# Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa (Japanese: 豊川 悦司, Hepburn: Toyokawa Etsushi, born March 18, 1962) is a Japanese actor.

## Biography

Born in Yao, Osaka, he studied at Shimizudani High School, and eventually dropped out of Kwansei Gakuin University to pursue a career in acting. He began by joining the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe "Under Thirty," which was known for the membership of another famous actor, Watanabe Eriko, at the time. Though like many new theatre actors at the time, he struggled to make ends meet until he got his first big break in 1992, in the television drama Night Head alongside Shinji Takeda, as one of two brothers with supernatural powers.
In 1993 he won the "Newcomer of the Year" award for his drama Kira Kira Hikaru, and the Popularity Award in 1996 for his work in the drama Love Letter.
He also won the Japanese Academy Award as best supporting actor three times, the Hochi Film Award for Love Letter, No Way Back and Hanako.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Kimi wa Boku wo Suki ni Naru | | |
| 1990 | Boiling Point | Okinawa-Rengou Kumichou | |
| 1990 | Byouin e Ikou | | |
| 1991 | The Gentle Twelve | Juror 11 | |
| 1992 | Kira Kira Hikaru | Mutsuki Kishida | |
| 1993 | Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 | | |
| 1994 | Undo | Yukio | |
| 1994 | Night Head | Naoto Kirihara | Leading role |
| 1994 | Ghost Pub | Nobuya Sugimoto | |
| 1995 | Love Letter | Shigeru Akiba | |
| 1995 | No Way Back | Yuji Kobayashi | American film |
| 1995 | School Mystery | Yuji Sakamoto | Also known as Phantom of the Toilet |
| 1996 | Yatsuhaka-Mura | Kosuke Kindaichi | Leading role |
| 1997 | Kizu Darake no Tenshi | Mitsuru Kida | Leading role |
| 2000 | Face | Hiroyuki Nakagami | |
| 2000 | Zawazawa Shimokitazawa | | |
| 2000 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Kadoya Kaneo | |
| 2002 | Inochi | Yutaka Higashi | |
| 2002 | Dog Star | Shiro | |
| 2003 | Moon Child | vampire Luca | |
| 2004 | Tange Sazen | Tange Sazen | Leading role |
| 2004 | Lakeside Murder Case | Masaru Tsukumi | |
| 2005 | The Man Behind the Scissors | Yasunaga | |
| 2005 | Year One in the North | Ashirika | |
| 2005 | The Great Yokai War | Yasunori Katō | |
| 2005 | Loft | Makoto Yoshioka | |
| 2006 | Hula Girls | Yojiro Tanikawa | |
| 2006 | Nihon Chinbotsu | Yusuke Tadokoro | |
| 2007 | Tsubaki Sanjuro | Hanbei Muroto | Remake of the Kurosawa film |
| 2007 | The Kiss | Akio Sakaguchi | |
| 2007 | Southbound | Ichiro Uehara | Leading role |
| 2007 | The Investigation Game | Fumihiko Makishima | Leading role |
| 2008 | 10 Promises to My Dog | Yuichi Saito | |
| 2008 | Teacher and Three Children | Yoshihito Yamazaki | |
| 2008 | 20th Century Boys | Otcho | |
| 2009 | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | Otcho | |
| 2009 | 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | Otcho | |
| 2010 | Sword of Desperation | Kanemi Sanzaemon | Leading role |
| 2010 | A Good Husband | Shunsuke Kitami | Leading role |
| 2010 | Postcard | Keita Matsuyama | Leading role |
| 2013 | Platinum Data | Reiji Asama | |
| 2013 | Human Trust | Harry Endo | |
| 2014 | Judge! | Ichirō Ōtaki | |
| 2014 | Climbing to Spring | Goro Tada | |
| 2014 | Her Granddaughter | Jun Kaieda | Leading role |
| 2016 | Black Widow Business | Tōru Kashiwagi | |
| 2017 | March Comes in Like a Lion | Kōda | |
| 2017 | March Goes out Like a Lamb | Kōda | |
| 2017 | The Blue Hearts | Tatsuya Akiyama | |
| 2018 | Flea-picking Samurai | Senbē | |
| 2018 | Laplace's Witch | Amakasu | |
| 2018 | Punk Samurai Slash Down | Naitō Tatewaki | |
| 2019 | Paradise Next | Shima | Leading role, Taiwanese-Japanese film |
| 2019 | Midway | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto | American film |
| 2019 | Samurai Marathon | Ioki Suketora | |
| 2020 | Last Letter | Atō | |
| 2021 | Ito | Kōichi Sōma | |
| 2021 | One Summer Story | Tomomitsu Waragai | |
| 2021 | I Never Shot Anyone | Atō | |
| 2021 | Every Trick in the Book | Kenjirō Kurata | |
| 2022 | My Brother, The Android and Me | Kaoru Kiryu | Leading role |
| 2022 | Kingdom 2: Far and Away | Biao Gong | |
| 2022 | 2 Women | Atsurō Shiraki | Leading role |
| 2023 | Baian the Assassin, M.D. | Fujieda Baian | Leading role |
| 2023 | Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 | Fujieda Baian | Leading role |
| 2023 | And So I'm at a Loss | Kōji | |
| 2023 | Revolver Lily | Kinya Hosomi | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Taiheiki | Kichiji | Taiga drama |
| 1993 | Homura Tatsu | Kiyohara no Iehira | Taiga drama |
| 1995 | Tell Me That You Love Me | Koji Sakaki | Leading role |
| 1997 | Aoi Tori | Yoshimori Shibata | Leading role |
| 2006 | Bengoshi no Kuzu | Kuzu Motohito | Leading role |
| 2011 | Go | Oda Nobunaga | Taiga drama |
| 2012 | Beautiful Rain | Keisuke Kinoshita | Leading role |
| 2018 | Half Blue Sky | Haori Akikaze | Asadora |
| 2020 | Earwig and the Witch | Mandrake (voice) | TV movie |
| 2020 | The Fugitive | Masami Hosaka | Mini-series |
| 2021–24 | No Activity | Shingo Tokita | Leading role; 2 seasons |
| 2024 | Tokyo Swindlers | Harrison Yamanaka | Leading role |

## Video games

* Lost Odyssey (2008)