Kajiwara_Zen

Zen Kajihara

Zen Kajihara

Japanese actor (born 1966)

Zen Kajihara (梶原 善, Kajihara Zen, born 25 February 1966 in Okayama),[1] is a Japanese theatre actor.[2] Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe,[3] he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe.

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

He is known for being very short in stature, but very noisy and wild on stage, specializing in comedy. He had a problem reading kanji (Chinese characters) and insists that his roles have long, complicated, difficult-to-remember names.

Selected works

Films

Television

Notes

  1. [1]
    SIS Company Inc. official profile page of Zen Kajihara (in Japanese)
  2. [2]
    梶原　善 (in Japanese). tvdrama-db.com. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    梶原　善 (in Japanese). engekilife.com. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  4. [4]
    "12人の優しい日本人". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  5. [5]
    "木村拓哉と長澤まさみが再びバディに「マスカレード・ナイト」特報＆ポスター解禁". Natalie. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. [6]
    "コンフィデンスマンJP 英雄編". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. [7]
    "ロストケア". eiga.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. [8]
    "大名倒産". eiga.com. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  9. [9]
    "リゾートバイト". eiga.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  10. [10]
    "湯道". eiga.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  11. [11]
    "もしも徳川家康が総理大臣になったら". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  12. [12]
    "サユリ". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. [13]
    "王様のレストランの出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. [14]
    "鎌倉殿の13人:三谷幸喜作品の常連・梶原善 善児役「受けた命令は、必ず遂行」". mantan-web. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. [15]
    "古田敦也、初のTBSドラマで市議会議員役「場違いなのは重々承知。控え目を心がけた」". oricon.co.jp. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  16. [16]
    "ハヤブサ消防団". TV drama database. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

Zen Kajihara at IMDb

Stub icon

This article about a Japanese stage actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kajiwara_Zen, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.