Toshiyuki Nishida

Japanese actor

Born: November 4, 1947 · Died: October 17, 2024

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Who was Toshiyuki Nishida?

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki; November 4, 1947 – October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. Nishida was born Toshiyuki Imai (今井敏行) on, in Kōriyama, Fukushima, to Izumi and Kie Imai. His biological father Izumi worked at the Kōriyama Postal Savings Bureau, and was born to the family of a karō, a top-ranking samurai official. Izumi died when Nishida was young, and Kie raised him while working as a beautician. After Kie remarried, Nishida, five years old at the time, was adopted by Kie's younger sister and her husband, Miyo and Tatsuji Nishida, respectively. He won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). Nishida served as president of the Japan Actors Union and vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee. He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018.

Historical significance

He also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! Outside Japan he was best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in the TV series Monkey.

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