Kiichi Nakai
Born	(1961-09-18)September 18, 1961 (age 64) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present

Kiichi Nakai (中井 貴一,Nakai Kiichi; born 18 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. His name was given byYasujirō Ozu. His father,Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year at the Japan Academy Awards in 1981.

He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (forWhen the Last Sword Is Drawn). He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 19thHochi Film Award for47 Ronin.^[1]

In 2003 he played a Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of theTang dynasty inWarriors of Heaven and Earth. Though a few of his lines are in Japanese, most are in Mandarin.

His older sister,Kie Nakai, is also an actress.

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (2020)^[21]

• Official profileArchived 2 August 2017 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese)
• Kiichi Nakai atIMDb

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