Yutaka Mizutani

Mizutani has done nearly all of it: child actor, hit-making singer, film director, and for decades the face of the detective series Aibou. What I admire is the restraint. Watch his early work and the heat sits right on the surface; the older Mizutani simply folded it inward. He can drop one quiet line and the whole scene tightens.

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Name (English)

Yutaka Mizutani

Name (Japanese)

水谷豊

Reading

みずたに ゆたか

Born

July 14, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan

Height

168 cm

Occupation

singer / actor / child actor / film director / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Blood type

A

Agency

Trysome Bros.

Active years

1968 - 1970 / 1972 -

Spouse

伊藤蘭、ミッキー・マッケンジー

Works summary

Appearances

296 (1966–2026)

By year

1966: 1, 1967: 2, 1968: 1, 1969: 1, 1970: 4, 1972: 8, 1973: 10, 1974: 8, 1975: 9, 1976: 4, 1977: 10, 1978: 9, 1979: 7, 1980: 8, 1981: 8, 1982: 4, 1983: 6, 1984: 3, 1986: 6, 1987: 2, 1988: 6, 1989: 3, 1990: 2, 1991: 4, 1992: 3, 1993: 3, 1994: 4, 1995: 1, 1996: 4, 1997: 3, 1998: 2, 1999: 4, 2000: 2, 2001: 2, 2002: 2, 2003: 2, 2004: 6, 2005: 5, 2006: 3, 2007: 3, 2008: 8, 2009: 11, 2010: 5, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 6, 2014: 5, 2015: 7, 2016: 8, 2017: 7, 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 5, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 3, 2026: 2

Debut work

ドン・ジュアン

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://trysome.jp/artist/mizutani-yutaka
• Xhttps://x.com/mizutanitani
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka%20Mizutani
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E8%B0%B7%E8%B1%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904608

Tags

• Hokkaidō
• singer
• actor
• child actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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