Taizo Harada

Taizo Harada (原田 泰造, Harada Taizō, born 24 March 1970, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture)^[1] is a Japanese comedian and actor who performs boke in the comedy trio Neptune. He is nicknamed Taizō (タイゾー).

Taizo Harada
原田 泰造
Born	(1970-03-24) 24 March 1970 (age 54) Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Taizō Tai-chan (泰ちゃん)
Occupations	Comedian actor
Years active	1990–present
Agent	Watanabe Entertainment
Style	Conte
Partners	Jun Nagura Ken Horiuchi
Awards	1998 Golden Arrow Award Popularity Award 2005 Golden Arrow Award Newcomer Award
Notes
Same year/generation as: Fujiwara Buffalo Goro Chihara Kyodai

Harada is represented with Watanabe Entertainment. He is a father with two children. Harada has an older sister and a younger brother, in which he is the middle child.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

For his appearances with Neptune, see Neptune (owarai).

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Atsuhime	Ōkubo Toshimichi	Taiga drama	[2]
2010	Ryōmaden	Kondō Isami	Taiga drama	[2]
2012	Man of Destiny	Takuya Miki		[3]
2015	Burning Flower	Sugi Minji	Taiga drama	[2]
2016	Kuro no Shamen	Takashi Tsujii		[4]
	Cont Rail: Tsumi to Koi	Shigeru Sasaoka		[5]
	Eigyō Buchō: Natsuko Kira	Kotaro Koyama		[6]
	The Sniffer	Goro Kashina	Episode 5	[7]
2022	Invisible	Shogo Inukai		[8]
2023	Ōoku: The Inner Chambers	Saigō Takamori		[9]
2025	Unbound	Miura Shōji	Taiga drama	[10]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Peanuts	Cop		[11]
2018	Midnight Buss	Toshikazu Takamiya	Lead role	[12]
	Stolen Identity	Tōru Busujima		[13]
2020	Stolen Identity 2	Tōru Busujima		[14]
2021	The Door into Summer	Tarō Satō		[15]
	It's a Flickering Life			[16]
2024	Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game	Tōru Busujima		[17]
2025	Under the Big Onion	Takeru's father		[18]

Dubbing

• Strange World, Searcher Clade^[19]

References

1. "「ネプチューン」原田泰造、ＮＨＫ新情報番組でメーンキャスター初挑戦". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. "原田泰造、"はぐれ刑事"を引き継ぐ？ さまざまな作品で魅せる抜きんでた主演力". Real Sound. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
3. "運命の人の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
4. "檀れい、内山理名、原田泰造らが競演 不朽の名画『黒の斜面』が復活". TV Dogatch (in Japanese). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
5. "NHK、"火10"ドラマを"金10"に移設 大人のラブストーリーで再出発". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
6. "営業部長 吉良奈津子 - フジテレビ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
7. "ネプチューン原田、ドラマ「スニッファー」で隠し子誘拐される人気キャスター". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
8. "高橋一生主演『インビジブル』追加キャスト決定 Hey! Say! JUMP有岡大貴が初の刑事役に挑戦". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
9. "『大奥2』新キャスト5人を発表 15代将軍・慶喜、西郷隆盛役が決定【5人の役柄紹介あり】". Oricon. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
10. "冨永愛が大河ドラマ「べらぼう」で大奥総取締に　原田泰造、風間俊介ら新キャスト7名". Natalie. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
11. "ピーナッツ". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
12. "ミッドナイト・バス". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
13. "スマホを落としただけなのに(2018)". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
14. "スマホを落としただけなのに 囚われの殺人鬼". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
15. "山崎賢人の絶望、覚醒、決意……「夏への扉」映像初披露！副題＆公開日＆追加キャストも". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
16. "キネマの神様". eiga.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
17. "スマホを落としただけなのに 最終章 ファイナル ハッキング ゲーム". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
18. "大きな玉ねぎの下で". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
19. "ディズニー新作『ストレンジ・ワールド』声優は原田泰造＆鈴木福". Cinema Today. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.