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1976-10-31 · Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan · Male

25 series in the catalog

Koji Yamamoto (山本 耕史, Yamamoto Kōji; born 31 October 1976) is a Japanese actor and singer, who was born in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

He began his career as a baby model at under one year of age. He also played Gavroche in the original Japanese cast and later Marius in the Japanese TOHO production of Les Misérables and appears on the 2003 "green" cast recording. His first major role was in 2004 in Shinsengumi!, as Hijikata Toshizō, a role he reprised for the 2006 sequel. This sequel portrays the last day of Hijikata Toshizō, Vice Commander of Shinsengumi and he reprised the role in Asa ga Kita eleven years later. In 2022 he also played Alien Mefilas in Shinji Higuchi's critically acclaimed tokusatsu superhero film Shin Ultraman.

Personal life

Yamamoto married actress Maki Horikita on 22 August 2015, and their first child was born in December 2016. The couple became close in May 2015 when playing the role of lovers in the theatrical production Arashi ga Oka (Wuthering Heights), commenced dating in June 2015, and married in August 2015.

Film

Tales of the Unusual (2000)

Yumejūya (2007), Natsume Sōseki

I Just Didn't Do It (2007), Tatsuo

The Majic Hour (2008)

Higanjima (2010)

A Ghost of a Chance (2011)

Ninja Kids!!! (2011)

Galaxy Turnpike (2015), Tobe Shinzaemon

Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone Miraculous Magic! (2016), Trauuma (voice)

Touken Ranbu (2019), Oda Nobunaga

Hitotsubu no Mugi (2019), Yukiyoshi Shikata

Startup Girls (2019), Mizuki

Talking the Pictures (2019), Shōzō Makino

Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation (2019), Soreo Hiden / Kamen Rider Ichi-gata

Extro (2020), Himself

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021), Daisaku Kohinata

Kappei (2022), Masayoshi

Shin Ultraman (2022), Alien Mefilas

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022), Alex Louis Armstrong

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022), Alex Louis Armstrong

Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023), Zhuang Zhao

Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (2024), Zhuang Zhao

What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024), Hijikata Toshizō

Cells at Work! (2024), Killer T Cell

Dive in Wonderland (2025), Mad Hatter (voice)

Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar (2026), Yutaro Okudera

Darwin's Game (2027), Hiiragi

Television

Under the Same Roof (1993–97), Fumiya Kashiwagi

Boys Over Flowers (1996–97), Rui Hanazawa (voice)

Shinsengumi! (2004), Hijikata Toshizō

Shinsengumi!: Hijikata Toshizo Saigo no Ichinichi (2006), Hijikata Toshizō

The Family (2007), Ginpei Manpyō

Kagerō no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zōshi (2007–17), Sakazaki Iwane

Atashinchi no Danshi (2009), Shuji Tokita

Jin (2009–10), Noguchi

Wagaya no Rekishi (2010), Mitsunari Ano

Mother (2010), Shunsuke Fujiyoshi

Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Fujiwara no Yorinaga

Asa ga Kita (2015), Hijikata Toshizō

Sanada Maru (2016), Ishida Mitsunari

Thrill (2017), Shin'nosuke Shirai

Totto-chan! (2017), Moritsuna Kuroyanagi

Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon (2017), Hitoshi Ueki

Fūunji tachi (2018), Hiraga Gennai

Naruto Hitchō (2018), Norizuki Gennojō

Kishū Hanshu Tokugawa Yoshimune (2019), Tokugawa Yoshimune

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019–23), Daisaku Kohinata

Kamen Rider Zero-One (2019), Soreo Hiden

A Warmed Up Love (2020), Ryō Kamiko

An Incurable Case of Love (2020), Rokuro Koishikawa

The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Miura Yoshimura

Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Hiroshi Nakayamada

Extremely Inappropriate! (2024), Kazuya Kurita

Tokyo Swindlers (2024), Aoyagi

The Laughing Salesman (2025)

Extremely Inappropriate! Special (2026), Kazuya Kurita

Theatre

Les Misérables – Gavroche (Original cast (1987–1988)), Marius (2003–2004)

Stand by Me – Chris (1991), Ace (1994)

RENT – Mark (1998–1999)

Cyrano – Christian de Neuvillette (2000–2001)

Romeo and Juliet – Romeo (2001)

The Pitchfork Disney – Cosmo (2002)

Godspell – Jesus (2001–2010)

Thank you! Broadway! Vol.2 (2002)

The Pilgrim – Naotaro (2003)

Tick, Tick... Boom! – Jon (2003–2006)

Broadway Gala Concert 2005 (2005)

Little Shop of Horrors – Seymour Krelborn (2005)

The Last Five Years – Jamie (2005–2010)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Hedwig (2007–2009)

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Dorian (2009)

Usani – Snake (2012)

Mozart L'Opera Rock – Mozart / Salieri (2013)

Napoleon – Montholon Earl (2013)

Memphis – Huey Calhoun (2015)

Wuthering Heights – Heathcliff (2015)

Anastasia – Gleb (2020)

Video games

Lost Judgment (2021) – Jin Kuwana

Live-action

Jurassic World (2017 NTV edition), Owen Grady (Chris Pratt)

Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

Animation

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Puss in Boots

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Kovu