Takaaki Enoki

Japanese actor and artist

Takaaki Enoki
榎木孝明
Born	(1956-01-05) January 5, 1956 (age 68) Isa District, Kagoshima, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Musashino Art University
Occupation(s)	Actor,^[1] artist
Years active	1978–present
Agent	Office Taka
Spouse	Terue Suzuki
Website	www.officetaka.co.jp

Takaaki Enoki (榎木孝明, Enoki Takaaki, born January 5, 1956) is a Japanese actor and artist from Isa District, Kagoshima.^[2]^[3] He is known for his role as private detective Mitsuhiko Asami in the Asami Mitsuhiko Series.^[4]^[5] He attended Musashino Art University but left before graduating and joined the Shiki Theatre Company.^[4] In 1990, Enoki landed the lead role in Heaven and Earth in place of Ken Watanabe, who had to pull out due to illness.^[4]

He is also known as an ink painter and his museum opened in 2003.(Located in Kokonoe, Ōita.)^[6]

Filmography

Film

Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (1985)
Heaven and Earth (1990) as Uesugi Kenshin
Best Guy (1990) as Tetsuo "Apollo" Kajitani
Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujinjiken [ja] (1991) as Asami Mitsuhiko
Bloom in the Moonlight (1991) as Tōson Shimazaki
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997)
Sleeping Bride (2000)
Merdeka 17805 (2001)
Koinu Dan no Monogatari (2002) as Yoshitaka Morishita
Spy Sorge (2003) as Duke Fumimaro Konoye
The Wind Carpet (2003)
Spring Snow (2005)
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
Share House (2011)
Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011)
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2017) as The prime minister
Mio's Cookbook (2020)^[7]
Nobutora (2021) as Uesugi Kenshin
Signature (2022) as Usuke Asai^[8]
Shimamori (2022)^[9]
Oshorin (2023)^[10]

Television

Sanada Taiheiki (1985) as Higuchi Kakubei
Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Ōno Harunaga
Taiheiki (1991) as Hino Toshimoto
Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari as Hisamitsu Aoyama
Asami Mitsuhiko Series (1995-2006) as Mitsuhiko Asami / Yōichirō Asami
Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) as Azai Nagamasa
Atsuhime (2008) as Kimotsuki Kaneyoshi^[11]
Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009) as Mori Rintaro
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 (2013) as Yoshio Noda
Yae's Sakura (2013) as Naosuke Ii
Awaiting Kirin (2020) as Yamazaki Ieyoshi

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref
1985	9th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	^[12]

References

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^ "Takaaki Enoki Museum". 九州芸術の森. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "みをつくし料理帖". eiga.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
^ "シグナチャー日本を世界の銘醸地に". eiga.com. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
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^ "映画「おしょりん」制作開始を発表福井の眼鏡産業黎明期描く". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "篤姫の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
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