Masaki Kyomoto
Masaki Kyomoto is a Japanese actor, singer song writer, and guitarist. He has appeared in films and television series including Legend of the Eight Samurai, Sukeban Deka, Kamen Rider Black, ', Cutie Honey, Chage and Aska, Ōedo Sōsamō, Mito Kōmon, Anmitsu Hime, Food Fight, Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, Ii Hito, GARO, Tenchu:Yamino Shiokinin and most recently 81diver. He has performed on the soundtracks to GARO and ', performing the first two ending themes for the former, and producing GARO Project's performances of the final two ending themes for the series and the ending theme for the special. Masaki got a role in a buster film Legend of the Eight Samurai as Inuzuka Shino and it became a sensation that lead to Masaki's break out role "Ryu" on a popular Japanese period piece samurai drama series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360077/combined "Hissatsu Shigotonin V" where he played Japanese obi-belt maker who is ex-ninja turned to be an assassin to kill bad guys. He became a big star by that role and since then has appeared in numerous period piece drama series. He often plays a role much younger than his actual age due to youthful appearance. His picture with his son Taiga Kyomoto [went viral in Asia and many thought he is Taiga's older brother instead of father. He is an established musician as well produced sound track for TV shows and music for himself and other singers.Discography
;Albums
- Rabelais no 15-fun - February 21, 1984
- Temptation - October 21, 1984
- Hisui no Kimochi ga Wakaru Yoru - June 21, 1985
- Party - November 21, 1985
- Kyoshoku no Cassanova - August 21, 1986
- My present - November 21, 1986
- Best Selection 20 - June 21, 1987
- Shōnen-tachi no Yoru - November 1, 1987
- Taiyō no Kakera - November 1, 1987
- Ichi Oku no Koi - May 1, 1988
- Kirameki ~ Jūni Seiza no Onnatachi~ - December 21, 1988
- LOVE IS ALL - December 23, 1998
- Peine - May 26, 2004
- Boku ga Ai o Tsutaeteyuku - November 23, 2005
- Golden Best: Tokyo Blue ~Kodoku na Tenshi-tachi~ - March 20, 2013
- Masaki Kyomoto Music works 1982-2014 30th anniversary special Edition June 7th 2014
;Singles
- "I Can't Say..." - March 5, 1984
- "Kanashimi Iro no..." - December 24, 1984
- "Kaze no Sarah" - November 1, 1987
- "Yumeningyō" - November 1, 1987
- "BLUE EYE'S MEMORY" - September 25, 1988
- "Marude Kanashimi ga Ame no Yō ni Kuchizukeru" - April 25, 1997
- "Itoshikute..." - January 21, 2001
- "Sakurauta" - November 26, 2004
- "I LOVE YOU" - July 21, 2005
- "Yasashii Kotoba" - February 8, 2006
- "Boku wa Mada Koi o Shite wa Ikenai" - February 8, 2006
- Doubt -April 1, 2015
;Soundtracks
- "Bokura no Great / Chikyū wa Kimi o Matteita" - December 1, 1990
- *For Ultraman Great
- "Mirai e Mukatte / The Earth is hurtin'" - December 21, 1990
- *For Ultraman Great
- "Ultraman Love For Children" - November 1, 1991
- Hissatsu Shigotonin IV/Hissatsu Shigotonin V/Hissatsu Hashikakenin Original Soundtrack Collection 15 - May 22, 1996
- Hissatsu Shigotonin Gekitōhen/Senpūhen/Fūunryūkohen Original Soundtrack Collection 16 - May 22, 1996
- GARO: Original Sound Track - April 26, 2006
- Hissatsu Sountra Collection: Pachinko Hissatsu Shigotonin III - April 26, 2006
;Production work
Films
- Legend of the Eight Samurai, Inuzuka Shino Moritaka
- Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka
- Shogun's Shadow, Tokugawa Iemitsu
- Fly Me to the Saitama, Duke Saitama
Television
- Kusa Moeru
- Hissatsu Shigotonin V
- Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen
- Kōkō Kyōshi, Tomoki Fujimura
- Homeless Child, Kazuhiko Kurosaki
- Mōri Motonari, Kikkawa Okitsune
- The Sun Never Sets, Etsushi Minami
- Kōkō Kyōshi, Tomoki Fujimura
- Taira no Kiyomori, Fujiwara no Hidehira