Arata Furuta

Biography

Arata Furuta (古田新太 Furuta Arata, born as Takafumi Furuta on December 3, 1965 in Kobe) is a Japanese theatre and movie actor.

Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to bushi in period drama roles, and even women.

Known For

Amachan

荒卷太一

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Seishiro Fujikawa（富士川清志郎）

Yell

Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~

The Full-Time Wife Escapist

Numata Yoritsuna

Hanzawa Naoki

Yōichirō Mikasa

Fugitive Boys

Sojuro Wajima

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2024	Silent Love	Ippei Kunita
2024	Rose & Samurai 2: Return of the Pirate Queen	Goemon
2023	The Village	Shusaku Ohashi
2023	Parasite
2023	Shaman Star	Hanbei
2022	Kappei	Shihan
2021	The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special
2021	Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations	Hideo Momose / Kamen Rider Century
2021	JUMP!!：The Heroes Behind the GOLD	Koichi Kanzaki
2021	Intolerance	Mitsuru Soeda
2020	全身刑事	Kashiya Hagura
2020	劇場の灯を消すな！サンシャイン劇場編
2020	Not Quite Dead Yet	Kei's former colleague
2020	Wonderful Paradise	Man in Fried Noodle Shop
2019	Promare	Deus Prometh (voice)
2019	Geki × Cine Kemuri no Gundan
2019	Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Flower
2019	修羅天魔　髑髏城の七人 Season極
2019	Dragon Quest: Your Story	Mildrath (voice)
2017	Stray Nightingale
2017	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Tenzuki (voice)
2017	Napping Princess	Ichiro Watanabe / Bewan (voice)
2017	BORDER Redemption
2017	Ancien and the Magic Tablet: Another Story	Ichiro Watanabe (voice) / Bewan (voice)
2017	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	Bonji (voice)
2017	Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale	Amakasu
2016	Death on Gokumon Island	Kihei Kitō
2016	Too Young To Die!	Principal
2016	Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie	Hisahide Matsunaga
2016	Botchan	Yama Arashi
2016	Shin Godzilla	Sawaguchi : Police Agency Commissioner General's Secretariat
2016	The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio	Momoji Sakuraba
2016	Rudolf the Black Cat	Devil (Voice)
2016	One Piece Film: GOLD	Kent Beef Jr. / Pork (voice)
2016	Samurai Hustle Returns	Tadasuke Ooka
2016	Deep Sea of Tree
2016	Prison Gate Island	Gihei
2015	April Fools	Store Manager
2014	One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends	Byrnndi World (voice)
2014	Typhoon Family
2014	Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III	Goemon
2013	Shiren & Ragi
2013	Space Pirate Captain Harlock	Yattaran (voice)
2012	Soup	Ichi Kondo
2012	The Tang of Lemon
2012	fukusuke
2011	Ranma ½	Genma Saotome
2011	Ninja Kids!!!
2011	Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai
2010	The Seaside Motel	Katsutoshi Ota
2010	13 Assassins	Heizo Sahara
2009	Goemon Rock
2009	20th Century Boys 3: Redemption	Haruo Nami
2008	The Last Princess
2008	Moondrive	Jiiko (voice)
2008	Genius Party Beyond	(segment "Moondrive") (voice)
2008	Life Improvement Club	Shoichi Komori
2007	Apartment 1303	Detective Sakurai
2007	Hero	Shuji Gouda
2007	Dog in a Sidecar	Makoto Kondo
2007	Kung Fu Kid	CM Tarento
2007	Cain's Descendant
2006	Hana	Sadashiro
2006	Tokyo Friends: The Movie	Takeshi Wada
2006	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series	Ozzy
2006	Our War
2006	A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth	Tanaka
2005	Tokyo Zombie	Ishihara
2005	Hold Up Down	Maeda
2005	The All-Out Nine: Field of Nightmares
2005	Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims	Shimizu Jirocho
2004	Milk White
2004	Zebraman	Eggplant Vendor
2003	Karaoke Terror	Sakaguchi
2003	Hard Luck Hero
2003	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series	Ozzy
2003	Samurai Resurrection	Hozoin Inshun
2002	恋に唄えば♪
2002	Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Shushuuto: The Movie	Hisaru
2002	Ghiblies: Episode 2	Oku-chan (Voice)
2001	Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
2000	Riot in Gujo	Kishiro
1999	Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999	NODA・MAP版「パンドラの鐘」
1997	Akagi the Gambler II
1997	Junk Food	Yokoyama
1996	Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment	Naoya Moriyasu
1995	聖夜の奇跡　あなたの好きな愛はどれ?
1993	傷だらけの蝙蝠
	朧の森に棲む鬼

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Extremely Inappropriate!	Inushima Yuzuru [2024]
2024	Nursing Aide at Your Side	Higami Ikuo
2024	MONSTER	Tsubuki Haruaki
2023	Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge	江戸一（古田新太）
2023	Undercover Investigator Matsushita Kohei	Arata Furuta
2023	Fixer	Eiichi Oonuki
2023	Marriage is Difficult for a Ninja	Ryuhei Tsukino
2023	Let's Get Divorced	Henry K. Ishihara
2022	Dakara Korosenakatta	Mitsuo Ishibashi
2022	My Cuteness Is About to Expire!?	[Mysterious man]
2022	Doronjo	Gunsawa
2021	月影花之丞大逆転
2021	SUPER RICH
2020	獣道一直線！！！
2020	We Married as a Job: New Year's Special
2020	Yell
2019	I Turn	Iwakiri Takeshi
2019	Kokichi's Wife	Katsuya Adachi
2019	Where Have My Skirts Gone?	Nobuo Harada
2018	Late Night! The Genius Bakabon	パパ
2017	Shimokitazawa Die Hard	[Regular patron]
2017	Ashiato Hime
2017	Fugitive Boys	Sojuro Wajima
2017	The Public Enemy	Kazuhisa Inusaki
2017	Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
2016	The Full-Time Wife Escapist	Numata Yoritsuna
2016	Keishichou Nasi Goren ka	Kanta Ishinabe
2015	The God of Risk	Toshio Tanegashima
2015	Partner In Darkness	Shinji Daigo
2014	Manju Kowai
2014	The Long Goodbye	Joji Kamiido
2014	Nobunaga Concerto	Hisahide Matsunaga
2014	Border	Akai
2013	The Wrong Man	Yujiro Sawaki
2013	Amachan	荒卷太一
2013	Furueru Ushi
2013	Hanzawa Naoki	Yōichirō Mikasa
2012	Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon	Seishiro Fujikawa（富士川清志郎）
2012	Resident: Story of 5 Interns	Tabuchi Ikuo
2011	The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
2011	Shitsuren Hoken	Eitarou Tokura
2010	Bad Boy and Good Girl	Chuta Shinagawa
2009	印獣
2009	The Waste Land	Kunio Ashida
2009	イケ麺新そば屋探偵～いいんだぜ！～	이케다 마사히코
2008	Saito-san	Masayuki Mochizuki
2008	Yume wo Kanaeru Zo	Ganesha
2008	Oh! My Girl!!	Hirofumi Sugawara
2008	The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki	Inoki Tetsuo
2006	大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」
2006	Primadam	Kotaro Manda
2006	Shimokita Sundays	Nobuo Shimouma
2005	Tokyo Friends	Takeshi Wada（和田岳志）
2005	Haruka Seventeen	Fukuhara Tsuyoshi
2004	鈍獣
2004	Divorce Lawyer	Takeshi Nakamura
2003	ぼくの魔法使い
2002	HR	Joe Tabuchi
2002	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Ozzy
1998	Popolocrois Monogatari	Gamigamimaō
	Inpei Sousa	Itami Shuntaro