Yasunori Danta

Yasunori Danta is the kind of actor whose name may not ring a bell abroad, but whose face makes Japanese viewers say “oh, him.” I find that a strange and enviable kind of power. Born in Yamashina, Kyoto, in 1957, he built his foundation on the stage — solid enough to earn the Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award, one of Japanese theatre’s respected honors — and you can hear that training in how he places his voice on screen. He almost never grabs a scene by force. Instead he settles the air around it, standing beside the lead and quietly voicing what the audience is already feeling. That is craft, not luck. He is still working, and the range of roles he is trusted with seems to widen rather than narrow with age. Actors like him are the reason an ensemble holds together.

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Name (English)

Yasunori Danta

Name (Japanese)

段田安則

Reading

だんた やすのり

Born

January 24, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Yamashina-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

170 cm

Occupation

actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

Blood type

A

Agency

シス・カンパニー

Active years

1980s -

Awards & achievements

• Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

Spouse

既婚

Works summary

Appearances

251 (1970–2026)

By year

1970: 1, 1981: 2, 1982: 2, 1983: 2, 1984: 2, 1985: 3, 1987: 6, 1988: 4, 1989: 6, 1990: 6, 1991: 2, 1992: 5, 1993: 2, 1994: 6, 1995: 2, 1996: 3, 1997: 3, 1998: 4, 1999: 5, 2000: 5, 2001: 2, 2002: 5, 2003: 7, 2004: 3, 2005: 7, 2006: 2, 2007: 4, 2008: 1, 2009: 6, 2010: 6, 2011: 3, 2012: 9, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 5, 2016: 2, 2017: 4, 2018: 2, 2019: 4, 2020: 2, 2021: 6, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 5, 2026: 3

Debut work

ニシキ

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AE%B5%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%89%E5%89%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11547077

Tags

• Kyoto Prefecture
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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