Masahiko Nishimura

Masahiko Nishimura studied at Toyo University and Toyama Shogyo High School. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Taisho University. Distinctions recorded are Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

• Name — Masahiko Nishimura • Born — 12 December 1960 • Birthplace — Toyama, Toyama, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1984–present

Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960, in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography, he met Kōki Mitani, a script writer for radio and playwright who aspired to be an actor and who turned his attention to the theatre. In 1983, Nishimura, Mitani and others including the actors Zen Kajiwara and Kazuyuki Aijima formed the Tokyo Sunshine Boys, a comedy troupe that grew in popularity over the following ten years. They produced the popular play 12 Gentle Japanese, a parody of Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men. When 12 Gentle Japanese was adapted to film, Nishimura did not form part of the cast. In the 1990s, the success of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys brought Nishimura parts in television dramas, notably a part in Furikaereba Yatsuga Iru and as the flamboyant Shintaro Imaizumi in Kōki Mitani's Furuhata Ninzaburo. With the release of the Kōki Mitani film adaptation of the play Radio no Jikan in 1997, Nishimura won acclaim for his portrayal of a radio producer—a role for which he won the Best Supporting Actor award from the Japanese Academy Awards as well as a Blue Ribbon Award. The Tokyo Sunshine Boys disbanded in 1998, but most of its actors, including Nishimura, continued to work in television.

• Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru(1993) • Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994), Shintaro Imaizumi • Ousama no restoran (1995) • Hideyoshi (1996), Tokugawa Ieyasu • Otona no otoko (1997) • Sōrito Yobanaide (1997), Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister • Yamato Nadeshiko (2000) • Yome wa mitsuboshi (2001) • Koi no chikara (2002) • Itsumo futari de (2003) • Kanojo ga shinjatta (2004) • Wonderful Life (2004) • Nodame Cantabile (2006) • The Family (2007) • Sanada Maru (2016), Muroga Masatake • Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai (2016), Nobutsuna Nakae • Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter (2017), Nishimura Yohachi • Awaiting Kirin (2020), Akechi Mitsuyasu • Unbound (2025), Nishimura Yohachi

Masahiko Nishimura is recorded as actor, seiyū and presenter.