Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta (古田 新太, Furuta Arata, born Furuta Takefumi, December 3, 1965 in Kobe) is a Japanese theatre and film character actor.

Furuta Arata at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016

Biography

Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to bushi in period drama roles, and even women.

He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and often with the troupe Gekidan Shinkansen.^[1] Furuta also stars in the 2007 horror film Apartment 1303.^[2]

Personal life

He is married to the television talent Yayoi Nishihata.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note
2002	Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushutto – The Movie
2004	Zebraman	Eggplant vendor
2006	Hana	Sadashiro
	Apartment 1303
2007	A Dog on Sidecar	Makoto Kondo
2008	Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess	Slave trader
	Komori Seikatsu Kojo Club
2010	13 Assassins
2015	April Fools
2016	Too Young to Die!
	Nobunaga Concerto	Matsunaga Hisahide
	One Piece Film: Gold	Pork and Kent Beef Jr.	Voice-role
	Shin Godzilla
	Rudolf the Black Cat	Devil	Voice-role
2017	Napping Princess	Watanabe	Voice-role
	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	Bonji	Voice-role
	Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story	Amakatsu
	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2019	Promare	Deus Prometh	Voice-role[3]
	Dragon Quest: Your Story	Buon	Voice-role
2020	Nōten Paradise
	Not Quite Dead Yet
2021	Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold	Koichi Kanzaki	[4]
	Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations	Hideo Momose
	Intolerance		[5]
2022	Kappei		[6]
2023	The Village	Shūsaku Ōhashi	[7]
2024	Silent Love	Ippei Kunita	[8]
2025	She Taught Me Serendipity	Sasaki	[9]

Television dramas

• Shinsengumi! (2004)^[10]
• Tokyo Friends (2005)
• Oh! My Girl!! (2008)
• Amachan (2013), Taichi Aramaki
• Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2014), Kiyoshiro Fujikawa (Episode 7 - 11)
• Botchan (2016)
• Daddy Sister (2016)
• The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016)
• Shimokitazawa Die Hard (2017)
• Fugitive Boys (2017)
• Yell (2020), Homare Hatsukaichi
• What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Ashikaga Yoshiaki^[10]
• Fixer season 3 (2023)^[11]
• Extremely Inappropriate! (2024), Yuzuru Inushima^[12]

Television animation

• PopoloCrois Monogatari (1998), Gamigami Devil
• One Piece (2014), Byrnndi World (One Piece 3D2Y)
• Shinya! Tensai Bakabon (2018), Bakabon's Papa

Video games

• Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn (2010), Drippy

Recordings reused in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2011)

Dubbing

• Paddington (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville))^[13]
• Paddington 2 (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville))^[14]
• Power Rangers (Zordon (Bryan Cranston))^[15]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref
2021	46th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actor	Intolerance	Nominated	[16]
2022	43rd Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor		Won	[17]
	76th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[18]

References

1. "Arata Furuta - Asiacue.com". Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
2. "Apartment 1303 - Horror Talk". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
3. "Promare Anime Film Reveals More Cast, May 24 Debut, Visuals". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
4. "JUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLD ヒノマルソウル". www.tbscontents.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
5. "空白". eiga.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
6. "伊藤英明が"世界を救わない"最強の戦士に『KAPPEI』実写映画化 上白石萌歌、西畑大吾ら共演". Oricon. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
7. "ヴィレッジ". eiga.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
8. "サイレントラブ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
9. "今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は". eiga.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
10. "古田新太:19年ぶり大河で足利義昭に 「どうする家康」出演 MJ＝松本潤との共演「何より楽しみ」". Mantan-web. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
11. "唐沢寿明主演『連続ドラマW フィクサー』Season3は10・8スタート 古田新太・坂浩二・高島礼子が参戦". Oricon. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
12. "不適切にもほどがある！の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
13. "パディントン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
14. "パディントン２". Fukikaeru. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
15. "杉田智和×水樹奈々×鈴木達央がパワーレンジャーに変身！吹き替え版で"宿敵"沢城みゆきと激突". Eiga. May 31, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
16. "第46回報知映画賞ノミネート決定". PR Times. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
17. "第43回ヨコハマ映画祭 2021年日本映画個人賞". Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
18. "毎日映画コンクール 候補作が決定 「ドライブ・マイ・カー」最多10ノミネート". Sponichi. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

External links

• Furuta Arata at IMDb
• Arata Furuta at Anime News Network's encyclopedia