As of July 2026, Ryo Ishibashi is best known for AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo and The Naked Director. Find every show and movie Ryo Ishibashi has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Ryo Ishibashi

Ryo Ishibashi

Actor Born 1956 Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan 3 TV Shows 8 Movies

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Ryo Ishibashi (born July 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor and international celebrity. He is known around the world for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films Suicide Club and Audition. He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in The Grudge and The Grudge 2.

Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Recently, Ishibashi has resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, Real Life in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film A-Hômansu in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity.

He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days.

Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children.

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Ryo Ishibashi has built a filmography of 11 credits over a career spanning from 1995 to 2019.

Ryo Ishibashi's most notable role to date came in The Grudge (2004), where he played Det. Hideto Nakagawa. He also appeared in War (2007) as Shiro Yanagawa. Most recently appeared in Audition (2000) as Shigeharu Aoyama.

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📺 Ryo Ishibashi's TV Shows

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Norio Mikumo
2002
The Naked Director
Ikezawa
2019
Smoking
Sabe
2018

🎬 Ryo Ishibashi's Movies

War
Shiro Yanagawa
2007
The Grudge
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
2004
Audition
Shigeharu Aoyama
2000
The Crossing Guard
Jefferey
1995
The Grudge 2
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
2006
Brother
Ishihara
2000
Kids Return
Local Yakuza Chief
1996
g@me.
2003

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