Seiyō Uchino

Seiyō Uchino (内野 聖陽, Uchino Seiyō; born September 16, 1968, in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)^[2] is a Japanese actor who is represented by Stardust Promotion. Before taking his current stage name Seiyō Uchino in July 2013, he was known by his birth name Masaaki Uchino (same spelling in Japanese).^[3][2]

Seiyō Uchino
内野 聖陽
Born	Masaaki Uchino (1968-09-16) September 16, 1968 (age 56) Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Agent	Stardust Promotion
Spouse	Maki Ichiro ​ ​ (m. 2006; div. 2011)​ [1]
Website	Official website

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Machikado
1994	Jū-jihan Nemu Jiken jō
1995	Hagurekeiji Junjō-ha	Koji Moriya	8th Series, Episode 18
	The Kindaichi Case Files	Kentaro Zenigata
1996	Tokugawa Kengō-den Sore Kara no Musashi	Hosokawa Tadanao
	Tori Kaeru
	Futari-kko	Shiro Moriyama	Asadora
	Chūshingura	Kinemon Okano
1997	Mrs. Cinderella	Hikaru Horii
	Love Generation	Soichiro Katagiri		[4]
1998	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Tokugawa Yoshiatsu	Taiga drama
1999	Hayate no yō ni	Shigeru Fujita
2000	Kinō no Teki wa Kyō no Tomo	Takao Ogawa
2003	The Samurai I Loved	Bunshiro Maki	Lead role
2004	Aim for the Ace!	Jin Munakata
	Toride Naki Mono	Kenji Kurashina
2005	Fukigenna Jean	Takashi Nanbara
	Hi Tachi Umanohone	Ginjiro Ishibashi	Lead role
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Yamamoto Kansuke	Lead role; Taiga drama	[5]
2008	Sirius no Michi	Yusuke Tatsumura	Lead role
	Gonzō Densetsu no Deka	Toshihide Kuroki	Lead role
2009	Rinjō	Yoshio Kuraishi	Lead role
2009–11	Jin	Sakamoto Ryōma	2 seasons	[6]
2010	Wagaya no Rekishi	Kōzō Masuda		[7]
	10-nen-saki mo Kimi ni Koishite	Hiroshi Maruyama
2011	Pandora III Kakumei Zenya	Kazumichi Yuda
2012	Chūshingura: Sono Yoshi Sono Ai	Horibe Yasubei
2013	Tonbi	Tasuo Ichikawa	Lead role	[8]
	Onna Nobunaga	Akechi Mitsuhide
2014	Matsumoto Seichō Special Jikan no Shūzoku	Kiichi Mihara	Lead role
	Oyaji no Senaka	Masaru Shinjo	Episode 9; Lead role
2016	Sanada Maru	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Taiga drama	[9]
2017	Leaders 2	Wataru Yamazaki
2018	Dokonimo nai Kuni	Kunio Maruyama	Lead role
2018–24	Black Forceps	Seigō Saeki	2 seasons	[10]
2019	Slow na Bushi ni Shitekure	Shigeo "Shige-chan" Murata	Lead role; TV movie
2019–23	What Did You Eat Yesterday?	Kenji Yabuki	Lead role; 2 seasons	[11]
2020	Bones of Steel	Sōji Ogata
2021	Welcome Home, Monet	Kōji Nagaura	Asadora	[12]
2025	Asura	Sadaharu		[13]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	A Last Note	Koji Kiyokawa
	Haru	Noboru Hayami (Haru)
1999	The Black House	Shinji Wakatsuki	Lead role	[14]
2009	Elevator Trap	Saburo Yasui	Lead role	[15]
	The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio	Fujiwara
2010	13 Assassins	Zusho Mamiya
2012	The Last Message	Yoshio Kuraishi	Lead role
2013	Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	Alan Smithee (voice)
2014	Homeland	Soichi Sawada
2015	The Edge of Sin	Satoshi Ando	Lead role
	125 Years Memory	Motosada Tamura	Lead role
2019	First Love	Gondō
2021	What Did You Eat Yesterday?	Kenji Yabuki	Lead role	[11]
	Homunculus	Yakuza boss		[16]
2022	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar	Van Hohenheim / Father		[17]
	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy	Van Hohenheim / Father		[17]
2023	Picture of Spring	Ichirō Haga	Lead role	[18]
2024	Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality	Hokusai		[19]
	Angry Squad: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers	Jirō Kumasawa	Lead role	[20]

Awards and honours

Year	Honor	Ref.
2021	Medal with Purple Ribbon	[21]

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
1997	20th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Haru	Won	[22]
2011	4th Tokyo Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Jin	Won	[23]
2016	39th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	125 Years Memory	Nominated	[24]
2024	37th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality	Nominated	[25]
2025	48th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[26]