Daijiro Kawaoka

Daijiro Kawaoka

Known for
Acting
Born
March 14, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Daijiro Kawaoka (born March 14, 1978, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He made his film debut in Time Leap (1997) and has since built an extensive career in film, television, and theater. Kawaoka is known for appearances in films such as Summer Time Machine Blues (2005), Udon (2006), Gachi Boy (2008), and the Death Forest film series (2014–2016), in which he played Kazuki Uchida. His television credits include Beach Boys (1997), Emergency Room 24 Hours (2005), the NHK historical drama Ryomaden (2010), and Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021–2022). In 2007, Kawaoka co-founded the theater group Sputnik with actor Takeshi Yoshioka. He later expanded into producing, and his short film Help!!, filmed largely in Nasushiobara, won the Grand Prix at the Sanuki Film Festival in 2018.

Known For

Filmography

2024
To Pen a Book poster

To Pen a Book

Movie

2023
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger poster

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger

Movie · as Isao Goshikida / Hakaiser

2022
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Final Live Tour 2022 poster

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Final Live Tour 2022

Movie · as Hakaizer (voice)

2021
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!! poster

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!

Movie · as Isao Goshikida

2021
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger poster

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

TV · as Isao Goshikida / Hakaiser · 49 eps

2016
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 4 poster

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 4

Movie · as Daijiro Kawaoka

2016
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 5 poster

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 5

Movie · as Kazuki Uchida

2015
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 3 poster

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 3

Movie · as Kazuki Uchida

2015
The King of Minami Returns: A 250 Dollar Promise poster

The King of Minami Returns: A 250 Dollar Promise

Movie

2015
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 2 poster

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 2

Movie · as Uchida Kazuki

2015
JINXED poster

JINXED

TV · as Shigeo Miyoshi · 1 ep

2014
Real Werewolf Game: The Horror of the Crash Room poster

Real Werewolf Game: The Horror of the Crash Room

Movie

2014
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest poster

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest

Movie · as Kazuki Ichida

2014
Samurai of the Dead poster

Samurai of the Dead

Movie · as Susumu Yamazaki

2014
Hanako & Anne poster

Hanako & Anne

TV · as Mochizuki Keitaro · 156 eps

2013
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger poster

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

TV · as Kenichi Fukui · 1 ep

2012
Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special poster

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special

Movie

2011
"Pornochic" Forgotten Dreams poster

"Pornochic" Forgotten Dreams

Movie

2011
Valley of Dreams poster

Valley of Dreams

Movie

2009
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 poster

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010

Movie · as Souji / Kamen Rider Kabuto

2009
Kyo Kara Hitman poster

Kyo Kara Hitman

Movie

2009
Ring of Gundam poster

Ring of Gundam

Movie · as Eiji

2008
Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory poster

Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory

Movie · as Masaki Sada

2007
Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black poster

Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black

Movie · as Shoichi Amano

2007
The Yakuza Principal poster

The Yakuza Principal

Movie

2005
Summer Time Machine Blues poster

Summer Time Machine Blues

Movie · as Shunsuke Koizumi

2004
Damned Files 4 poster

Damned Files 4

Movie

2001
世にも奇妙な物語 '01春の特別編 poster

世にも奇妙な物語 '01春の特別編

Movie

2000
19 poster

19

Movie · as Chiba, Usami

2000
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Rookies 2 poster

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Rookies 2

Movie

2000
Boogiepop and Others poster

Boogiepop and Others

Movie · as Keiji Takeda

2000
臨床心理士 poster

臨床心理士

TV · as Tomoya Takahashi · 1 ep

1999
Rookies Gotoshi Co., Ltd. ~THE MOVIE~ poster

Rookies Gotoshi Co., Ltd. ~THE MOVIE~

Movie

1999
Semi-double poster

Semi-double

TV · as Shoya Ando · 1 ep

1999
Emergency Room 24 Hours poster

Emergency Room 24 Hours

TV · as Junsuke Kono(河野 純介) · 12 eps

1999
The Woman of S.R.I. poster

The Woman of S.R.I.

TV · as Yu Someya · 9 eps

1999
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases poster

Keizoku: Unsolved Cases

TV · as Takashi Nariai · 1 ep

1998
Open House poster

Open House

Movie · as Tomonori

1998
Beach Boys Special poster

Beach Boys Special

Movie · as Yusuke Naito

1998
With Love poster

With Love

TV · as Kentaro Kinoshita · 12 eps

1997
Time Leap poster

Time Leap

Movie

1997
Beach Boys poster

Beach Boys

TV · as Yosuke Naito · 12 eps

1997
A Forever Love poster

A Forever Love

TV · as Jun Shinozaki · 11 eps

1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

TV · 5 eps

1971
Kamen Rider poster

Kamen Rider

TV · as Sohji, Soh Otogiri · 2 eps