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name: "Hidetoshi Nishijima"
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born: "29 March 1971"
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# Hidetoshi Nishijima

Actor. Born 29 March 1971 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 March 1971, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** 西岛俊秀, هیدتوشی نیشیجیما
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154206, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632689/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13250

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wind Rises*](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md) (77)

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## Biography

Hidetoshi Nishijima is a Japanese actor. He was born on 29 March 1971 in Hachioji, Japan, and studied at Yokohama National University. He has worked in film and television since 1992.

Nishijima is known for roles in *Dolls* (2002), *Tony Takitani* (2004), *Creepy* (2016), *The Wind Rises* (2013) as Honjô (voice), *Drive My Car* (2021) as Yūsuke Kafuku, *Shin Ultraman* (2022) and *Sunny* (2024). He received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor for *Drive My Car*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wind Rises* (2013), Fi1m 77, as Honjô (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Her Private Hell* (2026), Actor

## Also known for

- *Drive My Car* (2021), Yūsuke Kafuku
- *Dolls* (2002), Matsumoto
- *Casshern* (2004), Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo
- *Penguin Highway* (2018), Aoyama's Father (voice)
- *Shin Ultraman* (2022), Kimio Tamura
- *Creepy* (2016), Takakura Koichi
- *Sunny* (2024), Masahiko 'Masa' Sakamoto
- *Tony Takitani* (2004), Narrator

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