Kaji Naoto
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Kaji Naoto (鍛治 直人, born January 24, 1973) is a Japanese actor from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Affiliated with the Bungakuza theatre company, he is active in stage, television, and film. He is cast as Barbarossa Rugner in Suikoden -Gate Rune Wars Arc- The Stage.
Biography
Kaji was born on January 24, 1973, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.[1] He enrolled in the Bungakuza Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1997 and became a full member of the Bungakuza company in 2002. From September 2009 to September 2010, he studied in London as an overseas research student dispatched by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.[2]
Standing 182 cm tall, his hobbies and skills include rugby (having played for Waseda University's athletic club) and scuba diving (holding an open water license).[2]
Career
Stage
- Suikoden -Gate Rune Wars Arc- The Stage — Barbarossa Rugner
- Troilus and Cressida — Achilles
- Henry IV — Hotspur
- Henry V — King Henry V
- Richard II — Bolingbroke
- Richard III — Richmond
- Coriolanus — Aufidius
- Hamlet — Laertes
- Cyrano de Bergerac — Christian
- The Green Mile — Percy Wetmore
- Death of a Salesman — Biff Loman
- A Streetcar Named Desire — Mitch
- Black Lizard — Akechi Kogorō
- Caligula — Scipio
- Don Juan — Don Carlos
- The Robbers — Franz Moor
- Three Sisters — Vershinin
Television
- Cold Case - Shinjitsu no Tobira — Detective
- Aibou — Various roles
- Rinjo — Medical examiner
- Kimi ni Saigo no Wakare o - Eien nare, Rugby no Seishun — Rugby coach
Film
- Shin Ultraman — Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Grand Blue — University professor
- Joker Game — Military officer
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard — Sengoku period warrior
- Yukikaze — Military commander
Radio Drama
- Konpeki no Arcadia — Main role
- Gekka Hiden - Toki no Hashi o Kakete — Lead role
- Kirishitan Sanyoki — Samurai role
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