
Daijiro Kawaoka
Acting
1978-03-14 · Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Daijiro Kawaoka (born March 14, 1978, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He made his film debut in Time Leap (1997) and has since built an extensive career in film, television, and theater. Kawaoka is known for appearances in films such as Summer Time Machine Blues (2005), Udon (2006), Gachi Boy (2008), and the Death Forest film series (2014–2016), in which he played Kazuki Uchida. His television credits include Beach Boys (1997), Emergency Room 24 Hours (2005), the NHK historical drama Ryomaden (2010), and Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021–2022). In 2007, Kawaoka co-founded the theater group Sputnik with actor Takeshi Yoshioka. He later expanded into producing, and his short film Help!!, filmed largely in Nasushiobara, won the Grand Prix at the Sanuki Film Festival in 2018.
Filmography

To Pen a Book
2024 · Movie

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger
2023 · Movie

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Final Live Tour 2022
2022 · Movie

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
2021 · Series

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!
2021 · Movie

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 5
2016 · Movie

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 4
2016 · Movie

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 3
2015 · Movie

The King of Minami Returns: A 250 Dollar Promise
2015 · Movie

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 2
2015 · Movie

JINXED
2015 · Series

Death Forest: Forbidden Forest
2014 · Movie

Samurai of the Dead
2014 · Movie

Real Werewolf Game: The Horror of the Crash Room
2014 · Movie

Hanako & Anne
2014 · Series

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
2013 · Series

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special
2012 · Movie

"Pornochic" Forgotten Dreams
2011 · Movie

Valley of Dreams
2011 · Movie

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
2009 · Movie

Ring of Gundam
2009 · Movie

Kyo Kara Hitman
2009 · Movie

Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory
2008 · Movie

Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black
2007 · Movie

The Yakuza Principal
2007 · Movie

Summer Time Machine Blues
2005 · Movie

Damned Files 4
2004 · Movie

世にも奇妙な物語 '01春の特別編
2001 · Movie

19
2000 · Movie

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Rookies 2
2000 · Movie

臨床心理士
2000 · Series

Boogiepop and Others
2000 · Movie

The Woman of S.R.I.
1999 · Series

Rookies Gotoshi Co., Ltd. ~THE MOVIE~
1999 · Movie

Semi-double
1999 · Series

Keizoku: Unsolved Cases
1999 · Series

Emergency Room 24 Hours
1999 · Series

Open House
1998 · Movie

With Love
1998 · Series

Beach Boys Special
1998 · Movie

A Forever Love
1997 · Series

Beach Boys
1997 · Series

Time Leap
1997 · Movie

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990 · Series

Kamen Rider
1971 · Series