Ryudo Uzaki
Born February 23, 1946 is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor. His group, the Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band, was one of the most prominent 1970s Japanese rock bands. He also composed many of Momoe Yamaguchi's songs with Yoko Aki.
Ryudo Uzaki
- Name
- Ryudo Uzaki
- Birth Name
- Shūji Kimura
- Born
- 23 February 1946
- Birthplace
- Kyoto, Japan
- Spouse
- Yoko Aki
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- rock
- Education
- Meiji University
- Known for
- Yokosuka Story
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born February 23, 1946 is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor. His group, the Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band, was one of the most prominent 1970s Japanese rock bands. He also composed many of Momoe Yamaguchi's songs with Yoko Aki.
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Ryudo Uzaki (born 1946) is an actor, composer and film director, among other activities, of Japanese nationality. The actor was born in Kyoto.
Ryudo Uzaki was educated at Meiji University. The actor is a member of Downtown Boogie Woogie Band.
Among the works is Yokosuka Story. The work spans rock and rock music. Languages used include Japanese.
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Uzaki has also worked as a film composer, providing the scores to such productions as The Miracle of Joe Petrel, Umi e, See You and Shaso. In addition, Uzaki has frequently worked as an actor, and he also directed the 1982 film Saraba aibo, aka So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex. He is married to lyricist and actress Yoko Aki.
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• Name — Ryudo Uzaki • Native Name — 宇崎 竜童 • Birth Name — Shūji Kimura • Born — 23 February 1946 • Birthplace — Kyoto, Japan • Spouse — Yoko Aki • Occupation — * Musician • composer • actor • Years Active — 1973–present
Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band
Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band
• Title — Date — Notes • Minato No Yoko, Yokohama, Yokosuka • Namida No Secret Love • Mi Mo Kokoro Mo
Composer
Composer
• Artist — Title — Date — Notes • Momoe Yamaguchi — "Yokosuka Story" — 1977 • "Rock'n'roll Widow" — 1979 • "Imitation Gold" • "Manjushaka" • MIE — "I MY MIE" — August 21, 1981 • Cute — "Edo no Temari Uta II" — July 30, 2008 — Cute won a Gold Award and was nominated for the main Japan Records Award (Grand Prix) with the song • Hiroshi Itsuki — "Edo no Temari Uta" — October 22, 2008 • Jero — "Umiyuki" — 2008 • Meiko Kaji — "Aitsu no Sukiso na Burusu" — 2011
Television
Television
• Title — Role — Date — Notes • Ranman — Nakahama Manjirō — 2023 — Asadora • Like a Dragon: Yakuza — Jin Goda — 2024 • Last Samurai Standing — 2025
Film
• Title — Role — Date — Notes • Torakku Yarō: Go-iken muyō — 1975 • Double Suicide of Sonezaki — Tokubei — 1978 — Co-starring with Meiko Kaji. • G.I. Samurai — 1979 • Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity — 1979 • Yokohama BJ Blues — Jojo — 1981 • Tattoo Ari — Akio Takeda — 1982 — Won Best Actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival. • Shanghai Rhapsody — Wataru Matsumoto, aka "Bakumatsu" — 1984 • Umi e, See You — Katsuragi — 1988 — Also co-composed the soundtrack with Shūichi Chino. • The Crossing — The Homeless/Masked Man — 2000 • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack — Admiral Taizo Tachibana — 2001 • Devilman — Keisuke Makimura — 2004 • Pecoross' Mother and Her Days — Conductor — 2013 • Hamon: Yakuza Boogie — Takizawa — 2017 • Catch Me on the Shore — 2019 • Fancy — 2020 • The Voice of Sin — Tatsuo — 2020 • Peaceful Death — 2021 • I Am Makimoto — 2022 • Bad Lands — Mandala — 2023 • A Light in the Harbor — Tokio Kawamura — 2025 • Goodbye My Car — Makoto Ozaki — 2026
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- 1.The Asahi Shimbun Company. Dōraku.
- 2.Profile Aki Yoko.
- 3.MIE. Idol.ne.jp. 11 March 2019.
- 4.Tsunku.
- 5.SANKEI DIGITAL INC. °C−ｕｔｅと五木ひろしが楽曲を"競作" - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM. 2008-07-14.
- 6.Tokyograph. 50th Japan Record Awards. 2008-12-02.
- 7.Tokyograph. EXILE, Jero win Japan Record Awards. 2008-12-31.
- 8.Natasha, Inc. °C-uteが4枚目のアルバム「憧れ My STAR」発売. Music Natalie. 2008-12-17.
- 9.阿部サダヲ主演作「アイ・アム まきもと」に満島ひかり、宇崎竜童、松下洸平ら出演. eiga.com.
- 10.BAD LANDS バッド・ランズ. eiga.com.
- 11.港のひかり. eiga.com.
- 12.免許返納!?. eiga.com.
- 13.朝ドラ「らんまん」にディーン・フジオカ、宮野真守、宇崎竜童が出演. Natalie.
- 14.Live-Action Like a Dragon: Yakuza Series' Trailer Unveils More Cast. Anime News Network. 2024-09-30.
- 15.岡田准一主演『イクサガミ』に濱田岳、井浦新ら出演 配信日は11月13日、ティザー予告も. Real Sound. 8 September 2025.
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