Kenji Imai

is a Japanese actor. He is most noted for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest. After graduating from Meiji University, he signed a contract with Toei Company. His hobby is fishing , and in 1983 he wrote an introductory book on fishing, "The Book That Makes Fish Bite on Their Own Will" (Shodensha Non-Book), which received a recommendation from Takakura Ken.

Filmography Films Yarodomo Omotee Dero (1956) Taking The Castle (1965) Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku (1967) Outlaw:Kill! (1968) Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas (1970) Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) Kantō Exile (1971) Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972) Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973) Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973) The Last Samurai (1974) The Homeless (1974) Champion of Death (1975) Graveyard of Honor (1975) Gambling Den Heist (1975) Yakuza Graveyard (1976) The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) Peanuts (1996)

Television drama Daichūshingura (1971) as Maebara Gunbei Meyasubako (1971) as Saito Hissatsu Shiokinin (1972) guest star in episode 11 Taiyō ni Hoero! (1973~1984) guest star in episodes 37, 96, 110, 529, and 599 Tasukenin Hashiru (1974) guest star in episode 20 G-Men '75 (1975) guest star in episode 10 Nagasaki Hangachōu (1975) guest star in episode 14 Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (1975) guest star in episode 12 Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) guest star in episode 4 Daitokai Tatakaino Hibi (1976) guest star in episode 10 and 30 Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) guest star in episodes 3, 21, and 31 Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhiyakkei Koroshitabi (1978) guest star in episode 7 Seibu Keisatsu (1979–82) guest star in episode 2, 17, 67 and 121 Tantei Monogatari (1980) guest star in episode 6 and 24