Fumiyo Kohinata

I have such a soft spot for Fumiyo Kohinata, the kind of actor whose name you might blank on but whose face makes you go "oh good, the movie's in safe hands." Born in Hokkaido back in '54, he's the platonic ideal of the Japanese character actor: he can play the warmest, gentlest dad alive, then flip to a quietly chilling cold-eyed creep that makes you do a genuine double take. What I love is the restraint, he never hogs a scene, never oversells, just slides in and tightens the whole thing up with this unbothered, almost weightless presence. That's craft you only earn from decades of patient, unglamorous work. He's the rare guy who doesn't need to be the lead to be the reason a film works, and honestly that's my favorite kind of performer.

Fumiyo Kohinata is a Japanese actor born on January 23, 1954, in Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan. He has built a long career as a versatile supporting and character actor, equally convincing in warm father figures and unsettling antagonists. His understated, naturalistic presence has made him a trusted fixture across Japanese film and television productions.

Name (English)

Fumiyo Kohinata

Name (Japanese)

小日向文世

Reading

こひなた ふみよ

Born

January 23, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse (午)

Origin

Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan

Height

164 cm

Occupation

Actor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.fathers.jp/kohinata.html
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%A5%E5%90%91%E6%96%87%E4%B8%96

Tags

• From Hokkaido
• Actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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