Joe Odagiri
Jō Odagiri (小田切 譲 Odagiri Jō, born February 16, 1976), better known by his stage name Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー Odagiri Jō), is a Japanese actor and musician. South China Morning Post described him as "a rebel, something made evident by his grungy, gothic style"
Odagiri Joe was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture, a small town in central Japan renowned for its beautiful cherry blossoms in the spring. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study movie directing at California State University in Fresno, but mistakes in the application process landed him in acting classes. It may have been a blessing in disguise, for two years after studying in Fresno and later starring in a few stage performances in Japan, Odagiri would find himself catapulted to fame in his role in the Kamen Rider series, playing the central character of Kamen Rider Kuuga, Yusuke Godai. He became the predecessor of the "Ikemen Hero" craze (literally, "good-looking actors playing hero roles in popular TV series").
Since then, Odagiri has appeared in many movies and dramas. He won the Best New Actor Award at the 2003 Japan Academy Awards for his role as the uniquely bisexual nemesis in the film "Azumi", and in the following year, was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award for his electrifying performance in internationally acclaimed director Kitano Takeshi's 2004 film, "Blood and Bones". Odagiri's creative acting skills and strong presence in films have secured him a place in stardom. He is slated to appear in numerous more films in 2005, including "Maison de Himiko", where he portrays a homosexual man in a relationship with the protagonist (played by Shibasaki Kou's father).
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Films (91)
The Canary's Lullaby
2026 · Executive Producer
Satoko Always
2026 · Muramoto Kengo
Le Château d’Arioka
2026 · Koori Juemon
BREAK SHOT
2026
Mon grand frère et moi
2025 · Riko's brother
Gosh!!
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
On Summer Sand
2025 · Osamu Koura, Co-Producer
mopim
2025
Super Kuuga Exhibition EXTRA EPISODE Revisited
2025 · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga (archived footage)
The Solitary Gourmet
2025 · Shop Owner
90 Years Old – So What?
2024 · Repairman
The Moon
2023 · Shohei Dojima
Yoko
2023 · Akimasa Kudo
All Because of Me
2022
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022 · Ryo 'Blues' Aoshima
Shigure's Choice
2021
Saturday Fiction
2021 · Furuya Saburo
The Asian Angel
2021 · Toru Aoki
Namonaihi: A Day with No Name
2021
A Madder Red
2021 · Yoichi Tanaka
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021 · Kohei Kaji
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
2020
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Human, Space, Time and Human
2018 · Eve's Boyfriend
Héros modestes
2018 · Invisible Man (segment "Invisible") (voice)
Room Laundering
2018 · Goro Ikazuzi
The White Girl
2017 · Sakamoto
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
2017 · Hagio
Ernesto
2017 · Freddy Maemura Hurtado
Midnight Diner 2
2016 · Kogure
Her Love boils Bathwater
2016 · Kazuhiro Kono
Over the Fence
2016 · Yoshio Shiraiwa
Foujita
2015 · Foujita
Gassoh
2015 · Tokunoshin Mori
S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
2015 · Keigo Masaki
Present for You
2015
Midnight Diner
2014 · Kogure
Kawaki
2014 · Detective Aikawa
Himokawa Rhapsody
2014
Airport2013
2014
The Human Trust
2013 · Eiji Kugenuma
L'incroyable Mr. Go
2013 · Ito Hiroshi
Real
2013 · Sawano
The Great Passage
2013 · Masashi Nishioka
Far Away : Les Soldats de l'espoir
2011 · Tatsuo Hasegawa
Poongsan
2011 · North Korean Solider
I Wish - Nos vœux secrets
2011 · Kenji Kinami
A School Behind Bars
2010 · Junpei Ishikawa
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
The Warrior and the Wolf
2009 · Lu Shenkang
Air Doll
2009 · Sonoda
Plastic City
2009 · Kirin
Looking for Cherry Blossoms
2009 · Director
Dream
2008 · Jin
Then Summer Came
2008 · Tamio Kanzaki
Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · Fumiya Takemura
Le maître des Mushis
2007 · Ginko
Sad Vacation
2007 · Goto
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · Masaya Nakagawa
Rétribution
2007 · Dr. Takagi
The Pavillion Salamandre
2006 · Houichi Tobishima
Sway
2006 · Takeru Hayakawa
Big River
2006 · Teppei
The Wow-Choten Hotel
2006 · Ukon
Hazard
2005 · Shin
Scrap Heaven
2005 · Tetsu Katsurai
Shinobi
2005 · Kouga Gen-no-suke
La Maison de Himiko
2005 · Haruhiko
Les Tortues nagent plus vite qu'on ne le croit
2005 · Suzume's Husband
Into a Dream
2005 · Yuji
Princess Raccoon
2005 · Amechiyo
In the Pool
2005 · Tetsuya Taguchi
Making of Hazard
2005 · himself
We Shall Overcome Someday
2005 · Sakazaki
Kaikyo wo Wataru Violin
2004 · Teacher Aikawa
Blood and bones
2004 · Takeshi Park
Black Kiss
2004 · Joker Jono
Out of This World
2004 · Shozo Ikeshima
Azumi
2003 · Bijomaru Mogami
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003 · Himself
Jellyfish
2003 · Yûji Nimura
目下の恋人
2002
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Special Edition
2001 · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga
Platonic Sex
2001 · Toshimi Iwasaki
Terrors: Darkness
2001
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Good Job
2001 · Yusuke Godai
Kamen Rider Kuuga: New Year's Dream
2001 · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Kuuga Super Secret Video: Kuuga vs. the Strong Monster Go-Jiino-Da
2000 · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 · Reporter
Harbour
· Shin
Séries (44)
深夜食堂 6
2026 · Kogure
THE ONE SHOT
2026 · Self
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026 · Master
THE TRUTH
2023
FRONTIERS
2023 · Narrator
Sell My Hand
2023 · Okuwa Kitaro, Producer
Nayuta, maître du jeu
2022 · Akihiko Okitsu
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses
2021 · Oliver(オリバー), Director, Writer, Editor
Creator's File: GOLD
2021
My Dear Exes
2021
Room Laundering
2018 · Ikazuchi Gorou
Eerie: Invisible Face
2018 · Seiji Hirokawa
We Are Rockets!
2018 · Taro Urushido
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016 · Kogure
Juhan Shuttai!
2016 · Kei Iokibe
Candy House
2015 · Sakurai Taro
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
2015 · Korekiyo Takahashi
To Give a Dream
2015 · Murano
The World Heritage
2014
Wednesday Downtown
2014 · Panel member
River's Edge Ookawabata Tanteisha
2014 · Muraki
Gokuaku Ganbo
2014 · Tamotsu Ijyuin
Alice no Toge
2014 · Yusuke Nishimon
S - Saigo no Keikan
2014 · Keigo Masaki
Gozen 3-ji no muhou chitai
2013 · Tagaya
Yae's Sakura
2013 · Joseph Hardy Neesima
Family Song
2012 · Seigi Hayakawa
Toshi Densetsu no Onna
2012
Atami no Sousakan
2010 · Kenzo Hoshizaki
Midnight Diner
2009 · Kogure, Katagiri
Boku no imoto
2009 · Mei Egami
Jikou Keisatsu
2006 · 霧山修一朗, Director, Writer
Fukigen na Gene
2005
Prayer Beads
2004
Shinsengumi!
2004 · Saitō Hajime
Beginner
2003 · Shun Hazama（羽佐間 旬）
Kao
2003 · Kousuke Nishijima（西島 耕輔）
Transparent
2002 · Satomi Kenichi
Searchin' for My Polestar
2002 · Takeshi Kisaki
The Scent of Jealousy
2001
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
2001 · Yuuji "Yuugi" Tamiya (voice)
Visual Battle
2000
Kamen Rider Kuuga
2000 · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider
1971 · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga