Acting

Masaharu Fukuyama

Born February 6, 1969 · Nagasaki, Japan (age 57)

Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor from Nagasaki. He debuted in 1990 with the single "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka". Fukuyama is represented by the agency Amuse, Inc.

Known For

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final · 2021

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

MovieActionAdventure

In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son · 2013

Like Father, Like Son

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends · 2014

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

MovieActionAdventure

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno · 2014

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

MovieActionAdventure

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels · 2011

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

MovieAnimationAdventure

Nobita and Doraemon find a giant robot in pieces which they later assemble. It turns out to be a destructive weapon and the gang must save Earth from an imminent invasion.

Mirai

MovieAnimationFamily

Four-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on extraordinary journeys across his family’s past, gradually discovering new perspectives on love, belonging and what it means to become an older brother.

Manhunt

Manhunt · 2017

MovieActionThriller

Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure · 2012

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

MovieFamilyAnimation

Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.

Filmography

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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final · 2021

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

MovieActionAdventure

In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

Hiko Seijuro

Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son · 2013

Like Father, Like Son

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Ryota Nonomiya

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends · 2014

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

MovieActionAdventure

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

Seijuro Hiko

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno · 2014

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

MovieActionAdventure

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.

Seijuro Hiko

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels · 2011

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

MovieAnimationAdventure

Nobita and Doraemon find a giant robot in pieces which they later assemble. It turns out to be a destructive weapon and the gang must save Earth from an imminent invasion.

Fukuyama (voice)

Mirai

MovieAnimationFamily

Four-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on extraordinary journeys across his family’s past, gradually discovering new perspectives on love, belonging and what it means to become an older brother.

Young Man (voice)

Manhunt

Manhunt · 2017

MovieActionThriller

Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.

Satoshi Yamura

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure · 2012

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

MovieFamilyAnimation

Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.

Theme Song Performance

Suspect X

Suspect X · 2008

MovieCrimeDrama

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...

Original Music Composer

The Third Murder

The Third Murder · 2017

The Third Murder

MovieDramaMystery

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

Tomoaki Shigemori

Last Man -FIRST LOVE-

Last Man -FIRST LOVE- · 2025

Last Man -FIRST LOVE-

Theme Song Performance

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer · 2018

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer

MovieAnimationCrime

After a sudden explosion at Edge of Ocean island in Tokyo, Tōru Amuro, codename Zero, begins to investigate. Meanwhile, private eye Kogorō is arrested as a suspect, so Conan Edogawa conducts his own investigation to prove his innocence, but Amuro stands in his way.

Theme Song Performance

Galileo XX

Galileo XX · 2013

MovieTV MovieMystery

A spin-off from popular Japanese TV series "Galileo". Episode XX tells the story of female detective Utsumi Kaoru's final case before she went to Oklahoma for further training.

Original Music Composer

Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill

Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill · 2023

Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill

MovieWarRomance

Yuri is a high school student in the present day. She isn't happy with her life at home or school. One day, she has an argument with her mother and runs away from home. Somehow, when Yuri later opens her eyes, she realizes that she is in the year 1945. She happens to meet Akira. He is a pilot for a kamikaze unit in the military.

Theme Song Performance

blank13

blank13 · 2018

MovieFamilyDrama

Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.

Finance

Black Showman

Black Showman · 2025

Fukuyama plays the extremely unique protagonist Kamio Takeshi, who has outstanding magic that has made him famous in Las Vegas and a skillful ability to observe people, but is also strict with money and lies as easily as he breathes. Furthermore, Kamio Mayo, the niece of Kamio Takeshi played by Fukuyama, who teams up with Takeshi after her father is killed by someone and works hard to solve the murder case, will be played by top actress Arimura Kasumi, who has brilliantly played a variety of roles from love stories to comedies and period dramas, and whose solid acting skills have captivated people!

Theme Song Performance

Last Letter

Last Letter · 2020

MovieRomanceDrama

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?

Kyoshiro Otosaka

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms · 2020

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms

MovieComedyHistory

A new interpretation of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which is historical text of the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu in China.

Theme Song Performance

Scoop!

MovieMysteryDrama

Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.

Shizuka Miyakonojo

Midsummer's Equation

Midsummer's Equation · 2013

Midsummer's Equation

MovieCrimeDrama

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to unravel the connections that tie the victim to the activist daughter of the innkeepers, and a precocious boy who first appears on a train—and keeps popping up. It's a Sherlock Holmes mystery with an environmental twist, and one that should please fans of a classic whodunnit.

Theme Song Performance

Silent Parade

Silent Parade · 2022

MovieCrimeMystery

Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her murder. That suspect was previously arrested for another girl's murder, but he was released due to a lack of evidence. Detective Shunpei Kusanagi investigated the prior murder case. The same suspect was then released due to a lack of evidence for the most recent murder case. The released man returned to his town, where everybody hated him. On the day of the autumn festival parade, the man was killed. Physicist Manabu Yukawa, Detective Kaoru Utsumi and Detective Shunpei Kusanagi work together on his case.

Original Music Composer

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad · 2007

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Theme Song Performance

Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery

Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery · 2022

Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery

MovieTV MovieMystery

Four years before Silent Parade (2022), Yukawa and Kusanagi investigate the murder of a writer after a video found in his possession piques Yukawa's interest.

Original Music Composer

Gift of Fire

Gift of Fire · 2021

MovieHistoryDrama

Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.

Theme Song Performance

Homework

Homework · 1992

A drama about two young couples, both of them having problem keeping their relationship together.

Galileo

Galileo · 2007

SeriesDramaMystery

Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.

Original Music Composer

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Furuhata Ninzaburo · 1994

Furuhata Ninzaburo

SeriesDramaCrime

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out · 2014

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

SeriesDramaComedy

Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.

Theme Song Performance

Ryōmaden

Ryōmaden · 2010

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

Sakamoto Ryoma

Under One Roof

Under One Roof · 1993

SeriesDramaFamily

Hitotsu Yane no Shita is a Japanese television series. It had a first season in 1993 and a second season, titled Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2, in 1997. It was very popular in Japan, with its highest rating being a remarkable 34 percent and it was also exported to other regions in East Asia. It features Yosuke Eguchi, Noriko Sakai and Masaharu Fukuyama as its leading characters.

Water Boys

Water Boys · 2003

SeriesComedyDrama

Water Boys is a Japanese television drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2003. There is a fairly large cast due to the amount of members in each team. There were 32 swimmers in this drama who were carefully chosen to fit their roles, but none of them had ever done synchronized swimming before.

Theme Song Performance

Last Man: The Blind Profiler

Last Man: The Blind Profiler · 2023

Last Man: The Blind Profiler

SeriesDramaMystery

Minami Hiromi is an FBI agent visiting Japan from the US for a limited time. Minami lost his sight due to an accident in the past and he is called the "last man" in the FBI, referring him as the last trump card to end a case with his strong sense of analysis, smell, and touch. Godo Shintaro has been assigned to attend to Minami. From a family that has served as the Commissioner of the National Police Agency for generations, Godo has an extraordinary sense of justice and is willing to go any lengths to catch the criminals. Minami, who is always ready to ask for help, and Godo, who has never trusted anyone except himself, become a duo and work together to solve cases.

Hiromi Minami

Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka

Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka · 2022

Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka

SeriesDramaCrime

Hisui Jozuka can “see” the culprits with her clairvoyance, but this won’t hold up as evidence. Just how will she solve complex cases? “I have the ability to know the truth, but why am I so useless?” Hisui, with her green eyes, is in anguish. As a medium, she can trace down culprits with her special gift of clairvoyance, but this won’t hold up as evidence. What must she do to get the police to investigate? Will they manage to catch the perpetrator? This is a unique detective drama series that features a psychic detective who goes face to face with criminals.

Theme Song Performance

Wakaba

The story is about a young woman who becomes a landscape gardener following her father's wishes. Wakaba, born and brought up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, lived happily with her parents and younger brother until the Great Hanshin Earthquake shook and destroyed the city in 1995. In the disaster, Wakaba loses her father, who was an architect and moves with her mother and brother to Obi, old castle town in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, where her grandmother lives with her uncle and aunt. Living in Obi's rich natural environment, Wakaba learns that plants can heal people's hearts. She makes a resolution to return to Kobe and reconstruct the city abundant in greenery.

Theme Song Performance

Everyone’s Demoted!!

Everyone’s Demoted!! · 2019

Everyone’s Demoted!!

SeriesDramaComedy

Hiroshi Kataoka works at a bank. He receives a promotion to manager of the Kamata branch. He is also informed that the Kamata branch will be shut down and he does not have to work hard. After the branch's shutdown, he will work again at the bank's headquarters. Hiroshi Kataoka is embarrassed by the situation. He sees the branch employees work hard and they do not know the branch will close. Hiroshi Kataoka is conflicted between his job and his employees.

Hiroshi Kataoka（片岡洋）

Black Leather Notebook

Black Leather Notebook · 2017

Black Leather Notebook

Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza.

Theme Song Performance

When Spring Comes

When Spring Comes · 2024

When Spring Comes

SeriesFamilyDrama

Theme Song Performance

My Summer of You

My Summer of You · 2026

My Summer of You

Bound by a shared love of film, two high school boys spend a life-changing summer falling for each other.

Theme Song Performance

Love Song

Love Song · 2016

Kohei Kamishiro (Masaharu Fukuyama) worked as a musician in his past. He only had one hit song and his recording contract was eventually canceled. He became devastated and left the field of music. Twenty years later, Kohei Kamishiro keeps his distance from music, but his passion for music hasn't faded away. He leads a boring life. Due to his past experience, he finds it difficult to have a relationship with women. One day, a woman appears in front of him. She has a complex and because of this leads a solitary life. The woman though has an amazing singing voice. By meeting her, Kohei begins to think he wants to make music again.

Black Kite

Black Kite · 2013

SeriesDramaFamily

Yasu's mother passed away when he was very young and his father abandoned him. Yasu's wife, Misako, also lost both her parents when she was young. The two spend their days in happiness, watching their young son, Akira, grow up. Unfortunately, a freakish accident occurs that results in Misako sacrificing her life to protect her son. Yasu loses himself in grief and remorse, but recovers as he vows to raise his 3 year-old son as best as possible.

Theme Song Performance

Platinum Town

Platinum Town · 2012

Tetsuro Yamasaki returns to his hometown to find that it is in financial crisis. He quits his job and settles in his hometown to help the town get out of this crisis.

Theme Song Performance

Ms. Justice

Ms. Justice · 2018

Ririko Takemura has worked as a prosecutor at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor’s Office for the past 2 years. She is 29-years-old and single. Even thought she is not good at her work yet, she tries hard. Dealing with the various cases, Ririko Takemura grows as a prosecutor and a woman.

Theme Song Performance

Beauty or Beast

Beauty or Beast · 2003

Beauty or Beast

This drama pits two protagonists against each other. On the one hand there's Makoto, a woman who believes that the TV program is a product and that viewer ratings are the proceeds, and who believes any method is fair in getting those ratings. On the other hand there's Hiromi, a flashy sort of guy who claims that life is to enjoy and boasts that the program is simply a tool in that process. He loves wine, women and gambling. Such a pair is bound to mix like oil and water, but following a fateful reunion, they come to understand each other in the midst of confrontation.

Invert: Jozuka Hisui Inverted Collection

Invert: Jozuka Hisui Inverted Collection · 2022

Invert: Jozuka Hisui Inverted Collection

SeriesDramaMystery

Jozuka Hisui is a psychic with green eyes and has the ability to feel the souls and bring the dead back. Together with her partner Chiwasaki Makoto, Hisui works hard as a "medium detective" and catches the culprits despite their perfect plans and alibis.

Theme Song Performance

MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU–

MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU– · 2010

MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU–

One day, Taichi, an ordinary university student, meets Mioka, a girl who is like a storm. Taichi finds himself drawn to Mioka, who lives freely as she wishes without holding back, and they eventually fall in love. However, Mioka tells Taichi of her shocking truth. She has an incurable brain disease, with no medicine or treatment that can help her.

Theme Song Performance

Tatsuki: Too Kind for School

Tatsuki: Too Kind for School · 2026

Tatsuki: Too Kind for School

At an unconventional school for kids who avoid traditional classrooms, Tatsuki's carefree approach baffles strict Shizuku as they learn to reach students.

Theme Song Performance

The Witch Trial

The Witch Trial · 2009

The Witch Trial

Toru is a young part-timer who has no interest in social issues. He gets called in as a juror in the trial of a woman labeled as a "witch", charged with a murder over an enormous inheritance. Though it appears that she is definitely guilty, one by one the jurors begin casting their votes for "not guilty." From the shadows, there is a mysterious organization buying control of the jury. At the same time, strange events start happening around Toru. When another juror is threatened, Toru is determined to save her. However, Toru's girlfriend, a newspaper reporter, seems suspicious of their relationship. And so, Toru begins his lonely fight for the truth.

Theme Song Performance

Slow Dance

Slow Dance · 2005

A man who constantly applies the brake in his life, a woman who could do with a brake in her life. They have their careers but they are both failures in love. Afraid to face each other directly, instead of focusing on feelings, they choose to focus on their positions, meeting each other, falling in love!? They are already adults but still have some way to go when it comes to putting their foot on the ground. This summer, a feel-good love story...

Theme Song Performance