Hidetoshi Nishijima, born on March 29, 1971, is a prominent Japanese actor known for his versatile roles in both mainstream and art films. He gained international acclaim for his role in the 2021 film Drive My Car, earning the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor. Nishijima started his career in TV dramas in the early ’90s, gaining fame for his role in Asunaro Hakusho. He transitioned to film, starring in notable works like License to Live and Dolls. He also gained recognition in television series such as Strawberry Night and What Did You Eat Yesterday?. Besides acting, he has done voice work in films like The Wind Rises and Pokémon Detective Pikachu. In 2022, he featured in Kamen Rider Black Sun.
Hidetoshi Nishijima Biography
Full Name
Hidetoshi
Nishijima
Nickname
Tassi
Nationality
Japanese
Date of Birth
March 29,
1971
Age
53 years
(in 2024)
Birth Place
Hachioji
,
Tokyo
Career
Actor
Model
Religion
N/A
Zodiac Sign
Aries
(the ram)
Physical Stats
Height
5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Weight
~ 68 kg (150 lbs.)
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Hair Color
Black
Education
High School
Name
Toho
High School
Location
Kunitachi City,
Tokyo
University
Name
Yokohama
National
University
Field
of
Study
Industrial
Engineering
Year of
Graduation
Dropped out
Known For:
Film Poster
Title
Drive My
Car
(Movie) (2021)
7.5/10
as Yûsuke
Kafuku
The Wind Rises
(Animation)
(2013)
7.8/10
as Honjô
(voice)
License to
Live
(Movie) (1998)
6.9/10
as Yutaka
Yoshii
Tounan
kadobeya
nikai
no onna (Movie) (2008)
4.3/10
as Takashi
Nogami
Hidetoshi Nishijima TV Series and Movies
Upcoming
2024 | Suomi no Hanashi wo Shiyou | as Keigo Kusano
Film
2024 | Serpent’s Path | as Yoshimura 2024 | All About Suomi | as Keigo Kusano 2023 | Kubi | as Akechi Mitsuhide 2022 | Goodbye Cruel World | as Mikiya Anzai 2022 | Shin Ultraman | as Kimio Tamura 2021 | Drive My Car | as Yūsuke Kafuku 2021 | Caution, Hazardous Wife | as Yūki Isayama 2021 | What Did You Eat Yesterday? | as Shirō Kakei 2021 | 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie | as Kyōhei Nagumo 2020 | Silent Tokyo | as Shinobu Seta 2020 | Voices in the Wind | as Morio 2019 | Aircraft Carrier Ibuki | as Ryōta Akitsu 2019 | Ninkyō Gakuen | as Seiji Himura 2018 | Penguin Highway | as Aoyama’s Father (voice) 2018 | Ozland | as Yoshihiko Ozuka 2018 | The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps | as Kazumasa Harima 2018 | Samurai’s Promise | as Uneme Sakakibara 2017 | The Last Recipe | as Yamagata 2016 | While the Women Are Sleeping | as Kenji 2016 | Creepy | as Takakura 2015 | Poison berry in my brain | as Yoshida 2015 | Mozu | as Naotake Kuraki 2014 | Genome Hazard | as Taketo Ishigami 2013 | The Wind Rises | as Kiro Honjo (voice) 2013 | Memories Corner | as Okabe 2013 | Strawberry Night | as Kazuo Kikuta 2012 | Seiji: Riku no Sakana | as Seiji 2011 | Cut | as Shuji 2010 | Goodbye, Someday | as Yutaka Higashigaito 2009 | Zero Focus | as Kenichi Ubara 2009 | Kanikōsen | as Asakawa 2008 | Over the Hilltop | as Ma Hae-song 2008 | Vacation | as Shin’ichi Kaneda 2008 | Tokyo Rendezvous | as Takashi Nogami 2007 | Shindo | 2007 | Pacchigi! Love & Peace | 2007 | Freesia: Bullet Over Tears | as Toshio Iwasaki 2006 | Oh! Oku | as Shingoro Ikushima 2005 | Canary | as Akira Izawa 2005 | Loft | as Koichi Kijima 2005 | Su-ki-da | as Yosuke 2005 | Sayonara Midori-chan | 2005 | House of Himiko | as Hosokawa 2004 | Angel in the Box | 2004 | Kikyo | 2004 | The Cat Leaves Home | 2004 | Tony Takitani | as Narrator (voice) 2004 | Casshern | as Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo 2002 | Last Scene | as Lead role 2002 | Tokyo.sora | 2002 | Dolls | as Matsumoto 2001 | Sekai no Owari to Iu Na no Zakkaten | as Lead role 2000 | Love/Juice | as Sakamoto 1998 | License to Live | as Yutaka 1997 | 2/Duo | as Kei 1995 | Kura | as Ryota Takeda 1995 | Marks no Yama | as Mori 1994 | Ghost Pub | as Koichi
Television
2024 | Sunny | as Masa Sakamoto 2024 | Sayonara Maestro | as Shunpei Natsume 2023 | Outsider Cops | as Eiji Kagawa 2022 | Kamen Rider Black Sun | as Kōtarō Minami 2022 | Riding a Unicorn | as Satoshi Kotori 2021 | Chef Is A Great Detective | as Shinobu Mifune 2021 | Guilty Flag | as Ryosuke Sagara 2021 | Welcome Home, Monet | as Satoru Asaoka 2020 | North Light | as Minoru Aose 2019-2023 | What Did You Eat Yesterday? | as Shiro Kakei 2019 | Maison de Police | as Soichiro Natsume 2017 | Caution, Hazardous Wife | as Yuki Isayama 2017 | Blanket Cats | as Shusuke Shiina 2017 | Crisis | as Saburo Tamaru 2016 | Daddy Sister | as Takezō Kohashi 2015 | Second Chance Chauffeur | as Kazuo Nagata 2015 | Mutsu: Mieru Me | as Eisuke Tameyori 2013 | Yae’s Sakura | as Yamamoto Kakuma 2012 | Strawberry Night | as Kazuo Kikuta 2011 | Boku to Star no 99 Nichi | as Kohei Namiki 2011 | School | as Iori Kirihara 2010 | General Rouge no Gaisen | as Koichi Hayami 2009 | Real Clothes | as Yusaku Tabuchi 2007 | Yama Onna Kabe Onna | as Iguchi Shohei 2006 | Unfair | as Ichiro Sezaki 2004 | Waltz Of Her Heart | as Shinya Minazuki 2004 | Ōoku | as Tokugawa Iemitsu 2003 | Always Smiling | as Kazuya Yuzuhara 1997 | Mori Motonari | as Aiō Mototsuna 1993 | Asunaro Hakusho | as Junichiro Matsuoka 1992 | Dinner On Thursday | as Tatsuro Miyazawa 1992 | Hagure Keiji Junjōha | as Tsuyoshi Nakagami
Hidetoshi Nishijima Photos
Hidetoshi Nishijima: Actor of the role of “Masa Sakamoto” in the Apple TV+ Series “Sunny”
Rashida Jones as Suzie in Sunny Apple TV Plus Series.
“Sunny” is an American black comedy television series created by Katie Robbins, based on the novel “The Dark Manual” by Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan. The series premiered on July 10, 2024, on Apple TV+.
Rashida Jones and Hidetoshi Nishijima in Sunny Apple TV Plus Series
The story follows Suzie (Rashida Jones), an American living in Kyoto, Japan. After her husband Masa Sakamoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and their son go missing in a plane crash, Suzie is given a household robot named Sunny by her husband’s robotics company as a form of consolation. Initially skeptical of the robot, Suzie gradually befriends Sunny, and together they try to uncover what really happened to her husband and son.
Awards
Wins
2022 | 56th National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2022 | 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2022 | 35th Takasaki Film Festival | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2021 | 34th Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2021 | 42nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2012 | 21st Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor | Cut
2012 | 26th Takasaki Film Festival | Best Actor | Cut
2009 | 30th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Vacation, Tokyo Rendezvous and Over the Hilltop
2006 | 20th Takasaki Film Festival | Best Actor | Kikyō
2006 | 15th Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor | Kikyō, Sayonara Midori-chan, Ame Yori Setsunaku
2000 | 9th Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor | License to Live
Nominations
2023 | 16th Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2022 | 20th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2022 | 25th Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2022 | 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2021 | 34th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Drive My Car
2021 | 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Performance by an Actor | Drive My Car
2019 | 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Samurai’s Promise
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