Katsu Ryuzaki
竜崎勝
Born(1940-03-25)March 25, 1940
Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
DiedDecember 18, 1984(1984-12-18) (aged 44)
OccupationActor
Years active1961–1984
Children

Katsu Ryuzaki (竜崎 勝, Ryūzaki Masaru, March 25, 1940 – December 18, 1984[1]) was a Japanese actor. His real name and former stage name is Fumiaki Takashima (Japanese: 高島 史旭; たかしま ふみあき).[2] His eldest son is former actor Go Takashima, his eldest daughter is freelance announcer Aya Takashima, and his son-in-law is Yujin Kitagawa.

Biography

Ryuzaki was born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture,[2] and graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hosei University.[2]

He became a student at the Bungakuza after going through the training school attached to the theater company Haiyuza. In 1963, he entered the Haiyuza Training School as a 15th class student, with Isao Natsuyagi, Komaki Kurihara, Yoshio Harada, Gin Maeda, Ryuzo Hayashi, Takeo Chii, Choei Takahashi, Taisaku Akino, Kenkichi Hamahata, Miyoko Akaza, Kiwako Taichi, Takehiko Ono, Kunio Murai, Akihiko Shibata, Shunsuke Mizoguchi, and others, who were later called Haiyuza hana no 15-kisei.[2] He left Bungakuza without becoming a member of the theater company.[3]

After a regular appearance in the TV drama Kanjuro Torimonocho (TBS) under his real name, he played the lead role of Yue Fujinami in the TV drama Kanjuro Torimonocho (TBS)[3][4] and assumed the name Masaru Ryuzaki.[2][5]

After adopting the name Masaru Ryuzaki, he has been active in daytime dramas (昼ドラ, Hidora) such as Ueru tamashi (1972, Fuji TV) and TV dramas such as Akai kutsu (1972, TBS).

In the late 1970s, he developed a stomach ulcer and recovered for a while, but in November 1984, he began to complain of poor physical condition.[1] Thereafter his condition took a sudden turn for the worse, and he died of liver cirrhosis at 1:00 a.m. on December 18, 1984, at the National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center. He died at the age of 44.[1]

Incomplete filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. 1 2 3 『日刊スポーツ』1984年12月19日付15面。
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 『福島民報』1972年11月16日付朝刊、8面。
  3. 1 2 佐貫百合人『役者烈々 俳優座養成所の軌跡』、三一書房、1995年、228頁
  4. ↑ 『福島民報』1968年6月7日付朝刊、6面。
  5. ↑ Nichigai Asoshiētsu; 日外 アソシエーツ (1989). 日本著者名人名典拠錄. 日外アソシエーツ ;発売元. p. 2422. ISBN 9784816909023.
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