film". His performance in the film was praised by Dan Fainaru of Screen International as "painfully memorable". He also played the role of Kiro Honjo in Hayao Miyazaki's 2013 animated film The Wind Rises as a voice actor. His other voice work includes dubbing Colin Farrell in Dumbo and Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) in Pokémon Detective Pikachu. In 2017, he became the first Japanese man to model for Giorgio Armani's Made-to-Measure. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2019 for his performance in Samurai's Promise. In 2019, Nishijima starred in a television series What Did You Eat Yesterday?, a drama about the daily lives of a middle-aged gay couple. The drama became very popular and was made into a hit film. In 2021, he starred in Ryusuke Hamaguchi 's film Drive My Car. His performance was highly acclaimed, with The New York Times selecting him as one of the "Great Performers / The Best Actors of 2021". He also won the National Society of Film Critics Award, the Boston Film Critics Circle Award, and the Japan Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role for the film. He has also appeared in films such as Akihiko Shiota's Canary and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Loft. In 2022, Nishijima portrayed the role of Kotaro Minami in the remake of 1987's Kamen Rider Black titled Kamen Rider Black Sun. Filmography Film Television Dubbing roles Dumbo (2019), Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) Awards and nominations References External links Hidetoshi Nishijima, The Japan Times (in English) Living people 1971 births Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male voice actors Male actors from Tokyo People from Hachiōji, Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors