Masanori Ishii

Masanori Ishii

Known for
Acting
Born
March 21, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Masanori Ishii is a Japanese actor, comedian and narrator. In August 1994, he teamed up with Yoshiyuki Ishizuka to form the comedy duo "Ari to kirigirisu" or "Ant to the Grasshopper". He has had roles in such works as The Incite Mill, Suite Dreams, Journey to the West.

Known For

Filmography

2027
Unification of Japan 78 poster

Unification of Japan 78

Movie

2026
Unification of Japan 77 poster

Unification of Japan 77

Movie

2025
Forbidden to Love poster

Forbidden to Love

TV · as Shoichi Tokushima · 10 eps

2025
Midsummer, Grasping Love poster

Midsummer, Grasping Love

TV · as Yuuki Suga · 8 eps

2024
Hare no Hi Cinderella Wedding Dress wo Nihon e! Aru Josei no Chosen poster

Hare no Hi Cinderella Wedding Dress wo Nihon e! Aru Josei no Chosen

Movie · as Akutagawa Hiroshi

2024
大川と小川の休日捜査 poster

大川と小川の休日捜査

Movie

2024
Secret Makeover poster

Secret Makeover

TV · as Oginome Seiji · 10 eps

2023
Bittersweet poster

Bittersweet

TV · as Yasunori Makimura · 10 eps

2023
Sell My Hand poster

Sell My Hand

TV · as Hino Wataru · 10 eps

2022
Guardian of the Market poster

Guardian of the Market

TV · 1 ep

2021
What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? poster

What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?

Movie · as Hidenori Sakurai

2021
Run Through Beyond the Wind poster

Run Through Beyond the Wind

TV · 2 eps

2021
Welcome Home, Mone poster

Welcome Home, Mone

TV · as Miyata Shogo · 120 eps

2020
Fukushima 50 poster

Fukushima 50

Movie · as Yasuaki Kudo

2019
Eien no Nispa poster

Eien no Nispa

Movie · as Horii Izumonokami

2019
A Town and a Tall Chimney poster

A Town and a Tall Chimney

Movie · as Namizo Ohira

2019
Millionaire Samurai Constable poster

Millionaire Samurai Constable

TV · 27 eps

2019
Radiation House poster

Radiation House

TV · as Fukuzo Yamada · 1 ep

2019
In Hand poster

In Hand

TV · 1 ep

2019
Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi poster

Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi

TV · 2 eps

2019
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ poster

Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

TV · as Gen Aoki · 7 eps

2018
Kuinige Killer poster

Kuinige Killer

Movie · as Jun

2017
Odd Detective 15 poster

Odd Detective 15

Movie · as Yukihito Anekoji

2016
The Stare poster

The Stare

Movie

2016
Odd Detective 14 poster

Odd Detective 14

Movie · as Yukihito Anekoji

2015
Maestro! poster

Maestro!

Movie

2015
Ms. Sadistic Detective poster

Ms. Sadistic Detective

TV · 11 eps

2015
あてなよる poster

あてなよる

TV · 1 ep

2013
Starman: A Love Story poster

Starman: A Love Story

TV · as Kosuke Maekawa · 10 eps

2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon poster

Kumokiri Nizaemon

TV · 1 ep

2013
The Farthest Galaxy poster

The Farthest Galaxy

TV · 2 eps

2012
Solitary Gourmet poster

Solitary Gourmet

TV · 1 ep

2011
Secret Relationship: The teacher is my housemate poster

Secret Relationship: The teacher is my housemate

TV · 13 eps

2011
NHK Special: Unsolved Cases poster

NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

TV · 3 eps

2011
Striped Sheep poster

Striped Sheep

TV · as Yanagihara Keitarou · 10 eps

2010
The Incite Mill poster

The Incite Mill

Movie · as Munehiro Nishino

2010
Hybrid Battle: PRIUS vs INSIGHT poster

Hybrid Battle: PRIUS vs INSIGHT

Movie

2010
Spiritual Teacher, Kyoko Odagiri poster

Spiritual Teacher, Kyoko Odagiri

TV · as Takahashi Koichi · 1 ep

2008
Nagai Nagai Satsujin poster

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

Movie · as Nobuo Takai

2007
The Graduates poster

The Graduates

Movie · as Shinpei Kaneko

2007
Galileo poster

Galileo

TV · as Nobuhiko Kurita · 1 ep

2006
Suite Dreams poster

Suite Dreams

Movie · as Kurodo

2006
Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer

Movie

2006
Furuhata Ninzaburo The Resurrection Of Death poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo The Resurrection Of Death

Movie

2006
Kekkaishi poster

Kekkaishi

TV · as Hakubi (voice) · 52 eps

2005
Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi poster

Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi

Movie · as Yano

2005
Fugitive Joichiro Kijima poster

Fugitive Joichiro Kijima

Movie

2005
GARO poster

GARO

TV · as Seiji Kawabata · 1 ep

2004
Zenigata Heiji poster

Zenigata Heiji

TV · as Hachigoro · 11 eps

2004
Gekidan Engimono poster

Gekidan Engimono

TV · 1 ep

2003
Okashina Keiji poster

Okashina Keiji

TV · 2 eps

2002
横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」

横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」

Movie

2002
ギンザの恋

ギンザの恋

TV · as Jun Ishida · 7 eps

2001
Hero poster

Hero

TV · as Naoya Mishima · 1 ep

2000
Cupid's Arrows poster

Cupid's Arrows

TV · 10 eps

1999
The Terror of Dr. Kuroiwa poster

The Terror of Dr. Kuroiwa

Movie

1996
Furuhata Ninzaburo Extra: Police Officer Imaizumi Shintaro poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo Extra: Police Officer Imaizumi Shintaro

TV · 12 eps

1994
Furuhata Ninzaburo poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo

TV · as 西園寺守 · 14 eps