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Masatoshi Nakamura | |
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中村 雅俊 | |
Born | Onagawa, Miyagi, Japan | 1 February 1951
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1974–present |
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Spouse | Igarishi Junko |
Children | 1 son, 3 daughters |
Website | columbia |
Masatoshi Nakamura (中村 雅俊, Nakamura Masatoshi, born 1 February 1951) is a Japanese actor and singer from Onagawa, Miyagi. He graduated from Keio University.[1]
Nakamura joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1973 and made his television debut in 1974 with "Warera Seishun.[2] Masatoshi made his film debut with "Fureai" in the same year .[3] He won his first major award at the Elan d'or Awards in 1975.[4] In 1977, he married actress Junko Igarashi.[5] In 2012, he played the role of Fumimaro Konoe in the Peter Webber's film Emperor.[6]
As a singer his first single "Fureai" peaked at number 1 in the Japanese single record chart in 1974.[7] Besides "Fureai" he has several other hit songs such as "Oretachi no Tabi" and "Koibito mo Nureru Machikado".[8] "Nakamura appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1982 and 2012.