Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita (木下 ほうか, Kinoshita Hōka, born January 24, 1964, in Daitō, Osaka, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actor who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Cast Power. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural Nozaki High School and Osaka University of Arts.

Houka Kinoshita
木下ほうか
Born (1964-01-24) January 24, 1964
OccupationActor
Years active1981–2022

Biography

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989, Kinoshita moved to Tokyo at the request of director Kazuyuki Izutsu and became one of the popular by-players in Japanese cinema. He later moved to Cast Power in 2011. Kinoshita's hobby is riding a bike, and his skills are kick-boxing and karate.

Sexual assault allegations

In March 2022, three actresses came forward that Kinoshita sexually assaulted and abused them in 2011. Hideo Sakaki, a close friend of Kinoshita who had appeared in several of Sakaki's films, was accused by four actresses of similar allegations. The victims allege that Kinoshita and Sakaki collaborated in sexual coercion by introducing young women to each other that were looking to break into the film industry.[2] Shortly after the allegations surfaced, Kinoshita released a statement stating that "there are some differences from the facts" and that he does not remember certain events from ten years ago. However, he added that the events are "generally correct" and proceeded to apologize to the victims and others who were "deeply injured" by his actions; he also indefinitely cease his "entertainment activities." Kinoshita was dropped by his management Cactus.[3]

Filmography

TV series

Year Title Role Network Notes
1991Seichō Matsumoto Sakka Katsudō 40 Nenkinen-ha no tōFuji TV
1992Aki no Tokusen SupenseKTV
1994Kigyō ByōtōNHK
1995Saikō no KoibitoTV Asahi
1997Onna Bengoshi Yuriko Mizushima no Kikenna Jiken FileFuji TV
1998Gakkō no Kaidan GFuji TV
2000Hate Tsuru Soko NakiFuji TV
Tamaru OnnaTV Tokyo
Saigo no StrikeFuji TV
2001Kenkaku ShōbaiBunkichiFuji TV3rd Series, Episode 2
Kyōto Satsujin AnnaiShintaro KusamoriTV Asahi
2002Kyōto Gion-iri Muko Keiji Jiken-boFuji TV
Gokenin ZankurōUshimatsuFuji TV5th Series, Episode 8
Inyōshi Abenoseimei: Ō ToyōkitanFuji TV
Taxi Driver's Mystery DiaryKiyoshi OkabeTV Asahi
Omatsuri Bengoshi Goro SawadaKatsunari SuzukiTV Asahi
2003Kētai Keiji Zenigata NamidaBS-TBS
Teru Teru KazokuOkaNHK
Anata no Tonari ni Dare ka IruTakuro MiyoshiFuji TV
2004Onmyō ShōjoKBS
Sky High 2Masaharu YanagiharaTV AsahiEpisode 1
Onsen (Hi) Dai SakusenToshio MaruyamaTV Asahi
2005GaroTV TokyoEpisode 10
Bungaku no Uta Koisuru NichiyōbiShuzo ImitsuokaBS-TBS
2006Fukushū no DiamondTV Asahi
Tokumei Kakarichō Hitoshi TadanoTV Asahi
Kētai Keiji Zenigata KaminariBS-TBS
Shin Keishichō Josei SōsahanKosuke OfunaTV Asahi
2007AibōTV AsahiSeason 5, Episode 12
Akuma ga Kirite Fue o FukuFuji TV
ByakkotaiTV Asahi
Tokyo Eki o Wasuremono Azukari-shoShu TakimotoTV Asahi
Seicho Matsumoto Special Drama Nura Reta HonShinji YamadaTBS
2008Negima! Magister Negi MagiTV Tokyo
Kamen Rider KivaAkira KidoTV Asahi
Tsuiseki: Shissō Hito Sōsa-kan Shinjiro IshimoriTBS
Team Batista no EikōTamotsu KishikawaFuji TV
Room of KingMan of film distribution companyFuji TV
Joshidai Nama Kaikeishi no Jiken-boAkihiko OkudairaBS-TBSEpisode 10
Shūchakueki no Ushio Keiji vs. Jiken Kisha SaekoGunji TsumadaTV Asahi
2009Nene: Onna TaikōkiAshikaga YoshiakiTV Tokyo
Naniwa Nohana: Ogata Kōan Jiken-chōKashimayaNHK
Rikon Tsuma TanteiTBS
Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka HanTBSEpisode 11; Guest
Kon Katsu!Akira KishidaFuji TVEpisode 10; Guest
Gyōretsu 48-jikanNHK
2010Jirocho Shimizu no Jirochō Ishin-denTV Tokyo
853: Keiji Shinnosuke KamoTetsuya KuroiwaTV AsahiEpisode 2
Chase: Kokuzei Sasatsu-kanTadokoroNHK
TumblingTBSEpisode 2
Kōiki KeisatsuTeruhisa UrushibaraTV Asahi
GeGeGe no NyōbōHarutaNHK
Hissatsu Shigoto Hito 2010Yaichiro TsubakiABC, TV Asahi
Ihin no Koe o Kiku OtokoMasami TajimaTV Asahi
SetsuenMinoru KamiyaTV Tokyo
2011Iryū SōsaTV AsahiEpisode 6
Toge no MachiTV Asahi
Zeimu Chōsakan Tarō Madogiwa no Jiken-boNoriyuki NaruseTBS
Castle of SandChief TanakaTV AsahiEpisode 2
100 no Shikaku o Motsu Onna: Futari no Batsuichi Satsujin SōsaHiromasa YajimaTV Asahi
Kami-sama no NyōbōJuzaburo GotoNHKEpisode 3
Aka Kabu Kenji Funsen-kiSaburo HirotakiTBS
Ai Inochi: Shinjuku Kabukichō Kakekomi TeraTV Asahi
2012Kaitaku-sha-tachiShigeruzo SakamotoNHK BS Premium
Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken FileNakazawaTV Asahi
Akumu no DriveIsozakiBS Asahi
Hidamari no KiHotta MasayoshiNHK BS Premium
Hanchō: Keishichō Asaka HanJiro KikujimaTBSEpisode 6
Haiiro no NijiToru SagaTV Asahi
Mikaiketsu JikenKiyohide HayakawaNHKEpisode 2
Keiji Seiichi Yoshinaga Namida no Jiken-boKoji ShinoyamaTV Tokyo
Shokatsu DekaMasayuki OtomoFuji TV
Keigo Tono MysteriesYukio SanoFuji TVEpisode 7
Midorikawa Keibu vs. 33-bu no YūkiIchi OikawaTBS
2013Made in JapanDeskNHKEpisode 1
Mitsuhiko Asami SeriesKeiji MorimotoTBS
Kamo, Kyoto e Iku: Shinise Ryokan no Okami NikkiMutsuo OdaFuji TVEpisode 4
Onihei Hanka-chō Special Mihari no ItoToyozoFuji TV
GalileoFuji TV
Ganriki Keibuho Yaichi KishimaChi NaganoTV Tokyo
Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari Season8Ryoji GotoTV AsahiEpisode 6
Kenji Masao Sawaki Dai San no Yōgi-shaKeiji KamishimaTV Tokyo
Kasōken no Onna Dai 13 SeriesHaruhiko KawaderaTV AsahiEpisodes 1 and 2
Sangaku KeijiKenji SuzakiTBS
Kirawa re Kansatsu-kan Otonashi Ichi Roku: Keisatsu Naibu Chōsa no OniMasaru MatsubaTV Tokyo
2014Nezumi, Edo o HayaruSaheiNHKEpisode 3
Hanzai Shinri-gaku Kyōju Mamoru Kanesaka no Sōsa FileHiroya AnamiTV Asahi
Genjirō Kamiya Torimono HikaeYakichiNHK BS PremiumEpisode 3
Gokuaku GanboHigashiyamaFuji TVEpisode 2
Mosaic JapanJonathan WongWOWOW
Hirugao: Heijitsu Gogo 3-ji no Koibito-tachiToru TakigawaFuji TV
Kuro-fuku MonogatariKurosawaTV Asahi
Nobunaga ConcertoKeikuni KoizumiFuji TVEpisode 10
2015Ryūsei WagonFujikiTBS
Munesue Keiji no Kuroi MatsuriTetsuji TakakuraTV Asahi
Tatakau! Shoten GirlTakanori NojimaKTV
HoshinDaigo HasumiTV Tokyo
Enka: Gold RushMinowaWOWOW
IchiroKisoji ItoNHK BS Premium
Risk no Kami-samaForFuji TVFinal Episode
Shitamachi RocketShigeharu MizuharaTBS
2019NatsuzoraShigehiko TsuyukiNHKAsadora
Sherlock: Untold StoriesFutoshi IshiiFuji TVEpisode 1
2020Kirin ga KuruOda NobumitsuNHKTaiga drama

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1981Gaki Teikoku
1993Do Chinpira
Demon Fighter Kocho
1994Kenka-ya Densetsu no Ura Kenka-shi! Muhai Densetsu
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaHideki Ono
1996Young Thugs: Innocent BloodSada
1997Marutai no OnnaEiji
Jingi 11 Hokuriku Gokudō Kari
1998Wait and SeeSalary Worker
1999PoppoyaMiner
SpellboundNagayama
2001Ichi the KillerDV man
OnmyojiEmperor Kanmu
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out AttackMotorcycle gang captain
2002Igyō no Koi
Ryuji ForeverIshihara
Harmful InsectTrack Driver
Pakodate HitoEdit director
Doing TimeOuchi
2003Get Up!Kinoshita
When the Last Sword Is DrawnPhotographer
2005Break Through!
Kita no Reinen
Zoo
The Kouga Ninja ScrollsSaemon Kisaragi
Irasshaimase, Kanja-sama
2006Aoi Uta: No do Jiman Seishun-hen
Nezu no BanHashieda
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
Oh! OkuBoatman
Yo-Yo Girl Cop
2007Ai no RyūkeichiCourt bailiff
Patchigi! Love&Peace
Celeb ga Kekkonshitai 13 no AkumaAkira Kimikoshi
Kitokito!
Tōbō Kuso Tawake
Grow
2008KamachopAzuma
Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon WorldAkira Kido
Jirō Naga SangokushiOno no Tsurukichi
Shiawase no Kaori
2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Three Count
2010Yūkai RhapsodyEndo
Itsuji Itao no Datsugoku-ōIizuka prison officer
Hero ShowConvenience store manager
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra CityMan attacked in Aihara
2011Mainichi Kaasan
Gekkō no Kamen
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Gokudō MeshiPrison officer Iwamoto
2012Okaeri, Hayabusa
Eden
Fujimi OrchestraKazuo Ichiyama
Boku no Naka no Otoko no MusumeShizuka Mama
2013Daijōbu 3-kumi
Tenshin
Hyaku-nen no Tokei
2014In the Hero
Itsuka no, Genkan-tachi to,Takeshi Otsuka
Greatful DeadKiyonao ShiomiAlso served as producer[4]
2015Murder on D Street
Soromon no Gishō Zenpen Jiken / Kōhen SaibanKusuyama
Nora Inu wa Dansu o Odoru
2017Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
Love and LiesSosuke's father
2018We Make Antiques!
RecallKashiwabara
2019WhistleblowerTabe
Manriki
2020Wiseguy[5]
Stigmatized PropertiesMatsuo
KanemasaTerada[6]
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous[7]
2021Angry Rice Wives
First GentlemanMinoru Tokuda[8]
Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen[9]

References

  1. "Official profile" (in Japanese). Cast Power. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  2. Blair, Gavin (March 25, 2022). "Japan's Film Industry Rocked by Sexual Assault Allegations Against Prominent Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  3. The Spy! Crew (March 28, 2022). "Kinoshita Houka sexual scandal fall out – Management contract canceled, Kinoshita responds, will suspend all entertainment activities". Neo Tokyo 2099. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  4. "カラテカ・矢部太郎、ミスキャストと監督に言われる" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  5. "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  6. "ひとくず". eiga.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  7. "嘘八百 京町ロワイヤル". eiga.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  8. "田中圭×中谷美紀「総理の夫」の公開日決定、新キャスト9人や映像も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  9. "西成ゴローの四億円". eiga.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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