Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Yukiyoshi Ozawa (小澤 征悦, Ozawa Yukiyoshi, born 6 June 1974, in San Francisco)^[1] is an American-born Japanese actor. He gained notable fame near the end of 2017 for his involvement in the Long Long Man commercials produced by UHA for their Sakeru Gummy brand, in which he portrayed the titular character.

Yukiyoshi Ozawa
小澤 征悦
Ozawa at the Yokohama International Film Festival in 2024
Born	(1974-06-06) 6 June 1974 (age 50) San Francisco, California, U.S.A
Citizenship	Japan
Education	Seijo University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Agent	Tom company
Spouse	Maho Kuwako ​ (m. 2021)​
Parents	Seiji Ozawa (father) Miki Irie (mother)
Relatives	Seira Ozawa (elder sister)
Website	Official profile

Biography

He is son of conductor Seiji Ozawa and former model and actress Miki Irie. Essayist Seira Ozawa is his sister, and musician Kenji Ozawa is a cousin. He attended Seijo Gakuen Primary School, Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School, and Seijo University. His given name is read as Yukiyoshi but as the kanji for it 征悦 is difficult to read, often incorrectly as Seietsu. On 1 September 2021, he married Maho Kuwako, an announcer at public broadcaster NHK.^[2]

Filmography

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Sakura	Keisuke Keiki	Asadora	[3]
2008	Atsuhime	Saigō Takamori	Taiga drama	[4]
2009	Clouds Over the Hill	Natsume Sōseki		[5]
2019	Idaten	Yatarō Mishima	Taiga drama	[6]
2015	Garasu no Ashi	Masahiro Sawaki		[7]
	Prison Officer	Takanori Kato		[8]
2022	New Nobunaga Chronicle: High School Is a Battlefield	Ieyasu Tokugawa		[9]
2024	Acma: Game	Inoru Hoshin		[10]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Joker Game	Kamenaga		[11]
2020	Not Quite Dead Yet	Watabe		[12]
	Flight on the Water	Miyamoto		[13]
2022	Kappei	Hideo		[14]
	Kingdom 2: Far and Away	Wu Qing		[15]
2023	One Last Bloom			[16]
2024	Midnight	Assassin	Short film	[17]
	Angry Squad: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers	Tachibana		[18]
2025	Sham	Yoshifumi Maemura		[19]

Dubbing

• The King's Man, Duke of Oxford (Ralph Fiennes)^[20]