Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita
Houka Kinoshita
木下ほうか
Born	January 24, 1964 (age 60); Daitō, Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–2022

Houka Kinoshita (木下ほうか, Kinoshita Hōka, born January 24, 1964, in Daitō, Osaka, Japan)^[1] is a Japanese actor who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Cast Power. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural Nozaki High School and Osaka University of Arts.

Biography

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989, Kinoshita moved to Tokyo at the request of director Kazuyuki Izutsu and became one of the popular by-players in Japanese cinema. He later moved to Cast Power in 2011. Kinoshita's hobby is riding a bike, and his skills are kick-boxing and karate.

Sexual assault allegations

In March 2022, three actresses came forward that Kinoshita sexually assaulted and abused them in 2011. Hideo Sakaki, a close friend of Kinoshita who had appeared in several of Sakaki's films, was accused by four actresses of similar allegations. The victims allege that Kinoshita and Sakaki collaborated in sexual coercion by introducing young women to each other that were looking to break into the film industry.^[2] Shortly after the allegations surfaced, Kinoshita released a statement stating that "there are some differences from the facts" and that he does not remember certain events from ten years ago. However, he added that the events are "generally correct" and proceeded to apologize to the victims and others who were "deeply injured" by his actions; he also indefinitely ceased his "entertainment activities." Kinoshita was dropped by his management Cactus.^[3]

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1991	Seichō Matsumoto Sakka Katsudō 40 Nenkinen-ha no tō		Fuji TV
1992	Aki no Tokusen Supense		KTV
1994	Kigyō Byōtō		NHK
1995	Saikō no Koibito		TV Asahi
1997	Onna Bengoshi Yuriko Mizushima no Kikenna Jiken File		Fuji TV
1998	Gakkō no Kaidan G		Fuji TV
2000	Hate Tsuru Soko Naki		Fuji TV
	Tamaru Onna		TV Tokyo
	Saigo no Strike		Fuji TV
2001	Kenkaku Shōbai	Bunkichi	Fuji TV	3rd Series, Episode 2
2001	Kyōto Satsujin Annai	Shintaro Kusamori	TV Asahi
2002	Kyōto Gion-iri Muko Keiji Jiken-bo		Fuji TV
	Gokenin Zankurō	Ushimatsu	Fuji TV	5th Series, Episode 8
	Inyōshi Abenoseimei: Ō Toyōkitan		Fuji TV
	Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary	Kiyoshi Okabe	TV Asahi
	Omatsuri Bengoshi Goro Sawada	Katsunari Suzuki	TV Asahi
2003	Kētai Keiji Zenigata Namida		BS-TBS
	Teru Teru Kazoku	Oka	NHK
	Anata no Tonari ni Dare ka Iru	Takuro Miyoshi	Fuji TV
	Chouseishin Gransazer	Henry Wakasugi	TV Tokyo
2004	Onmyō Shōjo		KBS
	Sky High 2	Masaharu Yanagihara	TV Asahi	Episode 1
	Onsen (Hi) Dai Sakusen	Toshio Maruyama	TV Asahi
2005	Garo		TV Tokyo	Episode 10
2005	Bungaku no Uta Koisuru Nichiyōbi	Shuzo Imitsuoka	BS-TBS
2006	Fukushū no Diamond		TV Asahi
	Tokumei Kakarichō Hitoshi Tadano		TV Asahi
	Kētai Keiji Zenigata Kaminari		BS-TBS
	Shin Keishichō Josei Sōsahan	Kosuke Ofuna	TV Asahi
2007	Aibō		TV Asahi	Season 5, Episode 12
	Akuma ga Kirite Fue o Fuku		Fuji TV
	Byakkotai		TV Asahi
	Tokyo Eki o Wasuremono Azukari-sho	Shu Takimoto	TV Asahi
	Seicho Matsumoto Special Drama Nura Reta Hon	Shinji Yamada	TBS
2008	Negima! Magister Negi Magi		TV Tokyo
	Kamen Rider Kiva	Akira Kido	TV Asahi
	Tsuiseki: Shissō Hito Sōsa-kan Shinjiro Ishimori		TBS
	Team Batista no Eikō	Tamotsu Kishikawa	Fuji TV
	Room of King	Man of film distribution company	Fuji TV
	Joshidai Nama Kaikeishi no Jiken-bo	Akihiko Okudaira	BS-TBS	Episode 10
	Shūchakueki no Ushio Keiji vs. Jiken Kisha Saeko	Gunji Tsumada	TV Asahi
2009	Nene: Onna Taikōki	Ashikaga Yoshiaki	TV Tokyo
	Naniwa Nohana: Ogata Kōan Jiken-chō	Kashimaya	NHK
	Rikon Tsuma Tantei		TBS
	Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka Han		TBS	Episode 11; Guest
	Kon Katsu!	Akira Kishida	Fuji TV	Episode 10; Guest
	Gyōretsu 48-jikan		NHK
2010	Jirocho Shimizu no Jirochō Ishin-den		TV Tokyo
	853: Keiji Shinnosuke Kamo	Tetsuya Kuroiwa	TV Asahi	Episode 2
	Chase: Kokuzei Sasatsu-kan	Tadokoro	NHK
	Tumbling		TBS	Episode 2
	Kōiki Keisatsu	Teruhisa Urushibara	TV Asahi
	GeGeGe no Nyōbō	Haruta	NHK
	Hissatsu Shigoto Hito 2010	Yaichiro Tsubaki	ABC, TV Asahi
	Ihin no Koe o Kiku Otoko	Masami Tajima	TV Asahi
	Setsuen	Minoru Kamiya	TV Tokyo
2011	Iryū Sōsa		TV Asahi	Episode 6
	Toge no Machi		TV Asahi
	Zeimu Chōsakan Tarō Madogiwa no Jiken-bo	Noriyuki Naruse	TBS
	Castle of Sand	Chief Tanaka	TV Asahi	Episode 2
	100 no Shikaku o Motsu Onna: Futari no Batsuichi Satsujin Sōsa	Hiromasa Yajima	TV Asahi
	Kami-sama no Nyōbō	Juzaburo Goto	NHK	Episode 3
	Aka Kabu Kenji Funsen-ki	Saburo Hirotaki	TBS
	Ai Inochi: Shinjuku Kabukichō Kakekomi Tera		TV Asahi
2012	Kaitaku-sha-tachi	Shigeruzo Sakamoto	NHK BS Premium
	Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File	Nakazawa	TV Asahi
	Akumu no Drive	Isozaki	BS Asahi
	Hidamari no Ki	Hotta Masayoshi	NHK BS Premium
	Hanchō: Keishichō Asaka Han	Jiro Kikujima	TBS	Episode 6
	Haiiro no Niji	Toru Saga	TV Asahi
	Mikaiketsu Jiken	Kiyohide Hayakawa	NHK	Episode 2
	Keiji Seiichi Yoshinaga Namida no Jiken-bo	Koji Shinoyama	TV Tokyo
	Shokatsu Deka	Masayuki Otomo	Fuji TV
	Keigo Tono Mysteries	Yukio Sano	Fuji TV	Episode 7
	Midorikawa Keibu vs. 33-bu no Yūki	Ichi Oikawa	TBS
2013	Made in Japan	Desk	NHK	Episode 1
	Mitsuhiko Asami Series	Keiji Morimoto	TBS
	Kamo, Kyoto e Iku: Shinise Ryokan no Okami Nikki	Mutsuo Oda	Fuji TV	Episode 4
	Onihei Hanka-chō Special Mihari no Ito	Toyozo	Fuji TV
	Galileo		Fuji TV
	Ganriki Keibuho Yaichi Kishima	Chi Nagano	TV Tokyo
	Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari Season8	Ryoji Goto	TV Asahi	Episode 6
	Kenji Masao Sawaki Dai San no Yōgi-sha	Keiji Kamishima	TV Tokyo
	Kasōken no Onna Dai 13 Series	Haruhiko Kawadera	TV Asahi	Episodes 1 and 2
	Sangaku Keiji	Kenji Suzaki	TBS
	Kirawa re Kansatsu-kan Otonashi Ichi Roku: Keisatsu Naibu Chōsa no Oni	Masaru Matsuba	TV Tokyo
2014	Nezumi, Edo o Hayaru	Sahei	NHK	Episode 3
	Hanzai Shinri-gaku Kyōju Mamoru Kanesaka no Sōsa File	Hiroya Anami	TV Asahi
	Genjirō Kamiya Torimono Hikae	Yakichi	NHK BS Premium	Episode 3
	Gokuaku Ganbo	Higashiyama	Fuji TV	Episode 2
	Mosaic Japan	Jonathan Wong	WOWOW
	Hirugao: Heijitsu Gogo 3-ji no Koibito-tachi	Toru Takigawa	Fuji TV
	Kuro-fuku Monogatari	Kurosawa	TV Asahi
	Nobunaga Concerto	Keikuni Koizumi	Fuji TV	Episode 10
2015	Ryūsei Wagon	Fujiki	TBS
	Munesue Keiji no Kuroi Matsuri	Tetsuji Takakura	TV Asahi
	Tatakau! Shoten Girl	Takanori Nojima	KTV
	Hoshin	Daigo Hasumi	TV Tokyo
	Enka: Gold Rush	Minowa	WOWOW
	Ichiro	Kisoji Ito	NHK BS Premium
	Risk no Kami-sama	For	Fuji TV	Final Episode
	Shitamachi Rocket	Shigeharu Mizuhara	TBS
2019	Natsuzora	Shigehiko Tsuyuki	NHK	Asadora
2019	Sherlock: Untold Stories	Futoshi Ishii	Fuji TV	Episode 1
2020	Kirin ga Kuru	Oda Nobumitsu	NHK	Taiga drama

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1981	Gaki Teikoku
1993	Do Chinpira
	Demon Fighter Kocho
1994	Kenka-ya Densetsu no Ura Kenka-shi! Muhai Densetsu
1994	Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla	Hideki Ono
1996	Young Thugs: Innocent Blood	Sada
1997	Marutai no Onna	Eiji
1997	Jingi 11 Hokuriku Gokudō Kari
1998	Wait and See	Salary Worker
1999	Poppoya	Miner
1999	Spellbound	Nagayama
2001	Ichi the Killer	DV man
	Onmyoji	Emperor Kanmu
	Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack	Motorcycle gang captain
2002	Igyō no Koi
	Ryuji Forever	Ishihara
	Harmful Insect	Track Driver
	Pakodate Hito	Edit director
	Doing Time	Ouchi
2003	Get Up!	Kinoshita
2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Photographer
2005	Break Through!
	Kita no Reinen
	Zoo
	The Kouga Ninja Scrolls	Saemon Kisaragi
	Irasshaimase, Kanja-sama
2006	Aoi Uta: No do Jiman Seishun-hen
	Nezu no Ban	Hashieda
	A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
	Oh! Oku	Boatman
	Yo-Yo Girl Cop
2007	Ai no Ryūkeichi	Court bailiff
	Patchigi! Love&Peace
	Celeb ga Kekkonshitai 13 no Akuma	Akira Kimikoshi
	Kitokito!
	Tōbō Kuso Tawake
	Grow
2008	Kamachop	Azuma
	Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World	Akira Kido
	Jirō Naga Sangokushi	Ono no Tsurukichi
	Shiawase no Kaori
2009	Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009	Three Count
2010	Yūkai Rhapsody	Endo
	Itsuji Itao no Datsugoku-ō	Iizuka prison officer
	Hero Show	Convenience store manager
	Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City	Man attacked in Aihara
2011	Mainichi Kaasan
	Gekkō no Kamen
	Karate-Robo Zaborgar
	Gokudō Meshi	Prison officer Iwamoto
2012	Okaeri, Hayabusa
	Eden
	Fujimi Orchestra	Kazuo Ichiyama
	Boku no Naka no Otoko no Musume	Shizuka Mama
2013	Daijōbu 3-kumi
	Tenshin
	Hyaku-nen no Tokei
2014	In the Hero
	Itsuka no, Genkan-tachi to,	Takeshi Otsuka
	Greatful Dead	Kiyonao Shiomi	Also served as producer	^[4]
2015	Murder on D Street
	Soromon no Gishō Zenpen Jiken / Kōhen Saiban	Kusuyama
	Nora Inu wa Dansu o Odoru
2017	Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
2017	Love and Lies	Sosuke's father
2018	We Make Antiques!
2018	Recall	Kashiwabara
2019	Whistleblower	Tabe
2019	Manriki
2020	Wiseguy			^[5]
	Stigmatized Properties	Matsuo
	Kanemasa	Terada		^[6]
	We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous			^[7]
2021	Angry Rice Wives
	First Gentleman	Minoru Tokuda		^[8]
	Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen			^[9]

References

^ "Official profile" (in Japanese). Cast Power. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
^ Blair, Gavin (March 25, 2022). "Japan's Film Industry Rocked by Sexual Assault Allegations Against Prominent Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
^ The Spy! Crew (March 28, 2022). "Kinoshita Houka sexual scandal fall out – Management contract canceled, Kinoshita responds, will suspend all entertainment activities". Neo Tokyo 2099. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
^ "カラテカ・矢部太郎、ミスキャストと監督に言われる" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
^ "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
^ "ひとくず". eiga.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
^ "嘘八百京町ロワイヤル". eiga.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
^ "田中圭×中谷美紀「総理の夫」の公開日決定、新キャスト9人や映像も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ "西成ゴローの四億円". eiga.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Houka Kinoshita at Wiki informer

[1] "Official profile" (in Japanese). Cast Power. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

[2] Blair, Gavin (March 25, 2022). "Japan's Film Industry Rocked by Sexual Assault Allegations Against Prominent Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.

[3] The Spy! Crew (March 28, 2022). "Kinoshita Houka sexual scandal fall out – Management contract canceled, Kinoshita responds, will suspend all entertainment activities". Neo Tokyo 2099. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.

[4] "カラテカ・矢部太郎、ミスキャストと監督に言われる" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

[5] "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

[6] "ひとくず". eiga.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

[7] "嘘八百京町ロワイヤル". eiga.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

[8] "田中圭×中谷美紀「総理の夫」の公開日決定、新キャスト9人や映像も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[9] "西成ゴローの四億円". eiga.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

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Houka Kinoshita
木下ほうか
Born	(1964-01-24) January 24, 1964 (age 60) Daitō, Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–2022