--- name: "Masanobu Andō" canonical: "https://film.one/person/masanobu-ando" fi1m_id: "masanobu-ando" imdb_id: "nm0027942" tmdb_id: 74862 wikidata_id: "Q373959" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 May 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-25T10:02:28.773308+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Masanobu Andō ## Identity Masanobu Andō - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masanobu-ando - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** masanobu-ando - **IMDb ID:** nm0027942 - **TMDB ID:** 74862 - **Wikidata ID:** Q373959 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Ando, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74862 Actor. Born 19 May 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 May 1975, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan - **Active:** 2000–present - **Also known as:** Masanobu Ando, Masanobu Andô, Andō Masanobu, Andô Masanobu, Masanobu Andou, Andou Masanobu, 安藤 政信 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Ando, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74862 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Battle Royale*](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu) is a Japanese actor and director. Born on 19 May 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, he began his career in 1994 after being scouted on the street. Ando gained recognition for his role as Shinji in Takeshi Kitano's *Kids Return* (1996), for which he received the Japan Academy Prize for Best New Actor. He is best known internationally for portraying the psychopathic student Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6) in Kinji Fukasaku's *Battle Royale* (2000). Other notable film roles include appearances in *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007) and *Nightmare Detective* (2007). He has also worked in Japanese television and directed the short film *Adagietto. Sehr langsam* (2003). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Battle Royale* (2000), Fi1m 83, as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6) — [page](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md) ## Complete filmography (86) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *真田十勇士 SHADOWS OF THE TEN NINJA* (2026), series, as Sanada Yukimura — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/shadows-of-the-ten-ninja.md) - *The Royal Family* (2025), series, as Hiroshi Hironaka - *Stay Mum* (2024), as Yasuo Inukai - *City Hunter* (2024), as Hideyuki Makimura - *House of the Owl* (2024), series, as Ichiro Ogami - *The Yin Yang Master Zero* (2024), as Sadafumi Heguri - *Destiny* (2024), series, as Okuda Takashi - *My Second Aoharu* (2023), series, as Hinata Shogo - *Rohan at the Louvre* (2023), as Ryunosuke Tatsumi - *The Setting Sun* (2022), as Jiro Uehara - *Thousand and One Nights* (2022), as Yoji Tamura - *Pandora's Fruit* (2022), series, as Caen Karl - *Fishbowl Wives* (2022), series, as Takuya Hiraga - *My Brother, The Android And Me* (2022), Actor - *Gossip* (2022), series, as Masaki Niwa - *Tokyo Houchi Shokudo* (2021), series, as Kotaro Higashi - *Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning* (2021), as Shinsaku Takasugi - *The Ideal Man* (2021), series, as Mitsuyasu - *ZOKKI* (2021), Actor - *The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill* (2021), as Suzuki - *Sakura* (2021), Director - *DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-* (2020), series, as Naoya Date（伊達 直哉） - *The Sun Does Not Move* (2020), series, as Osamu Sakurai - *The Ship of Theseus* (2020), series, as Mikio Kimura - *TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」* (2019), Actor - *Voice* (2019), series, as Kyosuke Kuon - *Your Turn to Kill* (2019), series, as Go Sano - *それを愛とまちがえるから* (2019), series, Actor - *Day and Night* (2019), as Kenichi Kitamura - *Cheers to Miki Clinic* (2019), series, as Miki Shouichirou - *Black Scandal* (2018), series, Actor - *Lenses on Her Heart* (2018), as Yuji Kiba - *Love and Fortune* (2018), series, as Tsuchiya Jo - *Code Blue: The Movie* (2018), as Hiroki Shinkai - *Still Life of Memories* (2018), as Haruma - *An Emblem Dedicated To You* (2017), as Kamimura Ren - *シリーズ・横溝正史短編集* (2016), series, as Haruki Kagawa - *Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final* (2016), as Hajime Gakuto - *A Flower Aflame* (2016), as Yasunori Ochi - *Sadako vs. Kayako* (2016), as Keizō Tokiwa - *Kokoro* (2016), as Jiro - *Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation* (2016), as Yasui - *Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!* (2016), series, as Osako Tatsuya - *Gonin Saga* (2015), as Seiji Shikine - *No No Sleep* (2015), as Japanese Man - *Beautiful 2015* (2015), Actor - *The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk* (2015), series, Actor - *Petal Dance* (2013), as Naoto - *Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope* (2013), as Shuji Yamura - *Keigo Higashino Mysteries* (2012), series, Actor - *Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale* (2012), as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan - *Smuggler* (2011), as Spine - *Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge* (2011), as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan - *Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag* (2011), as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan - *The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman* (2011), as The Mute - *Forever Enthralled* (2008), as Ryuichi Tanaka - *Code Blue* (2008), series, as Shinkai Hiroki - *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007), as Yoichi - *Nightmare Detective* (2007), as Detective Wakamiya - *Sakuran* (2006), as Seiji - *Crickets* (2006), as Taichi - *Strawberry Shortcakes* (2006), as Kikuchi - *Green Mind, Metal Bats* (2006), as Ishioka - *Big Bang Love, Juvenile A* (2006), as Shiro Kazuki - *Aegis* (2005), as Don-chol - *Synesthesia* (2005), as Takashi Nohara - *Black Kiss* (2004), as Tatsuo Sorayama - *69* (2004), as Adama - *Karaoke Terror* (2003), as Sugioka - *SHORT FILMS* (2003), Director - *Drive* (2002), as Kodama Makato - *Tokyo 10+01* (2002), as Fake - *Red Shadow* (2001), as Akakage - *Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius* (2001), as Kenichi Satomi - *Battle Royale* (2000), as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md) - *Monday* (2000), as Mitsuo Kondo - *Space Travelers* (2000), as Makoto Fujimoto - *School Ghost Story: Curse Special* (2000), as Satô - *Railroad Man* (1999), as Toshiyuki Yoshioka - *Adrenaline Drive* (1999), as Satoru Suzuki - *Innocent World* (1998), as Takuya - *Blue Days* (1998), series, as Shuri Sawaki - *When the Saints Go Marching In* (1998), series, as Takahara Ren - *Tomodachi no Koibito* (1997), series, Actor - *Kids Return* (1996), as Shinji - *Rex: A Dinosaur's Story* (1993), Actor ## Gallery - ![Masanobu Andō](https://film.one/media/person/97041/gallery-fb347f483c92.jpg) Masanobu Andō — Mickea at English Wikipedia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Masanobu_And%C3%B4_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Masanobu Andō](https://film.one/media/person/97041/gallery-7492c372b37c.jpg) Masanobu Andō — Image via TMDB - ![Masanobu Andō](https://film.one/media/person/97041/gallery-0c722ad41e7f.jpg) Masanobu Andō — Image via TMDB - ![Masanobu Andō](https://film.one/media/person/97041/gallery-a4b03a89ab17.jpg) Masanobu Andō — Image via TMDB - ![Masanobu Andō](https://film.one/media/person/97041/gallery-9f992a3d6bc5.jpg) Masanobu Andō — Image via TMDB - ![Masanobu Andō](https://film.one/media/person/97041/gallery-198c3d46c362.jpg) Masanobu Andō — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer 1996: Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer (won), for *Kids Return* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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