Akihiro Kitamura

What gets me about Akihiro Kitamura is the sheer range — actor, voice actor, film director, all rolled into one guy from Kochi of all places. Growing up in that rugged, go-your-own-way corner of Japan and then shipping off to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts is not a normal career arc, and I mean that as a compliment. That transatlantic leap tells you something about how seriously he takes craft — you don't cross an ocean to study the arts if you're just dabbling. The actor-director combo is particularly interesting to me because those two roles demand almost opposite mental postures — total surrender to a character versus complete control of a vision — and people who can hold both at once tend to see the world a little sideways. I'd love to dig deeper into what he's actually made.

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Akihiro Kitamura is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director born on March 25, 1979, in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, bringing an international arts education to his multifaceted career in the entertainment industry. Active across acting, voice work, and directing, he represents a rare triple role within Japanese and international media. Further biographical details, including his debut and agency affiliation, are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Akihiro Kitamura

Name (Japanese)

北村昭博

Reading

きたむら あきひろ

Born

March 25, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

O

Height

170 cm

Active years

2004 -

Occupation

Actor / Voice Actor / Film Director

University

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Spouse

川和美輝

Works summary

Appearances

35 (2004–2025)

By year

2004: 1, 2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 2, 2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2014: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2020: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Debut work

Porno

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/akihirokitamura
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%9D%91%E6%98%AD%E5%8D%9A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4700931

Tags

• From Kochi Prefecture
• Actor
• Voice Actor
• Film Director

Last updated

2026-08-26

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