Age: 56
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Kazuki Kitamura (born July 17, 1969) is a highly versatile Japanese actor renowned for his distinctive, sharp features and his ability to seamlessly transition between flamboyant comedic roles and menacing villainous turns. He first gained major recognition in the late 1990s and early 2000s through collaborations with director Takashi Miike, notably in Ley Lines (1999), and later earned international acclaim for his role as Boss Tanaka in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003). Kitamura is a household name in Japan due to his work in hit franchises like Galileo, where he plays the detective Shunpei Kusanagi, and the unique comedy Neko Samurai, where his portrayal of a stoic ronin obsessed with a white cat became a fan favorite.
The story starts out with the Battle of the Supernatural Powers, a tournament to decide which Celestial (heavenly being in the original Japanese version) will be the next King of the Celestial World (God in the Japanese version). Each of the 100 King Candidates (God Candidates in the Japanese version) is required to choose a junior high school student to act as their power user. The student is given a unique power and told to eliminate as many enemies as possible. The winning King Candidate will become the new King of the Celestial World and the winning student will receive the Blank Talent (Black Zai in the Japanese version), a talent that can be anything they choose. While this leads many students to thoughts of greed and selfishness, Kosuke Ueki decides to take it upon himself to win this tournament to keep that power away from those that would abuse such a gift.
