Kenichi Endō

Kenichi Endō
Native name	遠藤 憲一
Born	28 June 1961 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	1979-present
Agent	EN's Tower
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Website	www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~ENS/

Kenichi Endō (遠藤 憲一 Endō Ken'ichi, born 28 June 1961) is a Japanese actor and writer.^[1][2] He is best known for his roles in Visitor Q (2001), Crows Zero (2007), Crows Zero 2 (2009), and The Raid 2: Berandal (2014).

Appearances

Films

• Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000), Kōhei
• Family (2001)
• Agitator (2001)
• Visitor Q (2001), Kiyoshi Yamasaki
• The Guys from Paradise (2001), Toshiyuki Unno
• Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
• Sabu (2002), Giichi
• Kikoku (2003), Sorimachi
• The Man in White (2003), Niimi
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action (2004), Algolian Volger
• Nobody Knows (2004), Kyōbashi
• The Great Yokai War (2005), Ōtengu
• Cromartie High - The Movie (2005), Pootan
• Azumi 2 (2005), Kinkaku
• Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006), Shunack
• Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006), assistant police inspector
• Nihon Chinbotsu (2006), Shinichirō Nakata
• Memories of Tomorrow (2006), Hasegawa
• Taitei no Ken (2007), Gonzō
• Like a Dragon (2007)
• Crows Zero (2007), Jōji Yazaki
• SS (2008), Kurihara
• 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
• 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
• Crows Zero 2 (2009), Jōji Yazaki
• Railways (2010), Yoshiki Kawahira^[3]
• The Raid 2 (2014), Gotō
• Kiyamachi Daruma (2015), Shigeo Katsuura^[4]
• Galaxy Turnpike (2015)

TV dramas

• Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994), Prince Junior^[5]
• Kōshōnin (2003)
• Lion-Maru G (2006), Junior^[6]
• Fumō Chitai (2009)^[7]
• Teppan (2010–2011), Jō Murakami^[8]
• Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? (2013), Isaku Ashimo^[9]
• Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu (2015), Isao Tachibana^[10]
• Dr.Rintarō (2015), Shigeto Araki^[11]
• Sanada Maru (2016), Uesugi Kagekatsu

Video games

• Yakuza 4 (2010)

Japanese dubbing

• Guardians of the Galaxy, Groot

References

1. 遠藤憲一のプロフィール [Kenichi Endō's Profile] (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
2. "遠藤憲一 映画.com" [Kenichi Endō eiga.com] (in Japanese). eiga.com inc. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
3. Elley, Derek (8 July 2010). "Railways". Film Business Asia. Film Business Asia Limited. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
4. "木屋町DARUMA Official Website" (in Japanese). kiyamachi-daruma.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
5. 特捜戦隊デカレンジャー (in Japanese). Toei Company, Ltd. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
6. あにてれ：ライオン丸G (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
7. 不毛地帯 遠藤憲一インタビュー (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network Corporation. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
8. 朝ドラ「てっぱん」追加キャスト発表！遠藤憲一「オレでいいのかな」と困惑 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
9. 安堂ロイド～A.I. knows LOVE？～. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
10. 大島優子、極道役の遠藤憲一を“ホンモノ”扱い! (in Japanese). IID, Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
11. 堺雅人興奮！蒼井優、吉瀬美智子ら追加キャスト発表 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-05-30.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• EN's tower (Japanese)
• Kenichi Endō on Twitter (Japanese)
• Kenichi Endō at the Internet Movie Database