13 Facts About Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6.

Toshiyuki Nishida received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018.

Toshiyuki Nishida's biological father Izumi worked at the Koriyama Postal Savings Bureau, and was born to the family of a karo, a top-ranking samurai official.

Izumi died when Toshiyuki Nishida was young, and Kie raised him while working as a beautician.

Tatsuji took him to the movies on the weekends, which inspired Toshiyuki Nishida to join the drama club at his elementary school.

Toshiyuki Nishida was found dead in his home in Setagaya, Tokyo, on October 17,2024, at the age of 76.

Toshiyuki Nishida had previously been suffering from a chronic heart condition.

Outside Japan Toshiyuki Nishida was best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the first season of the TV series Monkey, or for his role in the 2008 film The Ramen Girl, as the sensei of American actress Brittany Murphy's character.

Toshiyuki Nishida was nominated 10 times for a Japanese Academy Award and won twice, once for best actor in The Silk Road in 1988 as Gakko, and once for best actor in Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993.

In 2017, Toshiyuki Nishida reprised his role as yakuza underboss Nishino in Takeshi Kitano's Outrage trilogy to positive reviews.

In 2018, Toshiyuki Nishida received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, alongside comedian Takeshi Kitano.

Toshiyuki Nishida served as president of the Japan Actors Union and vice president of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee.

Toshiyuki Nishida was a 'Frontier Ambassador' for his hometown of Koriyama City.