---
name: "Takashi Naito"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takashi-naito"
fi1m_id: "takashi-naito"
imdb_id: "nm0619822"
tmdb_id: 19590
wikidata_id: "Q3980268"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 May 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T02:43:25.832696+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."
---

# Takashi Naito

## Identity

Takashi Naito

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takashi-naito
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takashi-naito
- **IMDb ID:** nm0619822
- **TMDB ID:** 19590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3980268
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3980268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19590

Actor. Born 27 May 1955 in Osaka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 May 1955, Osaka, Japan
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** Takashi Naitô, Takashi Naitou, 内藤 剛志
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 92 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3980268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19590

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Spirited Away*](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md) (92)

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## Biography

Takashi Naitô (also credited as Takashi Naito or Takashi Naitou; Japanese: 内藤剛志) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born on 27 May 1955 in Osaka and attended Osaka Seiko Gakuin High School and Nihon University College of Art. He made his screen debut in 1980 in *Hipokuratesu-tachi* and has worked extensively in film and television.

Naitô is known for live-action roles including Lieutenant Iwata in *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), Tamio in *Maborosi* (1995) and Takuro Sugie in *After Life* (1998). His voice work includes the Father in *Spirited Away* (2001), the Hazia Dealer in *Tales from Earthsea* (2006) and Yoshio Onodera in *From Up on Poppy Hill* (2011). He has also appeared in numerous Japanese television dramas, particularly police and detective series.

*Sources: imdb.com, asianwiki.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Spirited Away* (2001), Fi1m 92, as Father (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *After Life* (1999), Fi1m 85, as Takuro Sugie — [page](https://film.one/film/after-life.md)

## Complete filmography (161)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Town of Blooming Forget-Me-Nots* (2026), series, as Tanizaki Joji
- *Goodbye My Car* (2026), Actor
- *Kyoto Hippocrates* (2026), Actor
- *科捜研の女 ファイナル* (2026), Actor
- *Haguregumo* (2026), series, Actor
- *The Way of The Prison Guard* (2025), Actor
- *Forgetful Hamlet* (2024), Actor
- *警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－* (2024), Actor
- *Breakfast of the Movie* (2023), Actor
- *Mobile Investigation Unit 235* (2023), series, Actor
- *ホリデイ～江戸の休日～* (2023), Actor
- *疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕* (2023), Actor
- *Investigation Division 1* (2022), series, as Naito Masashi
- *暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕* (2022), Actor
- *"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira* (2022), Actor
- *ホテルマン東堂克生の事件ファイル～八ヶ岳リゾート殺人事件～* (2022), Actor
- *The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie* (2021), as Kaoru Domon
- *Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira* (2021), series, Actor
- *Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira* (2020), series, Actor
- *Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira* (2020), series, Actor
- *全身刑事* (2020), as Yutaro Naze
- *未解決の女 警視庁文書捜査官～緋色のシグナル～* (2019), Actor
- *Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~* (2019), series, as Akira Higuchi
- *Women Document Detectives* (2018), series, as Ooiwa Junichi
- *Yodogawa Fireworks Festival* (2017), series, Actor
- *特殊犯罪課・花島渉* (2017), series, Actor
- *New Inspector Totsukawa Series* (2017), series, as 十津川省三
- *Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 18* (2016), Actor
- *The Book Peddler* (2016), as Takeo Akamatsu
- *Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO* (2016), series, as Jun'ichi Ōiwa
- *Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 17* (2016), Actor
- *Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories* (2015), as Policeman Saheiji
- *Wild Heroes* (2015), series, as Tatsuhiko Akagi
- *制服捜査* (2013), series, Actor
- *Samurai Pirates* (2013), Actor
- *One in a hundred thousand* (2012), as Koichiro Iwase
- *Ooku: The Beginning* (2012), series, as Sawamura Denemon
- *From Up on Poppy Hill* (2011), as Yoshio Onodera (voice)
- *Murder in the Kairotei* (2011), as Inspector Yazaki
- *Kaze no Shounen: Ozaki Yutaka Towa no Densetsu* (2011), as Kenichi Ozaki
- *The Days of Morisaki Bookstore* (2010), as Satoru
- *Hissatsu shigotonin 2010* (2010), Actor
- *Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010* (2010), Actor
- *Cat Taxi* (2010), Actor
- *Cat Taxi* (2010), series, Actor
- *Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami* (2009), Actor
- *Baton* (2009), as Tomboy (voice)
- *Baton* (2009), series, as Tomboy (voice)
- *The Homeless Student 2* (2009), as Michinori Tamura
- *Innocent Love* (2008), series, as Yoshimichi
- *Cheer Cheer Cheer!* (2008), as Genzo Yanagihara
- *追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎* (2008), series, Actor
- *Marathon* (2007), as Nobuaki Miyata
- *Yorozuya Heishirou Katsujinken* (2007), series, Actor
- *Nobunaga's Coffin* (2006), as Priest Seinyo
- *Tales from Earthsea* (2006), as Hazia Dealer (voice)
- *占い師みすず 事件は運命の彼方に* (2006), series, as 丸山章太郎
- *Primadam* (2006), series, as Suseuke Hatakeyama
- *夜王 〜YAOH〜* (2006), series, as Teruhiko Yajima
- *Too Late to Help You* (2005), series, as Yoshimatsu
- *Heart, Beating in the Dark* (2005), as Ringo
- *The Queen's Classroom* (2005), series, as Heizaburo Namiki
- *Red Confusion* (2005), series, as Sagara
- *Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara* (2005), Actor
- *Ashura* (2005), as Nobuyuki Kuninari
- *[Is A.]* (2004), Actor
- *Revival Blues* (2004), as Ken
- *Akai Tsuki* (2004), series, as Morita Yutaro
- *竜馬がゆく* (2004), series, Actor
- *Undercover Geisha* (2003), Actor
- *Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing* (2003), series, as Shinjuro Ishimuro
- *警視庁・樋口警部補* (2003), series, as 樋口顕
- *樋口警部補* (2003), series, Actor
- *朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件* (2003), Actor
- *Futari* (2003), series, as Ken Kamiya
- *芸能記者・柳田信吉の挑戦 スター誕生殺人事件* (2003), series, Actor
- *Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko* (2002), series, Actor
- *AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo* (2002), series, as Sota Hagiwara
- *Psycho Doctor* (2002), series, Actor
- *愛・倫廻のワルツ* (2002), series, Actor
- *Gokusen* (2002), series, as Hirofumi Yabuki
- *TOYD* (2002), as Shinichi Shitara
- *Laundry* (2002), as Sally
- *Whore Hospital 4: No-Pants Nursing* (2001), Actor
- *Spirited Away* (2001), as Father (voice) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away* (2001), Actor
- *The Files of Young Kindaichi* (2001), series, as Isamu Kenmochi
- *壁ぎわ税務官* (2001), series, Actor
- *R-17* (2001), series, Actor
- *松本清張サスペンス わるいやつら* (2001), series, Actor
- *The Files of Young Kindaichi: Murder on the Magic Express* (2001), as Tsuyoshi Kenmochi
- *The Boy Who Saw the Wind* (2000), as Branik (voice)
- *Quiz* (2000), series, Actor
- *The Woman of S.R.I.* (1999), series, as Kaoru Domon, Kaname Muto
- *Labyrinth* (1999), series, as Katsuhiko Sonobe
- *After Life* (1999), as Takuro Sugie — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/after-life.md)
- *Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back* (1999), series, Actor
- *Salaryman Kintaro* (1999), series, as Takashi Enjoji
- *Forbidden Fruit* (1997), series, as Nomura
- *智子と知子* (1997), series, Actor
- *Love Song of the Old Capital* (1997), Actor
- *Mischievous Kiss* (1996), series, as Shigeo Aihara
- *Some Kinda Love* (1996), as Murakami
- *The Man with Two Hearts* (1996), Actor
- *MOROCCO 2: The Return of the Yokohama Follies* (1996), Actor
- *竜馬におまかせ！* (1996), series, as 勝海舟
- *Mid-day Moon* (1996), series, as Hirose Goro
- *Life is Good* (1995), series, as Kohei Tada（多田 公平）
- *Maborosi* (1995), as Tamio
- *The Woman Who Kept Hiding* (1995), as Shunsuke Nozawa
- *Kirikomi* (1995), Actor
- *Ie Naki Ko* (1994), series, Actor
- *深夜の法廷* (1994), series, Actor
- *Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death* (1993), Actor
- *Dad, The Villain* (1993), Actor
- *The Guard from Underground* (1992), as Shirai, Security Guard
- *The Drive* (1992), Actor
- *Passion* (1992), Actor
- *Trouble Is My Business: Incident Agency* (1992), Actor
- *A Legend of Turmoil* (1992), as Tsuneo Yamanaka
- *Yakuza Warfare* (1991), Actor
- *Hotel Woman* (1991), series, as Eiichi Nagasawa
- *Burning Dog* (1991), Actor
- *Seven Days War 2* (1991), Actor
- *March Comes In Like a Lion* (1991), as Man with a Hat
- *Stranger* (1991), Actor
- *Dohten* (1991), Actor
- *The Most Suitable Profession for Women* (1990), as Daisuke Fujino
- *諦めない男* (1990), series, Actor
- *The Enchantment* (1989), as Shinbori
- *Firefly* (1989), as Yokoyama
- *Kizu* (1988), Actor
- *Yojo no jidai* (1988), Actor
- *A Chaos of Flowers* (1988), as Kyutaro Wada
- *Rock Requiem* (1988), Actor
- *Young Lady Detectives: Heart Beat!* (1987), as Tayama
- *Paper Lantern* (1987), Actor
- *The Gentlemen’s Alliance* (1986), Actor
- *The New Morning of Billy the Kid* (1986), as Musashi Miyamoto
- *Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma* (1986), as Sanji
- *Muhan* (1985), as Oda
- *The Seburi Story* (1985), as Kazuo
- *London Calling* (1985), as Narration
- *Woman with Wet Fingers* (1984), as Yûji / Kimiyo's Boyfriend
- *Sailor Uniform: Lily Lovers 2* (1983), as Masaaki Yano
- *Okinawan Boys* (1983), Actor
- *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), as Lieutenant Iwata
- *The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September* (1982), as Ryo
- *After That* (1982), Actor
- *Heart, Beating in the Dark* (1982), as Ringo
- *Beautiful Sisters: Seduced* (1982), as Kiyoshi
- *Rapewoman: Dirty Sunday* (1981), as Ibuki
- *Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido* (1981), as Ken
- *Love Beast: Attack!* (1981), as Kiri
- *Love Beast: Flower of Vice* (1981), as Tadashi Shibasaki
- *Disciples of Hippocrates* (1980), Actor
- *Another Side* (1980), Actor
- *Back of Happy Street* (1979), Actor
- *The Summer Yuki Gave Up Rock Music* (1978), Actor
- *New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss* (1976), Actor
- *She's In Love With Picasso*, Actor

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