Tomokazu Miura
Acting • Born 1952-01-28
Biography
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor. Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s. In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6] Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Filmography
159 credits
The Longest Tunnel
Movie • 1982
Senta Naruse
Aoi sanmyaku
Movie • 1975
Rokusuke Kaneya
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Movie • 2007
Dr. Takuma
Adrift in Tokyo
Movie • 2007
Aiichiro Fukuhara
The Taste of Tea
Movie • 2004
Nobuo Haruno
Survive Style 5+
Movie • 2004
Dr. Yamauchi
Outrage
Movie • 2010
Kato
Perfect Days
Movie • 2023
Tomoyama
Heaven's Door
Movie • 2009
Hasegawa
Goryokaku
Movie • 1988
M/Other
Movie • 1999
Tetsuro
The Secret World of Arrietty
Movie • 2010
Pod (voice)
Small, Slow But Steady
Movie • 2022
Katsumi Sasaki
Rinco's Restaurant
Movie • 2010
Senior
Sea Without Exit
Movie • 2006
Toshiaki Namiki
Beyond Outrage
Movie • 2012
Minoru Kato
Typhoon Club
Movie • 1985
Teacher Umemiya
Goodbye Cruel World
Movie • 2022
Crossroads
Movie • 2011
Toru Takishima
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Movie • 1989
Teruzo Ando
The Unbroken
Movie • 2009
Shiro Gyoten
My Back Page
Movie • 2011
Shiraishi
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Movie • 1981
Koji Mimura
Golden Partners
Movie • 1979
Kosuke Noguchi
Tree of Youth
Movie • 1977
The Izu Dancer
Movie • 1974
Kawashima
Sayonara Jupiter
Movie • 1984
Dr. Eiji Honda
The Pearl Legacy
Movie • 2023
Sentaro
Take It
Movie • 2000
The Lines That Define Me
Movie • 2022
Shinoda Kozan
Kawaki no machi
Movie • 1997
Sayonara Color
Movie • 2005
Touch a Dream
Movie • 2003
Mori
Strawberry Night
Movie • 2013
Tooru Wada
Tokyo Fair Weather
Movie • 1997
An Angel with Many Scars
Movie • 1997
Journey of a Dying Wife
Movie • 2011
Shimizu Hisanori
The Surf
Movie • 1975
Shinji Kubo
My Darling of the Mountains
Movie • 2008
Kujiraya Inn Owner
Into the Faraway Sky
Movie • 2007
Mr. Kusonoki
Koto: The Ancient City
Movie • 1980
The Mystery of Rampo
Movie • 1994
Producer Tagawa
Tokyo Heaven
Movie • 1990
Takeo Amamiya
Welcome Home, Hayabusa
Movie • 2012
Isao Ohashi
Monument to Holy Service
Movie • 1978
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Movie • 1986
Soutaroh's Father
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Movie • 2007
Toyomichi
The Last Snow
Movie • 2002
温かなお皿
Movie • 2001
Love in the Mud
Movie • 1977
Jiro Takashima
The Imperial Japanese Empire
Movie • 1982
Goichi Odajima
Sweet Revenge
Movie • 1977
Keiichi Abe
Take Me Away!
Movie • 1978
Tetsuo Tamaru
A Tender Place
Movie • 2001
Yohei Ishiyama
Heaven Station
Movie • 1984
Kouichi
3 Beautiful Lies
Movie • 2016
Sea of Wandering
Movie • 1990
Dances of Flame
Movie • 1978
Takuji
Temptation of Angel
Movie • 1979
Kohei Uesugi
A Portrait of Shunkin
Movie • 1976
Sasuke(佐助)
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 2
Movie • 1981
White Love
Movie • 1979
Ken Yamanobe
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Movie • 1981
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 3
Movie • 1982
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
Movie • 1982
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Movie • 2012
Dr. Takuma
Wait and See
Movie • 1998
Hiroshi's Brother
Nowhere Man
Movie • 1991
Man with sunglasses
The Last Song
Movie • 1975
Autumn Interlude
Movie • 1976
The Katsuragi Murder Case
Movie • 2016
Hold Me and Kiss Me
Movie • 1992
Kazuo Kurume
64: Part 2
Movie • 2016
Katsutoshi Matsuoka
64: Part 1
Movie • 2016
Katsutoshi Matsuoka
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Movie • 1994
The Forest of Wool and Steel
Movie • 2018
Soichiro Itadori
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Movie • 2017
Goshiro Kotaki
House
Movie • 1977
Auntie's Fiancé
Roar of the Crowd
Movie • 1990
The Strange Pair
Movie • 1988
Flowers in the Shadow
Movie • 2008
Ryokutaro
Happy Family Plan
Movie • 2000
Fujio Kawajiri
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Movie • 1993
Kentaro, Kobayashi
Shiro and Marilyn
Movie • 1988
Tatsuro Nakazato
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Movie • 2005
Doctor Takuma
Faraway Tomorrow
Movie • 1979
Ellie My Love
Movie • 1987
His Motorbike, Her Island
Movie • 1986
Hidemasa Sawada
Shinobugawa
Movie • 2000
I
Quartet
Movie • 2001
Toru Aoyama
Until the Day Comes
Movie • 2014
AI Amok
Movie • 2020
Kyoichi Goda
Voices in the Wind
Movie • 2020
Kohei
Just Two Of Us
Movie • 1988
The Nearest Place to the Sky
Movie • 1994
Song of Goodbye
Movie • 2007
Director Sugita
Detective Chinatown 3
Movie • 2021
Watanabe Wasaru
The Stupid Teacher
Movie • 2000
Mario Baba (adult)
Sugata Sanshiro
Movie • 1977
Sanshiro Sugata
Akan ni hatsu
Movie • 1975
Farewell for Today
Movie • 2013
Kenjiro Fujioka
Hasegawa Machiko's Story
Movie • 2013
Suiho Tagawa
The Great Shogunate Battle
Movie • 1991
Futashika na melody
Movie • 2001
Angel's Egg
Movie • 2006
Shibusawa
Star Watching Dog
Movie • 2011
Lonely Hitman
Movie • 1989
Deer Friend
Movie • 1991
Rescue Wings
Movie • 2008
The Passed Scene
Movie • 2005
Ginsaku Kawara
Kaze no Sumu Ie
Movie • 1989
Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives
Movie • 1992
A Pale View of Hills
Movie • 2025
Ogata
Soul Music: Lovers Only
Movie • 1988
墓場から生きかえった男
Movie • 1988
Freezing Point 2001
TV • 2001
Oh! Expecting a baby!
TV • 1994
Otoko no Ibasho
TV • 1994
Yokoyama Hideo Suspense
TV • 2010
的場彰一
Akai Shougeki
TV • 1976
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV • 1990
Flower Shop Without Rose
TV • 2008
Teruo Anzai
Villiany Ganbo
TV • 2014
Chiaki Kaneko
Ties of Shooting Stars
TV • 2008
Kashiwabara Yasutaka
Testimony of N
TV • 2014
Takano Shigeru
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
TV • 2004
Hirose Makoto
Tokyo Dogs
TV • 2009
Kozo Otomo
Toshiie and Matsu
TV • 2002
Toshihisa Maeda
Shinzanmono
TV • 2010
Naohiro Kiyose
Masamune Shogun
TV • 1987
Red Suspicion
TV • 1975
Mitsuo sagara
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
TV • 2016
Motoki Hidetoshi
Jūkyūsai
TV • 1989
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ
TV • 2016
不在宴会 死亡記事の女
TV • 2008
Masamune Shogun
TV • 1987
伊達成實
Akai shisen
TV • 1980
北村明夫
Kazoku Netsu
TV • 1978
Angel's Uppercut
TV • 1986
Jin Nishimura
Junjo Kirari
TV • 2006
Arimori Genichiro
The Farthest Galaxy
TV • 2013
Seiichiro Watari
The Farthest Galaxy
TV • 2013
Watari Seiichiro
Sabu to Ichi Dorimono Hikae
TV • 1981
The Black Swindler
TV • 2022
Toshio Katsuragi
A Family Goes Job Hunting
TV • 2017
坂本龍馬
TV • 1989
はみだし弁護士・巽志郎
TV • 1996
Top Knife
TV • 2020
Imadegawa Takao
Terigaki
TV • 1996
いちど死んだ妻
TV • 2000
松本清張特別企画・渡された場面
TV • 2005
Tokusou
TV • 2014
Beyond Goodbye
TV • 2024
Hiro
警視庁特捜刑事の妻
TV • 2001
シークレット部隊
TV • 1972
Ikenaka Genta 80 kilo
TV • 1980
Second to Last Love 3
TV • 2025
突然の明日
TV • 1980
Say Hello to Black Jack
TV • 2003