Osamu Mukai (向井 理, Mukai Osamu, born February 7, 1982) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.[2][3]
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Osamu Mukai | |
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向井 理 | |
Osamu Mukai (center) at a film premiere at Meiji University, September 2011 | |
| Born | (1982-02-07) 7 February 1982 (age 40) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Agent | Hori Agency |
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| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Spouse | Ryoko Kuninaka[1] |
| Children | 2 |
He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High school, where it became the location for After the Rain.[4] He graduated from Meiji University, and majored in genetic engineering.[5] He received the "Best Poster Award" at the International Zoological Genetics Conference in 2004.[6] While he was attending university, he worked as a bartender. He became a full-time employee there after graduation, and he became a manager later.[7] While working as a bartender, he got into the magazine Tokyo Graffiti.[6] A reader later recruited him to be an actor. Now, he works for Hori agency, as an actor.
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref |
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| 2006 | Journey Under the Midnight Sun | TBS | [8] | ||
| 2010 | Gegege no Nyobo | Murai Shigeru | NHK | Asadora | [9] |
| Shinzanmono | Kyose Koki | TBS | [10] | ||
| Hotaru no Hikari 2 | Seno Kazuma | NTV | [10] | ||
| 2011 | Gō | Tokugawa Hidetada | NHK | Taiga drama | [8] |
| 2012 | Summer Rescue: Hospital of Sky | Keigo Hayami | TBS | Lead role | [11] |
| 2014 | S: The Last Policeman | Kamikura Ichigo | TBS | Lead role | [8] |
| Nobunaga Concerto | Ikeda Tsuneoki | Fuji TV | [12] | ||
| 2016 | Toto Neechan | Tetsurō Kohashi | NHK | Asadora | [8] |
| 2020 | Kirin ga Kuru | Ashikaga Yoshiteru | NHK | Taiga drama | [8] |
| 2021 | The Grand Family | Teppei Manpyō | Wowow | [13] | |
| 2022 | Bakumatsu Aibō-den | Hijikata Toshizō | NHK | Lead role; television film | [14] |
| First Love | Netflix | [15] | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref |
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| 2010 | Hanamizuki | Junichi Kitami | Nobuhiro Doi | [16] | |
| Beck | Yoshiyuki Taira | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | [16] | ||
| 2011 | Paradise Kiss | Joji "George" Koizumi | Takehiko Shinjō | [17] | |
| 2012 | SPEC: Ten | Sekai | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | [18] | |
| We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. | Tanaka Kota | Kenta Fukasaku | Lead role | [19] | |
| 2014 | Her Granddaughter | Toshio Nakagawa | Ryūichi Hiroki | [20] | |
| 2015 | S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future | Ichigo Kamikura | Shunichi Hirano | Lead role | [21] |
| 2016 | Nobunaga Concerto | Ikeda Tsuneoki | Hiroaki Matsuyama | [12] | |
| 2017 | When Will You Return? | Gorō Ashimura | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | [8] | |
| 2019 | The Fable | Sunagawa | Kan Eguchi | [22] | |
| 2021 | Brothers in Brothel | Mita | Jiro Sato | [23] | |
| 2022 | Wedding High | Noriaki Sawada | Akiko Ōku | [24] | |
| 2023 | Ichikei's Crow: The Criminal Court Judges: The Movie | Eiji Ujō | Akira Tanaka | [25] | |
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