Akaji Maro

is a Japanese butoh performer, theater director, and film actor.

Early life In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan.

Career In 1972, Maro founded the , a large-scale butoh company which has gained an enduring international reputation.

Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, he has appeared in over 42 films. Pieta (1997), Cop Anrakkî monkî (1998), Hobo Shinsei toire no Hanako-san (1998) Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden (1998), Tenkai Pornostar (1998), Yakuza Boss Gedo (1998), Kuwata Shin karajishi kabushiki kaisha (1999) Kikujiro (1999), Crazy Man Tenshi ni misuterareta yoru (1999), Aota Gemini (1999), Kakubê The City of Lost Souls (2000) Swing Man (2000), Oda Kamen gakuen (2001), Daimon Monday (2000) Utsushimi (2000), Himself Suicide Club (2001), Detective Murata Gin no otoko (2001, part 1, 2) KT (2002), Susumu Kawahara Shangri-La (2002), Ookura Nagashima Drive (2002), Lord Kobari, ghost warrior Jam Films (2002) (segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg") Gangu shuriya (2002), Mr. Iwai Samurai Resurrection (2003), Ieyasu Tokugawa 9 Souls (2003), Owner of Candy Shop Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Boss Ozawah Akame shijuya taki shinju misui (2003) Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Boss Ozawah Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Boss Ozawah Wairudo furawazu (2004) The Reason (2004), A-san Yume no naka e (2005) The Whispering of the Gods (2005), Shopkeeper Damejin (2006) Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007) Hadaka no natsu (2008) Shôrin shôjo (2008), Rin's Master Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu (2008) Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008), Heihachi Edajima Futoko (2009) Mogera wogura (2009) Kazura (2010) Meon (2010) Postcard (2010), Monk Yakuza Weapon (2011) Tada's Do-It-All House (2011), Oka Hanezu (2011), Yo-chan archeologist Gokudô meshi (2011) Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume (2011) Kôun no tsubo (2012), Yonosuke SPEC: Ten (2012), Akira Nitanai TAP: Kanzennaru shiiku (2013) A no dentou (2014) Zipang Punk (2014), Toyotomi Hideyoshi Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku (2014) Kakekomi (2015), Seisetsu The Emperor in August (2015), Hisanori Fujita The Projects (2016), Gondo Nekonin (2017), Katsuragi Sekigahara (2017), Shimazu Yoshihiro Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project (2018), On (segment "Kuu") Turquoise no Sora no Shita de (2018) Fly Me to the Saitama (2019), Sojuro Saionji Birdsong (2019), Akira Ghost Master (2019) Katsu Fūtarō!! (2019) Hell Girl (2019), Wanyūdō Dreams on Fire (2021) Under the Turquoise Sky (2021) Daughter of Lupin the Movie (2021) Tombi: Father and Son (2022) Ox-Head Village (2022) Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022) Old School (2022) We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023) Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023), Ogata A Day Begins (2024) We Are Aliens (2024) Kaiju Guy! (2025) Or Utopia (2025)

Television Kindaichi Case Files (1996) Psychometrer Eiji (1997) Aoi (2000), Shimazu Yoshihiro Yasashii Jikan (2005) GARO (2006) Yamada Tarō Monogatari (2007) Atsuhime (2008) Gunshi Kanbei (2014), Enman Smoking (2018), Sunaji Manpuku (2018) Daughter of Lupin (2019–20) Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Tasuku Enishi Brothers in Arms (2026), Saitō Dōsan