Takanori Jinnai

Takanori Jinnai got the order of his life backwards, and I love him for it. He started as the vocalist of The Rockers, a punk band out of Fukuoka, then fell sideways into acting and simply refused to be a novelty. The Elan d'or newcomer prize in 1987, the Blue Ribbon Best Actor award in 1988, three Japanese Academy Award nominations for lead actor across 1988 and 1989. That is not a musician dabbling; that is someone who arrived with the volume already turned up. Then in 2003 he directed Rockers, a film about his own band years. Most people let their youth calcify into an anecdote they retell at parties. He went back with a camera and shot it himself. Japanese audiences who only know him as the cheerful uncle on variety television are watching the encore, not the set.

Name (English)

Takanori Jinnai

Name (Japanese)

陣内孝則

Born

August 12, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

Origin

Ōkawa-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

film director / actor / musician / director

Awards & achievements

• 1987 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
• 1988 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://j-office2010.co.jp/artist/jinnai.html
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%A3%E5%86%85%E5%AD%9D%E5%89%87

Tags

• Fukuoka Prefecture
• film director
• actor
• musician

Last updated

2026-07-27

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