Izou Oikawa

Acting

Izou Oikawa

Born 1960-03-05 · Yamaguchi, Japan

Izou Oikawa (及川 いぞう, Oikawa Izō, March 5, 1960) is a Japanese actor and voice actor (seiyuu). His former stage name is Izou Oikawa (及川 以造, Oikawa Izō) and his real name is Tetsuji Sugou (須郷 哲司, Sugō Tetsuji). He was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture and graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. He is affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company.

Acting credits

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars poster
6.7

Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the AEUG. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he impulsively steals the Gundam Mark II and joins the AEUG, running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own. This is the first part of the feature trilogy derived from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars

2005

Hachiko poster
7.8

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

Hachiko

1987

Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future poster
6.8

One day, Mana Aida receives a wedding dress from her mother and grandmother that they had worn in the past. While thinking about who she would wear this beside someday, a mysterious man named Marsh appears, and Mana is thrown back into the past. She was happy to see her grandmother she loved and her old dog Maro, but she then realizes that Alice and Rikka aren't there because memories have been altered. In order to save precious memories, the future, dreams and hope, Mana transforms into Cure Heart.

Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future

2013

The Empty Table poster
6.9

One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for his son's actions.

The Empty Table

1985

Willful Murder poster
8.0

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?

Willful Murder

1981

Mirage Queen Prefers Circus poster
5.7

A phantom thief queen—whose age and gender are unknown—flies around the world on an airship in search of treasure. A gemstone the queen had their sights on is stolen from them by a mysterious circus troupe, and a game soon unfolds between the queen and the troupe's magicians, hypnotists, and other members wielding special abilities.

Mirage Queen Prefers Circus

2022

Tear Jar poster
3.0

A magazine editor loses his wife to cancer and he keeps her ashes in a jar. When he begins dating her sister, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt.

Tear Jar

2008

Noctiluca poster
6.0

Surgeon Asami Hanaoka is in financial difficulty. A gang soon plot to takeover the hospital.

Noctiluca

1997

Unification of Japan Gaiden: Nakajima Family — Shikoku Goldmine of Mayhem poster
NR

While visiting the Tokyo headquarters, Nakajima brags about booking an exclusive soapland appointment for 200,000 yen for next week, claiming his investment in stocks makes it possible. Unfortunately, he invested all of his money in one stock that turned out to be worthless, and Nakajima heads back dejectedly to Shikoku to recoup his losses in one week. However, he and the Nakajima Family instead unearth a series of stock fraud he wasn't the only victim to ...!

Unification of Japan Gaiden: Nakajima Family — Shikoku Goldmine of Mayhem

2024

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NR

Izumi, a woman who is troubled by dreams of the same murder every night... Saki is asked to conduct an autopsy on the body in that dream! In her dream, Izumi relives the incident as it happened 25 years ago and is possessed by the murdered woman!?

Forensics Classroom Incident Files 13

2001

Cynthia: Kaijoken Tanjou Monogatari poster
NR

Based on the real-life story of Yoshitomo Kimura, who suffered a spinal cord injury in 1987, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. His wife works as a clinical lab technician and struggles to encourage his will to live. After attending a motivational workshop featuring a wheelchair-bound man, Kimura resolves to rehabilitate himself. He eventually regains enough mobility to work from home, but still faces daily challenges—especially if he falls alone at home. That’s when they decide they should adopt a dog to assist him. They welcome a rambunctious Labrador puppy named Cynthia (シンシア), hoping she might become a trained service dog.

Cynthia: Kaijoken Tanjou Monogatari

2003