Fujiki Yu

Other Name: 藤木悠

Age: 93

Birthday: March 2, 1931

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with Takashima Tadao. He left the studio in 1974 and found success on television in such series as G-Men '75. Tall and athletic actor who often provided comedy relief in otherwise serious minded science fiction or action films. Before entering film, Fujiki was a skilled fencer in college, and won in the single men’s epee category of the All Japan Fencer’s Championship in 1951. He was accepted into Toho as part of the 6th New Face class, along with fellow actors Masumi Okada, Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, and Momoko Kochi. He became famous for his pairing with Tadao Takashima in a series of “salaryman” comedies. The pair also starred together in King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and Atragon (1963). He developed diabetes later in life, and lost feeling in his extremities, which severely limited his activities. Fujiki and his wife both campaigned for diabetes awareness as a result of this experience. Fujiki’s last film was the Japanese Academy Award nominated Year One in the North (2005), which was released two months before his death. (Source: Wikipedia, Godzilla Cineaste).