# Denden

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Japanese actor

This article is about the Japanese actor. For other uses, see [Denden (disambiguation)](/source/Denden_(disambiguation)).

Denden でんでん Denden in October 2015 Born Yoshihiro Ogata (1950-01-23) 23 January 1950 (age 76) Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan Occupations Actor comedian Years active 1980–present

**Yoshihiro Ogata** (緒方 義博, *Ogata Yoshihiro*; born 23 January 1950), better known as **Denden** (でんでん) and sometimes credited as **Kanichi Tadokoro** (田所 完一, *Tadokoro Kan'ichi*), is a Japanese actor and former comedian.[1] He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1981.

## Selected filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1981 Something Like It 1997 Cure Oida 2000 Uzumaki Futada Ju-on: The Curse Yoshikawa Ju-on: The Curse 2 Eureka Yoshida 2001 Red Shadow 2006 Love Tomato 2008 Kabei: Our Mother Climber's High 2010 Cold Fish Boys on the Run 2011 Himizu 2012 Like Someone in Love Land of Hope 2013 The Kiyosu Conference Maeda Gen'i 2014 Killers Tokyo Tribe Daishisan 2016 Destruction Babies Shippu Rondo Nobunaga Concerto 2017 Mumon: The Land of Stealth Shimoyama Kai 2018 Tomiko no Ashi Last Winter, We Parted [2] 2019 Blue Hour Mentai Piriri Maruo The Forest of Love Ozawa Silent Rain Black School Rules 2020 Not Quite Dead Yet Stardust Over the Town [3] 2021 The Supporting Actors: The Movie Himself [4] 2022 A Man [5] I Am Makimoto Shimobayashi [6] A Turtle's Shell Is a Human's Ribs Usazō (voice) [7] 2023 Mountain Woman [8] Insomniacs After School [9] Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie [10] 2024 The Parades [11] Living in Two Worlds Yasuo Suzuki [12] 2025 A Moon in the Ordinary [13] Spirit World Koji French-Japanese film [14] Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final Movie Susumu Hishimoto [15] 2026 Karateka Spanish film [16]

### Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1991 Taiheiki Jinguji Masafusa Taiga drama [17] 2010 General Rouge no Gaisen 2012 Beautiful Rain 2013 Amachan Asadora 2014–2025 Emergency Interrogation Room Susumu Hishimoto 5 seasons [15] 2017 Naotora: The Lady Warlord Okuyama Tomotoshi Taiga drama [18] Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon 2018 The Supporting Actors 2 Himself 2021 Welcome Home, Monet Hiroshi Kawakubo Asadora 2022 Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me? Kyōhei Yamada [19] 2023 The Days [20] What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Saishō Jōtai Taiga drama [21] 2024 Light of My Lion Torakichi Yoshimi [22]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Creative Spotlight: Episode #126 – Denden Interview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120530025438/http://japancinema.net/2012/05/29/creative-spotlight-episode-126-denden/). *web.archive.org*. 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["去年の冬、きみと別れ"](https://movies.yahoo.co.jp/movie/361686/credit/). *Yahoo! Movie*. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["星屑の町"](https://eiga.com/movie/91194/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213533/https://eiga.com/movie/91194/) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["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"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/414935). *Natalie*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231018130014/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/414935) from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["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"](https://screenonline.jp/SCREEN_Plus/17522834). *Screen Online*. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["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"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/471360). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["カメの甲羅はあばら骨"](https://eiga.com/movie/96449/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["山女"](https://eiga.com/movie/97935/). *eiga.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240409062137/https://eiga.com/movie/97935/) from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["君は放課後インソムニア"](https://eiga.com/movie/96427/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 March 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["ミステリと言う勿れ"](https://eiga.com/movie/98387/). *eiga.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221230073347/https://eiga.com/movie/98387/) from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["パレード"](https://eiga.com/movie/101156/). *eiga.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240524185037/https://eiga.com/movie/101156/) from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界"](https://eiga.com/movie/100863/). *eiga.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231217193640/https://eiga.com/movie/100863/) from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["平場の月"](https://eiga.com/movie/103112/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250522154418/https://eiga.com/movie/103112/) from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["SPIRIT WORLD スピリットワールド"](https://eiga.com/movie/102499/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 May 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kintori_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kintori_15-1) ["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"](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2260222/full/). *Oricon* (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Finaliza el rodaje de 'Karateka', la película sobre la vida de Sandra Sánchez, campeona olímpica en Tokio 2020"](https://cineconn.es/karateka-sandra-sanchez-andrea-ros-pelicula/). *Cine con Ñ*. 29 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["太平記"](https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/91-taiga.html). *Haiyaku Jiten* (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["おんな城主直虎"](https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/17-taiga.html). *Haiyaku Jiten*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240615094948/https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/17-taiga.html) from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["＜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"](https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1095946/). *The Television*. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["「THE DAYS」メイン予告解禁 泉澤祐希、丸山智己、鈴鹿央士ら出演"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/524156). *Natalie*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250108163400/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/524156) from the original on 8 January 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["『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】"](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2289570/full/). *Oricon*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230805122033/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2289570/full/) from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["ライオンの隠れ家の出演者・キャスト一覧"](https://thetv.jp/program/0001050191/cast/). *The Television* (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 November 2024.

## External links

- [Official profile](http://www.alpha-agency.com/artist/denden.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120225142048/http://www.alpha-agency.com/artist/denden.html) 2012-02-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in Japanese)

- [Denden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218942/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for Denden v t e Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Hideji Ōtaki (1976) Takeshi Katō (1977) Tsunehiko Watase (1978) Rentarō Mikuni (1979) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1980) Katsuo Nakamura (1981) Akira Emoto (1982) Juzo Itami (1983) Kaku Takashina (1984) Tomokazu Miura (1985) Kei Suma (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1988) Yoshio Harada (1989) Renji Ishibashi (1990) Hiroshi Kanbe (1991) Takehiro Murata (1992) Ittoku Kishibe (1993) Kiichi Nakai (1994) Etsushi Toyokawa (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Kippei Shiina (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Ryo Ishibashi (2002) Hiroyuki Miyasako (2003) Yoshio Harada (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Teruyuki Kagawa (2006) Shirō Itō (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Eita (2009) Akira Emoto (2010) Denden (2011) Mirai Moriyama (2012) Pierre Taki (2013) Masahiko Tsugawa (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Go Ayano (2016) Koji Yakusho (2017) Kazunari Ninomiya (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Gen Hoshino (2020) Ryohei Suzuki (2021) Ryusei Yokohama (2022) Hayato Isomura (2023) Eiji Okuda (2024) Jiro Sato (2025) v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Tetsuya Takeda (1978) Tsunehiko Watase (1979) Bunta Sugawara (1980) Tetsurō Tamba (1981) Katsuo Nakamura (1982) Morio Kazama (1983) Morio Kazama (1984) Kaku Takashina (1985) Kaoru Kobayashi (1986) Hitoshi Ueki (1987) Masahiko Tsugawa (1988) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1989) Eiji Bandō (1990) Renji Ishibashi (1991) Masatoshi Nagase (1992) Naoto Takenaka (1993) Kunie Tanaka (1994) Kiichi Nakai (1995) Naoto Takenaka (1996) Naoto Takenaka (1997) Masahiko Nishimura (1998) Chosuke Ikariya (1999) Nenji Kobayashi (2000) Kōichi Satō (2001) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2002) Min Tanaka (2003) Kōichi Satō (2004) Joe Odagiri (2005) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2006) Takashi Sasano (2007) Kaoru Kobayashi (2008) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2009) Teruyuki Kagawa (2010) Akira Emoto (2011) Denden (2012) Hideji Ōtaki (2013) Lily Franky (2014) Junichi Okada (2015) Masahiro Motoki (2016) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2017) Koji Yakusho (2018) Tori Matsuzaka (2019) Ryo Yoshizawa (2020) Ken Watanabe (2021) Ryohei Suzuki (2022) Masataka Kubota (2023) Hayato Isomura (2024) Takao Osawa (2025) Jiro Sato (2026)

Authority control databases International VIAF Academics CiNii

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