. Denden

Denden ( / でんでん) is a Japanese actor, born on Monday, January 23, 1950, in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (raised in Dazaifu).

He is typically cast in good-natured uncle type roles or as veteran detectives.

He was given his stage name by fellow actor and comedian Shoji Murakami. It's based on "tentomushi-damashi", a Japanese term for handsome fungus beetles which are considered cute.

[Nippon Cinema]

Year	Title		# of Epis.	Role		Rating
2013	Take Five ~ Oretachi wa Ai wo Nusumeru ka	add	0	Supporting Role	Kozo Masuda	8.00
2013	Amachan	add	156	Supporting Role	Osanai Rokurou	N/A
2012	Beautiful Rain	add	12	Supporting Role	Muneta Kiyoshi	7.89
2012	SPEC ~ Sho	add	1	Supporting Role	Ichiyanagi Kenzo	8.53
2012	Mousou Sousa	add	8	Supporting Role	Sonomura	N/A
2012	Unmei no Hito	add	10	Supporting Role	Ebisu Shiro	9.00
2011	Suzuki Sensei	add	10	Supporting Role	Kawano Tatsuo	8.00
2011	Fuyu no Sakura	add	10	Supporting Role	Inaba Tetsuya	7.16
2011	Control ~ Hanzai Shinri Sousa	add	11	Guest Role	Nirasaki Kazuo	7.25
2010	Genya	add	8	Supporting Role		6.25
2010	Freeter, Ie o Kau.	add	10	Guest Role	Nameless ep.4,8	7.80
2010	Tokyo 23 ~ Survival City	add	5	Supporting Role		6.25
2010	Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku	add	10	Guest Role	Yuzo Kitamura (ep.6)	7.21
2010	Moteki	add	12	Supporting Role	Yukiyo's father	7.10
2009	Yukemuri Sniper	add	12	Supporting Role	Sutekichi	6.00
2008	Puzzle	add	10	Guest Role	ep.7	6.87
2007	Galileo	add	10	Guest Role	ep.7	7.96
2007	Mop Girl	add	10	Guest Role	building manager (ep6)	7.46
2007	Kodoku no Kake	add	11	Supporting Role	Inui Taizo	5.00
2007	Dondo Hare	add	156	Guest Role		N/A
2005	Ima Ai ni Yukimasu	add	10	Supporting Role	Ogasawara Tomoya	7.79

Year	Title		Role		Rating
2013	Niryuu Shousetsuka: Serialist	add	Supporting Role	Takeshi Goto	N/A
2013	7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies	add	Unknown Role		10.00
2013	Suzuki Sensei	add	Supporting Role	Kawano Tatsuo (English teacher)	8.00
2012	Samurai of the Night	add	Supporting Role		N/A
2012	The Land Of Hope	add	Supporting Role	Suzuki Ken	6.50
2012	Like Someone in Love	add	Supporting Role	Hiroshi	5.75
2012	SPEC: The Movie	add	Supporting Role		8.45
2012	Himizu	add	Supporting Role	Kaneko	8.32
2011	Sukiyaki	add	Supporting Role	Gosho Gawara	8.00
2011	Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog	add	Main Role	Tadashi Torikai	5.00
2011	Ohkike no Tanoshii Ryoko	add	Supporting Role	Akaihito	7.00
2011	Cold Fish	add	Main Role	Mr. Murata	7.71
2010	Strangers in the City	add	Supporting Role		7.00
2010	Boys on the Run	add	Supporting Role	Tanaka	6.43
2009	Tsuki to Uso to Satsujin	add	Main Role		N/A
2008	Kabei: Our Mother	add	Unknown Role		6.50
2004	Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy	add	Supporting Role		7.31
2001	Oboreru sakana	add	Unknown Role		N/A
2000	Ju-on 2	add	Supporting Role	Yoshikawa, Police Detective	6.99
2000	Spiral	add	Supporting Role	Officer Futada	5.40
1997	Cure	add	Supporting Role	Oida	6.33

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