Masanobu Ando  (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return. Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003). As well as acting, Ando has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones. In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano's Peacedelic compilation called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県道スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star"). In his spare time, he enjoys photography and shopping 안도 마사노부(1975년생, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 배틀 로얄, 바람의 검심 최종장: 더 비기닝, 시티헌터가 있으며, 그 외에도 코드 블루 : 닥터헬기긴급구명, 당신 차례입니다, 금붕어 아내, 京都人の密かな愉しみ, 하우스 오브 아울, 히가시노 게이고 미스테리즈, 사랑의 달, 요코미조 세이시 단편집Ⅱ 긴다이치 코스케 춤추다!, 데스티니, 보이스 110 긴급 지령실, 스키야키 웨스턴 장고, 사다코 대 카야코 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 真田十勇士 SHADOWS OF THE TEN NINJA에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 사나다 10용사: 어둠 속의 닌자들에서 Yukimura Sanada 역을 맡았다. 2025년 더 로열 패밀리에서 Hiroshi Hironaka 역을 맡았다. 2024년 かくしごと에서 Yasuo Inukai 역을 맡았다.