Arata Furuta
Born Furuta Takefumi, December 3, 1965 is a Japanese theatre and film character actor.
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Arata Furuta
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Furuta Arata from "Stray Nightingale" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Arata Furuta
- Birth Name
- Takefumi Furuta
- Born
- 3 December 1965
- Birthplace
- Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Osaka University of Arts
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born Furuta Takefumi, December 3, 1965 is a Japanese theatre and film character actor.
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• Name — Arata Furuta • Native Name — 古田 新太 • Birth Name — Takefumi Furuta • Born — 3 December 1965 • Birthplace — Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Actor
Biography
Biography
Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to bushi in period drama roles, and even women. He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and often with the troupe Gekidan Shinkansen. Furuta also stars in the 2007 horror film Apartment 1303.
Personal life
Personal life
He is married to the television talent Yayoi Nishihata.
Television dramas
Television dramas
• Shinsengumi! (2004) • Tokyo Friends (2005) • Oh! My Girl!! (2008) • Amachan (2013), Taichi Aramaki • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2014), Kiyoshiro Fujikawa (episodes 7–11) • Botchan (2016) • Daddy Sister (2016) • The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016) • Shimokitazawa Die Hard (2017) • Fugitive Boys (2017) • Yell (2020), Homare Hatsukaichi • What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Let’s Get a Divorce (2023) • Fixer season 3 (2023) • Extremely Inappropriate! (2024), Yuzuru Inushima • Extremely Inappropriate! Special (2026), Yuzuru Inushima
Television animation
Television animation
• PopoloCrois Monogatari (1998), Gamigami Devil • One Piece (2014), Byrnndi World (One Piece 3D2Y) • Shinya! Tensai Bakabon (2018), Bakabon's Papa
Video games
Video games
• Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn (2010), Drippy • Recordings reused in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2011)
Dubbing
Dubbing
• Paddington (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville)) • Paddington 2 (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville)) • Paddington in Peru (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville)) • Power Rangers (Zordon (Bryan Cranston))
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Note • 2002 — Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushutto – The Movie • 2004 — Zebraman — Eggplant vendor • 2006 — Hana — Sadashiro • Apartment 1303 • 2007 — A Dog on Sidecar — Makoto Kondo • 2008 — Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess — Slave trader • Komori Seikatsu Kojo Club • 2010 — 13 Assassins • 2015 — April Fools • 2016 — Too Young to Die! • Nobunaga Concerto — Matsunaga Hisahide • One Piece Film: Gold — Pork and Kent Beef Jr. — Voice-role • Shin Godzilla • Rudolf the Black Cat — Devil — Voice-role • 2017 — Napping Princess — Watanabe — Voice-role • Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! — Bonji — Voice-role • Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story — Amakatsu • Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura • 2019 — Promare — Deus Prometh — Voice-role • Dragon Quest: Your Story — Buon — Voice-role • 2020 — Nōten Paradise • Not Quite Dead Yet • 2021 — Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold — Koichi Kanzaki • Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations — Hideo Momose • Intolerance — Lead role • 2022 — Kappei • 2023 — The Village — Shūsaku Ōhashi • 2024 — Silent Love — Ippei Kunita • 2025 — She Taught Me Serendipity — Sasaki • Beethoven Fabrication — Ludwig van Beethoven • One Last Throw — Masayuki Kakefu • Gorilla Hall — Muranaka
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work(s) — Result — Ref • 2021 — 46th Hochi Film Awards — Best Actor — Intolerance • 2022 — 43rd Yokohama Film Festival — Best Actor • 76th Mainichi Film Awards — Best Actor
第29回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー 古田新太 (乱鶯)
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Furuta Arata from "Stray Nightingale" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016
第29回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー 古田新太 (乱鶯)
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Furuta Arata from "Stray Nightingale" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016
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