Kanji Furutachi

Kanji Furutachi (古舘寛治) is a prominent Japanese actor born on March 23, 1968, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Standing 174 cm tall, he has built an extensive filmography spanning numerous Japanese feature films, television dramas, and television movies.

Acting Career

Furutachi has established himself as a versatile character actor in the Japanese entertainment industry. His career includes regular appearances in major theatrical films and serialized television dramas. Over the decades, he has worked with prominent directors and appeared in critically acclaimed productions, ranging from independent projects to mainstream network releases.

Selected Filmography

His notable film appearances include roles in Harmonium (2016) as Toshio Suzuoka, The Voice of Sin (2020), One Summer Story (2021), and Ravens (2025). In television, Furutachi has starred in series such as NHK's Botanical Life of Verandar as Sotaro Tanaka, Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku (2020) as Ichiro Kotaki, and Netflix's The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023).