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Kenji Sawada

Acting · Born June 25, 1948 · Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Kenji Sawada (Japanese: 沢田 研二, Hepburn: Sawada Kenji; born June 25, 1948; real surname written as 澤田) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor, best known as vocalist of the rock band The Tigers. Nicknamed "Julie" (ジュリー, Jurī) because of his self-professed adoration of Julie Andrews, he was born in Tsunoi, Iwami, Japan (now part of Tottori), and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto from the age of age 3.

Movies with Kenji Sawada

• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) — Osamu
• Samurai Reincarnation (1981) — Shiro Amakusa
• The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979) — Makoto Kido
• Hiruko the Goblin (1991) — Hieda Reijirou
• A Pool Without Water (1982) — Yakuza
• It's a Flickering Life (2021) — Gō
• The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002) — Masao Katakuri
• Yumeji (1991) — Yumeji Takehisa
• Capone Cries a Lot (1985) — Tetsugoro Osawa
• Tora-san, the Expert (1982) — 三郎
• Sabu (2002) — Okayasu
• The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us (1968) — Julie

TV shows with Kenji Sawada

• Audrey (2000) — 麻生祐二
• Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (1993)
• Burning Mountain River (1984) — Charlie Tamiya
• He's Like a Devil (1975) — Kamon Ryou