Nakamura Shidō II explained

Shidō Nakamura II
Native Name:	二代目中村獅童
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Mikihiro Ogawa
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Spouse:
Children:	3
Father:	Nakamura Shidō I
Relatives:	Nakamura Karoku I (great-great-grandfather) Nakamura Karoku III (great-grandfather) Nakamura Tokizō III (grandfather) Yorozuya Kinnosuke (uncle) Nakamura Kashō II (uncle) Nakamura Tokizō IV (uncle) Nakamura Tokizō V (cousin) Nakamura Matagorō III (cousin) Nakamura Karoku V (cousin) Nakamura Kinnosuke II (cousin) Nakamura Baishi IV (cousin) Nakamura Mantarō (cousin) Nakamura Kashō IV (cousin) Nakamura Tanenosuke (cousin) Nakamura Yonekichi V (cousin) Nakamura Ryūnosuke (cousin) Nakamura Hayato I (cousin) Nakamura Tanetarō V (cousin) Nakamura Hidenosuke (cousin)
Occupation:	Kabuki and film actor
Years Active:	1989–present
Credits:	Ryuk in Death Note, Dragon in Ping Pong
Website:	http://www.shidou.jp/

, better known by the stage name, is a Japanese kabuki and film actor.

Life

Born in Tokyo, the son of kabuki actor Nakamura Shidō I, young Nakamura made his kabuki debut at the age of eight. He took the name Shidō the following year, following his father's retirement. Twenty-one years later, despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen, the 30-year-old Kabuki actor was in his first film, Ping Pong (2002), in which he portrayed a skin-headed, demonically intense table tennis champion nicknamed Dragon. His film debut won Nakamura a Best Newcomer award at the 2003 Japanese Academy Awards. Since then, Nakamura has starred in a string of high-profile movies as well as TV dramas.

In May 2017, he announced that he will take a hiatus for his lung cancer treatment.^[1]

Career

Nakamura came to international attention in 2004 after starring in the highly successful romance film Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu (Be With You) with Yūko Takeuchi, the two stars playing a couple separated by death. The two married after filming was complete, on 10 May 2005, and eventually divorced on 29 February 2008.

In the Hong Kong/China martial arts movie Fearless starring international kung fu star Jet Li, and set in 1910s Imperial China, Nakamura plays a Japanese martial artist who is Jet Li's final opponent. He also starred in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima.

Nakamura is the voice of Yoshitaka Mine, Chairman of the Hakuho Clan in Yakuza 3 (released in Japan as .

Filmography

Films

Year	English title	Role	Notes
2002	Ping Pong	Dragon		^[2]
2003	Like Asura	Shizuo Katsumata
	Iden & Tity	Johnny
2004	Be With You	Takumi	Lead role
	One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword	Saga (voice)
	Akasen	Izō	Lead role
	My Lover Is a Sniper: The Movie	Fan Huoqing
2005	Yamato	Mamoru Uchida
	All About My Dog	Kentaro Yamada
	The Neighbor No. Thirteen	No. 13	Lead role
	One Stormy Night	Gabu (voice)
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima	Lieutenant Ito	American film
	Fearless	Anno Tanaka
	Death Note	Ryuk (voice)
	Honey and Clover	Repairer
2007	GeGeGe no Kitaro	Great Tengu Judge
	Cha Cha, The Heavenly Woman
	Red Cliff	Gan Xing	Chinese film
		Zero (voice)
		Ryuk (voice)
	Ichi	Banki
2009	Silver Rain	Shoji Iwai
2010	Leonie
2011	Ninja Kids!!!	Rantaro's father
	Hard Romantic-er	Takagi
2013	Gatchaman	Iriya	Special appearance	^[3]
	Tenshin			^[4]
2014	Silver Spoon	Miyuki Nakajima		^[5]
2015	Furiko	Daisuke Hasegawa	Lead role	^[6]
	Terminal	Ichiryū Ōshita		^[7]
2016	Twisted Justice	Kuroiwa		^[8]
		Ryuk (voice)		^[9]
2018	The Blood of Wolves	Takafumi Kōsaka
2020	Mio's Cookbook	Mataji		^[10]
	Signal 100	Shimobe		^[11]
2021	Character	Makabe		^[12]
	Last of the Wolves	Takafumi Kōsaka		^[13]
2023	The Village	Mitsuyoshi Ōhashi		^[14]
	Monster	Kiyotaka		^[15]
	Kubi	Naniwa Mosuke		^[16]
	Lumberjack the Monster	Takeshi Kenmochi		^[17]
2024	Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality			^[18]

TV series

• NHK Taiga dramas
  • Kasuga no Tsubone (1989), Inaba Masasada
  • Mōri Motonari (1997), Amago Yoshihisa
  • Musashi (2003), Tokugawa Hidetada
  • Shinsengumi! (2004), Takimoto Sutesuke^[19]
  • Yae's Sakura (2013), Sagawa Kanbei^[20]
  • Idaten (2019), Sanetsugu Kanakuri^[21]
  • The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Kajiwara Kagetoki^[22]
• Kisarazu Cat's Eye (TBS, 2002)
• HR (Fuji TV, 2003)
• Akai Tsuki (TV Tokyo, 2004), Himuro Keisuke
• Death Note (NTV, 2006)
• Tenka Souran (TV Tokyo, 2006)
• Shinjitsu no Shuki BC-kyu Senpan Kato Tetsutaro: Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (NTV, 2007)
• Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Sexy Voice and Robo (NTV, 2007, ep1 and 11)
• Ri Kouran (TV Tokyo, 2007)
• Wachigaiya Itosato (TBS, 2007)
• Nikutai no Mon (TV Asahi, 2008)
• Kiri no Hi (NTV, 2008)
• Untouchable (2009), Kusuda Makoto
• Mori no Asagao (TV Tokyo, 2010, ep1)
• Totto TV (2016, NHK), Kiyoshi Atsumi
• (2016, Hulu), Ryuk (voice)
• Bones of Steel (2020, Wowow), Gorō Nishida
• Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger (2024, TV Asahi), Causus Husty, Reiniol Husty

Japanese dub

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Max Dillon / Electro (Jamie Foxx)^[23]
• as Max Dillon / Electro (Jamie Foxx)^[24]
• Venom as Venom (Tom Hardy)^[25]
• as Venom (Tom Hardy)^[26]

Video games

• Ryū ga Gotoku 3 (2009), as Yoshitaka Mine
• Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (2014), as Hijikata Toshizō

References

• Kabuki techō: Kabuki Official Data Book 2008. Nihon Haiyū Kyōkai (Japan Actors' Association). 2008: Tokyo. p175.

External links

• Nakamura Shido Kabuki actors profile
  • Shido Nakamura profile on HogaCentral
• jdorama entry

Notes and References

1. Web site: Death Note Actor, Voice Actor Shidou Nakamura Takes Hiatus to Treat Lung Cancer. Anime News Network. 18 May 2017. 22 May 2021.
2. Web site: ピンポン. 10 July 2024. eiga.com.
3. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=344920. ja:映画 ガッチャマン. 27 October 2015. Stingray. allcinema. ja.
4. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=346445. ja:映画 天心. 27 October 2015. Stingray. allcinema. ja.
5. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=346639. ja:映画 銀の匙 Silver Spoon. 27 October 2015. Stingray. allcinema. ja.
6. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=350371. ja:映画 振り子. 27 October 2015. Stingray. allcinema. ja.
7. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=353133. ja:映画 起終点駅 ターミナル. 27 October 2015. Stingray. allcinema. ja.
8. Web site: 日本で一番悪い奴ら. 10 July 2024. eiga.com.
9. Web site: デスノート Light up the NEW world. 10 July 2024. eiga.com.
10. Web site: みをつくし料理帖. August 25, 2023. eiga.com.
11. Web site: シグナル100. 10 July 2024. eiga.com.
12. Web site: 小栗旬、高畑充希、中村獅童が「キャラクター」で菅田将暉＆Fukaseと共演. 23 February 2021. Natalie.
13. Web site: 「孤狼の血」続編に滝藤賢一、中村獅童、矢島健一が再集結、音尾琢真は「真珠縛り」. 4 March 2021. Natalie.
14. Web site: ヴィレッジ. 18 October 2022. eiga.com.
15. Web site: 怪物. 5 January 2023. eiga.com.
16. Web site: 北野武監督『首』今秋公開決定！ティザービジュアルが解禁！. 15 April 2023. Fan's Voice. 15 April 2023.
17. Web site: 怪物の木こり. June 7, 2023. eiga.com.
18. Web site: 河合優実、映画『八犬伝』犬塚信乃に想いを寄せる浜路役 立川談春・中村獅童・尾上右近も出演. June 18, 2024. Oricon.
19. Web site: 新選組！の出演者・キャスト一覧. 1 August 2021. The Television.
20. Web site: 八重の桜の出演者・キャスト一覧. 10 July 2024. The Television.
21. Web site: いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺(ばなし)〜の出演者・キャスト一覧. May 11, 2024. The Television.
22. Web site: 鎌倉殿の13人. 19 December 2022. TV drama database.
23. Web site: アメイジング・スパイダーマン2TM. 28 October 2019. Star Channel.
24. Web site: スパイダーマン：ノー・ウェイ・ホーム －日本語吹き替え版. 25 December 2021. Fukikaeru.
25. Web site: 諏訪部順一と中村獅童が"最恐"タッグ「ヴェノム」吹替版、中川翔子も参加. 30 March 2021. Natalie.
26. Web site: 続投決定！『ヴェノム2』日本語吹き替えキャストがコメント発表. 2 August 2021. Cinema Today. 6 July 2021.