{{Short description|Japanese actor and television personality (1946–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Kai Atō | image = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" (or "Image:") prefix or enclosing brackets --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = 阿藤 快 | native_name_lang = ja | pronunciation = | birth_name = Kōichi Atō | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|11|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|11|15|1946|11|14|df=y}} | death_place = Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | death_cause = | body_discovered = 15 November 2015 | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Tokyo Metropolitan University | occupation = Actor, television personality | years_active = 1970 - 2015 | employer = | agent = Bonito LLC | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works" --> | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} {{Nihongo|'''Kai Atō'''|阿藤 快|Atō Kai|14 November 1946 – 15 November 2015}} was a Japanese actor and television personality. His birth name was {{Nihongo|Kōichi Atō|阿藤 公一|Atō Kōichi}},<ref name="dailysports20151116">{{cite web |url= http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2015/11/16/0008570578.shtml|script-title=ja: 阿藤快さん死去、69歳 自宅で発見|trans-title=Kai Atō dies at 69 - found at home|date= 16 November 2015|work= Daily Sports Online|publisher= Daily Sports|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 17 November 2015}}</ref> and until 14 November 2001, his stage name was written with different kanji characters as {{nihongo||阿藤 海}}.<ref name="sponichi20151116"/>
==Biography== Atō was born on 14 November 1946 in Odawara, Kanagawa.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url= http://bonito-llc.com/profile_ato.html|script-title=ja: 阿藤 快 |trans-title=Kai Ato|year = 2015|work= Profile|publisher= Bonito LLC|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 17 November 2015}}</ref> He attended Tokyo Metropolitan University, studying law.<ref name="sponichi20151116">{{cite web |url= http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/11/16/kiji/K20151116011520130.html|script-title=ja: 阿藤快さん急死、６９歳 悪役から「教師びんびん」 旅番組リポーター|trans-title=Kai Atō dies at 69 - from villains to travel programme reporter|date= 16 November 2015|work= Sponichi Annex|publisher= Sports Nippon Newspapers|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 17 November 2015}}</ref>
Atō was found dead at his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on 15 November 2015, a day after his 69th birthday.<ref name="japannews20151116">{{cite web|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002566754 |title=Obituary / Kai Ato, Actor |date=16 November 2015 |work=The Japan News |publisher=The Yomiuri Shimbun |location=Japan |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033724/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002566754 |archivedate=17 November 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> His agency website lists his date of death as 14 November 2015, approximately at his 69th birthday.<ref name="bonito">{{cite web |url= http://bonito-llc.com |title= Bonito LLC|date= November 2015|work= |publisher= Bonito LLC|location= Japan|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151119052046/http://bonito-llc.com/|archivedate= 19 November 2015|accessdate= 19 November 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable" |+Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1972 | ''Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41'' | Ogata | |- | 1973 | ''Lady Snowblood'' | Henchman | |- | 1973 | ''Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda'' | | |- | 1976 | ''Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare'' | | |- | 1976 | ''Seishun no satsujinsha'' | | |- | 1978 | ''Osou!'' | Ôkubo | |- | 1978 | ''Mottomo kiken na yuugi'' | Keiji B | |- | 1978 | ''Never Give Up'' | | |- | 1978 | ''Satsujin yugi'' | Bunta Izutsu | |- | 1979 | ''Woman with Red Hair'' | Takao | |- | 1979 | ''Hakuchyu no shikaku'' | Tatekawa | |- | 1979 | ''Oretachi ni haka wa nai'' | Kanbe | |- | 1979 | ''The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf'' | Nosaka | |- | 1979 | ''Yasha-ga-ike'' | The Bone | |- | 1979 | ''Dôran'' | | |- | 1980 | ''Kagemusha'' | Zenjiro Amemiya | |- | 1980 | ''Yajû shisubeshi'' | Tojo | |- | 1980 | ''Za ûman'' | | |- | 1980 | ''Disciples of Hippocrates'' | Kanzaki | |- | 1980 | ''Tosa No Ipponzuri'' | Kuma | |- | 1981 | ''Masho no natsu - 'Yotsuya kaidan' yori'' | | |- | 1981 | ''Kôfuku'' | | |- | 1981 | ''Station'' | Ryosuke Honjo | |- | 1982 | ''Kaseki no kouya'' | Police Iwashita | |- | 1982 | ''Waisetsu kazoku: haha to musume'' | Mishima | |- | 1982 | ''Kaze no uta o kike'' | DJ | |- | 1982 | ''Yaju-deka'' | Kita | |- | 1982 | ''Kaikyô'' | | |- | 1983 | ''Amagi goe'' | | |- | 1983 | ''Nogare no machi'' | Hatta | |- | 1984 | ''Irodori-gawa'' | Det. Yoshino | |- | 1984 | ''Kita no hotaru'' | Ryuzo | |- | 1985 | ''Capone Cries a Lot'' | Bank Manager | |- | 1985 | ''Penguin's Memory - Shiawase monogatari'' | Al | Voice |- | 1985 | ''Bi bappu haisukuru'' | Mr. Baba | |- | 1986 | ''Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma'' | Sonojo Sawamura | |- | 1987 | ''Yogisha'' | Samejima | |- | 1987 | ''Jiyu na megami tachi'' | Umekichi | |- | 1987 | ''Shinjuku Jun'ai Monogatari'' | Tashiro | |- | 1987 | ''Kikuropusu'' | Michio Sonezaki | |- | 1987 | ''Gorufu yoakemae'' | | |- | 1987 | ''Don Matsugorô no daibôken'' | Kanda Criminal | |- | 1988 | ''Ikoka modoroka'' | | |- | 1988 | ''Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad'' | Raizo Hayashi | (Episode 3) |- | 1988 | ''Kanashi iro yanen'' | Ritsuo | |- | 1990 | ''Hong Kong Paradise'' | Tsukada | |- | 1992 | ''Kira kira hikaru'' | | |- | 2000 | ''Another Heaven'' | Shinji Ohno | |- | 2004 | ''Atarashii kaze - Wakaki hi no Yoda Benzo'' | Takozo | |- | 2005 | ''Cromartie High - The Movie'' | Kai Atō | |- | 2005 | ''Sô kamo shirenai'' | | |- | 2007 | ''Tantei monogatari'' | | |- | 2008 | ''Johnen: Sada no ai'' | | |- | 2008 | ''20-seiki shônen: Honkaku kagaku bôken eiga'' | | |- | 2008 | ''Hômuresu ga chûgakusei'' | | |- | 2009 | ''Chikujô seyo!'' | | |- | 2011 | ''Deadball'' | | |- | 2013 | ''Setouchi kaizoku monogatari'' | | |- | 2014 | ''Nemurihime: Dream On Dreamer'' | | |- | 2014 | ''Itsukano, genkantachi to'' | | |- | 2014 | ''Tsuki ga kirei desune'' | | |- | 2015 | ''Shinema no tenshi'' | | |- | 2016 | ''Tosa no ipponzuri'' | | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0040880}} * [http://bonito-llc.com/profile_ato.html Agency profile] {{in lang|ja}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ato, Kai}} Category:1946 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Japanese television personalities Category:People from Odawara Category:Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture