Daijiro Kawaoka
Acting · Born Mar 14, 1978 · Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Daijiro Kawaoka (born March 14, 1978, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He made his film debut in Time Leap (1997) and has since built an extensive career in film, television, and theater. Kawaoka is known for appearances in films such as Summer Time Machine Blues (2005), Udon (2006), Gachi Boy (2008), and the Death Forest film series (2014–2016), in which he played Kazuki Uchida. His television credits include Beach Boys (1997), Emergency Room 24 Hours (2005), the NHK historical drama Ryomaden (2010), and Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021–2022). In 2007, Kawaoka co-founded the theater group Sputnik with actor Takeshi Yoshioka. He later expanded into producing, and his short film Help!!, filmed largely in Nasushiobara, won the Grand Prix at the Sanuki Film Festival in 2018.
Known for
Films
To Pen a Book
2024
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger
20234.7
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Final Live Tour 2022
2022
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!
20217.9
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 5
20165.0
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 4
20163.8
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 3
20154.4
The King of Minami Returns: A 250 Dollar Promise
2015
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 2
20153.4
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest
20144.3
Samurai of the Dead
20147.2
Real Werewolf Game: The Horror of the Crash Room
2014
Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special
20126.5
"Pornochic" Forgotten Dreams
20116.0
Valley of Dreams
2011
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
20096.2
Ring of Gundam
2009
Kyo Kara Hitman
2009
Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory
20087.5
Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black
20077.3
The Yakuza Principal
20078.0
Summer Time Machine Blues
20056.9
Damned Files 4
20048.0
世にも奇妙な物語 '01春の特別編
2001
19
20006.0
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Rookies 2
2000
Boogiepop and Others
20005.1
Rookies Gotoshi Co., Ltd. ~THE MOVIE~
1999
Open House
19986.0
Beach Boys Special
1998
Time Leap
1997
