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Tadanobu Asano

1973 - Today

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Tadanobu Satō (佐藤 忠信, Satō Tadanobu; born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Tadanobu Asano (浅野 忠信, Asano Tadanobu), is a Japanese actor, director, and musician, who has had an extensive career working in both Japanese and international cinema. He has been nominated for five Japan Academy Film Prizes, twice for Best Actor and three times for Best Supporting Actor, and winner of its Most Popular Performer award. Among his best-known roles are in Hirokazu Kore-eda's Maboroshi no Hikari (1995) and Distance (2001), Hyozo Tashiro in Gohatto (1999), Kakihara in Ichi the Killer (2001), Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi (2003), Kenji in Last Life in the Universe (also 2003), and Temujin in Mongol (2007). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tadanobu Asano is the 3,169th most popular actor (up from 3,601st in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,101st in 2019) and the 34th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tadanobu Asano ranks 3,169 out of 13,578. Before him are Asia Argento, Pierfrancesco Favino, Sally Kirkland, Gregory Hines, Pierre Barouh, and Hiam Abbass. After him are Arsenio Hall, Roseanne Barr, Rachel Roberts, C. Aubrey Smith, Scilla Gabel, and Stefania Casini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Tadanobu Asano ranks 110. Before him are Michael Reiziger, Björn Kuipers, Corey Taylor, Oliver Neuville, Brian Austin Green, and Mariza. After him are Shota Arveladze, Okan Buruk, Sean Paul, Bernd Schneider, Jan Ullrich, and Vladimír Šmicer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadanobu Asano ranks 1,052 out of 6,245. Before him are Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Kiyoura Keigo (1850), Ogata Kenzan (1663), Sadako Ogata (1927), Konoe Sakihisa (1536), and Ryo Nojima (1979). After him are Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Uesugi Harunori (1751), Takehide Nakatani (1941), and Atsuo Watanabe (1974).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Tadanobu Asano ranks 34. Before him are Meiko Kaji (1947), Kirin Kiki (1943), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Takuya Kimura (1972), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), and Tōru Furuya (1953). After him are Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945), Noriko Ohara (1935), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Chieko Baisho (1941), Ken Ogata (1937), and Kyōko Kagawa (1931).

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