Kenichi Endō

Kenichi Endō (遠藤 憲一, Endō Ken'ichi, born 28 June 1961) is a Japanese actor and writer.[1][2] He is best known for his roles in Visitor Q (2001), Crows Zero (2007), Crows Zero 2 (2009), and The Raid 2: Berandal (2014). He is also known for his yakuza roles, such as Joji Yazaki, the head of Soshu Family Syndicate and the main antagonist of Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2, and Hideaki Goto, the head of Goto Family, a powerful yakuza family from Japan and one of two mob bosses that control Jakarta in The Raid 2: Berandal.

Kenichi Endō
遠藤 憲一
Born	28 June 1961 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	1979-present
Agent	EN's Tower
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Website	www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~ENS/

Appearances

Films

• Violent Cop (1989)
• All Under the Moon (1993)
• Spellbound (1999)
• Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000), Kōhei
• Tomie: Replay (2000), Dr. Tachibana
• Family (2001)
• Agitator (2001)
• Visitor Q (2001), Kiyoshi Yamasaki
• The Guys from Paradise (2001), Toshiyuki Umino
• Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
• Sabu (2002), Giichi
• Kikoku (2003), Sorimachi
• The Man in White (2003), Niimi
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action (2004), Algolian Volger
• Nobody Knows (2004), Kyōbashi
• The Great Yokai War (2005), Oh Tengu
• Cromartie High - The Movie (2005), Pootan
• Azumi 2 (2005), Kinkaku
• Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006), Shunack
• Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006), assistant police inspector
• Nihon Chinbotsu (2006), Shinichirō Nakata
• Memories of Tomorrow (2006), Hasegawa
• The Sword of Alexander (2007), Gonzō
• Like a Dragon (2007), Imanishi
• Crows Zero (2007), Jōji Yazaki
• Happy Ever After (2007)
• SS (2008), Kurihara
• Climber's High (2008)
• 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
• 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
• Crows Zero 2 (2009), Jōji Yazaki
• Railways (2010), Yoshiki Kawahira[3]
• The Raid 2 (2014), Hideaki Gotō
• Kiyamachi Daruma (2015), Shigeo Katsuura[4]
• Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
• Usagi Oishi (2016), Katsusaburō Yamagiwa
• Mixed Doubles (2017), Motonobu Ochiai
• Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017), Zebedee
• Out and Out (2018)
• Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight (2019)
• Sumodo (2020), narrator
• The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021), himself

TV dramas

• Battle Fever J (1979), Yoshio Murano
• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1986) episode.718(Final episode)
• Special Rescue Exceedraft (1992), Seiji Nagai
• Tokusou Robo Janperson (1993), Doctor Saionji
• Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994), Prince Junior[5]
• Kōshōnin (2003)
• Lion-Maru G (2006), Junior[6]
• Fumō Chitai (2009)[7]
• Teppan (2010–2011), Jō Murakami[8]
• Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Hōjō Tokimasa
• Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2013-2019), Takashi Ebina
• Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? (2013), Isaku Ashimo[9]
• Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu (2015), Isao Tachibana[10]
• Dr.Rintarō (2015), Shigeto Araki[11]
• Tamiō (2015), Taizan Mutō
• Sanada Maru (2016), Uesugi Kagekatsu
• Montage (2016), Jirō Sekiguchi
• The Supporting Actors (2017), himself
• Warotenka (2017), Gihei Fujioka
• The Supporting Actors 2 (2018), himself
• Magic x Warrior Magimajo Pures! (2018), Jama Danshaku[12]
• Kuroido Goroshi (2018), Rokusuke Kuroido
• Segodon (2018), Katsu Kaishū
• Radiation House (2019), Toshiō Onodera
• Talio (2020)
• The Supporting Actors 3 (2021), himself

Video games

• Onimusha 3 (2005) - Gargant (Japanese voice)
• Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (2006) - Gargant (Japanese voice)
• Yakuza 4 (2010) - Junji Sugiuchi (voice and likeness)
• Binary Domain (2012) - Officer Phillips (Japanese voice)
• Let It Die (2017) - Narration (Japanese voice)[13]

Japanese dubbing

• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Groot[14]
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Groot[15]
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Groot[16]
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), Groot[17]
• Avengers: Endgame (2019), Groot[18]

Awards

2009

• International Drama Festival in Tokyo - Best Supporting Actor

References

1. 遠藤憲一のプロフィール [Kenichi Endō's Profile] (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
2. "遠藤憲一 映画.com" [Kenichi Endō eiga.com] (in Japanese). eiga.com inc. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
3. Elley, Derek (8 July 2010). "Railways". Film Business Asia. Film Business Asia Limited. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
4. "木屋町DARUMA Official Website" (in Japanese). kiyamachi-daruma.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
5. 特捜戦隊デカレンジャー (in Japanese). Toei Company, Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
6. あにてれ：ライオン丸G (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
7. 不毛地帯 遠藤憲一インタビュー (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network Corporation. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
8. 朝ドラ「てっぱん」追加キャスト発表！遠藤憲一「オレでいいのかな」と困惑 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
9. 安堂ロイド～A.I. knows LOVE？～. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
10. 大島優子、極道役の遠藤憲一を“ホンモノ”扱い! (in Japanese). IID, Inc. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
11. 堺雅人興奮！蒼井優、吉瀬美智子ら追加キャスト発表 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
12. "「魔法×戦士 マジマジョピュアーズ！」 放送決定！2018年春、テレビ東京系にて放送スタート" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Tomy. 30 January 2018.
13. "CAST｜PlayStation®4用サバイバルアクションゲーム - Let It Die". letitdie.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
14. "ヤバすぎる宇宙最凶チーム…その名は─ガーディアンズ・オブ・ギャラクシー！". Marvel. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
15. "ガーディアンズ・オブ・ギャラクシー リミックス". Fukikaeru. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
16. "アベンジャーズ／インフィニティ・ウォー". Fukikaeru. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
17. "シュガー・ラッシュ：オンライン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
18. "アベンジャーズ／エンドゲーム". Fukikaeru. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• EN's tower (in Japanese)
• Kenichi Endō at IMDb