And by 'last' I mean 'late'
If you haven't watched any of Mifune's films, go do it now now now

And I should mention Oguri Shun (I like him because he has the most soothing, gorgeous, calming voice, and I hope he does more voice acting in the future!)
Oguri Shun: Hana Kimi and HYD Matsumoto Jun: Gokusen and Smile
Hayami Mokomichi: HAMMER SESSION, Zettai Kareshi Tetsuya Fujiwara: Death Note And Battle Royal

Nishikido Ryo: one litre of tears, orthros no ino Kenichi Matsuyama:Death Note, Zeni Geba, Kamui Gaiden
Kamenashi Kazuya: Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, One Pound Gospel Miura Haruma: Kimi Ni Todoke and Gokusen 3


Fujiki Naohito: One Litre Of Tears, Hotaru No Hikari 1 & 2
Nagase Tomoya: My Boss; My Hero, Unubore (i'm just start watching it)
Matsuoka Masahiro: Yasuko to Kenji, Kaibutsu kun, Koukousei Restaurant
For me,

Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masataka Kubota, Kenichi Matsuyama, Miura Haruma, Hayami Mokomichi, Eita, Shun Oguri, Mizushima Hiro and Katori Shingo :)
I'm not really a fan of Japanese actors or actresses, so I only have one favorite: Yamashita Tomohisa :D
Narimiya Hiroki

I'm sure there will be others, but really, I think it could just be him, I love the characters he picks and seeing him in the extras on DVDs talking about his role I can see how much he loves his work and is serious about it.
Dark_Alice wrote: Hiroshi Tamaki


I would have his babies, lol.
Hiroshi Abe- he's gt charisma and usually plays quite interesting characters and Fujiki Naohito (Buchou!) and Oda Yuji (oozes likeability and he played such nice characters in some of his series) . There are probably more that I am fond of depending on the role they played and whether I liked them in them or not but these three come off the top off my head at the moment..
Got to be Hiroshi Abe. He has such a charisma and presence that is able to change a mediocre drama into a great one. Also, he doesn't really need to say anything - just his facial expressions and body language is enough.

Of course I also have to mention Katsuhisa Namase (my avatar)! For comedy roles you can't get any better.
Others worth mentioning: Takashi Sorimachi (great in GTO, Cheap Love, Beach Boys), Junichi Okada, Takenouchi Yutaka.
Yamashita Tomohisa, Ikuta Toma, Oguri Shun, Yamamoto Yusuke, Koike Teppei, and Mizushima Hiro.
Dark_Alice wrote: Hiroshi Tamaki


I'd like to add Matsuda Shota. :D

cristin_a wrote: I would have his babies, lol.


That is true love...lol
Matsumoto Jun, Miura Haruma, Ikuta Toma, and Nishikido Ryo, Yamamoto Yusuke, Yamapi [Yamashita Tomohisa], Oguri Shun
Kimura Takuya
Ken Watanabe
Takeshi Kaneshiro (taiwanese/japanese)
Odagiri Jo
Takenouchi Yutaka
Yamamoto Yusuke and Matsuzaka Tori are two actors that I'm really loving right now.
To be honest I love all the Sentai actors. I haven't seen many Japanese dramas to really say these are my absolute favorites, normally I don't pick favorites at all. Some are just easier to remember than others depending on what roles they are in.