Tomokazu Miura
Acting
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor.
Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
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Filmography of
Tomokazu Miura
Tomoyama
... 2023
Sentaro
... 2023
Katsumi Sasaki
... 2022
... 2022
... 2022
Watanabe Wasaru
... 2021
Kyoichi Goda
... 2020
Kohei
... 2020
Soichiro Itadori
... 2018
Goshiro Kotaki
... 2017
... 2016
Katsutoshi Matsuoka
... 2016
Katsutoshi Matsuoka
... 2016
... 2016
... 2014
Suiho Tagawa
... 2013
Kenjiro Fujioka
... 2013
Tooru Wada
... 2013
Minoru Kato
... 2012
Isao Ohashi
... 2012
Dr. Takuma
... 2012
Toru Takishima
... 2011
... 2011
Shiraishi
... 2011
Shimizu Hisanori
... 2011
Pod (voice)
... 2010
Kato
... 2010
Senior
... 2010
Shiro Gyoten
... 2009
Hasegawa
... 2009
... 2008
... 2008
Ryokutaro
... 2008
Aiichiro Fukuhara
... 2007
Dr. Takuma
... 2007
Director Sugita
... 2007
Mr. Kusonoki
... 2007
Toyomichi
... 2007
Shibusawa
... 2006
Toshiaki Namiki
... 2006
Doctor Takuma
... 2005
... 2005
Dr. Yamauchi
... 2004
Nobuo Haruno
... 2004
Mori
... 2003
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... 2001
Toru Aoyama
... 2001
Yohei Ishiyama
... 2001
... 2001
Mario Baba (adult)
... 2000
Fujio Kawajiri
... 2000
... 2000
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Tetsuro
... 1999
Hiroshi's Brother
... 1998
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... 1997
... 1995
... 1994
... 1994
Kentaro, Kobayashi
... 1993
Kazuo Kurume
... 1992
... 1991
Man with sunglasses
... 1991
... 1991
... 1990
Takeo Amamiya
... 1990
... 1989
Teruzo Ando
... 1989
... 1988
Tatsuro Nakazato
... 1988
... 1988
... 1988
... 1987
Soutaroh's Father
... 1986
Hidemasa Sawada
... 1986
Teacher Umemiya
... 1985
Kouichi
... 1984
Dr. Eiji Honda
... 1984
Senta Naruse
... 1982
Goichi Odajima
... 1982
Koji Mimura
... 1981
... 1980
Kohei Uesugi
... 1979
... 1979
Ken Yamanobe
... 1979
Kosuke Noguchi
... 1979
Takuji
... 1978
... 1978
Tetsuo Tamaru
... 1978
Keiichi Abe
... 1977
Sanshiro Sugata
... 1977
Auntie's Fiancé
... 1977
Jiro Takashima
... 1977
... 1977
Sasuke(佐助)
... 1976
... 1976
... 1975
Shinji Kubo
... 1975
Rokusuke Kaneya
... 1975
... 1975
Kawashima
... 1974