Japanese actor, singer, talent, presenter (1951-)

Masatoshi Nakamura

Intro
Japanese actor, singer, talent, presenter (1951-)
Awards Received
Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year

Masatoshi Nakamura (中村 雅俊, Nakamura Masatoshi, born 1 February 1951) is a Japanese actor/singer from Onagawa, Miyagi. He graduated from Keio University.

Nakamura joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1973 and made his television debut in 1974 with "Warera Seishun. Masatoshi made his film debut with "Fureai" in the same year . In 1977, he married actress Junko Igarashi. In 2012, he played the role of Fumimaro Konoe in the Peter Webber's film Emperor.

As a singer his first single "Fureai" peaked at number 1 in the Japanese single record chart in 1974. Besides "Fureai" he has several other hit songs such as "Oretach no Tabi" and "Koibito mo Nureru Machikado". "Nakamura appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1982 and 2012.