Zen Kajihara (梶原 善, Kajihara Zen, born 25 February 1966 in Okayama),^[1] is a Japanese theatre actor.^[2] Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe,^[3] he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe.

He is known for being very short in stature, but very noisy and wild on stage, specializing in comedy. He had a problem reading kanji (Chinese characters) and insists that his roles have long, complicated, difficult-to-remember names.

• The Gentle Twelve (1991), Juror 7^[4]
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
• Minna no Ie (2001)
• The Grudge 2 (2006)
• The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
• Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
• Black Widow Business (2016)
• Masquerade Hotel (2019)
• Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
• Masquerade Night (2021)^[5]
• The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022)^[6]
• Do Unto Others (2023)^[7]
• We're Broke, My Lord! (2023)^[8]
• Nightmare Resort (2023)^[9]
• Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)^[10]
• What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? (2024), Keiichi Morimoto^[11]
• House of Sayuri (2024)^[12]
• All About Suomi (2024)^[13]

• Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993)
• Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99)
• Oosama no Restaurant (1995)^[14]
• The Waste Land (2009)^[15]
• The Emperor's Cook (2015) – Emperor Hirohito^[1]
• Here Comes Asa! (2015) – Genkichi Miyabe^[1]
• The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) – Zenji^[16]
• DCU: Deep Crime Unit (2022) – Hideki Bando (Ep. 2)^[17]
• Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023) – Yōsuke Morino^[18]

Zen Kajihara at IMDb

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