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Tadanobu Asano | |
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| 浅野 忠信 | |
 Asano at the world premiere of Thor, 2011 | |
| Born | Tadanobu Satō 佐藤 忠信 November 27, 1973 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouses | Chara
(m. 1995; div. 2009)Kurumi Nakata
(m. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | asanotadanobu |
Tadanobu Satō (佐藤 忠信, Satō Tadanobu, born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Tadanobu Asano (浅野 忠信, Asano Tadanobu), is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hyozo Tashiro in Gohatto, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, A man in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, Temujin in Mongol, Captain Yugi Nagata in Battleship, Lord Kira Yoshinaka in 47 Ronin[1] and Hogun in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, based on the Marvel Comics character. In 2016, he appeared as the Interpreter in Martin Scorsese's Silence. Three years later, he portrayed Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi in Roland Emmerich's Midway (2019). He portrayed the thunder god Raiden in the 2021 film Mortal Kombat and will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel.
Asano achieved more widespread recognition in 2024 for his portrayal of Lord Kashigi Yabushige in the FX limited series Shōgun, based on the book by James Clavell.
- ^ Keanu's 47 Ronin has A-List Japanese Cast Japan-Zone.com March 2, 2011