Katsuhisa Namase

, formerly known as under the stage name , is a Japanese actor who portrayed Junichiro Tokiwa in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
==Bio==
When he was 20, he enrolled in Doshisha University to study sociology. At 22, he entered Kyoto University and joined a theater troupe there under the stage name . He graduated from Kyoto U in 1986 and quickly received job offers, but refused them to pursue a career in entertainment.
He first made regular appearances on late-night shows as a comedian while continuing to use his stage name. In 1988, he made his debut drama appearance in the 1988-incarnation of Asadora, this time using his real birth name.
By the 1990s, quit his theater troupe in order to fully expand his opportunities and began appearing in prime-time television. His roles were often positions of high authority, with shared comedy in between.
He made it big in 2010 when he played the main lead in Kenzo Yabe, Lieutenant, and continued to portray the character in various spin-offs for the next four years.
In 2018, he joined the cast of Kamen Rider Zi-O.
He and Mirai Shida voiced the father and daughter duo David and Melissa Shield in the anime film .
==Personal life==
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==Filmography==
===Film===
* My Hero Academia: Two Heroes: David Shield (voice)
===TV===
* to be added
===In Archive Footage===
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===Video Games===
* Fatal Fury 2: Joe Higashi, Billy Kane (voice)
* Fatal Fury Special: Joe Higashi, Billy Kane, Geese Howard (voice)
* The King of Fighters '94: Joe Higashi (voice)
* The King of Fighters '95: Billy Kane (voice)
==Notes==
* The drama series Namase played as the lead, Kenzo Yabe, Lieutenant, was well known for its jokes and puns on Tokusatsu works, which included eight characters with names playing puns on different Kamen Rider series. Ironically, these eight characters were portrayed by the actors that also played the corresponding characters/Kamen Riders that their names were joked on:
**Ajito Youichi, portrayed by Toshiki Kashu, who also played Shoichi Tsugami/Agito in Kamen Rider Agito and Zi-O.
**Hoppa Ichirou, portrayed by Masaya Kikawada, who also played Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider #1 in Kamen Rider The First and The Next.
**Kiya Ren, portrayed by Kousei Amano, who also played Sakuya Tachibana/Garren in Kamen Rider Blade.
**Yuuki Makoto, portrayed by Takamasa Suga, who also played Kido Shinji/Ryuki and Dark Shinji/Ryuga in Kamen Rider Ryuki and Zi-O.
**Zaiki Kuranosuke, portrayed by Kenji Matsuda, who also played Zanki in Kamen Rider Hibiki and Decade, as well as Jiro in Kamen Rider Kiva and Zi-O.
**Akuchi Kogorou, portrayed by Ryosuke Miura, who also played Ankh/Shingo Izumi in Kamen Rider OOO.
**Kakisu Hajime, portrayed by Ryoji Morimoto, who also played Hajime Aikawa/Chalice in Kamen Rider Blade and Zi-O.
**Chie Saburou, portrayed by Taiko Katono, who also played Chase/Chaser in Kamen Rider Drive and Zi-O. Ironically, he wielded an axe with pedestrian signal lights, which was playing pun on Chaser's Shingou-Ax.
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