Kōji Wada (actor) explained

Kōji Wada
Birth Date:	28 January 1944
Birth Place:	Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Death Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1959–1986
Spouse:	^[1]

was a Japanese actor.^{[2] [3]}

Career

In 1959, Wada was scouted and joined Nikkatsu Company at the age of 15.^[4] Wada's film debut was the 1959 film Mugon no Rantō directed by Katsumi Nishikawa.^{[4] [5]} In 1971, he left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor.^[4] As a freelance actor he appeared in supporting roles in such films as The Street Fighter's Last Revenge,^[6] .^[7]

Selected filmography

Film

• Mugon no Rantō (1959) : Masao Kinoshita
• The Poem of the Blue Star (1960) : Toru Fujimoto
• Go to Hell, Hoodlums! (1960) : Sadao Matsudaira
• Carmen from Kawachi (1962) : Akira Sakata
• Sunset Hill (1964) : Shinji
• Gate of Flesh (1964) : Abe
• Three Stray Dogs'7 : Eiji Minagawa
• The Black Sheep (1967) : Jun Yamazaki
• (1967) : Machida
• To Kill a Kille (1967) : Hanji
• (1970) : Michio Yagami
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) : Kunigami
• Barefoot in Blue Jeans (1975) : Keiichi Kazama
• (1976) : Tsutomu Nakamichi
• Eden no Umi (1976)
• A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) : Yoshizawa
• Proof of the Man (1977) : Kawanishi
• Mito Kōmon (1978) : Genpachiro Tsurugi

Television

• Ryōma ga Yuku (1968) : Takasugi Sinsaku
• Edo o Kiru III (1977) : Sakichi
• Ōoka Echizen (1978–86) : Kazama Shunsuke

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geinox/143451 . ja:和田浩治 結婚１年７カ月で梓みちよと泥沼離婚. 2020-12-23. Japanese. nikkangendai.
2. Web site: http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=98095. ja:和田浩次. 2020-12-23. Japanese. Kinenote.
3. Web site: . ja:和田浩次. 2020-12-23. Japanese. kotobank.jp.
4. Web site: https://eigadb.com/p10098095 . ja:和田浩次. 2020-12-23. Japanese. eiga.db.
5. Web site: https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/20398.html. ja:無言の乱斗. 2020-12-23. Japanese. nikkatsu.
6. Web site: https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=12315. ja:逆襲! 殺人拳. 2020-12-23. Japanese. japanese-cinema.
7. Web site: https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=12578. ja:新仁義なき戦い 組長最後の日. 2020-12-23. Japanese. japanese-cinema.