{{short description|Japanese actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{about|the Japanese actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | image = Denden "Something Like Something Like It" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (22243428719).jpg | caption = Denden in October 2015 | name = Denden | native_name = でんでん | birth_name = Yoshihiro Ogata | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|1|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Chikushino, Fukuoka]], Japan | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}} | years_active = 1980–present }} {{Nihongo|'''Yoshihiro Ogata'''|緒方 義博|Ogata Yoshihiro|born 23 January 1950}}, better known as {{Nihongo|'''Denden'''|でんでん}} and sometimes credited as {{Nihongo|'''Kanichi Tadokoro'''|田所 完一|Tadokoro Kan'ichi}}, is a Japanese actor and former comedian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Creative Spotlight: Episode #126 – Denden Interview |website=web.archive.org |date=2012-05-29 |url=http://japancinema.net/2012/05/29/creative-spotlight-episode-126-denden/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530025438/http://japancinema.net/2012/05/29/creative-spotlight-episode-126-denden/ |archive-date=2012-05-30 |url-status=unfit |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1981.

==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |1981 |''[[Something Like It]]'' | | | |- |1997 |''[[Cure (film)|Cure]]'' |Oida | | |- |rowspan=4|2000 |''[[Uzumaki (film)|Uzumaki]]'' |Futada | | |- |''[[Ju-on: The Curse]]'' |rowspan=2|Yoshikawa | | |- |''[[Ju-on: The Curse 2]]'' | | |- |''[[Eureka (2000 film)|Eureka]]'' |Yoshida | | |- |2001 |''[[Red Shadow (film)|Red Shadow]]'' | | | |- |2006 |''Love Tomato'' | | | |- |rowspan=2|2008 |''[[Kabei: Our Mother]]'' | | | |- |''[[Climber's High (film)|Climber's High]]'' | | | |- |rowspan=2|2010 |''[[Cold Fish]]'' | | | |- |''[[Boys on the Run]]'' | | | |- |2011 |''[[Himizu (film)|Himizu]]'' | | | |- |rowspan=2|2012 |''[[Like Someone in Love (film)|Like Someone in Love]]'' | | | |- |''[[The Land of Hope (2012 film)|Land of Hope]]'' | | | |- |2013 |''[[The Kiyosu Conference]]'' |[[Maeda Gen'i]] | | |- |rowspan=2|2014 |''[[Killers (2014 film)|Killers]]'' | | | |- |''[[Tokyo Tribe (film)|Tokyo Tribe]]'' |Daishisan | | |- |rowspan=3|2016 |''Destruction Babies'' | | | |- |''[[Shippu Rondo]]'' | | | |- |''[[Nobunaga Concerto (film)|Nobunaga Concerto]]'' | | | |- |rowspan=1|2017 |''[[Mumon: The Land of Stealth]]'' |Shimoyama Kai | | |- |rowspan=2|2018 |''Tomiko no Ashi'' | | | |- |''[[Last Winter, We Parted (film)|Last Winter, We Parted]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://movies.yahoo.co.jp/movie/361686/credit/|title= 去年の冬、きみと別れ|access-date= December 17, 2021|website= Yahoo! Movie}}</ref> |- |rowspan=5|2019 |''Blue Hour'' | | | |- |''Mentai Piriri'' |Maruo | | |- |''[[The Forest of Love]]'' |Ozawa | | |- |''Silent Rain'' | | | |- |''Black School Rules'' | | | |- |rowspan=2|2020 |''Not Quite Dead Yet'' | | | |- |''Stardust Over the Town'' | | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/91194/|title= 星屑の町|access-date= 16 August 2025|website= eiga.com|language= ja|archive-date= 2 June 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213533/https://eiga.com/movie/91194/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |rowspan=1|2021 |''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' |Himself | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/414935|title= 映画「バイプレイヤーズ」の新キャスト8名解禁！有村架純、天海祐希、役所広司ら|access-date= February 4, 2021|website= Natalie|archive-date= 18 October 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231018130014/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/414935|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |rowspan=3|2022 |''[[A Man (film)|A Man]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://screenonline.jp/SCREEN_Plus/17522834|title= 今秋公開、妻夫木聡×安藤サクラ×窪田正孝ら出演の感動ヒューマンミステリー『ある男』より、特報映像&ビジュアル解禁|access-date= March 28, 2022|website= Screen Online}}</ref> |- |''I Am Makimoto'' |Shimobayashi | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/471360|title= 阿部サダヲ主演作「アイ・アム まきもと」に満島ひかり、宇崎竜童、松下洸平ら出演|access-date= March 28, 2022|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |''A Turtle's Shell Is a Human's Ribs'' |Usazō (voice) | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96449/|title= カメの甲羅はあばら骨|access-date= July 30, 2022|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan=3|2023 |''Mountain Woman'' | | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/97935/|title= 山女|access-date= October 21, 2022|website= eiga.com|archive-date= 9 April 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240409062137/https://eiga.com/movie/97935/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |''[[Insomniacs After School]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96427/|title= 君は放課後インソムニア|access-date= March 12, 2023|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |''[[Don't Call It Mystery|Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/98387/|title= ミステリと言う勿れ|access-date= June 29, 2023|website= eiga.com|archive-date= 30 December 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221230073347/https://eiga.com/movie/98387/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2024 |''[[The Parades]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/101156/|title= パレード|access-date= January 30, 2024|website= eiga.com|archive-date= 24 May 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240524185037/https://eiga.com/movie/101156/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |''Living in Two Worlds'' |Yasuo Suzuki | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/100863/|title= ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界|access-date= April 23, 2024|website= eiga.com|archive-date= 17 December 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231217193640/https://eiga.com/movie/100863/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |rowspan=3|2025 |''A Moon in the Ordinary'' | | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/103112/|title= 平場の月|access-date= 22 May 2025|website= eiga.com|language= ja|archive-date= 22 May 2025|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250522154418/https://eiga.com/movie/103112/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |''[[Spirit World (film)|Spirit World]]'' |Koji |French-Japanese film |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102499/|title= SPIRIT WORLD スピリットワールド|access-date= 22 May 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |''Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final Movie'' |Susumu Hishimoto | |<ref name=kintori>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2260222/full/|title= 天海祐希「本当に最後です」 人気ドラマ『緊急取調室』最初で最後、集大成の映画化L|access-date= December 18, 2022|website= Oricon|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2026 |''[[Karateka (film)|Karateka]]'' | |Spanish film |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/karateka-sandra-sanchez-andrea-ros-pelicula/|website=Cine con Ñ|title=Finaliza el rodaje de ‘Karateka’, la película sobre la vida de Sandra Sánchez, campeona olímpica en Tokio 2020|date=29 May 2025}}</ref> |- |}

===Television=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |1991 |''[[Taiheiki (TV series)|Taiheiki]]'' |Jinguji Masafusa |[[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]] |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/91-taiga.html|title= 太平記|access-date= 20 October 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2010 |''[[General Rouge no Gaisen]]'' | | | |- |2012 |''[[Beautiful Rain]]'' | | | |- |2013 |''[[Amachan]]'' | |''[[Asadora]]'' | |- |2014–2025 |''Emergency Interrogation Room'' |Susumu Hishimoto |5 seasons |<ref name=kintori/> |- |rowspan=2|2017 |''[[Naotora: The Lady Warlord]]'' |Okuyama Tomotoshi |''Taiga'' drama |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/17-taiga.html|title= おんな城主直虎|access-date= 9 September 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|archive-date= 15 June 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240615094948/https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/17-taiga.html|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |''Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon'' | | | |- |rowspan=1|2018 |''The Supporting Actors 2'' |Himself | | |- |rowspan=1|2021 |''[[Okaeri Mone|Welcome Home, Monet]]'' |Hiroshi Kawakubo |''Asadora'' | |- |2022 |''Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me?'' |Kyōhei Yamada | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1095946/|title= ＜石子と羽男＞"ファスト映画"がテーマの物語に反響、でんでん演じる映画監督の言葉が深い余韻を残す|access-date= July 30, 2022|website= The Television}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2023 |''[[The Days (2023 TV series)|The Days]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/524156|title= 「THE DAYS」メイン予告解禁 泉澤祐希、丸山智己、鈴鹿央士ら出演|access-date= May 20, 2023|website= Natalie|archive-date= 8 January 2025|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250108163400/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/524156|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |''[[What Will You Do, Ieyasu?]]'' |Saishō Jōtai |''Taiga'' drama |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2289570/full/|title= 『どうする家康』新キャスト13人発表 宅麻伸、HiHi Jets作間龍斗ら【13人の役柄紹介あり】|access-date= August 4, 2023|website= Oricon|archive-date= 5 August 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230805122033/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2289570/full/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- |2024 |''[[Light of My Lion]]'' |Torakichi Yoshimi | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0001050191/cast/|title= ライオンの隠れ家の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 18 November 2024|website= The Television|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.alpha-agency.com/artist/denden.html Official profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225142048/http://www.alpha-agency.com/artist/denden.html |date=2012-02-25 }} {{in lang|ja}} * {{IMDb name|218942}}

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