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 55) Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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.^{[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]
2024	Who Cares?	Makoto Okita	Lead role	[10]
2025	Unbound	Miura Shōji	Taiga drama	[11]
2026	Kaze, Kaoru	Zensaku Yoshie	Asadora	[12]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Peanuts	Cop		[13]
2018	Midnight Buss	Toshikazu Takamiya	Lead role	[14]
	Stolen Identity	Tōru Busujima		[15]
2020	Stolen Identity 2	Tōru Busujima		[16]
2021	The Door into Summer	Tarō Satō		[17]
	It's a Flickering Life			[18]
2024	Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game	Tōru Busujima		[19]
2025	Under the Big Onion	Takeru's father		[20]
	Who Cares?: The Movie	Makoto Okita	Lead role	[10]
2026	Labyrinth	Komori (voice)		[21]
	Hodonaku, Owakare desu	Masashi Nagano		[22]

Dubbing

• Strange World, Searcher Clade^[23]