Joe Odagiri

Jō Odagiri (Japanese: 小田切 譲, romanized: Odagiri Jō; born 16 February 1976), better known by his stage name Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー, Odagiri Jō), is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for portraying Yusuke Godai, the titular hero of the 2000 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kuuga.

Joe Odagiri
オダギリ ジョー
Odagiri at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival
Born	Jō Odagiri (小田切 譲, Odagiri Jō) (1976-02-16) February 16, 1976 (age 49) Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan
Other names	Odajo
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Yuu Kashii ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	3
Website	dongyu.co.jp

Early life and education

Joe Odagiri was born February 16, 1976, in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study film directing at California State University, Fresno, but mistakes in the application process landed him in acting classes.^[1] He often says that Tokyo is his second hometown.^[2]

Filmography (as actor)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Kamen Rider Kuuga	Yusuke Godai	Lead role
2001	OL Visual Kei
	A Fragrance of Jealousy	Asai Makoto
2002	First Time	Atsushi
	Searchin' for My Polestar	Kisaki Takeshi
	Transparent		Lead role
2003	Face	Nishijima Kousuke	Lead role
	Song of the Canefields	Yoshioka
	Beginner	Shun	Lead role
2004	The Violin Over Seas	Aikawa Sensei
	Shinsengumi!	Saitō Hajime	Taiga drama	[3]
2005	Grumpy Gene	Katsuta Hayato
2006	Time Limit Investigator	Kiriyama Shuichiro	Lead role
2007	Time Limit Investigator, Season 2		Lead role
2008	My Younger Sister	Egami Mei	Lead role
	Midnight Diner	Katagiri
2010	Atami no Sousakan		Lead role
	A School Behind Bars	Ishikawa Junpei	Lead role
2011	Midnight Diner 2	Katagiri
2013	Yae's Sakura	Joseph Hardy Neesima	Taiga drama	[4]
2014	Rivers Edge Okawabata Detective Agency	Takeshi Muraki	Lead role
	The Thorns of Alice	Nishikado
2015	Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 1	Takahashi Korekiyo	Lead role
	To Give a Dream	Murano
2016	Sleepeeer Hit!	Kei Iokibe
2016	Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories	Kogure		[5]
2018	We Are Rockets!	Tarō Urushido		[6]
2019	Time Limit Investigator 2019	Kiriyama Shuichiro	Lead role	[7]
2021	My Dear Exes	Hiroshi Takanashi		[8]
2021–22	Come Come Everybody	Jōichirō "Joe" Ōtsuki	Asadora	[9]
2022	Atom's Last Shot	Akihiku Okitsu		[10]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Jubaku: Spellbound
2001	Platonic Sex	Toshimi Iwasaki		[11]
2003	Azumi	Bijomaru Mogami		[11]
	Bright Future	Yuuji Nimura	Lead role	[11]
2004	Out of This World	Shozo Ikeshima		[11]
	Blood and Bones	Takeshi		[11]
	Black Kiss	Joker Jono		[12]
2005	Pacchigi!	Sakazaki		[11]
	In the Pool	Tetsuya Taguchi	Lead role	[11]
	Into a Dream	Kōji
	Hazard	Shin	Lead role
	House of Himiko	Haruhiko Kishimoto	Lead role	[11]
	Shinobi: Heart Under Blade	Gennosuke Kouga	Lead role	[11]
	Scrap Heaven	Tetsu		[11]
	Princess Raccoon	Amechiyo	Lead role	[11]
2006	Big River	Teppei	Lead role
	The Uchōten Hotel	Ukon
	Retribution	Dr. Takagi
	The Pavillion Salamandre	Hoichi Tobishima
	Sway	Takeru Hayakawa	Lead role
2007	Mushishi	Ginko	Lead role
	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	Masawa Nakagawa	Lead role
	Sad Vacation	Goto
	Adrift in Tokyo	Fumiya Takemura	Lead role
2009	Plastic City	Kirin
	Dream	Jin
	The Warrior and the Wolf	Lu Shenkang	Chinese film
	Air Doll	Sonoda
2011	I Wish	Kenji
	Poongsan	North Korean border guard 1	Cameo
	My Way	Tatsuo Hasegawa	Lead role, South Korean film
2013	The Great Passage	Masashi Nishioka
	Real	Editor
	Mr. Go	The Owner of Chunichi Dragons	Cameo, South Korean film
	Human Trust	Kugenuma
	Present for You	Shigeru Kajiwara
2014	The World of Kanako	Detective Aikawa
2015	Foujita	Tsuguharu Foujita	Lead role
2016	Over the Fence	Yoshio Shiraiwa	Lead role
	Her Love Boils Bathwater	Kazuhiro
2017	Ernesto	Freddy Maymura	Lead role
	Pumpkin and Mayonnaise	Hagio
	The White Girl	Sakamoto	Lead role
2018	Room Laundering	Gorō Ikazuchi
	Human, Space, Time and Human	Eve's boyfriend	South Korean film
2019	Saturday Fiction		Chinese film	[13]
2021	The Asian Angel	Tōru Aoki		[14]
	A Day with No Name	Akihito Ono		[15]
	We Made a Beautiful Bouquet	Kōhei Kaji		[16]
	A Madder Red	Yōichi Tanaka		[17]
2022	What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?	Bruce		[18]
	It's All My Fault	Sakamoto		[19]
2023	Yoko			[20]
	The Moon	Shohei		[21]
2024	90 Years Old – So What?			[22]
2025	The Solitary Gourmet	proprietor of the Chinese noodle restaurant Sincérité		[23]
	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses: The Movie	Oliver	Lead role, also director, writer and editor	[24]
	On the Summer Sand	Osamu	Lead role, also producer	[25]
	Bring Him Down to a Portable Size	Riko's brother		[26]

Anime

• Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (2001), Yuji Tamiya

Filmography (as director)

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2019	They Say Nothing Stays the Same		[27]
2025	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses: The Movie		[24]

Bibliography

Books

• Joe Odagiri: Sweater Book (2000)^[28]
• Odagirism (2001)^[29]

Discography

Albums

• Toto (2020) ^{[citation needed]}
• Hardy (2018) ^{[citation needed]}
• Cherry and blueberries (2016) ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Odagiri effect – a television phenomenon named after Joe Odagiri which first occurred in Kamen Rider Kuuga.