Hidetaka Yoshioka (吉岡 秀隆; born on August 12, 1970) is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and the TV drama Dr. Coto's Clinic. He played the part of Tora-san's nephew in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August and Madadayo. He won two Japan Academy Awards Best Actor for Always: Sunset on Third Street and its sequel Always: Sunset on Third Street 2.
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Career
Yoshioka made his debut around the age of five in the television drama Ōedo Sōsamō (1970–1992). He became one of the most popular child actors in Japan during the 1980s. He appeared in both film and television, including long-running series such as Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969–1997) and Kita no Kuni kara (1981–2002). His growth is documented in these works.
In 1997, following the death of Kiyoshi Atsumi, the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series came to an end, and Kita no Kuni kara, another long-running series, also came to a close in 2002. However, Yoshioka quickly found a new career-defining role in the hit drama Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003–2006).
In 2006, he won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Always: Sunset on Third Street, directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Yamazaki has also cast him in entries of the Godzilla series.
Personal life
In 2002, Yoshioka married actress Yuki Uchida, but the couple divorced in 2005.
Filmography
Film
A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1981–2019), Mitsuo Suwa
Final Take (1986), Mitsuo
Oracion (1988), Makoto Tano
Poppoya (1999), Hideo Sugiura
Juvenile (2000), Yūsuke Sakamoto
The Hidden Blade (2004), Samon Shimada
Miracle in Four Days (2005), Keisuke Kisaragi
Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Ryunosuke Chagawa
The Professor's Beloved Equation (2006), Root (adult)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Ryūnosuke Chagawa
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
The Sea Is Watching (2012)
The Little House (2014)
64: Part I (2016), Kazuki Kōda
64: Part II (2016), Kazuki Kōda
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016), Tadashi Shinonome
Reminiscence (2017)
Kodomo Shokudō (2018)
Fukushima 50 (2020), Takumi Maeda
The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020)
Television
Kita no Kuni kara (1981 – 2002), Jun Kuroita
Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003 – 2006), Dr. Kensuke Gotō
The Policeman's Lineage (2009), Tamio Anjō
All About My Siblings (2014), Dr. Masaomi Shinjo
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku (2018), Kosuke Kindaichi
Yell (2020), Dr. Takeshi Nagata
Queen of Mars (2025), Riki Kawanabe
Brothers in Arms (2026), Sen no Rikyū
Anime
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004), Hiroki Fujisawa
Osamu Tezuka's Buddha (2011), Gautama Buddha
Endorsements
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (1996)
Suntory (1996–2007)
Sharp Corporation (2004)
Sundrug (2008)
Yamasa (2007–2010)