Osamu Mukai

Osamu Mukai (向井 理, Mukai Osamu, born February 7, 1982) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.^[2][3]

Osamu Mukai
向井 理
Born	(1982-02-07) 7 February 1982 (age 43) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Hori Agency
Known for	GeGeGe no Nyōbō Beck
Spouse	Ryoko Kuninaka ​ (m. 2014)​ [1]
Children	2

Early life

He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High school, where it became the location for After the Rain.^[4] He graduated from Meiji University, and majored in genetic engineering.^[5] He received the "Best Poster Award" at the International Zoological Genetics Conference in 2004.^[6] While he was attending university, he worked as a bartender. He became a full-time employee there after graduation, and he became a manager later.^[7] While working as a bartender, he got into the magazine Tokyo Graffiti.^[6] A reader later recruited him to be an actor. Now, he works for Hori agency, as an actor.

Filmography

Dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Journey Under the Midnight Sun			[8]
2010	Gegege no Nyobo	Murai Shigeru	Asadora	[9]
	Shinzanmono	Kyose Koki		[10]
	Hotaru no Hikari 2	Seno Kazuma		[10]
2011	Gō	Tokugawa Hidetada	Taiga drama	[11]
2012	Summer Rescue: Hospital of Sky	Keigo Hayami	Lead role	[12]
2014	S: The Last Policeman	Kamikura Ichigo	Lead role	[8]
	Nobunaga Concerto	Ikeda Tsuneoki		[13]
2016	Daddy Sister	Tetsurō Kohashi	Asadora	[8]
2020	Awaiting Kirin	Ashikaga Yoshiteru	Taiga drama	[14]
2021	The Grand Family	Teppei Manpyō		[15]
2022	Bakumatsu Aibō-den	Hijikata Toshizō	Lead role; television film	[16]
	First Love			[17]
2023	Ya Boy Kongming!	Zhuge Kongming	Lead role	[18]
2024	Light of My Lion	Shogo Tachibana		[19]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	I'll Die For You			[20]
2010	Hanamizuki	Junichi Kitami		[21]
	Beck	Yoshiyuki Taira		[21]
2011	Paradise Kiss	Joji "George" Koizumi		[22]
2012	SPEC: Ten	Sekai		[23]
	We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.	Tanaka Kota	Lead role	[24]
2014	Her Granddaughter	Toshio Nakagawa		[25]
2015	S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future	Ichigo Kamikura	Lead role	[26]
2016	Nobunaga Concerto	Ikeda Tsuneoki		[13]
2017	When Will You Return?	Gorō Ashimura		[8]
2019	The Fable	Sunagawa		[27]
2021	Brothers in Brothel	Mita		[28]
2022	Wedding High	Noriaki Sawada		[29]
2023	Ichikei's Crow: The Movie	Eiji Ujō		[30]
2025	Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie	Zhuge Kongming	Lead role	[31]

Awards

2010

• The Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for GeGeGe no Nyōbō^[32]
• GQ Japan Men of the Year 2010^[33]

2011

• 35th Elan d'or Awards: Best New Actor^[34]
• 32nd Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer for Beck and Hanamizuki^[21]
• 7th TVnavi Drama of the Year 2010: Best Supporting Actor for GeGeGe no Nyōbō^[35]
• 19th Hashida Awards: Best Newcomer^[36]