Joe Odagiri

Jō Odagiri (Template:Langx; born 16 February 1976), better known by his stage name Template:Nihongo, is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for portraying Yusuke Godai, the titular hero of the 2000 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kuuga.

Early life and education

Joe Odagiri was born February 16, 1976, in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study film directing at California State University, Fresno, but mistakes in the application process landed him in acting classes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He often says that Tokyo is his second hometown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography (as actor)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
2000	Kamen Rider Kuuga	Yusuke Godai	Lead role
2001	OL Visual Kei
	A Fragrance of Jealousy	Asai Makoto
2002	First Time	Atsushi
	Searchin' for My Polestar	Kisaki Takeshi
	Template:Ill		Lead role
2003	Face	Nishijima Kousuke	Lead role
	Song of the Canefields	Yoshioka
	Beginner	Shun	Lead role	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	The Violin Over Seas	Aikawa Sensei
	Shinsengumi!	Saitō Hajime	Taiga drama	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Grumpy Gene	Katsuta Hayato		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006–19	Time Limit Investigator	Kiriyama Shuichiro	Lead role; 3 seasons	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	My Younger Sister	Egami Mei	Lead role
	Midnight Diner	Katagiri
2010	Atami no Sousakan		Lead role
	A School Behind Bars	Ishikawa Junpei	Lead role
2011	Midnight Diner 2	Katagiri
2013	Yae's Sakura	Joseph Hardy Neesima	Taiga drama	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Rivers Edge Okawabata Detective Agency	Takeshi Muraki	Lead role
	The Thorns of Alice	Nishikado
2015	Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 1	Takahashi Korekiyo	Lead role
	To Give a Dream	Murano
2016	Sleepeeer Hit!	Kei Iokibe		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories	Kogure		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	We Are Rockets!	Tarō Urushido		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	My Dear Exes	Hiroshi Takanashi		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021–22	Come Come Everybody	Jōichirō "Joe" Ōtsuki	Asadora	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Atom's Last Shot	Akihiku Okitsu		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1999	Jubaku: Spellbound
2001	Platonic Sex	Toshimi Iwasaki		<ref name=CS2005/>
2003	Azumi	Bijomaru Mogami		<ref name=CS2005/>
	Bright Future	Yuuji Nimura	Lead role	<ref name=CS2005/>
2004	Out of This World	Shozo Ikeshima		<ref name=CS2005/>
	Blood and Bones	Takeshi		<ref name=CS2005/>
	Black Kiss	Joker Jono		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Pacchigi!	Sakazaki		<ref name=CS2005/>
	In the Pool	Tetsuya Taguchi	Lead role	<ref name=CS2005/>
	Into a Dream	Kōji
	Hazard	Shin	Lead role
	House of Himiko	Haruhiko Kishimoto	Lead role	<ref name=CS2005/>
	Shinobi: Heart Under Blade	Gennosuke Kouga	Lead role	<ref name=CS2005/>
	Scrap Heaven	Tetsu		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Princess Raccoon	Amechiyo	Lead role	<ref name=CS2005/>
2006	Big River	Teppei	Lead role
	The Uchōten Hotel	Ukon
	Retribution	Dr. Takagi
	The Pavillion Salamandre	Hoichi Tobishima
	Sway	Takeru Hayakawa	Lead role
2007	Mushishi	Ginko	Lead role
	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	Masawa Nakagawa	Lead role
	Sad Vacation	Goto
	Adrift in Tokyo	Fumiya Takemura	Lead role
2009	Plastic City	Kirin
	Dream	Jin
	The Warrior and the Wolf	Lu Shenkang	Chinese film
	Air Doll	Sonoda
2011	I Wish	Kenji
	Poongsan	North Korean border guard 1	Cameo
	My Way	Tatsuo Hasegawa	Lead role, South Korean film
2013	The Great Passage	Masashi Nishioka
	Real	Editor
	Mr. Go	The Owner of Chunichi Dragons	Cameo, South Korean film
	Human Trust	Kugenuma
	Present for You	Shigeru Kajiwara
2014	The World of Kanako	Detective Aikawa
2015	Foujita	Tsuguharu Foujita	Lead role
2016	Over the Fence	Yoshio Shiraiwa	Lead role
	Her Love Boils Bathwater	Kazuhiro
2017	Ernesto	Freddy Maymura	Lead role
	Pumpkin and Mayonnaise	Hagio
	The White Girl	Sakamoto	Lead role
2018	Room Laundering	Gorō Ikazuchi		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Human, Space, Time and Human	Eve's boyfriend	South Korean film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Saturday Fiction		Chinese film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	The Asian Angel	Tōru Aoki		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	A Day with No Name	Akihito Ono		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	We Made a Beautiful Bouquet	Kōhei Kaji		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	A Madder Red	Yōichi Tanaka		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?	Bruce		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	It's All My Fault	Sakamoto		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Yoko			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Moon	Shohei		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	90 Years Old – So What?			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	The Solitary Gourmet	proprietor of the Chinese noodle restaurant Sincérité		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Gosh!!	Oliver	Lead role, also director, writer and editor	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	On Summer Sand	Osamu	Lead role, also producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Bring Him Down to a Portable Size	Riko's brother		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Anime

• Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (2001), Yuji Tamiya

Filmography (as director)

Year	Title	Notes	Template:Abbr
2019	They Say Nothing Stays the Same		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Gosh!!		<ref name=Oliver/>

Bibliography

Books

• Joe Odagiri: Sweater Book (2000)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Odagirism (2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Discography

Albums

• Toto (2020) Template:Citation needed
• Hardy (2018) Template:Citation needed
• Cherry and blueberries (2016) Template:Citation needed

See also

• Odagiri effectTemplate:Snd a television phenomenon named after Joe Odagiri which first occurred in Kamen Rider Kuuga.

External links

• Joe Odagiri at Dongyu Club
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