Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase (生瀬 勝久) is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence. Several of these characters wear wigs for comic effect.

Television dramas

 * TRICK (2000–14), Detective Kenzō Yabe
 * Gokusen (2002–08), Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari
 * Ryōmaden (2010), Yoshida Shōin
 * Detective Kenzō Yabe (2010–13), Detective Kenzō Yabe
 * Legal High (2012–13), Choichiro Miki
 * Your Turn to Kill (2019), Jun'ichirō Tamiya
 * Ochoyan (2021), Makoto Nagasawa
 * Kotaro Lives Alone (2021–23), Isamu Tamaru
 * Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Kensaku Yamahara
 * Boogie Woogie (2023–24), Kenji Tanahashi

Films

 * TRICK: The Movie (2002), Detective Kenzō Yabe
 * TRICK: The Movie 2 (2006), Detective Kenzō Yabe
 * TRICK: The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010), Detective Kenzō Yabe
 * TRICK: The Movie: Last Stage (2014), Detective Kenzō Yabe
 * The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019), Ho
 * The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess (2020), Ho
 * Godai: The Wunderkind (2020), Godai Hidetaka
 * Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021), Jun'ichirō Tamiya
 * The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022), Ho
 * The Water Flows to the Sea (2023), Naruse
 * The Innocent Game (2023), Masaharu Kugimiya
 * Bad Lands (2023), Seiji Takashiro

Video games

 * Fatal Fury 2 (1992), Joe Higashi, Billy Kane, Laurence Blood
 * Fatal Fury Special (1993), Joe Higashi, Billy Kane, Laurence Blood, Geese Howard
 * The King of Fighters '94 (1994), Joe Higashi
 * The King of Fighters '95 (1995), Billy Kane

Dubbing

 * The Addams Family, Gomez Addams
 * The Addams Family 2, Gomez Addams