Kōji Wada (actor)

Kōji Wada
Born	(1944-01-28)28 January 1944 Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Died	6 July 1986(1986-07-06) (aged 42) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959–1986
Spouse	Michiyo Azusa ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1972)​ [1]

Kōji Wada (和田 浩治, Wada Kōji, 28 January 1944 – 6 July 1986) was a Japanese actor.^[2][3]

Career

In 1959, Wada was scouted and joined Nikkatsu Company at the age of 15.^[4] Wada's film debut was the 1959 film Mugon no Rantō directed by Katsumi Nishikawa.^[4][5] In 1971, he left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor.^[4] As a freelance actor he appeared in supporting roles in such films as The Street Fighter's Last Revenge,^[6] New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss.^[7]

Selected filmography

Film

• Mugon no Rantō (1959) : Masao Kinoshita
• The Poem of the Blue Star (1960) : Toru Fujimoto
• Go to Hell, Hoodlums! (1960) : Sadao Matsudaira
• Carmen from Kawachi (1962) : Akira Sakata
• Sunset Hill (1964) : Shinji
• Gate of Flesh (1964) : Abe
• Three Stray Dogs'7 : Eiji Minagawa
• The Black Sheep (1967) : Jun Yamazaki
• Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967) : Machida
• To Kill a Kille (1967) : Hanji
• Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (1970) : Michio Yagami
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) : Kunigami
• Barefoot in Blue Jeans (1975) : Keiichi Kazama
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) : Tsutomu Nakamichi
• Eden no Umi (1976)
• A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) : Yoshizawa
• Proof of the Man (1977) : Kawanishi
• Mito Kōmon (1978) : Genpachiro Tsurugi

Television

• Ryōma ga Yuku (1968) : Takasugi Sinsaku
• Edo o Kiru III (1977) : Sakichi
• Ōoka Echizen (1978–86) : Kazama Shunsuke

References

1. 和田浩治 結婚１年７カ月で梓みちよと泥沼離婚 (in Japanese). nikkangendai. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
2. 和田浩次 (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
3. 和田浩次 (in Japanese). kotobank.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
4. 和田浩次 (in Japanese). eiga.db. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
5. 無言の乱斗 (in Japanese). nikkatsu. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
6. 逆襲! 殺人拳 (in Japanese). japanese-cinema. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
7. 新仁義なき戦い 組長最後の日 (in Japanese). japanese-cinema. Retrieved 2020-12-23.