Kōji Wada (actor)

Kōji Wada
Born	(1944-01-28)28 January 1944 Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Died	6 July 1986(1986-07-06) (aged 42) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959–1986
Spouse	Michiyo Azusa ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1972)​

Kōji Wada (和田 浩治, Wada Kōji, 28 January 1944 – 6 July 1986) was a Japanese actor.

Career

In 1959, Wada was scouted and joined Nikkatsu Company at the age of 15. Wada's film debut was the 1959 film Mugon no Rantō directed by Katsumi Nishikawa. In 1971, he left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor. As a freelance actor he appeared in supporting roles in such films as The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss.

Selected filmography

Film

• Mugon no Rantō (1959) : Masao Kinoshita
• The Poem of the Blue Star (1960) : Toru Fujimoto
• Go to Hell, Hoodlums! (1960) : Sadao Matsudaira
• Carmen from Kawachi (1962) : Akira Sakata
• Sunset Hill (1964) : Shinji
• Gate of Flesh (1964) : Abe
• Three Stray Dogs'7 : Eiji Minagawa
• The Black Sheep (1967) : Jun Yamazaki
• Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967) : Machida
• To Kill a Kille (1967) : Hanji
• Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (1970) : Michio Yagami
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) : Kunigami
• Barefoot in Blue Jeans (1975) : Keiichi Kazama
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) : Tsutomu Nakamichi
• Eden no Umi (1976)
• A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) : Yoshizawa
• Proof of the Man (1977) : Kawanishi
• Mito Kōmon (1978) : Genpachiro Tsurugi

Television

• Ryōma ga Yuku (1968) : Takasugi Sinsaku
• Edo o Kiru III (1977) : Sakichi
• Ōoka Echizen (1978–86) : Kazama Shunsuke