Masahiko Nishimura

Masahiko Nishimura won a newcomer award in 1997 and a Blue Ribbon for best supporting actor the very next year, which tells you the important thing about him: he was not discovered young. He came out of Toyama, went through Toyo University, and put in years of stage work before television caught up. What I love is how little he appears to be doing. Hand him a scene as a put-upon subordinate getting chewed out by his boss and you cannot look anywhere else in the frame. That timing is not something you can manufacture. He later adjusted how he writes his given name, a quiet tweak rather than a reinvention, which feels entirely in character. Actors like this hold a whole production together from its edges.

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Name (English)

Masahiko Nishimura

Name (Japanese)

西村まさ彦

Reading

にしむら まさひこ

Born

December 12, 1960 (age 65)

Origin

Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Height

178 cm

Occupation

actor / seiyū / presenter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Blood type

A

Agency

オフィスにしむら

High school

Toyama Shogyo High School

University

Toyo University

Awards & achievements

• 1997 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
• 1998 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor

Works summary

Appearances

420 (1979–2027)

By year

1979: 1, 1989: 2, 1990: 4, 1991: 2, 1992: 3, 1993: 4, 1994: 7, 1995: 9, 1996: 14, 1997: 11, 1998: 9, 1999: 9, 2000: 11, 2001: 10, 2002: 10, 2003: 14, 2004: 16, 2005: 17, 2006: 13, 2007: 15, 2008: 18, 2009: 18, 2010: 21, 2011: 24, 2012: 7, 2013: 12, 2014: 17, 2015: 14, 2016: 12, 2017: 12, 2018: 5, 2019: 9, 2020: 8, 2021: 10, 2022: 6, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 5, 2026: 3, 2027: 1

Debut work

1979

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko%20Nishimura
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%9D%91%E3%81%BE%E3%81%95%E5%BD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1078548

Tags

• Toyama Prefecture
• actor
• seiyū
• presenter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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