Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

male, 62 years old
painter, author, Action film actor, beat takeshi, film director, Hana-bi…yakuza
Takeshi Kitano originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and...
Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

male, 46 years old
The Blessing Bell, Okaeri, A-Homance, Hole in the Sky, actor, Office Kitano…yakuza
(born 12 November 1963) is a famous Japanese actor who, as of June 2007, has appeared in 83 films, 15 CMs (television commercials), three PVs...
Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

male, 78 years old
black market, Action film actor, black rain, Oda Gōichi, Abashiri Prison Longing for Home, Abashiri Bangaichi Bokyohen…yakuza, the yakuza
born Gouichi Oda (小田 剛一 "Oda Gōichi", February 16, 1931, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan), is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and...
Toshihiro Nagoshi

Toshihiro Nagoshi

male
Japanese video game designer, method acting, director, eccentricity, computer and video games, Wii…yakuza
Toshihiro Nagoshi is a video game producer and designer for Sega. Nagoshi is in charge of Sega's New Entertainment R&D #1 studio. Nagoshi headed...
Riki Takeuchi

Riki Takeuchi

male
action film, Japanese, actor, yakuza, dead or alive, action
is a Japanese actor. Takeuchi starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as "Dead or Alive" by Takashi Miike. Takeuchi also starred in...
Shintaro Katsu

Shintaro Katsu

male, deceased (1997)
film actor, Anma, yakuza, television actor, director, shamisen
born Toshio Okumura was a Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director. He was the son of kabuki performer Katsutoji Kineya ("Kineya Katsutōji") w...
Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

male, 76 years old
Toei Company, feature film, Gedo Senki, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, rival…yakuza
Bunta Sugawara is a Japanese actor born on August 16, 1933 in Miyagi, Japan. Sugawara, a very famous actor in Japan, is known to many people as Ken...
Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama

male, deceased (1992)
17th century, judo, actor, lone wolf and cub, yakuza, black rain
Tomisaburo Wakayama was a Japanese actor, best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the disgraced, scowling, 17th century ronin in the six "Kozure Okami" (...
Tetsuya Shiroo

Tetsuya Shiroo

male, 61 years old
suicide, revolver, yakuza, nagasaki, Yakuza member, TV Asahi
was the leader of the Suishin-kai, a Nagasaki-based yakuza group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza organization in Japan. On...
Jun Natsukawa

Jun Natsukawa

female, 29 years old
playstation 2, Japanese gravure idols, hiroshima, yakuza, gravure idol, cat's eye
Jun Natsukawa is a Japanese gravure idol from Hiroshima, Japan. She is popular for her sexy body and high level of physical fitness. In October...