Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki 稲垣 吾郎
Background information
Born	(1973-12-08) December 8, 1973 (age 51)
Origin	Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Years active	1987–present (entering Johnny & Associates)
Member of	Atarashii Chizu
Formerly of	SMAP

Goro Inagaki (稲垣 吾郎, Inagaki Gorō, born (1973-12-08)December 8, 1973) is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo. Inagaki was a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP.[1] A year after the group's dissolution, Inagaki, alongside his former bandmates Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori formed the group Atarashii Chizu.[2]

His international film debut was in the romantic comedy Private Lessons II, playing the male lead role of a Japanese student who falls for his tutor. Private Lessons II also starred SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai.

Filmography

Drama

• 1989: Seishun Kazoku (1989) as Daichi Agawa
• 1991: Gakkō e ikō as Toru Fujii
• 1992: Hatachi no Yakusoku as Akagi Junpei
• 1993: Uso Demo li Kara as Nogami Fumiya
• 1994: Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari as Naoki Murakami
• 1995: Saikō no Koibito as Michio Yoshinaga
• 1996: Subarashiki Kazokuryokō as Kikuchi Tadahiro
• 1997: Kare as Okamoto Toshiya
• 1997: Koi no Katamichikippu as Mori Shinichi
• 1998: Sommelier as Joe Satake
• 1998: A Strange Story (Autumn Special Edition) as Akira Bessho
• 1999: Kiken na Kankei as Takao Kawase
• 2000: Saimin as Saga Toshiya
• 2001: Onmyōji as Abeno Awimwi
• 2002: Kekkon no Jyōken as Kaoru Kurashima
• 2002: Yoisho no Otoko as Sakurai Kotaro
• 2002: Ren'ai Hensachi as Yusaku Natsume
• 2004: Hoshi ni Negai o as Shuta Okamoto
• 2004: Inugamike no Ichizoku (The Kindaichi Series) as Kousuke Kindaichi
• 2004: 9.11 as Yoichi Sugiyama
• 2004: Yatsuhakamura (The Kindaichi Series) as Kousuke Kindaichi
• 2005: M no Higeki as Ando Mamoru
• 2005: Asuka e soshite madaminukoe as Sawamura Seiji
• 2006: Jōōbachi (The Kindaichi Series) as Kindaichi Kosuke
• 2006: Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru as Yamaguchi Osamu
• 2007: Aakuma ga Kitarite Fue o Fuku (The Kindaichi Series) as Kindaichi Kosuke
• 2007: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e as Kitahama Noburo (ep. 9)
• 2008: Sasaki Fusai no Jinginaki Tatakai as Sasaki Norimichi
• 2009: Akuma no Temariuta (The Kindaichi Series) Kindaichi Kosuke
• 2009: Kamen Rider G as Goro
• 2009: Triangle as Kuroki Shun
• 2010: Nagareboshi as Shûichi Makihara
• 2011: Bull Doctor as Nakura Junnosuke
• 2012: Hungry! as Aso Tokio
• 2012: Dr. Kenzi as Masashi Morohashi
• 2013: Take Five: Oretachi wa ai o nusumeruka as Kai Iwatsuki
• 2013-2014: A Chef of Nobunaga as Akechi Mitsuhide
• 2016: Fukigen na Kajitsu as Koichi Mizukoshi
• 2019: Scarlet as Osaki Shigeyoshi
• 2022: Kaze yo Arashi yo as Jun Tsuji[3]
• 2023: YuYu Hakusho as Sakyo[4]

Movies

• 1990: Saraba itoshino yakuza as Takashi Takanashi
• 1993: Private Lessons II as Ken Soto
• 1994: Shoot! as Umahori
• 1996: Super Scandal as Toshiya Ota
• 1997: Parasite Eve as Tatsuro Ohno
• 1999: Hypnosis as Toshiya Saga
• 2004: University of Laughs as Hajime Tsubaki
• 2006: One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle as Ratchet (voice)
• 2010: Thirteen Assassins as Matsudaira Naritsugu
• 2016: Night's Tightrope Takao/Uncle
• 2018: Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai as Goro
• 2019: Another World as Hiroshi Takamura
• 2019: Tezuka's Barbara as Yosuke Mikura[5]
• 2019: Children of the Sea as Azumi Masaaki
• 2020: Labyrinth of Cinema as Ōkubo Toshimichi[6]
• 2022: At the Window as Ichikawa Shigemi[7]
• 2023: (Ab)normal Desire as Hiroki Terai[8]
• 2024: Kaze yo Arashi yo as Jun Tsuji[3]
• 2024: A Girl Named Ann as Tatsuki Kirino[9]

TV shows

• 1992-1995: Yume ga Mori Mori as himself
• 1996-1997: WIN (1996–1997) as host
• 1996-2006: SMAP×SMAP as host
• 1999: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi as Tateyama Michitaka
• 2000: Inagaki Geijutsukan
• 2001-2017: SmaSTATION!! as host
• 2002: Tokumei Research 200X: II as Tôru Date
• 2003-2010 Wasurebumi as host
• 2004: Goro no Sonata as host
• 2004: Goro no Hosomichi as host
• 2004-2009: Goro's Bar as host
• 2009-2010: Goro's Bar Presents my Fair Lady as host
• 2010: G.I. Goro as host
• 2010-2011: Aishuutantei 1756 as host
• 2011-2019: Goro Deluxe as host

References

1. Flowers from hell Jim Harper - 2009 - Page 60
2. Ronald (2017-09-22). "A New Group Rises Out of SMAP's Ashes". ARAMA! JAPAN. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
3. "吉高由里子主演「風よ あらしよ」劇場版、24年2月公開 100年前、自由を求め闘った伊藤野枝の生涯描く". eiga.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
4. "綾野剛・滝藤賢一が戸愚呂兄弟、稲垣吾郎は左京に「幽☆遊☆白書」新キャスト9名解禁". Natalie. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
5. Kuipers, Richard (2020-09-01). "'Tezuka's Barbara' Review: Erotic Manga Adaptation Is Visually Striking but Emotionally Undercooked". Variety. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
6. "海辺の映画館 キネマの玉手箱". eiga.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
7. "窓辺にて". eiga.com. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
8. "稲垣吾郎×新垣結衣共演 朝井リョウ『正欲』映画化決定". Crank-in!. 12 September 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
9. "あんのこと". eiga.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

External links

• Media related to Gorō Inagaki at Wikimedia Commons