Tatsuya Fujiwara
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is a Japanese television and film actor.
, Fujiwara has had an interest in acting from a young age.
He is famous for acting the part of Shuya Nanahara
in the controversial 2000 film Battle Royale
and continues the character as a leader of the Wild Seven
in the sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem
. He stars as Light Yagami
, the leading role in Death Note
and Death Note: The Last Name, films based on the manga
of the same name. He also has a cameo appearance in L: Change the World
, an L
spin-off movie for the Death Note series. In theatrical works, he is known for collaborating with Yukio Ninagawa
, one of the most influential directors in Japan. He started his career in theatre, before screen debut, with the title role of Shintoku-maru, the boy who has an obsessive relationship with his step mother. He has also acted in Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet
and Romeo and Juliet
. Fujiwara played one of the lead roles in Hideo Nakata
's psychological thriller film The Incite Mill
.
in the live-action movie. Fujiwara stated during filming that it was difficult to portray a character with such restrained emotions. During the filming of Death Note: The Last Name, Tatsuya became close friends with Kenichi Matsuyama, who plays L. Matsuyama mentioned that Tatsuya had done a good job.
Biography
Born in SaitamaSaitama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...
, Fujiwara has had an interest in acting from a young age.
He is famous for acting the part of Shuya Nanahara
Shuya Nanahara
is a fictional Japanese student and one of the three main protagonists of the violent and controversial novel, manga, and film Battle Royale. In the English-language manga he is nicknamed Shu....
in the controversial 2000 film Battle Royale
Battle Royale (film)
is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy.A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed...
and continues the character as a leader of the Wild Seven
Wild Seven
Wild Seven may refer to:*A fictional terrorist group in the 2003 Japanese film Battle Royale II: Requiem, also the name of a cigarette brand from the original novel...
in the sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale II: Requiem
, abbreviated as BRII , is a 2003 Japanese, dystopian, action-thriller film. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, Battle Royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by Koushun Takami...
. He stars as Light Yagami
Light Yagami
, also known as is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga and anime series Death Note. He is an extremely intelligent, athletic, popular, but bored young man who finds the Death Note dropped by the Shinigami Ryuk by sheer chance...
, the leading role in Death Note
Death Note
is a manga created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a god of death, or a shinigami, named Ryuk...
and Death Note: The Last Name, films based on the manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
of the same name. He also has a cameo appearance in L: Change the World
L: Change the WorLd
is a 2008 Japanese film that is a spin-off to the Death Note film series. Although the film is inspired by the manga Death Note that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, it follows an original storyline...
, an L
L (Death Note)
, widely known by the letter , is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Considered the world's greatest detective, he lives in secrecy...
spin-off movie for the Death Note series. In theatrical works, he is known for collaborating with Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa
is a Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently six times....
, one of the most influential directors in Japan. He started his career in theatre, before screen debut, with the title role of Shintoku-maru, the boy who has an obsessive relationship with his step mother. He has also acted in Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
and Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
. Fujiwara played one of the lead roles in Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...
's psychological thriller film The Incite Mill
The Incite Mill
is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata. The movie is based on Yonezawa Honobu's novel "The Incite Mill".-Plot:Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 Yen per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary...
.
Death Note
Fujiwara portrayed Death Note's main protagonist, Light YagamiLight Yagami
, also known as is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga and anime series Death Note. He is an extremely intelligent, athletic, popular, but bored young man who finds the Death Note dropped by the Shinigami Ryuk by sheer chance...
in the live-action movie. Fujiwara stated during filming that it was difficult to portray a character with such restrained emotions. During the filming of Death Note: The Last Name, Tatsuya became close friends with Kenichi Matsuyama, who plays L. Matsuyama mentioned that Tatsuya had done a good job.
Films
- Kamen Gakuen as Akira Dojima (2000)
- Battle RoyaleBattle Royale (film)is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy.A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed...
as Shuya Nanahara (2000) - SabuSabu (film)Sabu is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike and adapted from the classic Japanese rite-of-passage novel by Shūgorō Yamamoto.-Plot:Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island workhouse...
as Eiji (2002) - Battle Royale II: RequiemBattle Royale II: Requiem, abbreviated as BRII , is a 2003 Japanese, dystopian, action-thriller film. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, Battle Royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by Koushun Takami...
as Shuya Nanahara (2003) - Dark Fist as Takimo Usato (2003)
- Sweet Happenings as Yukio Watanabe (2004)
- Moonlight Jellyfish as Seiji Terasawa (2004)
- Electric Magnet (Girl) as Yuichiro Kazama (2006) (Cameo)
- Chain Movements as Nagato Sone (2004)
- Sea Ghost as Yukoni Chinari (2006)
- Death NoteDeath Note (film)is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone...
as Light Yagami (2006) - Death Note: The Last Name as Light Yagami (2006)
- It's Only You as Hiro Kamikaze (2007)
- L: Change the WorldL: Change the WorLdis a 2008 Japanese film that is a spin-off to the Death Note film series. Although the film is inspired by the manga Death Note that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, it follows an original storyline...
as Light Yagami (2008) (cameo) - My First Love Goes To Past as Yuriko Dosu (2008)
- Chameleon: Long Goodbye 2008
- Snakes and EarringsSnakes and Earringsis a novel written by the Japanese author Hitomi Kanehara in 2003, and it won the 2003 Akutagawa Prize for literature. It was translated into English by David Karashima. In 2007, a film-version directed by Yukio Ninagawa was released.-Synopsis:...
2008 - ZenZen (2009)"Zen" is a 2009 film directed by Banmei Takahashi and starring Nakamura Kantarō II.The film is a biography of Dōgen Zenji , a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan after travelling to China....
as Hojo Tokiyori (2009) - KaijiKaiji (manga)is a Japanese manga series about the art of gambling, written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is published by Kodansha in Young Magazine. The first part of the manga , was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series called , which began airing October 2007...
as Kaiji Ito (2009) - Parade as Naoki (2010)
- The Incite MillThe Incite Millis a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata. The movie is based on Yonezawa Honobu's novel "The Incite Mill".-Plot:Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 Yen per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary...
(2010) - The Borrower ArriettyThe Borrower ArriettyThe Secret World of Arrietty, known in Japan as and in the UK as Arrietty, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film based on Mary Norton's juvenile fantasy novel The Borrowers...
as the voice of Spiller (2010) - Kaiji 2Kaiji (manga)is a Japanese manga series about the art of gambling, written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is published by Kodansha in Young Magazine. The first part of the manga , was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series called , which began airing October 2007...
as Kaiji Ito (2011)
Dramas
- That's The Answer (1997)
- Cyber Bishōjo Telomere (1998)
- Feeling Relief Is Easy (1998)
- Frozen Summer (1998)
- Change! (1998)
- LxIxVxE (1999)
- Kiss Of HeavenKiss of HeavenKiss of Heaven is the first solo album released in 10 years by Hillsong Church's worship pastor, Darlene Zschech.While Kiss of Heaven has been credited as the debut solo album of Darlene Zschech, it is not her first solo album...
(1999) - The Things You Taught Me (2000)
- Saintly Springtime Of Life (2001)
- Ikutsu Mono Umi Wo Koeru Te (2001)
- Heaven's Coins 3 (2001)
- I Cannot Say I Love You (2002)
- Night Of Being Concerned (2002)
- Ai Gorin (2003)
- Shinsengumi!Shinsengumi!is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about shinsengumi, the Japanese special police from the Shogun period....
(2004) - Yatsuhakamura (2004)
- Red Doubt (2005)
- SunLightSunlightSunlight, in the broad sense, is the total frequency spectrum of electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun. On Earth, sunlight is filtered through the Earth's atmosphere, and solar radiation is obvious as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon.When the direct solar radiation is not blocked...
(2005) - Furuhata NinzaburoFuruhata Ninzaburois a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Koki Mitani and being known as the Japanese's version of Columbo....
(2006) (1st Episode) - Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no TatakaiSengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakaiis a 2006 television series mainly based on the Sengoku Jieitai movie in 1979 and the 2005 movie Sengoku Jieitai 1549. Its director, Mitsumasa Saito, had been involved in the creation of the Sengoku Jietai 1979 movie.-Plot:...
(2006) - Tokyo Daikushu (2008)
- IRISIrisIris commonly refers to:* Iris , part of the eye* Iris * Iris , a feminine given name* Iris , a Greek goddess* Iris , a genus of flowering plantsIris may also refer to:-Places:...
(2009) (Japanese dubbed as Kim Hyun-jun (Lee Byung-hunLee Byung-HunLee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He has starred in popular television dramas such as Iris , All In and Beautiful Days...
) - Ojiichan wa 25-sai (2010)