Lead role
2003 Get Up! Lead role
2006 The Uchōten Hotel
2007 Sukiyaki Western Django
Happy Ever After
2008 The Ramen Girl American film
Flowers in the Shadows Moses
The Magic Hour Kōnosuke Teshio
2009 Castle Under Fiery Skies Lead role
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Kanji Takizawa Lead role
2010 Space Battleship Yamato Hikozaemon Tokugawa
2011 A Letter to Momo Iwa Voice role
Once in a Blue Moon Sarashina Rokubei
2012 Reunion Aiba Lead role [11]
Beyond Outrage Nishino
2013 Emperor General Kajima American film
The Kiyosu Conference Sarashina Rokubei
2015 Maestro! Tendō [12][13]
Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e Nakanussan [14]
Love & Peace Pa
Galaxy Turnpike
2016 A Living Promise Gentaro Nishimura
2017 Miracles of the Namiya General Store Yūji Namiya
Outrage Coda Nishino
2019 Ninkyō Gakuen Yūzō Akimoto Lead role
2020 Voices in the Wind Imada [15]
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms Munemitsu Soga [16]
2021 A Morning of Farewell Tōru Senkawa [17]
2022 What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? Prime Minister Kan Nishiōtachime [18]
2024 Doctor-X: The Movie Shigekatsu Hiruma [19]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Source
1974 Shin Heike Monogatari Hōjō Yoshitoki Taiga drama
1977 Kashin Yamagata Aritomo Taiga drama
1977–1979 Tokusō Saizensen Detective Yōzō Takasugi [20]
1978–1979 Saiyuki Cho Hakkai/Pigsy
1981 Onna Taikō-ki Toyotomi Hideyoshi Taiga drama
1984 Sanga Moyu Tadashi Amō Lead role, Taiga drama
1986 Byakkotai Kayano Gonbei
1988 Takeda Shingen Yamamoto Kansuke Taiga drama [21]
1990 Tobu ga Gotoku Saigō Takamori Lead role, Taiga drama
1995 Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa Yoshimune Lead role, Taiga drama
1998 Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka Saitō Dōsan Special appearance, TV movie
2000 Aoi Tokugawa Hidetada Lead role, Taiga drama [22]
2003 Musashi Yamanouchi Hanbei Taiga drama
Shiroi Kyotō Mataichi Zaizen [23]
2005 Tiger and Dragon Hayashiyatei Donbei
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika elder Toshiaki Yajima TV movie
2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Tokugawa Ieyasu Taiga drama
2007 The Family Ichirō Ōkawa [24]
2009–2011 Saka no Ue no Kumo Takahashi Korekiyo
2010 Wagaya no Rekishi Yame Tokijiro Miniseries
Yae's Sakura Saigō Tanomo Taiga drama
Detective Lovesick Tsukikage Yōzō [25]
2013–2021 Doctor-X Shigekatsu Hiruma 7 seasons [19]
2014 Nobunaga Concerto Saitō Dōsan
Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko Masaji Tabata TV movie
2015 Tsuribaka Nisshi Su-san
2016 Montage Shinnosuke Sawada TV movie
2017 Kohaku Katsumi Yoneda Lead role, TV movie
2018 Segodon Narrator / Saigō Kikujirō Taiga drama
2021 Story of My Family!!! Jusaburo Miyama [26]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Emperor Go-Shirakawa Taiga drama [27]
2023 Fixer Goichi Hongō Special appearance [28]

Variety show

Year Title Notes Source
2001–2019 Knight Scoop as Chairman [29]

Dubbing

Honours

References

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