Osamu Mukai

Osamu Mukai (向井 理, Mukai Osamu; born February 7, 1982) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.^[2][3]

Osamu Mukai
向井 理
Born	(1982-02-07) 7 February 1982 (age 43) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Hori Agency
Known for	GeGeGe no Nyōbō Beck
Spouse	Ryoko Kuninaka ​ (m. 2014)​ [1]
Children	2

Early life

He was born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture and went to Hama Junior high school (浜中学校) and Hitorizawa High school, where it became the location for After the Rain.^[4] He graduated from Meiji University, and majored in genetic engineering.^[5] He received the "Best Poster Award" at the International Zoological Genetics Conference in 2004.^[6] While he was attending university, he worked as a bartender. He became a full-time employee there after graduation, and he became a manager later.^[7] While working as a bartender, he got into the magazine Tokyo Graffiti.^[6] A reader later recruited him to be an actor. Now, he works for Hori agency, as an actor.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Journey Under the Midnight Sun			[8]
2010	Gegege no Nyobo	Murai Shigeru	Asadora	[9]
	Shinzanmono	Kyose Koki		[10]
	Hotaru no Hikari 2	Seno Kazuma		[10]
2011	Gō	Tokugawa Hidetada	Taiga drama	[11]
2012	Summer Rescue: Hospital of Sky	Keigo Hayami	Lead role	[12]
2014	S: The Last Policeman	Kamikura Ichigo	Lead role	[8]
	Nobunaga Concerto	Ikeda Tsuneoki		[13]
2016	Daddy Sister	Tetsurō Kohashi	Asadora	[8]
2017	Akira and Akira	Akira Kaidō	Lead role	[14]
2020	Awaiting Kirin	Ashikaga Yoshiteru	Taiga drama	[15]
2021	The Grand Family	Teppei Manpyō		[16]
2022	Bakumatsu Aibō-den	Hijikata Toshizō	Lead role; television film	[17]
	First Love			[18]
2023	Ya Boy Kongming!	Zhuge Kongming	Lead role	[19]
2024	The Great Passage	Masashi Nishioka		[20]
	Light of My Lion	Shogo Tachibana		[21]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	I'll Die For You			[22]
2010	Hanamizuki	Junichi Kitami		[23]
	Beck	Yoshiyuki Taira		[23]
2011	Paradise Kiss	Joji "George" Koizumi		[24]
2012	SPEC: Ten	Sekai		[25]
	We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.	Tanaka Kota	Lead role	[26]
2014	Her Granddaughter	Toshio Nakagawa		[27]
2015	S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future	Ichigo Kamikura	Lead role	[28]
2016	Nobunaga Concerto	Ikeda Tsuneoki		[13]
2017	When Will You Return?	Gorō Ashimura		[8]
2019	The Fable	Sunagawa		[29]
2021	Brothers in Brothel	Mita		[30]
2022	Wedding High	Noriaki Sawada		[31]
2023	Ichikei's Crow: The Movie	Eiji Ujō		[32]
2025	Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie	Zhuge Kongming	Lead role	[33]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2010	GQ Japan Men of the Year		Himself	Won	[34]
2011	35th Elan d'or Awards	Best New Actor	Himself	Won	[35]
	32nd Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer	Beck and Hanamizuki	Won	[23]
	TVnavi Drama of the Year 2010	Best Supporting Actor	GeGeGe no Nyōbō	Won	[36]
	19th Hashida Awards	Best Newcomer	GeGeGe no Nyōbō	Won	[37]