Ryo Katsuji

Ryo Katsuji (勝地 涼, Katsuji Ryō, born August 20, 1986 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and voice actor.^[2][3] He graduated from the Horikoshi High School.^[4]

Ryo Katsuji
勝地 涼
Born	(1986-08-20) August 20, 1986 (age 36) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Foster
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Spouse	Atsuko Maeda ​ ​ (m. 2018; div. 2021)​ ^[1]
Children	1
Website	www.web-foster.com/pc/artists/Katsuji/Ryo

Filmography

Films

• Tales of the Unusual (2000), Ōishi Chikara
• All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Hitoshi Terawaki
• Yume Oikakete (2003), Junichi
• Battle Royale II (2003), Haruya Sakurai
• Hanging Garden (2005), Morisaki
• Aegis (2005), Kou Kisaragi
• A Heartful of Love (2005), Teruyoshi Fukawa
• Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006) (voice), Agito
• Hana yori mo naho (2006), Sōemon Aoki
• Kōfuku na Shokutaku (2007), Bengaku Ōura
• Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007), Hiraguri
• Kisshō Tennyo (2007), Ryō Tōno
• Awa Dance (2007), Kōji Tachibana
• The Shōnen Merikensack] (2009), Masaru
• Waiting for Good News (2009), Wataru Niigaki
• The Shock Labyrinth (2009), Motoki
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer (2010) (voice), Descartes Shaman
• Surely Someday (2010), Kyōhei Manabe
• Hankyū Densha (2011), Keiichi Kosaka
• Ogawa no Hotori (2011), Shinzō
• Kita no Kanaria Tachi (2012), Naoki Ikushima
• Reunion (Asu e no Tōkakan) (2013), Yūta Oikawa
• Kodomo Keisatsu (2013), Shin Kunimitsu
• Crows Explode (2014), Kenichi Ogisu
• The Vancouver Asahi (2014), Kei Kitamoto
• Eating Women (2018), Shiraishi
• Gintama 2 (2018), Shige Shige Tokugawa
• Masquerade Hotel (2019)
• Silent Tokyo (2020)
• Underdog (2020), Shun Miyaki
• Nemesis: The Movie (2023), Takahiro "Taka" Chikuma^[5]

TV dramas

• Eien no Ko (NTV, 2000), Shōichirō Nagase
• Maria (TBS, 2001), Toshiya Takahara
• Ninjo Shigure Machi (NHK, 2001), Senkichi
• Sayonara, Ozu-sensei (Fuji TV, 2001), Kenta Nagase
• Mōdōken Quill no Isshō (NHK, 2003), Masaharu Miyata
• The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (TBS, 2003), Kenichi Yoneyama
• Stand Up!! (TBS, 2003), Yoshiki Matzuzaki
• It was Sudden, Like a Storm... (TBS, 2004), Keisuke Kase
• The Pride of the Temp(Haken no Hinkaku) (NTV, 2007), Tsutomu Asano
• Atsuhime (NHK, 2008), John Manjirō
• Mirai Kōshi Meguru (TV Asahi, 2008), Yūki Ebisawa
• Cat Street (NHK, 2008), Kōichi Mine
• 4 Lies (TV Asahi, 2008), Eiji Anjō
• Tokyo Dogs (Fuji TV, 2009), Keiichi Horikawa
• Mioka: Kimi ga Ita Hibi (NTV, 2010), Kunihiko Kasagi
• Rebound (NTV, 2011), Kensaku Kazami
• Summer Nude (Fuji TV, 2013), Yaino Takashi
• Amachan (NHK, 2013), Toshiya
• Yae no Sakura (NHK, 2013), Yamakawa Kenjirō
• Gekitsui 3-nin no Pilot (NHK, 2014), Kaneyoshi Mutō
• Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko (Fuji TV, 2014), Shiro Hashizume
• Sutekina Sen Taxi (KTV, 2014), Yōhei Asakura
• Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu (TBS, 2015), Naomichi Sano
• Kizuna: Hashire Kiseki no Kouma (NHK, 2017), Natsuo
• Idaten (NHK, 2019), Hidenobu Mikawa
• Nemesis (NTV, 2021), Takahiro "Taka" Chikuma^[6]

TV films

• Live for this Love (TBS, 2005)
• Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana (TBS, 2006)
• Satomi Hakkenden (TBS, 2006)
• Papa no Namida de Ko wa Sodatsu (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Kurobe no Taiyo (Fuji TV, 2009)
• America ni Makenakatta Otoko (TV Tokyo, 2020), Kiichi Miyazawa
• Shimura Ken to Drif no Daibakushō Monogatari (Fuji TV, 2021), Cha Katō^[7]

Anime television series

• Un-Go (2011), Yuki Shinjuro

Video games

• Drag-On Dragoon 2: Fuin no kurenai, haitoku no kuro (2005) (voice: Japanese version) - Nowe

Japanese dubbing

• Power Rangers (2017), Jason Scott/Red Ranger (Dacre Montgomery)^[8]

Recognitions

• 29th Japan Academy Film Prize: Best Newcomer for Aegis (2006)^[9]

References

1. "Former AKB48 star Atsuko Maeda marries actor Ryo Katsuji". The Japan Times. July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
2. "FOSTER Management Office agancy profile" (in Japanese). Foster. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
3. "Katsuji Ryō profile" (in Japanese). eiga.com inc. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
4. [Ryō Katsuji Interview]. FragranceBiz (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
5. "映画ネメシス 黄金螺旋の謎". eiga.com. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
6. "探偵ドラマ「ネメシス」勝地涼、中村蒼、富田望生がタカ・ユージ・薫の刑事トリオに". Natalie. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
7. "いかりや長介は遠藤憲一、加藤茶は勝地涼、ザ・ドリフターズを演じる俳優陣発表". Natalie. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
8. "杉田智和×水樹奈々×鈴木達央がパワーレンジャーに変身！吹き替え版で"宿敵"沢城みゆきと激突". Eiga. May 31, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
9. 第29回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. Japan Academy Prize (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-22.

External links

• (in Japanese)
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Ryo Katsuji TV appearances (in Japanese)
• Ryo Katsuji at IMDb
• JDorama.com
• Dorama.info
• Ryo Katsuji - NipponCinema