was a Japanese actor. His real name and former stage name is Fumiaki Takashima (Japanese: é«Â島 å²æÂÂ; ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂã¾ ãµã¿ãÂÂãÂÂ). His eldest son is former actor , his eldest daughter is freelance announcer , and his son-in-law is .
Ryuzaki was born in KÃ Âchi, KÃ Âchi Prefecture, and graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hosei University.
He became a student at the Bungakuza after going through the training school attached to the theater company Haiyuza. In 1963, he entered the Haiyuza Training School as a 15th class student, with Isao Natsuyagi, Komaki Kurihara, Yoshio Harada, Gin Maeda, Ryuzo Hayashi, Takeo Chii, Choei Takahashi, Taisaku Akino, Kenkichi Hamahata, Miyoko Akaza, Kiwako Taichi, Takehiko Ono, Kunio Murai, Akihiko Shibata, Shunsuke Mizoguchi, and others, who were later called '. He left Bungakuza without becoming a member of the theater company.
After a regular appearance in the TV drama ' (TBS) under his real name, he played the lead role of Yue Fujinami in the TV drama ' (TBS) and assumed the name Masaru Ryuzaki.
After adopting the name Masaru Ryuzaki, he has been active in daytime dramas (, Hidora) such as ' (1972, Fuji TV) and TV dramas such as ' (1972, TBS).
In the late 1970s, he developed a stomach ulcer and recovered for a while, but in November 1984, he began to complain of poor physical condition. Thereafter his condition took a sudden turn for the worse, and he died of liver cirrhosis at 1:00 a.m. on December 18, 1984, at the . He died at the age of 44.