Denden

This article is about the Japanese actor. For other uses, see Denden (disambiguation).

Yoshihiro Ogata (緒方 義博, Ogata Yoshihiro; born 23 January 1950), better known as Denden (でんでん) and sometimes credited as Kanichi Tadokoro (田所 完一, Tadokoro Kan'ichi), is a Japanese actor and former comedian.^[1] He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1981.

Denden
でんでん
Denden in October 2015
Born	Yoshihiro Ogata (1950-01-23) 23 January 1950 (age 75) Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	1980–present

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1981	Something Like It
1997	Cure
2000	Uzumaki
	Ju-on: The Curse
	Eureka
2001	Red Shadow
2006	Love Tomato
2008	Kabei: Our Mother
	Climber's High
2010	Cold Fish
	Boys on the Run
2011	Himizu
2012	Like Someone in Love
	Land of Hope
2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Maeda Gen'i
2014	Killers
	Tokyo Tribe	Daishisan
2016	Destruction Babies
	Shippu Rondo
	Nobunaga Concerto
2017	Mumon: The Land of Stealth	Shimoyama Kai
2018	Tomiko no Ashi
	Last Winter, We Parted			[2]
2019	Blue Hour
	Mentai Piriri	Maruo
	The Forest of Love	Ozawa
	Silent Rain
	Black School Rules
2020	Not Quite Dead Yet
	Stardust Over the Town			[3]
2021	The Supporting Actors: The Movie	Himself		[4]
2022	A Man			[5]
	I Am Makimoto	Shimobayashi		[6]
	A Turtle's Shell Is a Human's Ribs	Usazō (voice)		[7]
2023	Mountain Woman			[8]
	Insomniacs After School			[9]
	Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie			[10]
2024	The Parades			[11]
	Living in Two Worlds	Yasuo Suzuki		[12]
2025	A Moon in the Ordinary			[13]
	Spirit World		French-Japanese film	[14]
	Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final	Susumu Hishimoto		[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	Taiheiki	Jinguji Masafusa	Taiga drama	[16]
2010	General Rouge no Gaisen
2012	Beautiful Rain
2013	Amachan		Asadora
2014–2025	Emergency Interrogation Room	Susumu Hishimoto	5 seasons	[15]
2017	Naotora: The Lady Warlord	Okuyama Tomotoshi	Taiga drama	[17]
	Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon
2018	The Supporting Actors 2	Himself
2021	Welcome Home, Monet	Hiroshi Kawakubo	Asadora
2022	Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me?	Kyōhei Yamada		[18]
2023	The Days			[19]
	What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Saishō Jōtai	Taiga drama	[20]
2024	Light of My Lion	Torakichi Yoshimi		[21]