Tomokazu Miura

Acting · Born 1952-01-28 in Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Survive Style 5+ as Dr. Yamauchi
• Perfect Days as Tomoyama
• The Secret World of Arrietty as Pod (voice)
• Beyond Outrage as Minoru Kato
• House as Auntie's Fiancé
• Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 as Dr. Takuma
• Adrift in Tokyo as Aiichiro Fukuhara
• The Taste of Tea as Nobuo Haruno
• Outrage as Kato
• Heaven's Door as Hasegawa

TV

• Akai Shougeki
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
• Flower Shop Without Rose as Teruo Anzai
• Villiany Ganbo as Chiaki Kaneko
• Ties of Shooting Stars as Kashiwabara Yasutaka
• Testimony of N as Takano Shigeru
• Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World as Hirose Makoto
• Tokyo Dogs as Kozo Otomo
• Toshiie and Matsu as Toshihisa Maeda
• Shinzanmono as Naohiro Kiyose