Tomokazu Miura
Biography
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor.
Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-01-28
Place of birth
Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan
Images
Cast
The Longest Tunnel
1982
0.00
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
0.00
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
6.90
Adrift in Tokyo
2007
7.10
The Taste of Tea
2004
7.50
Survive Style 5+
2004
7.25
Outrage
2010
6.91
Perfect Days
2023
7.75
Heaven's Door
2009
6.20
Goryokaku
1988
0.00
M/Other
1999
5.60
The Secret World of Arrietty
2010
7.70
Small, Slow But Steady
2022
7.03
Rinco's Restaurant
2010
8.20
Sea Without Exit
2006
5.90
Beyond Outrage
2012
7.04
Typhoon Club
1985
6.50
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
5.80
Crossroads
2011
6.50
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
6.90
The Unbroken
2009
6.70
My Back Page
2011
5.10
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981
8.00
Golden Partners
1979
0.00
Tree of Youth
1977
0.00
The Izu Dancer
1974
8.00
Sayonara Jupiter
1984
5.30
The Pearl Legacy
2023
7.00
Take It
2000
0.00
The Lines That Define Me
2022
7.33
Kawaki no machi
1997
0.00
Sayonara Color
2005
5.00
Touch a Dream
2003
0.00
Strawberry Night
2013
6.58
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
6.80
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
0.00
Journey of a Dying Wife
2011
0.00
The Surf
1975
6.00
My Darling of the Mountains
2008
6.42
Into the Faraway Sky
2007
7.00
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
6.00
The Mystery of Rampo
1995
7.00
Tokyo Heaven
1990
7.00
Welcome Home, Hayabusa
2012
7.75
Monument to Holy Service
1978
0.00
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
2007
5.10
The Last Snow
2002
0.00
温かなお皿
2001
0.00
Love in the Mud
1977
6.60
The Imperial Japanese Empire
1982
5.00
Sweet Revenge
1977
6.60
Take Me Away!
1978
6.00
A Tender Place
2001
5.60
Station to Heaven
1984
9.00
3 Beautiful Lies
2016
0.00
Sea of Wandering
1990
0.00
Dances of Flame
1978
8.00
Temptation of Angel
1979
4.80
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
7.30
White Love
1979
5.00
Wait and See
1998
6.83
Nowhere Man
1991
5.20
The Last Song
1975
6.80
Autumn Interlude
1976
7.00
The Katsuragi Murder Case
2016
7.50
Hold Me and Kiss Me
1992
0.00
64: Part 2
2016
7.40
64: Part 1
2016
7.50
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
0.00
The Forest of Wool and Steel
2018
6.80
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
7.30
House
1977
7.30
Roar of the Crowd
1990
0.00
The Strange Pair
1988
1.00
Flowers in the Shadow
2008
7.00
Happy Family Plan
2000
0.00
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
0.00
Shiro and Marilyn
1988
7.00
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
7.57
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
2.00
Ellie My Love
1987
5.00
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
7.70
Shinobugawa
2000
0.00
Quartet
2001
0.00
Until the Day Comes
2014
0.00
AI Amok
2020
7.10
Voices in the Wind
2020
7.30
Just Two Of Us
1988
0.00
The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994
0.00
Song of Goodbye
2007
0.00
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
5.60
The Stupid Teacher
2000
0.00
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
0.00
Akan ni hatsu
1975
0.00
Farewell for Today
2013
0.00
Hasegawa Machiko's Story
2013
0.00
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
6.00
Futashika na melody
2001
0.00
Angel's Egg
2006
6.50
Star Watching Dog
2011
7.67
Lonely Hitman
1989
0.00
Deer Friend
1991
0.00
Rescue Wings
2008
8.00
The Passed Scene
2005
0.00
Kaze no Sumu Ie
1989
0.00
A Pale View of Hills
2025
0.00