Shinya Owada

Shinya Owada
Shinya Owada
大和田伸也
Born	25 October 1947 (age 73); Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor; voice actor;
Years active	1970s–present
Agent	Horipro Booking Agency
Notable work	The Lion King (Japanese dub)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Television	Dramas; Ai yori Aoku; Mito Kōmon; Bayside Shakedown; Kids War: Zaken na yo; Mikon Rokushimai; ; Variety; Ītabi Yume Kibun;
Spouse(s)	Michiko Godai
Children	Yuta Owada (eldest son); Keisuke Owada (second son);
Relatives	Baku Owada (brother)

Shinya Owada (大和田伸也, Ōwada Shin'ya, born 25 October 1947 in Tsuruga, Fukui)^[1] is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is represented with Horipro Booking Agency. He rusticated from Waseda University First Literature Department.

Biography[]

Owada is the youngest son of three children. (he has an older brother and sister)

In 1965, he entered to a free stage by Tadashi Suzuki while entering university.

In 1968, Owada joined Shiki Theatre Company.^[2]

He became widely known as the heroine's husband on Ai yori Aoku in 1972.

In 1977, Owada's first leading role in a film was Inugami no Akuryō.

He co-starred with Kin'ya Kitaōji in Medea directed by Yukio Ninagawa.

Owada's made his first appearance in a Chinese film as a Japanese in Honō no Onna Shūkin.

He played as a minor in Mito Kōmon, in which his character firstly established the verbal phrase "Kochira ni owasu Okata o Donata to Kokoroeru! Osoreōku mo Mae no Fuku Shōgun, Mito Mitsukunikō ni Ara se rareru zo!!" ("A man who knows who you are here will know what to do! Fearfully you will be made to exist in the former deputy general, Mito Mitsukuni!!") to state when stamping a seal basket (Super Friday: Mito Kōmon Special (Tokyo Broadcasting System, aired 25 July 2003)).

In the Japanese dub version of The Lion King Owada is known for voicing King Mufasa.

Filmography[]

TV dramas[]

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Okita Teppei	NHK-G	Taiga drama
1972	Teppei to Junko	Teppei Sagara	NTV
	Wataruji Kita Onmitsu Dōchū		NTV	Episode 21
	Ai yori Aoku	Shuichi Murakami	NHK-G	Asadora
	Kōya no Surōnin		TV Asahi	Episodes 7 and 35
	Murasaki Zukin Jiken Jō	Kotarou	TV Tokyo	Episode 14
1973	Triple Toripuru Sōsa-sen	Ichiro / Jiro	Fuji TV
1974	Karei-naru Ichizoku	Yoshihiko Ichinose	MBS
1975	Furimuku na Tsurukichi		NHK	Episode 46
	Taiyō ni Hoero!	Kenzo Kijima	NTV	Episode 177
	Mito Kōmon		TBS	Pt 6 E. 17, Pt. 8. E. 17, Pt. 9-13, Pt. 11 E. 13, Pt. 12 E. 4, 1000-Kai Kinen 3-jikan Special, Saishūkai Special
1976	Yoake no Keiji		TBS	Episode 94
1977	Ōedo Sōsamō		TV Tokyo	Episodes 308 and 357
	Tokusō Saizensen		TV Asahi	Episode 25
	Shin Hissatsu Shioki Hito	Shojiroki	ABC	Episode 39
	Shin Torimono-chō	Jirodai Yoshioka	NTV	Episode 3
	Daruma Daisuke Jiken-chō	Honjin	TV Asahi	Episode 11
1978	Kieta Kyojingun	Fujita	NTV
1981	Onna Taikō-ki	Kinoshita Katsutoshi	NHK-G	Taiga drama
1982	Onna no Ie	Naoto	TBS
1982	Itsumo o Yō-sama Kazoku	Shigeo Hattsuda	TBS
1987	Dokuganryū Masamune	Yamaga Kunirai	NHK-G	Taiga drama
1988	Haha no Asagaeri: Sumidagawa Kobanare Monogatari		TV Tokyo
1988	Watashi no Kare o Koroshita Onna	Ryoji Imai	Fuji TV
1992	Nobunaga	Sakai Masachika	NHK-G	Taiga drama
1992	Hikō Shōnen-tachi		YTV
1993	Daimon Take 2	Takeshi Omori	NTV
1994	Ai to Shi no Satsujin Kōro	Professor Shige Sakamoto	TV Asahi
1994	Shin Onna Bengoshi Riyako Asabuki Yume no Kokuhatsu	Shiniji Toyokawa	TV Asahi
1995	Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune	Takigawa Motonaga	NHK-G	Taiga drama
1996	Mikeneko Homes no Suiri		TV Asahi
1997	Honō no Bugyō Ōokaechi Zennokami	Arima Ujinori	TV Tokyo
1998	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Kuze Hirochika	NHK-G	Taiga drama
	Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi	Noda	TV Asahi
	Hamidashi Bengoshi Tatsumi Shirō	Shogo Nishimura	TV Asahi
	Chiharu Saotome no Tenjō Hōkoku-sho	Keiji	TBS
2000	Aoi Tokugawa Sandai	Tachibana Muneshige	NHK-G	Taiga drama, Co-starred with his wife Godai (as Lady Chaa)
2000	Kids War: Zaken na yo	Kotaro Osawa	CBC
2001	Na no Hana no Oki	Matsudaira Nobuaki	NHK-G
2002	Bengoshi Fusuke Inubura	Principal Morisaki	TBS
	Shinju Fujin	Katsuhiro Shoda	THK
	Chichitoko no Shinjitsu	Shozo Tanaka	NTV
	Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari	Editor Nakamura	TBS
2003	Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru	Keiji Hisashi	TBS
	Usagi to Kame: Sakura no Ki no Shitade	Principal Yamamoto	NTV
	Dr. Cotto Shinryōsho	Shiro Okumura	Fuji TV
2004	Eien no Kimi e	Takuro Asakura	THK
2004	Sky High	Sanba	TV Asahi
	Bayside Shakedown	Takeshi Azumi	Fuji TV
2005	Umizaru Evolution	Kazuyasu Mitamura	Fuji TV
	Fugo Keiji	Policeman Ohashi	TV Asahi
	Ue o Muite Arukō: Sakamoto Kyu Monogatari	Naoto Keikasei	TV Tokyo
	Trick	Kei Fukuzawa	TV Asahi
	Climber's High	NHK-G
2006	Tokumei! Keiji don Kame	Kentaro Tsurumi	TBS
	7-Ri no Onna Bengoshi	Yoshio Tatsumura	TV Asahi
	Mikon Rokushimai	Matsutaro Kotobuki	CBC
	Tamamoe!	Takayuki Sekiguchi	NHK-G
	Kanjani Eight Fuyuyasumi Drama Special: Kemarishi		KTV
2007	Kareinaru Ichizoku	Ishibashi	TBS
	Tokumei Kakarichō Hitoshi Tadano	Managing Director Isumi Imoto	TV Asahi
	Kuroi Ha		WOWOW
	Papa to Musume no 7-Kakan	Reijiro Moriyama	TBS
	Hanayome to Papa	Sei Miura	Fuji TV
	Abarenbō Mama	Shiguro Yoshida	Fuji TV
2008	Atsuhime	Ōkubo Toshiyo	NHK-G	Taiga drama
	Puzzle	Tatsuzumi Shimabuku	ABC, TV Asahi
	Change	Kenzo Nonomura	Fuji TV
	Roto 6 de 3 Oku 2 Sen Man-en Ateta Otoko		ABC, TV Asahi
	Abarenbō Shōgun	Ōoka Tadasuke	TV Asahi
	Tonsura	Jojiro Yujita	NTV
2009	Yame Ken no Onna	Lawyer Ishikawa	TV Asahi
	Meitantei no Okite	Kazuaki Huzumiya	TV Asahi
	Mitsuhiko Asami Series 34		Fuji TV
	Hissatsu Shigoto Hito 2009	Soemon Binzeya	ABC, TV Asahi	Episode 19
	Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo	Pyunpyunmaru Akimoto	TBS
	Orthros no Inu	Prime Minister Takigawa
	Shōkōjo Seira	Seiichiro Konuma
	Inpei Shirei	Hiakri Kameda	WOWOW
	Mitsuhiko Asami: Sai Shūshō	Editor Fujita	TBS
	Untouchable	Hideo Usharu	ABC, TV Asahi	Episode 7
	Saka no Ue no Kumo	Inoue Kaoru	NHK-G
2010	Ryōmaden	Miyama Sōrin		Taiga drama
	Sakuya kono Hana	Tokutebune
	Tetsudō Sōsa-kan		TV Asahi
	GM: Odore Doctor	Takeshi Oyama	TBS
	Rei Nōryoku-sha: Yumiko Ozada no Uso	Himself	TV Asahi
2011	Onmitsu Happyakuyachō	Bungeiro Kisusaya	NHK-G	Episodes 3 and 4
	Kyōto Chiken no Onna	Hidemi Tsuchiya	TV Asahi	Series 7 Episode 6
	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de	Takeshi Wakabayashi	Fuji TV
	1000-Nen-go ni Nokoshitai... Hōdō Eizō		NTV
2012	Umechan Sensei	Daita	NHK-G	Asadora
	Unmei no Hito	Shinchi Aikawa	TBS
	Ganriki Keibuho Yayichi Kishima	Yusuke Shinoyama	TV Tokyo
	Legal High	Yoshimi Ochiji	Fuji TV	Episode 4
	Odoru Daisōsasen The Last TV Salaryman Keiji to Saigo no Nanjiken	Takeshi Azumi	Fuji TV
	Sai Sōsa Deka Yusuke Kataoka	Keike Kinoshita	TV Asahi
2013	Lady Joker	Yasuichi Sakata	WOWOW
	Joyū Reiko Rn no yō ni	Keiji Mikami	TV Tokyo
	Hōkago Groove	Kei Ikei	TBS
	Keibuho Kenzo Yabe 2	Chikao Mitarai	TV Asahi
	Wonda×AKB48 Short Story: Fortune Cookie	Director Kinoshita	Fuji TV
2014	Nezumi, Edo o Hayaru	Hamamori Mizushima	NHK	Episode 8 and Final Episode
	San-biki no Ossan: Seigi no Mikata, Kenzan!!	Kunukun Matsuki	TV Tokyo
	Shokatsu Deka	Tokuzo Ginabayashi	Fuji TV
	Dark Suits	Takuro Shiozaki	NHK-G
	Kenji Masao Sawaki 2 Kōso Torikeshi	Director Fujii	TV Tokyo
2015	Doctors 3 Saikyō no Meii	Junzaburo Mitsudo	TV Asahi	Episode 6
	Kanazawa no Colombo	Yuki Ikeiro	TV Tokyo
	Hokkai Dōkei Jiken File Keibuho Seiko Gojo 4 Otaru Yoichi Shakotan Satsujin Route	Minoru Kashiwagi	TV Tokyo
	Tsuribaka Nisshi	Shura Kurata	TV Tokyo
2016	Keiji Ballerino	Mamoru Osaki	NTV
	Kanagawa-ken Atsugishi: Laundry Chigasaki	Yamada's Company President	MBS, TBS	Episode 1
		Koichi Kawamura	TBS	Episode 7
	Tachaoi no Sakukoro ni: Aizu no Kekkon	Akira Hoshina	FCT
	Gu-Ra-Me! Sōri no Ryōri-ban	Shigehiro Takeyama	TV Asahi	Episode 4
	Yūsha Yoshihiko to Michibika reshi Nana-ri	Rudola	TV Tokyo
	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro	Rakeshi Muto	TBS
	Medical Team: Lady Da Vinci no Shindan	Kenzo Dojima	KTV, Fuji TV	Episode 8
2019	Kamen Rider Zero-One	Himself	TV Asahi	Episodes 10 and 11
2021	Come Come Everybody^[3]	Kinetarō Tachibana	NHK	Asadora

Films[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Inugami no Akuryō	Ryuji Kano	Lead role
1977	Kiri no Hata	Attorney Shiratori
1978	Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare	Keiji Hosoe
1978	Mito Kōmon	Atsumi "Kaku-san" Kakunoshin
1982	Hichō e, soshite mada Minu Ko e	Kakita
1983	Honō no Onna Shūkin		First starring role in a Chinese film
1986	Final Take	Okamura
1986	Dr. Sun Yat-sen	Tōten Miyazaki
1987	Aitsu ni Koishite	Kagoshima reporter
1989	226	Corporal Corporate Kenemori Onogi
1992	Godzilla vs. Mothra	Captain Maru Ariake
1993	A Class to Remember
1998	Bayside Shakedown: The Movie	Toshio Azumi
2001	Calmi Cuori Appassionati
2001	Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'	Treasurer Mikumi
2003	Bayside Shakedown 2	Toshio Azumi
2004	Ishii no Otōsan arigatō
2004	Riyū
2005	Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi	Toshio Azumi
2005	The Suspect: Muroi Shinji	Toshio Azumi
2006	I Just Didn't Do It		First Place at the Kineme Junpo Best Ten
2007	Black Belt
2009	Warau Keikan
	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War	Manpuku Aburame
	Shiawase Kamon	Psychiatrist Dr. Takano
	Benten-dōri no Hitobito	Saburo Yoshimi
2011	Ike! Danshi Kōkō Engeki-bu	Father Owada
2012	Bayside Shakedown: The Final	Toshio Azumi
2014	Otona Drop
2015	April Fools	Mysterious gentleman
2015	Mr. Max Man	Takeshi Haito
2016	Evergreen Love	Yanagi Nozomu
2016	Haunted Campus	Akira Takemura
2017	Revenge Girl	Shigeru Saitō
2018	50 First Kisses	Dr. Natori
2020	Food Luck		^[4]
2022	Hazard Lamp		^[5]

Stage[]

Title	Role
The Makioka Sisters
Macbeth
Medea
Yama hototogisu hoshī mama
Sabu
Edo Ninjōbanashi: Koi no Miren Hashi
Yumechiyo Nikki
Theater!	Seiichiro Tanuma

Anime television[]

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2003	Astro Boy	Dr. Tenma, Shadow	Fuji TV	^[6]
2003	Black Jack Special: Inochi o meguru 4tsu no Kiseki	Judge	NTV	^[7]

Anime films[]

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2005	Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness	Goa	^[8]
2014	Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~	Bimbisara	^[9]
2014	Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back	Takeshi Teikokuji

Video games[]

Year	Title	Role
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Mufasa
2007	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	Holland

Dubbing[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Covington Cross	Salim (Art Malik)
1994	The Lion King	Mufasa	^[10]
	Outbreak	Colonel Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman)	NTV version
	Ally McBeal	George McBeal
2000	Fantasia 2000	James Earl Jones
	The West Wing	Grenaren Walkman	Season 4 Episode 23
2007	Together	Yu Seuhon
2015	The Lion Guard	Mufasa
2019	The Lion King	Mufasa	^[10]

Radio dramas[]

Title	Network
Ai no Machi kara	Tokyo FM, JFN

Journey programmes[]

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1996	Ītabi Yume Kibun	TV Tokyo	Narration, presenter; in the special, he was joined with his brother Baku and his wife
2014	Ōwada Kyōdai gururi Tetsudō Tabi!	BS Asahi	Navigator

Variety[]

Year	Title	Network
	Kankyō Yarō D Team	Fuji TV
	Tokado TV Shopping
	Zubari! Nayami omakase	Sun TV
	Kinyō ikīki Time	Sun TV
2007	Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! "Endō no Yome Senshū ga inaku natta!? Dai Sōsaku Special"	NTV
	Ī Sji Kodawari-ya	TV Tokyo
	Okaidoku-do Manten! Shinya Owada to Yoshie Kashiwabara no Kaimono Jōhō Saizensen
	Hokkaidō Hakodate: Tore-tate! Umai Mono-shi
	All-Star Thanksgiving	TBS
	Gyā! ! Dō suru!? Kinkyū Taisho no Senmon Gakkō	YTV
	Shin Ramen Densetsu! Hisshoku no No. 1 Kettei-sen	TV Tokyo
2009	Shumi Yūyū	NHK-E

Advertisements[]

Year	Title	Notes
	Sengetsu Shuzo "Maisengetsu"
2007	Tokyo Gas "Eco Will" "Eco Will: Marco Polo"	As Marco Polo
	Friend-Ship Project "Fūfu no kizuna"
	U-Can "Shōwa no Enka Zenshū"
	Alico Japan
	Nihon Glass bin Kyōkai^{[permanent dead link]} "Ai no Glass bin Gekijō obin"
	Ishikawa	Co-starring with his wife Godai
2014	KDDI "au 4G LTE MHz Suiri Drama"	^[a]

Others[]

Year	Title	Notes
	CR Abarenbō Shōgun Series	As Tadao Oka
2011	Puffy AmiYumi "Sweet Drops"	Bunny Drop theme

Supervision works[]

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2013	Kyōryū o Horou	Starring Hiroki Matsukata	^[11]

Productions[]

Year	Title	Notes
	Hamlet o Ute!	Co-starring with Michiko Godai, Baku Owada, and Kumiko Okae
	Kurumi Watashi ga Aishita Hamlet
2003	Aishino Juliet
	Mouse Trap
2006	Haru ni shite Kimi o Hanare

Discography[]

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1972	"Tomoyo"
1993	"Tokimeite Ginza"	Duet with Hiroko Asakawa. Written by Eisei who was a former Shiseido director at the time, and the pen name of Hideyo Arita who is now Chairman of the Ginza Hanatsubaki Street Shoten Promotion Association. It became a hit after being released for 50,000 copies in December 1993.	^[12]
2016	"Matenrō Lullaby"		^[13]

References[]

^ "大和田伸也" (in Japanese). Horipro. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ Owada, Shinya (15 Feb 2016). "大和田伸也 "どらま館でも世界を振り向かせるような演劇を" 「早稲田小劇場どらま館」早稲田演劇人インタビュー" (in Japanese). Waseda University. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ "松村北斗＆村上虹郎＆小野花梨が朝ドラ初登場！上白石萌音をとりまくキャスト発表「カムカムエヴリバディ」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^ "フード・ラック！食運". eiga.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "安田顕と山田裕貴の共演作「ハザードランプ」に松本若菜、中村中、阿部純子ら". Natalie. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ "アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ "ブラック・ジャックスペシャル〜命をめぐる4つの奇跡〜" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ "ブラック・ジャックふたりの黒い医者" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ "BUDDHA2 手塚治虫のブッダ-終わりなき旅-" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "大和田伸也、実写版『ライオン・キング』でシンバの父・ムファサを再び担当". Oricon. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
^ "大和田伸也が初メガホン故郷・福井が舞台の映画『恐竜を掘ろう』". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 21 Nov 2012. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.
^ "付朝刊". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Tokyo: The Asahi Shimbun Compamny. 28 Mar 1994.
^ "大和田伸也、23年ぶりＣＤ発売「意外といける」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 Sep 2016. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

Notes[]

^ Only in the name Okinawa Cellular Phone in Okinawa Prefecture.

External links[]

Shinya Owada at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Shinya Owada at all cinema (in Japanese)
Shinya Owada at Kinenote (in Japanese)
Shinya Owada at IMDb
Shinya Owada at Movie Walker (in Japanese)
Shinya Owada at the TV Drama Database (in Japanese)
Shinya Owada and Michiko Godai Official Site: With (in Japanese)
Official blog (in Japanese)
Official profile at Horipro (in Japanese)

[1] "大和田伸也" (in Japanese). Horipro. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[2] Owada, Shinya (15 Feb 2016). "大和田伸也 "どらま館でも世界を振り向かせるような演劇を" 「早稲田小劇場どらま館」早稲田演劇人インタビュー" (in Japanese). Waseda University. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[3] "松村北斗＆村上虹郎＆小野花梨が朝ドラ初登場！上白石萌音をとりまくキャスト発表「カムカムエヴリバディ」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

[4] "フード・ラック！食運". eiga.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[5] "安田顕と山田裕貴の共演作「ハザードランプ」に松本若菜、中村中、阿部純子ら". Natalie. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[6] "アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[7] "ブラック・ジャックスペシャル〜命をめぐる4つの奇跡〜" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[8] "ブラック・ジャックふたりの黒い医者" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[9] "BUDDHA2 手塚治虫のブッダ-終わりなき旅-" (in Japanese). Osamu Tezuka Official Site. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[Mufasa-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b "大和田伸也、実写版『ライオン・キング』でシンバの父・ムファサを再び担当". Oricon. Retrieved July 12, 2019.

[12] "大和田伸也が初メガホン故郷・福井が舞台の映画『恐竜を掘ろう』". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 21 Nov 2012. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[13] "付朝刊". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Tokyo: The Asahi Shimbun Compamny. 28 Mar 1994.

[14] "大和田伸也、23年ぶりＣＤ発売「意外といける」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 Sep 2016. Retrieved 11 Feb 2017.

[11] Only in the name Okinawa Cellular Phone in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Shinya Owada
大和田伸也
Born	(1947-10-25) 25 October 1947 (age 73) Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor voice actor
Years active	1970s–present
Agent	Horipro Booking Agency
Notable work	The Lion King (Japanese dub)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Television	Dramas Ai yori Aoku Mito Kōmon Bayside Shakedown Kids War: Zaken na yo Mikon Rokushimai Variety Ītabi Yume Kibun
Spouse(s)	Michiko Godai
Children	Yuta Owada (eldest son) Keisuke Owada (second son)
Relatives	Baku Owada (brother)