Naoto Ogata
Naoto Ogata (緒形 直人) is a prominent Japanese actor born on September 22, 1967, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He stands 173 centimeters tall, has blood type O, and is an alumnus of Tamagawa University.
Ogata comes from an artistic family background; he is the son of the late acclaimed actor Ken Ogata and the husband of actress Nobuko Sendo. His son, Atsushi Ogata, also works in the entertainment industry.
Film Career
Naoto Ogata has maintained an extensive film career spanning several decades, participating in major motion pictures across various genres. Some of his notable film credits include:
- Oracion (1988) as Hiromasa Wataumi
- Tasmania Story (1990) as Hiroshi Nakayama
- Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari (1996) as Kenji Miyazawa
- Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002) as Eguchi
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010) as Daisuke Shima
- Fukushima 50 (2020) as Shoichi Nojiri
- Shoplifters (2018) as Yuzuru Shibata
- Kawapperi Mukoritta (2022) as Sawada
Television Work
In addition to his work in feature films, Ogata has appeared in numerous Japanese television series, TV movies, and NHK historical taiga dramas.
- Tobuga Gotoku (1990)
- Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004)
- Antihero (2024) as Yusaku Shimizu
- Tokyo P.D.: Keishicho Koho 2gakari (2026) as Naoshi Ando