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name: "Yuya Uchida"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yuya-uchida"
fi1m_id: "yuya-uchida"
imdb_id: "nm0879764"
tmdb_id: 124221
wikidata_id: "Q2058876"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 November 1939"
died: "17 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:02:38.293057+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."
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# Yuya Uchida

## Identity

Yuya Uchida

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yuya-uchida
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yuya-uchida
- **IMDb ID:** nm0879764
- **TMDB ID:** 124221
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2058876
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya_Uchida_(singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2058876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124221

Actor. Born 17 November 1939 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Died 17 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 November 1939, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
- **Died:** 17 March 2019
- **Also known as:**  Yûya Uchida 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya_Uchida_(singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2058876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124221

## Biography

Yūya Uchida was a Japanese singer, record producer and actor. Born on 17 November 1939 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, he began his music career in the late 1950s and became a prominent figure in Japanese rock music over six decades, notably with the band Flower Travellin' Band.

He appeared in several films, including the role of the prison commandant in Nagisa Ōshima's *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983) and as Nashida in Ridley Scott's *Black Rain* (1989). Uchida won two best acting awards. He was married to actress Kirin Kiki from 1973 until her death in 2018. He died on 17 March 2019 in Tokyo.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Rain* (1989), Fi1m 62, as Nashida — [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ* (2022), Actor
- *Grandma Is All Good* (2019), Actor
- *The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers* (2018), Actor
- *Protect the President* (2010), Actor
- *Rock Tanjo: The Movement 70s* (2008), Actor
- *Johnen: Love of Sada* (2008), Actor
- *Detective Story* (2007), Actor
- *Izo* (2004), as Second Man
- *Akame 48 Waterfalls* (2003), as Eyebrows
- *Deadly Outlaw: Rekka* (2002), as Yoshikatsu Sanada
- *修羅のみち2 関西頂上決戦* (2001), Actor
- *The Accomplice* (1999), as Elder Gilyak
- *Erotic Liaisons* (1992), as Kishin · Writer
- *Dioxin from Fish!* (1992), as Yuya · Screenplay
- *Black Rain* (1989), as Nashida — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)
- *Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally* (1989), as Boss Akabei
- *Labyrinth Romanesque* (1988), as Shosuke Mitani
- *The Heartbreak Yakuza* (1987), Actor
- *No More Comics!* (1986), as Toshiaki Kinameri · Screenplay
- *A Message for Maggie* (1985), Actor
- *The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor* (1983), as Hero · Writer
- *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), as Commandant of Military Prison
- *So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex* (1982), as Komatsu
- *Call Girl* (1982), as Seki
- *A Pool Without Water* (1982), as Man
- *Rolling on the Road* (1981), as Jyoji(ジョージ)
- *Yokohama BJ Blues* (1981), as Keisuke
- *Path of the Beast* (1980), as Ataru
- *Red Violation* (1980), as Yuya
- *Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82* (1979), Actor
- *Prey* (1979), Actor
- *The Rivals* (1979), Actor
- *The Young Animals* (1978), Actor
- *Erotic Liaisons* (1978), as Kôtarô Higaki
- *Pink Tush Girl* (1978), as Sen'ichi Yamada
- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1978), Music Producer
- *Shinjuku Messy District : I’ll Be There* (1977), Actor
- *Confessions of a Teenage Mother* (1977), as Tokio
- *Case of the Disjointed Murder* (1977), Actor
- *Statue in Fire* (1974), Actor
- *Carol* (1974), Actor
- *Yabanjin no Nekutai* (1969), Actor
- *A Lavish Invitation* (1968), Actor
- *Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century* (1968), as Hisao Kayama
- *Young Guy in Rio* (1968), as Host
- *Punch Guy* (1966), Actor
- *The Man from Planet Alpha* (1966), Actor
- *Campus A Go-Go* (1965), as Host
- *La Fée Diabolique* (1963), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Yuya Uchida](https://film.one/media/person/5554900/gallery-ce7599273c24.jpg) Yuya Uchida — 新興音楽出版社　撮影者不明, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Y%C5%ABya_Uchida_1963.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yuya Uchida](https://film.one/media/person/5554900/gallery-72ca33f2ad66.jpg) Yuya Uchida — Image via TMDB
- ![Yuya Uchida](https://film.one/media/person/5554900/gallery-027d48613ef2.jpg) Yuya Uchida — Image via TMDB
- ![Yuya Uchida](https://film.one/media/person/5554900/gallery-85538d477cfb.jpg) Yuya Uchida — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1987: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Comic Magazine*
- Hochi Film Award 1986: Hochi Film Award (won), for *Comic Magazine*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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