| Joe Odagiri | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan |
| Other Names: | Odajo |
| Children: | 3 |
| Website: | dongyu.co.jp |
| Occupation: | Actor, musician |
| Years Active: | 1999–present |
Jō Odagiri (Japanese: 小田切 譲|Odagiri Jō; born 16 February 1976), better known by his stage name, is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for portraying Yusuke Godai, the titular hero of the 2000 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kuuga.
Joe Odagiri was born February 16, 1976, in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study film directing at California State University, Fresno, but mistakes in the application process landed him in acting classes.[1] He often says that Tokyo is his second hometown.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ||||
| 2001 | Platonic Sex | Toshimi Iwasaki | ||
| 2003 | Azumi | Bijomaru Mogami | ||
| Bright Future | Yuuji Nimura | Lead role | ||
| 2004 | Out of This World | Shozo Ikeshima | ||
| Blood and Bones | Takeshi | |||
| Black Kiss | Joker Jono | [3] | ||
| 2005 | Pacchigi! | Sakazaki | ||
| In the Pool | Tetsuya Taguchi | Lead role | ||
| Into a Dream | Kōji | |||
| Hazard | Shin | Lead role | ||
| House of Himiko | Haruhiko Kishimoto | Lead role | ||
| Gennosuke Kouga | Lead role | |||
| Scrap Heaven | Tetsu | [4] | ||
| Princess Raccoon | Amechiyo | Lead role | ||
| 2006 | Big River | Teppei | Lead role | |
| The Uchōten Hotel | Ukon | |||
| Retribution | Dr. Takagi | |||
| The Pavillion Salamandre | Hoichi Tobishima | |||
| Sway | Takeru Hayakawa | Lead role | ||
| 2007 | Mushishi | Ginko | Lead role | |
| Masawa Nakagawa | Lead role | |||
| Sad Vacation | Goto | |||
| Adrift in Tokyo | Fumiya Takemura | Lead role | ||
| 2009 | Plastic City | Kirin | ||
| Dream | Jin | |||
| The Warrior and the Wolf | Lu Shenkang | Chinese film | ||
| Air Doll | Sonoda | |||
| 2011 | I Wish | Kenji | ||
| Poongsan | North Korean border guard 1 | Cameo | ||
| My Way | Tatsuo Hasegawa | Lead role, South Korean film | ||
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Masashi Nishioka | ||
| Real | Editor | |||
| The Owner of Chunichi Dragons | Cameo, South Korean film | |||
| Human Trust | Kugenuma | |||
| Present for You | Shigeru Kajiwara | |||
| 2014 | The World of Kanako | Detective Aikawa | ||
| 2015 | Foujita | Tsuguharu Foujita | Lead role | |
| 2016 | Over the Fence | Yoshio Shiraiwa | Lead role | |
| Her Love Boils Bathwater | Kazuhiro | |||
| 2017 | Ernesto | Freddy Maymura | Lead role | |
| Pumpkin and Mayonnaise | Hagio | |||
| The White Girl | Sakamoto | Lead role | ||
| 2018 | Room Laundering | Gorō Ikazuchi | ||
| Human, Space, Time and Human | Eve's boyfriend | South Korean film | ||
| 2019 | Saturday Fiction | Chinese film | ||
| 2021 | The Asian Angel | Tōru Aoki | ||
| A Day with No Name | Akihito Ono | [5] | ||
| We Made a Beautiful Bouquet | Kōhei Kaji | [6] | ||
| A Madder Red | Yōichi Tanaka | [7] | ||
| 2022 | What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? | Bruce | [8] | |
| It's All My Fault | Sakamoto | [9] | ||
| 2023 | Yoko | [10] | ||
| The Moon | Shohei | [11] | ||
| 2024 | 90 Years Old – So What? | [12] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Kamen Rider Kuuga | Yusuke Godai | Lead role | ||
| 2001 | OL Visual Kei | TV Asahi | |||
| A Fragrance of Jealousy | Asai Makoto | TV Asahi | |||
| 2002 | First Time | Atsushi | |||
| Searchin' for My Polestar | Kisaki Takeshi | Fuji TV | |||
| Transparent | TV Asahi | Lead role | |||
| 2003 | Face | Nishijima Kousuke | Lead role | ||
| Song of the Canefields | Yoshioka | ||||
| Beginner | Shun | Lead role | |||
| 2004 | The Violin Over Seas | Aikawa Sensei | Fuji TV | ||
| Shinsengumi! | Taiga drama | ||||
| 2005 | Grumpy Gene | Katsuta Hayato | |||
| 2006 | Time Limit Investigator | Kiriyama Shuichiro | Lead role | ||
| 2007 | Time Limit Investigator, Season 2 | TV Asahi | Lead role | ||
| 2008 | My Younger Sister | Egami Mei | Lead role | ||
| Midnight Diner | Katagiri | TBS | |||
| 2010 | Atami no Sousakan | TV Asahi | Lead role | ||
| A School Behind Bars | Ishikawa Junpei | Lead role | |||
| 2011 | Midnight Diner 2 | Katagiri | TBS | ||
| 2013 | Yae's Sakura | NHK | Taiga drama | ||
| 2014 | Rivers Edge Okawabata Detective Agency | Takeshi Muraki | TV Tokyo | Lead role | |
| The Thorns of Alice | Nishikado | TBS | |||
| 2015 | Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 1 | Lead role | |||
| To Give a Dream | Murano | ||||
| 2016 | Sleepeeer Hit! | Kei Iokibe | TBS | ||
| 2016 | Kogure | [13] | |||
| 2018 | We Are Rockets! | Tarō Urushido | TBS | [14] | |
| 2019 | Time Limit Investigator 2019 | Kiriyama Shuichiro | TV Asahi | Lead role | [15] |
| 2021 | My Dear Exes | Hiroshi Takanashi | Fuji TV | [16] | |
| 2021–22 | Come Come Everybody | Jōichirō "Joe" Ōtsuki | NHK | Asadora | [17] |
| 2022 | Atom's Last Shot | Akihiku Okitsu | TBS | [18] | |