Tomokazu Miura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-01-28 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan
Tomokazu Miura
Biography
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor.
Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Acting
(2025)
A Pale View of Hills
as Ogata
(2023)
Perfect Days
as Tomoyama
(2023)
The Pearl Legacy
as Sentaro
(2022)
Small, Slow But Steady
as Katsumi Sasaki
(2022)
The Lines That Define Me
as Shinoda Kozan
(2022)
(2021)
Detective Chinatown 3
as Watanabe Wasaru
(2021)
(2020)
AI Amok
as Kyoichi Goda
(2020)
Voices in the Wind
as Kohei
(2018)
The Forest of Wool and Steel
as Soichiro Itadori
(2017)
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as Goshiro Kotaki
(2016)
64: Part 2
as Katsutoshi Matsuoka
(2016)
64: Part 1
as Katsutoshi Matsuoka
(2016)
(2016)
(2014)
(2013)
Strawberry Night
as Tooru Wada
(2013)
Farewell for Today
as Kenjiro Fujioka
(2013)
Hasegawa Machiko's Story
as Suiho Tagawa
(2012)
Beyond Outrage
as Minoru Kato
(2012)
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
as Dr. Takuma
(2012)
Welcome Home, Hayabusa
as Isao Ohashi
(2011)
My Back Page
as Shiraishi
(2011)
(2011)
Crossroads
as Toru Takishima
(2011)
Journey of a Dying Wife
as Shimizu Hisanori
(2010)
The Secret World of Arrietty
as Pod (voice)
(2010)
Outrage
as Kato
(2010)
Rinco's Restaurant
as Senior
(2009)
The Unbroken
as Shiro Gyoten
(2009)
Heaven's Door
as Hasegawa
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
Flowers in the Shadow
as Ryokutaro
(2007)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
as Dr. Takuma
(2007)
Adrift in Tokyo
as Aiichiro Fukuhara
(2007)
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
as Toyomichi
(2007)
Into the Faraway Sky
as Mr. Kusonoki
(2007)
Song of Goodbye
as Director Sugita
(2006)
Sea Without Exit
as Toshiaki Namiki
(2006)
Angel's Egg
as Shibusawa
(2005)
Always - Sunset on Third Street
as Doctor Takuma
(2005)
(2005)
The Passed Scene
as Ginsaku Kawara
(2004)
The Taste of Tea
as Nobuo Haruno
(2004)
Survive Style 5+
as Dr. Yamauchi
(2003)
Touch a Dream
as Mori
(2002)
(2001)
A Tender Place
as Yohei Ishiyama
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Quartet
as Toru Aoyama
(2000)
The Stupid Teacher
as Mario Baba (adult)
(2000)
Happy Family Plan
as Fujio Kawajiri
(2000)
(2000)
Shinobugawa
as I
(1999)
M/Other
as Tetsuro
(1998)
Wait and See
as Hiroshi's Brother
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
(1995)
(1994)
(1994)
(1993)
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as Kentaro, Kobayashi
(1992)
Hold Me and Kiss Me
as Kazuo Kurume
(1992)
(1991)
Nowhere Man
as Man with sunglasses
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
Tokyo Heaven
as Takeo Amamiya
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Teruzo Ando
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
Shiro and Marilyn
as Tatsuro Nakazato
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1987)
(1986)
His Motorbike, Her Island
as Hidemasa Sawada
(1986)
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
as Soutaroh's Father
(1985)
Typhoon Club
as Teacher Umemiya
(1984)
Sayonara Jupiter
as Dr. Eiji Honda
(1984)
Station to Heaven
as Kouichi
(1982)
The Imperial Japanese Empire
as Goichi Odajima
(1982)
The Longest Tunnel
as Senta Naruse
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
as Koji Mimura
(1981)
(1981)
(1980)
(1979)
(1979)
Golden Partners
as Kosuke Noguchi
(1979)
White Love
as Ken Yamanobe
(1979)
Temptation of Angel
as Kohei Uesugi
(1978)
Take Me Away!
as Tetsuo Tamaru
(1978)
Dances of Flame
as Takuji
(1978)
(1977)
House
as Auntie's Fiancé
(1977)
Love in the Mud
as Jiro Takashima
(1977)
Sweet Revenge
as Keiichi Abe
(1977)
Sugata Sanshiro
as Sanshiro Sugata
(1977)
(1976)
(1976)
A Portrait of Shunkin
as Sasuke(佐助)
(1975)
(1975)
The Surf
as Shinji Kubo
(1975)
Aoi sanmyaku
as Rokusuke Kaneya
(1975)
(1974)
The Izu Dancer
as Kawashima
Crew
(1999)
M/Other
Writer