Arata Furuta

is a Japanese theatre and film character actor.

Biography Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to bushi in period drama roles, and even women.

He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and often with the troupe Gekidan Shinkansen. Furuta also stars in the 2007 horror film Apartment 1303.

Personal life He is married to the television talent Yayoi Nishihata.

Selected filmography

Film Year Title Role Note 2002 Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushutto – The Movie 2004 Zebraman Eggplant vendor 2006 Hana Sadashiro Apartment 1303 2007 A Dog on Sidecar Makoto Kondo 2008 Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess Slave trader Komori Seikatsu Kojo Club 2010 13 Assassins 2015 April Fools 2016 Too Young to Die! Nobunaga Concerto Matsunaga Hisahide One Piece Film: Gold Pork and Kent Beef Jr. Voice-role Shin Godzilla Rudolf the Black Cat Devil Voice-role2017 Napping Princess Watanabe Voice-role Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Bonji Voice-roleAsura Girl: Blood-C Another Story Amakatsu Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura 2019 Promare Deus Prometh Voice-role Dragon Quest: Your Story Buon Voice-role2020 Nōten Paradise Not Quite Dead Yet 2021 Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold Koichi Kanzaki Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations Hideo Momose Intolerance Lead role 2022 Kappei 2023 The Village Shūsaku Ōhashi 2024 Silent Love Ippei Kunita 2025 She Taught Me Serendipity Sasaki Beethoven Fabrication Ludwig van Beethoven One Last Throw Masayuki Kakefu Gorilla Hall Muranaka

Television dramas Shinsengumi! (2004) Let’s Get a Divorce (2023) Fixer season 3 (2023) Extremely Inappropriate! (2024), Yuzuru Inushima Extremely Inappropriate! Special (2026), Yuzuru Inushima

Television animation PopoloCrois Monogatari (1998), Gamigami Devil Shinya! Tensai Bakabon (2018), Bakabon's Papa

Video games

Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn (2010), Drippy Recordings reused in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2011)

Dubbing Paddington (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville)) Paddington 2 (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville)) Paddington in Peru (Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville)) Power Rangers (Zordon (Bryan Cranston))

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref202146th Hochi Film AwardsBest ActorIntolerance 202243rd Yokohama Film FestivalBest Actor 76th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actor