Kihachi Okamoto
As an actor his first role was as a rock singer in the 1958 film "All About Marriage" by Kihachi Okamoto, and he has since gone on to star in more than 70 feature films. At over 70 years of age he is one of the oldest major celebrities in Japan and a regular TV personality. Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a race car driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai.