Osamu Mukai

• Name — Osamu Mukai • Native Name — 向井 理 • Born — 7 February 1982 • Birthplace — Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2006–present • Children — 2 • Known for — * GeGeGe no Nyōbō • Beck • Agent — Hori Agency

He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High school, where it became the location for After the Rain. He graduated from Meiji University, and majored in genetic engineering. He received the "Best Poster Award" at the International Zoological Genetics Conference in 2004. While he was attending university, he worked as a bartender. He became a full-time employee there after graduation, and he became a manager later. While working as a bartender, he got into the magazine Tokyo Graffiti. A reader later recruited him to be an actor. Now, he works for Hori agency, as an actor.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2006 — Journey Under the Midnight Sun • 2010 — My Husband Is a Cartoonist — Murai Shigeru — Asadora • Shinzanmono — Kyose Koki • Hotaru no Hikari 2 — Seno Kazuma • 2011 — Gō — Tokugawa Hidetada — Taiga drama • 2012 — Summer Rescue: Hospital of Sky — Keigo Hayami — Lead role • 2014 — S: The Last Policeman — Kamikura Ichigo — Lead role • Nobunaga Concerto — Ikeda Tsuneoki • 2016 — Daddy Sister — Tetsurō Kohashi — Asadora • 2017 — Akira and Akira — Akira Kaidō — Lead role • 2020 — Awaiting Kirin — Ashikaga Yoshiteru — Taiga drama • 2021 — The Grand Family — Teppei Manpyō • 2022 — Bakumatsu Aibō-den — Hijikata Toshizō — Lead role; television film • First Love • 2023 — Ya Boy Kongming! — Zhuge Kongming — Lead role • Angel Flight — Yukito Adachi • 2024 — The Great Passage — Masashi Nishioka • Light of My Lion — Shogo Tachibana