Goro Inagaki Explained

Goro Inagaki
Native Name:	稲垣吾郎
Native Name Lang:	ja
Background:	solo_singer
Birth Date:	8 December 1973
Origin:	Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	J-pop
Occupation:	Singer, actor
Years Active:	1987–present (entering Johnny & Associates)
Current Member Of:	Atarashii Chizu
Past Member Of:	SMAP

is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo. Inagaki was a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP.^[1] A year after the group's dissolution, Inagaki, alongside his former bandmates Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori formed the group Atarashii Chizu.^[2]

His international film debut was in the romantic comedy Private Lessons II, playing the male lead role of a Japanese student who falls for his tutor. Private Lessons II also starred SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai.

Filmography

Drama

1989: Seishun Kazoku (1989) as Daichi Agawa
1991: Gakkō e ikō as Toru Fujii
1992: Hatachi no Yakusoku as Akagi Junpei
1993: Uso Demo li Kara as Nogami Fumiya
1994: Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari as Naoki Murakami
1995: Saikō no Koibito as Michio Yoshinaga
1996: Subarashiki Kazokuryokō as Kikuchi Tadahiro
1997: Kare as Okamoto Toshiya
1997: Koi no Katamichikippu as Mori Shinichi
1998: Sommelier as Joe Satake
1998: A Strange Story (Autumn Special Edition) as Akira Bessho
1999: Kiken na Kankei as Takao Kawase
2000: Saimin as Saga Toshiya
2001: Onmyōji as Abeno Awimwi
2002: Kekkon no Jyōken as Kaoru Kurashima
2002: Yoisho no Otoko as Sakurai Kotaro
2002: Ren'ai Hensachi as Yusaku Natsume
2004: Hoshi ni Negai o as Shuta Okamoto
2004: Inugamike no Ichizoku (The Kindaichi Series) as Kousuke Kindaichi
2004: 9.11 as Yoichi Sugiyama
2004: Yatsuhakamura (The Kindaichi Series) as Kousuke Kindaichi
2005: M no Higeki as Ando Mamoru
2005: Asuka e soshite madaminukoe as Sawamura Seiji
2006: Jōōbachi (The Kindaichi Series) as Kindaichi Kosuke
2006: Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru as Yamaguchi Osamu
2007: Aakuma ga Kitarite Fue o Fuku (The Kindaichi Series) as Kindaichi Kosuke
2007: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e as Kitahama Noburo (ep. 9)
2008: Sasaki Fusai no Jinginaki Tatakai as Sasaki Norimichi
2009: Akuma no Temariuta (The Kindaichi Series) Kindaichi Kosuke
2009: Kamen Rider G as Goro
2009: Triangle as Kuroki Shun
2010: Nagareboshi as Shûichi Makihara
2011: Bull Doctor as Nakura Junnosuke
2012: Hungry! as Aso Tokio
2012: Dr. Kenzi as Masashi Morohashi
2013: Take Five: Oretachi wa ai o nusumeruka as Kai Iwatsuki
2013-2014: A Chef of Nobunaga as Akechi Mitsuhide
2016: Fukigen na Kajitsu as Koichi Mizukoshi
2019: Scarlet as Osaki Shigeyoshi
2022: Kaze yo Arashi yo as Jun Tsuji
2023: YuYu Hakusho as Sakyo^[3]

Movies

1990: Saraba itoshino yakuza as Takashi Takanashi
1993: Private Lessons II as Ken Soto
1994: Shoot! as Umahori
1996: Super Scandal as Toshiya Ota
1997: Parasite Eve as Tatsuro Ohno
1999: Hypnosis as Toshiya Saga
2004: University of Laughs as Hajime Tsubaki
2006: One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle as Ratchet (voice)
2010: Thirteen Assassins as Matsudaira Naritsugu
2016: Night's Tightrope Takao/Uncle
2018: Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai as Goro
2019: Another World as Hiroshi Takamura
2019: Tezuka's Barbara as Yosuke Mikura^[4]
2019: Children of the Sea as Azumi Masaaki
2020: Labyrinth of Cinema as Ōkubo Toshimichi^[5]
2022: At the Window as Ichikawa Shigemi^[6]
2023: (Ab)normal Desire as Hiroki Terai^[7]
2024: Kaze yo Arashi yo as Jun Tsuji^[8]
2024: A Girl Named Ann as Tatsuki Kirino^[9]

TV shows

1992-1995: Yume ga Mori Mori as himself
1996-1997: WIN (1996–1997) as host
1996-2006: SMAP×SMAP as host
1999: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi as Tateyama Michitaka
2000: Inagaki Geijutsukan
2001-2017: SmaSTATION!! as host
2002: Tokumei Research 200X: II as Tôru Date
2003-2010 Wasurebumi as host
2004: Goro no Sonata as host
2004: Goro no Hosomichi as host
2004-2009: Goro's Bar as host
2009-2010: Goro's Bar Presents my Fair Lady as host
2010: G.I. Goro as host
2010-2011: Aishuutantei 1756 as host
2011-2019: Goro Deluxe as host

Notes and References

https://books.google.com/books?id=uVbGOE3jwWUC&pg=PA60&dq=Gor%C5%8D+Inagaki&lr=&cd=2 Flowers from hell
Web site: Ronald. 2017-09-22. A New Group Rises Out of SMAP's Ashes. 2021-07-12. ARAMA! JAPAN. en-US.
Web site: 綾野剛・滝藤賢一が戸愚呂兄弟、稲垣吾郎は左京に「幽☆遊☆白書」新キャスト9名解禁. November 11, 2023. Natalie.
Web site: Kuipers. Richard. 2020-09-01. 'Tezuka's Barbara' Review: Erotic Manga Adaptation Is Visually Striking but Emotionally Undercooked. 2021-07-12. Variety. en-US.
Web site: 海辺の映画館キネマの玉手箱. July 19, 2023. eiga.com.
Web site: 窓辺にて. June 6, 2022. eiga.com.
Web site: 稲垣吾郎×新垣結衣共演朝井リョウ『正欲』映画化決定. September 12, 2022. Crank-in!. 12 September 2022.
Web site: 吉高由里子主演「風よあらしよ」劇場版、24年2月公開 100年前、自由を求め闘った伊藤野枝の生涯描く. October 30, 2023. eiga.com.
Web site: あんのこと. December 20, 2023. eiga.com.