Noritake Kinashi (木梨 憲武 Kinashi Noritake, born 9 March 1962) is a Japanese comedian, actor, singer and artist. He is the short member of the comedy duo Tunnels. His partner is Takaaki Ishibashi. He is the executive vice president of the entertainment office Arrival.
Kinashi's wife is actress Narumi Yasuda. His cousin is Liberal Democratic Party Suginami lawmaker Morisho Kinashi.
Kinashi had seven solo exhibitions by 2013, his style of painting is abstract based on the colour red, sketching letters in landscapes, and still life drawings with simple colour expression. While using his exhibitions using the interactive method of the internet, he can also handle character designs in video games.
In his entertainment career he is in the centre of conte, his high performance skills are bought and appeared in numerous dramas and films. However, from the time he became the age of forty, he also played serious, middle-aged roles.
It is easier to list what Kinashi is not, as what he is includes anglophile, polymath, comedian, artist, actor, and musician. He started off his career in the early ’80s as a comedian. He then spread his talents to both acting and singing, before making his formal artistic debut in 1994.
Fascinated with drawing since a young age, he saw his artistic career take turn while he was working in Paris in 1994, when he had to draw a depiction of the Seine River with only a large white canvas and a black marker. The experience inspired him to produce a large body of works when he came back to Japan that same year.
Since the start of his artistic career, he has showcased his art in places the like of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, and the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo.
While he is an artist, he still hasn’t given up being a comedian or actor. He claims that his experience as a comedian defines him as an artist as well.
“I have always believed in the power of laughter, which encourages peace within oneself. Therefore, I express the same thought on canvas, ” he said in a promotional material published by the Japanese embassy in the U.K.
This year he also played the lead role in Inuyashiki, which received the impressive Golden Raven award at the 2018 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
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