# Masatoshi Nakamura

Masatoshi Nakamura (中村 雅俊, Nakamura Masatoshi, born 1 February 1951) is a Japanese actor and singer from Onagawa, Miyagi. He graduated from Keio University.
Nakamura joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1973 and made his television debut in 1974 with "Warera Seishun. Masatoshi made his film debut with "Fureai" in the same year . He won his first major award at the Elan d'or Awards in 1975. In 1977, he married actress Junko Igarashi. In 2012, he played the role of Fumimaro Konoe in the Peter Webber's film Emperor.
As a singer his first single "Fureai" peaked at number 1 in the Japanese single record chart in 1974. Besides "Fureai" he has several other hit songs such as "Oretachi no Tabi" and "Koibito mo Nureru Machikado". "Nakamura appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1982 and 2012.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Title | Date | Role | Notes |
| Fureai | 1974 | Hisashi Yamawaki | |
| Bochann | 1977 | Daisuke Kondō | |
| Tora-san Plays Cupid | 1977 | Ryōsuke Shimada | |
| Akumagakitarite Fuewofuku | 1979 | Sakuzo | |
| Hashire Ichiro | 2001 | Ichiro Ishikawa | |
| Hinokio | 2005 | Kaoru Iwamoto | |
| American Pastime | 2007 | | American film |
| Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune | 2008 | Tokugawa Yoshimune | |
| Leonie | 2010 | Toshu Senda | |
| Yoake no Machi de | 2011 | | |
| Emperor | 2012 | Fumimaro Konoe | American-Japanese film |
| A Tale of Samurai Cooking | 2013 | Narrator | |
| Sakura Guardian in the North | 2018 | | |
| The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn | 2022 | | |
| Touch | 2024 | | British-Icelandic film |
| Sunset Sunrise | 2025 | | |

### Television

| Title | Date | Role | Notes |
| Warera Seishun | 1974 | Shun Okita | Lead role |
| Oretachi no Kunshō | 1975 | Takahisa Igarashi | Lead role |
| Oretachi no Tabi | 1975 | Kōsuke Tsumura (Karsuke) | Lead role |
| Kashin | 1977 | Takasugi Shinsaku | Taiga drama |
| Yuhigaokano Soridaijin | 1978 | Yujiro Oiwa | Lead role |
| Onna Taikō-ki | 1981 | Toyotomi Hidenaga | Taiga drama |
| Oshin | 1983 | Shunsaku | Asadora |
| Hissatsu Watashinin | 1984 | Sota | Lead role; Hissatsu series |
| Hokorino Hōshu | 1985 | Haruki Serizawa | Lead role |
| Kasuga no Tsubone | 1989 | Tokugawa Hidetada | Taiga drama |
| Yonigeya Honpo | 1999 | Masahiko Genji | Lead role |
| Oyaji Tantei | 2001 | Kōauke Saotome | Lead role |
| Musashi | 2003 | Sanada Yukimura | Taiga drama |
| Half Blue Sky | 2018 | Senkichi Nireno | Asadora |
| Two Homelands | 2019 | Kisaburō Yokoyama | Miniseries |
| Date My Daughter! | 2021 | Shunichirō Oda | |
| The Forbidden Magic | 2022 | Kazurō Ukai | Special appearance; TV movie |
| House of the Owl | 2024 | Takeuchi | |

### Dubbing

* Chicken Little (Buck Cluck)

## Selected discography
### Albums

* Fureai (1974)
* Sayonarano Suigara (1976)
* Omoideno Kakera (1976)
* Karashiiro no Arubamu (1977)
* Seishun Horoki (1978)
* Shy Guy Masatoshi (1979)
* Kimito Keita E (1980)
* Restoration (1982)
* BORN NEW (1983)
* MONDAY MORNING BLUES (1984)
* OUVas-tu? (1985)
* MONO (1986)
* I LOVE YOU, ALL (1987)
* Ordinary Life (1988)
* ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (1988)
* Tokino Shozo (1991)
* Rabu songwo Okuritai (1993)
* HEART OF ENERGY (1994)
* WITHOUT YOU (1996)
* Ah Seishun (1999)
* STEPPING STONES (2000)
* Wasurenai MASATOSHI NAKAMURA 40th Anniversary (2014)
* Masatoshi Nakamura 45th Anniversary Single Collection 〜yes! on the way〜 (2019)

### Singles

* "Fureai" (1974)
* "Shiroishashinkan" (1974)
* "Itsuka Machide Attanara" (1975)
* "Oretachi no Tabi" (1975)
* "Bongaeri" (1976)
* "Oretachi no Matsuri" (1977)
* "Jidaiokureno Kuibitotach" (1978)
* "Kokorono Iro" (1981)
* "Koibitomo Nurerumachikado" (1982)
* "Hittokino Ai" (1983)
* "Sayonaraga Einakute" (1987)
* "Anataniagetai Aigaaru" (1989)
* "Kazeno Sumumachi" (1990)
* "Zackbaran" (1991)
* "Aiwakokoniaru" (1997)
* "Kanashi Hito" (1999)
* "Aitsu" (2001)
* "Utsusemi" (2005)
* "Namida" (2008)
* "Hajimeteno Sora" (2015)
* "Naraba Kazetoike" (2016)
* "Dokoetokiga Nagaretemo" (2017)
* "Daro!!" (2018)