Yoichi Hayashi (Japanese: 林 与一, Hepburn: Hayashi Yoichi; born 14 February 1942) is a Japanese actor. Hayashi is a former Kabuki actor, and appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas.
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Early life
Born into a large and renowned Kabuki acting family from the Kansai region (more precisely Osaka and Kyoto), his father was Toshio Hayashi, a well-known kabuki actor and film actor (known for starring in films in the jidaigeki genre) and his mother was Reiko Kitami, a film actress with an extensive list of roles in cinema and in different genres. He is also the great-grandson of Nakamura Ganjirō I and the great-great-grandson of Nakamura Kanjaku III, two of the most important Kabuki actors of the Meiji era.
Due to this family relationship, he is related to some of the most important Kabuki actors of the Showa and Heisei eras, such as Nakamura Ganjirō II, Sakata Tōjūrō IV, Nakamura Ganjirō IV, and Nakamura Senjaku III.
Selected filmography
Film
Kwaidan (1965)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku (1973)
Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari (1974)
Mori no Irubasho (2018)
Mujina Pass (2024)
Shinpei (2025), the head of the Yamada family
Television
Taiga drama
Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) as Kiso Yoshinaka
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Imagawa Ujizane
Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Asano Nagamasa
Yae's Sakura (2013) as Shimazu Nariakira
Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972) as Nishimura Sanai
Sayonara Ri Kōran (1989) as Kazuo Hasegawa
Unmeitōge (1993) as Hattori Hanzo
Asa ga Kita (2015) as Imai Tadamasa
