Ikki Sawamura

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sawamura.

Ikki Sawamura (沢村 一樹, Sawamura Ikki, born July 10, 1967) is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On. His second son, Kōta Nomura is also an actor.^[2]

Ikki Sawamura
Sawamura at the Yokohama International Film Festival in May 2023
Born	(1967-07-10) July 10, 1967 (age 57) Kagoshima, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Agent	Ken-On
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	3[1]
Website	www.ken-on.co.jp

Early life and career

Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he moved to Tokyo and started his career as a fashion model. In 1996, Sawamura debuted in a TV drama Matsuda no Drama as an actor. Since then, he has appeared in many television dramas and commercials. Sawamura married a Japanese ex-model in 2000, and has three sons.^[3]

In public and some variety shows, Sawamura often portrays his character as a sexually perverted personality.^[4][5] He is also a well-known fan of Bruce Lee.^[6] His hobbies are playing tennis, playing billiards and watching movies.^[7]

Personal life

In 2000, Sawamura married a former model who is five years his junior. The couple has three sons.^[8] Their eldest son is a model, Taiki Nomura, and their second son is actor Kota Nomura,^[9] his agency announced the birth of their third child, born on April 18, 2010.^[10]

Filmography

Movies

• Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fated Moment (2016)^[11]
• Love and the Grand Tug-of-war (2021)^[12]
• Masquerade Night (2021)^[13]
• Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023), Yōsuke Makino (voice) ^[14]
• La Grande Maison Paris (2024), Rikutaro Kyono^[15]

TV dramas

• The Great White Tower (2003), Professor Kikukawa^[16]
• La Grande Maison Tokyo (2019), Rikutaro Kyono^[17]
• The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022), Isamu Kenmochi^[18]
• The Tiger and Her Wings (2024), Yoriyasu Kudō^[19]
• Minami-kun ga Koibito!? (2024), Haruyuki^[20]
• La Grande Maison Tokyo Special (2024), Rikutaro Kyono^[21]

Video games

• Yakuza 4 (2010), Hiroaki Arai

Japanese dub

• Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), Prof. Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser)

Other works

TV shows

• Ururun Taizaiki in Germany (September, 1998)
• Ururun Taizaiki in China (April, 2001)
• NEO - Office Chuckles - main cast (2005-ongoing)
• Ai no Muchi - presenter (October–December, 2006)
• The Future Professor Sawamura - presenter (October, 2007-April, 2008)
• The Future Professor Sawamura Z - presenter (April, 2008-ongoing)
• ITSUZAI - presenter (October, 2007-ongoing)
• Tokyo-Kawaii TV - host (April, 2008-ongoing) ^[5]
• 'Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!- cameo in No-Laughing Spy Batsu game(December 2011)

Commercials