Kouji Hashimoto

Kouji Hashimoto, professionally known as Kouji Yakusho, is a Japanese actor and film director whose screen career includes The Eel, Shall We Dance?, 13 Assassins and Babel. He won the Cannes Film Festival award for best actor in 2023. His anime voice roles include Kumatetsu in The Boy and the Beast, Jiji in Mirai, Claudius in Scarlet and Kobayashi-sensei in Madogiwa no Totto-chan.