Ikko Furuya
Known For
Acting
Born
1944-01-02 in Tokyo, Japan
Died
2022-08-23
Biography
Born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Itabashi High School , he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Chuo University. While in college, he started his acting life after completing the 16th generation of Haiyuza Training School. Since 1977, he has consistently played the role of Kosuke Kindaichi , the main character in the "Seiji Yokomizo Series /Detective Kosuke Kindaichi Series"; for 25 years from 1982 to 2007, he played the role of Sakon Taro, the main character of the "Mixed bathing open- air bath serial murder " series in "Saturday Wide Theater", and became a hit again. The eldest son is Kenji Furuya , the vocalist of Dragon Ash . His father Furuya appeared in TVCF for Dragon Ash's album " Viva La Revolution " ( 1999 ), and father and son co-starred in the movie "Letters" ( 2003 ), which Furuya starred in and produced.
Most Known For
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Atsundo Honda
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
as Shuzo Hachiya（蜂谷 宗造）
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
as Kōsuke Kindaichi
Hiyokko
as Shigeru Yatabe
Hideyoshi
as Takenaka Hanbei
BOSS
as Taihei Kuroki
Morning Moon Is Cruel
Rookies
Yokomizo Seishi Series
as Kousuke Kindaichi
Kami no Shizuku
as Yutaka Kanzaki
Niji
as 長男・晃
Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu
as 柳田
Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing
as Tatewaki Yoshikawa
Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi
as Koichi Mimura
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
Last Serenade
as Kaido Yasutaka
The Hippocratic Oath
as Kimito Tsukuba
立花登青春手控え
Mirror Twins
as Naotaro Kobayakawa
Nozaki Shuhei President of Bank
as Masahiko Kyogoku