Masanobu Ando
Movie Actor
Young actor who played Shinji in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return, one of Japan's most successful films. A versatile actor, he played a criminal in the film Drive, a doctor in Transparent, and a ninja in Red Shadow.
He won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award for his role in Kids Return, his second role ever.
He appeared in the Pocky snack TV ads.
He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Hideaki Takizawa was another popular Japanese actor.