Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura (沢村 一樹, Sawamura Ikki, born July 10, 1967) is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On.

Biography

Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he moved to Tokyo and started his career as a fashion model. In 1996, Sawamura debuted in a TV drama Matsuda no Drama as an actor. Since then, he has appeared in many television dramas and commercials. Sawamura married a Japanese ex-model in 2000, and has three sons.^[1]

In public and some variety shows, Sawamura often portrays his character as a sexually perverted personality.^[2][3] He is also a well known fan of Bruce Lee.^[4] His hobbies are playing tennis, playing billiards and watching movies.^[5]

Filmography

Movies

• Koi wa Maiorita. (恋は舞い降りた。) (1997)
• 7gatsu 24ka Dōri no Christmas (７月24日通りのクリスマス) (2006)
• Tsubakiyama Kachō no Nanokakan (椿山課長の七日間) (2006)
• Kafū o Machiwabite (カフーを待ちわびて) (2009)
• Gokusen The Movie (ごくせん THE MOVIE) (2009)
• Yamagata Scream (山形スクリーム) (2009)
• Thirteen Assassins (十三人の刺客) (2010)
• Kamen Rider Ghost the Movie: the 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fateful Moment (劇場版 仮面ライダーゴースト: 100の眼魂とゴースト運命の瞬間) (2016)

TV dramas

1996

• Matsuda no Drama (松田のドラマ)
• Die Sterntaler 2 (続・星の金貨, Zoku Hoshi no Kinka), as Toshiaki Yagami (矢上 俊明)

1997

• Kanojotachi no Kekkon (彼女たちの結婚), as Tatsuya Asano (浅野 達也)
• Risō no Jōshi (理想の上司), as Yūsuke Koreeda (是枝 雄介)
• Narita Rikon (成田離婚), as Yōhei Motoki (元木 洋平)

1998

• Days, as guest appearance
• Kurenawi (くれなゐ), as Kaisuke Funadu (船津 海介)
• Sōzetsu! Yome Shūtome Sensō Rasetsu no Ie (凄絶!嫁姑戦争 羅刹の家), as Itsurō Shinoda (篠田 逸郎)
• Happy Mania (ハッピーマニア), as Gorō Kishiwada (岸和田 悟郎)

1999

• Kyūmei Byōtō 24ji (救命病棟24時), as Masato Ochiai (落合 雅人)
• Shūmatsukon (週末婚), as Hyō Ōmori (大森 豹)
• Shōshimin Kane (小市民ケーン), as Tōru Kaga (加賀 徹)
• Shūmatsukon Special (週末婚スペシャル), as Hyō Ōmori (大森 豹)
• Cheap Love (チープ・ラブ), as Katsuaki Manabe (真鍋 克明)

2000

• Shomuni season 2 (ショムニ), as Shintarō Kamiya (神谷 真太郎)
• Shotgun Marriage (できちゃった結婚, Dekichatta Kekkon), as Shūzō Komatsubara (小松原 修造)

2001

• Tadaima Manshitsu (ただいま満室), as Sō Makita (槙田 聡)
• Shin Omizu no Hanamichi (新・お水の花道), as Hajime Suzuki (鈴木 一)
• Handoc!!! (ハンドク!!!), as Ichiko Shindō (新堂一子)

2002

• Hito ni Yasashiku (人にやさしく), as Kobayashi (小林) in Ep.7
• Gokusen season 1 (ごくせん), as Tomoya Shinohara (篠原 智也)
• Shomuni season 3 (ショムニ), as Shintarō Kamiya (神谷 真太郎)
• Toshiie to Matsu (利家とまつ), as Takayama Ukon (高山 右近)
• Omiai Hōrōki (お見合い放浪記), as Naoto Izaki (伊崎 尚人) in Ep.1

2003

• Shomuni Forever (ショムニ・FOREVER), as Shintarō Kamiya (神谷 真太郎)
• Okaasan to Issho (お義母さんといっしょ), as Okajima (岡島) since Ep.7
• Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi (ごくせんスペシャル・さよなら３年Ｄ組), as Tomoya Shinohara (篠原 智也)
• OL Zenidō (OL銭道), as Shin'ichi Kaneshiro (金城 真一)
• Nikoniko Nikki (ニコニコ日記), as Kōtarō Takahashi (高橋 晃太郎)
• Shiroi Kyotō (白い巨塔), as Noboru Kikukawa (菊川 昇)

2004

• Sky High 2 (スカイハイ2), as Shō Kawamura (川村 翔) in Ep.8,9
• Reikan Bus Guide Jikenbo (霊感バスガイド事件簿), as Shū Okita (沖田 修) in Ep.1
• Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ), as Hiroya(or Yūya) Ryūzaki (竜崎 裕哉)
• Orange Days (オレンジデイズ), as Haruki Fujii (藤井 ハルキ)
• Aa Tantei Jimusho (ああ探偵事務所), as Matsudo (松戸) in Ep.6
• Chūshingura (忠臣蔵), as Asano Takumi no Kami (浅野内匠頭)
• Nebaru Onna (ねばる女), as Mitsuki Mizusawa (水沢 光輝)

2005

• Ame to Yume no Ato ni (雨と夢のあとに), as Tomoharu Sakurai (桜井 朝晴)
• On'yado Kawasemi (御宿かわせみ), as Genzaburō Une (畝 源三郎) since chapter 3
• Jokei Kazoku (女系家族), as Ryōkichi Yajima (矢島 良吉)

2006

• Gachibaka! (ガチバカ!), as Eiji Takeda (武田 栄二)
• Tokumei! Keiji Dongame (特命!刑事どん亀), as Junpei Hiiragi (柊 順平)
• Machiben (マチベン), as Kazunari Matsuo (松尾 一成)
• Bengoshi no Kuzu (弁護士のくず), as Shingo Kuroda (黒田 真悟) in Ep.6
• Teruteru Ashita (てるてるあした), as himself in Ep.7
• CA to Oyobi! (CAとお呼びっ!), as Toshihiko Minamida (南田 俊彦)
• Hanayome wa Yakudoshi! (花嫁は厄年ッ!), as Tōru Inaba (稲葉 徹) in Ep.1,3

2007

• Konshū, Tsuma ga Uwaki shimasu (今週、妻が浮気します), as Shin'ichirō Todoroki (轟 真一郎)
• Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai (地獄の沙汰もヨメ次第), as Sanshirō Morifuku (森福 三四郎)
• Hataraki Man (働きマン), as Kimio Narita (成田 君男)
• Maison Ikkoku "Rōnin-hen" (めぞん一刻「浪人編」), as Shun Mitaka (三鷹 瞬)

2008

• Atsuhime (篤姫), as Komatsu Kiyomoto (小松 清猷)
• Scandal (SCANDAL), as Hidenori Takayanagi (高柳 秀典)
• Maison Ikkoku "Kanketsu-hen" (めぞん一刻「完結編」), as Shun Mitaka (三鷹 瞬)

2011

• Deka Wanko (デカワンコ), as Kan'ichi Shigemura (重村完)一

2017

• Hiyokko (ひよっこ), as Minoru Yatabe (谷田部 実)

Asami Mitsuhiko series

Asami Mitsuhiko series (浅見光彦シリーズ) is a mystery novel series created by Japanese author Yasuo Uchida. Many of the novels have been made into 2 hour one-episode drama by several different networks with the different casts. Sawamura played the protagonist Mitsuhiko Asami from part 14 in the series originally aired on TBS.

• Part 11 Shinkirō (蜃気楼) as Masashi Takatsu (高津 雅志) (October 26, 1998)
• Part 14 Gotoba Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (後鳥羽伝説殺人事件) (September 4, 2000)
• Part 15 Shima Hantō Satsujin Jiken (志摩半島殺人事件) (March 19, 2001)
• Part 16 Bocchan Satsujin Jiken (坊ちゃん殺人事件) (September 24, 2001)
• Part 17 Onikōbe Satsujin Jiken (鬼首殺人事件) (September 23, 2002)
• Part 18 Hana no Shita nite (華の下にて) (January 5, 2004)
• Part 19 Nagasaki Satsujin Jiken (長崎殺人事件) (April 12, 2004)
• Part 20 Sōtoku Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (崇徳伝説殺人事件) (March 14, 2005)
• Part 21 Heike Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (平家伝説殺人事件) (December 26, 2005)
• Part 22 Sayo Hime Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (佐用姫伝説殺人事件) (September 25, 2006)
• Part 23 Ai Iro Kairō Satsujin Jiken (藍色回廊殺人事件) (March 26, 2007)
• Part 24 Hyōhaku no Gakujin (漂泊の楽人) (October 15, 2007)
• Part 25 Himejima Satsujin Jiken (姫島殺人事件) (April 7, 2008)

Voice acting

• Steamboy (スチームボーイ), as David (2004)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth, as Prof. Trevor Anderson in the Japanese dubbed version (2008)
• Yakuza 4, as Hiroaki Arai (2010)

Other works

TV shows

• Ururun Taizaiki in Germany (September, 1998)
• Ururun Taizaiki in China (April, 2001)
• NEO - Office Chuckles - main cast (2005-ongoing)
• Ai no Muchi - presenter (October–December, 2006)
• The Future Professor Sawamura - presenter (October, 2007-April, 2008)
• The Future Professor Sawamura Z - presenter (April, 2008-ongoing)
• ITSUZAI - presenter (October, 2007-ongoing)
• Tokyo-Kawaii TV - host (April, 2008-ongoing) ^[3]
• 'Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!- cameo in No-Laughing Spy Batsu game(December 2011)

References

External links

• Official website
• Ikki Sawamura at the Internet Movie Database
• Ikki Sawamura official web site (Japanese)
• Ken-On official profile (Japanese)