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Biography
Kenji Ohara was born and raised in Fukushima, Japan and spent a year in a Canadian High School where he was offered a college basketball scholarship.
Forgoing the scholarship he returned to Japan and entered Dokkyo University.
After college he entered a theater group in which he learned acting and playwriting and began his professional career.
He has been known for the humor he strikes in the contrast between his stern looks and his comical performances. In the new Takeshi Kitano film “Outrage” (2010) you can find him strike another contrast in the character of an English-speaking, Japanese gangster.
Profile
Date of Birth:May 18, 1975
Eyes:Black
Hair:Black
Height: 5’10” (178cm) Weight: 169lbs (77kg)
Bust: 35.4” (90cm) Waist: 33.8” (86cm)
Hip: 38.5” (98cm) Shoes: 9.5” (27.5cm)
Education: Dokkyo University 4/1994-3/1998
Speciality: Basketball
Work
Film/TV
Outrage - Director: Takeshi Kitano, 2010
Hataraki-man - Nippon Television 2007
Kujaku - Director: Yoshiko Komatsuzaki, 2006
Haken Samurai - Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu, 2006
Theater
Stoic da yo, Zenin Shugo - Theater Gekidango, 2009
Pedal wo Meccha Kogu - Theater Gekidango, 2008
Harukanaruyama de Yahoho - Theater Gekidango, 2007
