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Eiji Yokota

Eiji Yokota (Japanese: 横田栄司) is a Japanese actor born on October 11, 1971, in Tokyo, Japan. Standing 180 cm tall, he has maintained an active career across both Japanese cinema and television drama series.

Portrait of Japanese actor Eiji Yokota dating from 1971
Eiji Yokota in 1971

Career and Filmography

Eiji Yokota has appeared in various supporting and guest roles in feature films and television productions. His film credits include appearances in After the Rain (1999), Surely Someday (2010), Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019) as Hiroshi Seike, and The Sun Does Not Move (2021) as Jimi Ohara.

In television dramas, his credits span multiple networks and historical or contemporary projects. Notable television appearances include:

  • Botanical Life of Verandar: Season 3 (NHK BS Premium, 2016) as Tamotsu Uebayashi
  • Seven Detectives: Season 3 (TV Asahi, 2017) as Haruki Sakurada
  • Dele (TV Asahi, 2018) as Shunichi Ishimori
  • Awaiting Kirin (NHK, 2020) as Nobumoto Mizuno
  • Cold Case 3: Shinjitsu no Tobira (WOWOW, 2020) as Masakazu Ushiku
  • Terror Newspaper (Fuji TV-Tokai TV, 2020) as Kuranosuke Onoda
  • Solo Katsu Joshi no Susume (TV Tokyo, 2021) as Garcon
  • The 13 Lords of the Shogun (NHK, 2022) as Yoshimori Wada
  • Borderless (TV Asahi, 2026) as Hanji Suguro

He also appeared in the TV movie Kikotsu no Hanketsu broadcast by NHK in 2009.

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