Kei Horie

Kei Horie (堀江 慶 Horie Kei, born 4 October 1978 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese former actor, writer, film producer and director. He is known as Gaku Washio/GaoYellow in 2001's Super Sentai's series, Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger. He reprised his role on one more occasion in the Super Sentai teamup, Hurricanger VS Gaoranger. He also has an older brother, Kazuma Horie, who is a voice actor.

Kei Horie
Born	4 October 1978 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, editor, writer
Years active	1997-present

Filmography

Acting Roles

2004 Ai no Sorea aka The Stormy Waves of Love; as Kyoichi Ozaki

2003 Jisatsu Manyuaru; aka Suicide Manual; as Police Detective Nishiyama

2003 Ju-on: The Grudge 2; as Noritaka Yamashita

2001 Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger; as Gaku Washio/GaoYellow

1999 Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys; as Shigeki Hinohara

1998 Tomei Shojo Air; as Ryota Kasugai

Directing

2012 Sentimental Yasuko

2005 Taga Kokoro Nimo Ryu wa Nemuru

2004 Veronica wa Shinu Koto ni Shita aka Veronica Decides to Die

2004 Kisu to Kizu

2004 Shibuya Kaidan 2 aka The Locker 2

2003 Shibuya Kaidan aka The Locker

2001 Glowing, Growing

Writing

2005 Life on the Longboard

Awards

2002

• Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

Won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention of the movie, Glowing Growing for his radical analysis of the sensitive subject 'suicide of the young'. The uncompromising way the narration is offered encourages us to debate.

2001

• Vancouver International Film Festival

Won the Dragons and Tigers Award (Special Mention) of the movie, Glowing Growing

• Nominated for the Dragons and Tigers Award of the movie, Glowing Growing

External links

• CORNFLAKES Kei Horie's Official Site
• Kei Horie at the Internet Movie Database
• 堀江慶 (Kei Horie) at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)