is a Japanese actor and dancer.

Life and career

Moriyama started training in dance when he was 5 years old. He trained in jazz dance, tap dance, ballet and hip-hop, and he appeared in several stage roles. He officially made his stage debut with 1999 ''Boys Time''. In 2008, he played the lead character in a Japanese version of the musical ''

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''. In the 2004 film ''

Socrates in Love is a 2001 Japanese melodrama novel, written by Kyoichi Katayama and published by Shogakukan, which revolves around narrator Sakutaro Matsumoto's recollections of a school classmate whom he once loved. It is also known as , which author Kat ...

'', he played a high school age hero trying to deal with his terminally-ill girlfriend. He also portrayed the character Kakuta in the film ''

20th Century Boys is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Big Comic Spirits'' from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 volumes. A 16 chapter ...

''. He starred in '' Kueki Ressha''. He also appeared in

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023). Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' i ...

's television drama ''

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'' and

Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director. Career After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with '' Dotsuitarunen'' (earning the Directors Guild of ...

's film ''A Chorus of Angels''. In July 2021, he performed in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Filmography

Film

* '' Crying Out Love in the Center of the World'' (2004) * ''Smile'' (2007) * '' One Million Yen Girl'' (2008) * '' 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End'' (2008) * '' 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope'' (2009) * '' 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption'' (2009) * '' Fish Story'' (2009) * ''

Moteki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in ''Evening'' magazine from 2008 to 2010, with its chapters collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a Japanese televi ...

'' (2010) * '' Seiji: Riku no Sakana'' (2012) * '' The Drudgery Train'' (2012) * ''A Chorus of Angels'' (2012) * '' Always: Sunset on Third Street '64'' (2012) * ''Saint Young Men'' (2013) * '' Human Trust'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2018), Gaku * ''

Samurai Marathon is a 2019 Japanese-British historical action adventure film co-written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu and Mirai Moriyama. It is based on the 2014 novel ''The Marathon Samurai: Five Tales of Japan’s Firs ...

'' (2019) * ''I Was a Secret Bitch'' (2019), Misawa * ''The Horse Thieves: Roads of Time'' (2019) * ''Underdog'' (2020), Suenaga * ''

We Couldn't Become Adults is a 2021 Japanese film written by Ryō Takada and directed by Yoshihiro Mori and starring Mirai Moriyama and Sairi Ito. It was released by Netflix on November 5, 2021. Plot The story moves back and forward in time, between 2020 and 1998, sh ...

'' (2021), Makoto Satō * ''

Inu-Oh is a 2021 Japanese animated musical film directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science SARU. Based upon the novel ''Tales of the Heike: Inu-Oh'' by Hideo Furukawa, the film is set in 14th century Japan and centers on the friendship between ...

'' (2021), Tomona (voice) * ''

Miss Osaka is a 2021 drama film directed by Daniel Dencik and stars Victoria Carmen Sonne. The film is set in Norway and Japan, and follows a Danish woman searching for her own identity who leaves her whole life behind after meeting a Japanese woman in ...

'' (2022) * ''Mountain Woman'' (2023), Mountain man * '' Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023), Ichiro Midorikawa / Kamen Rider No. 0 * '' Shadow of Fire'' (2023) * ''Great Absence'' (2024) * '' Ghost Cat Anzu'' (2024), Anzu (voice) * ''I Ai'' (2024) * '' Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie'' (2025), Owner Kobayashi

Television

* ''Waterboys 2'' (2003) * ''

Itoshi Kimi e is a Japanese television series that aired on Fuji Television in 2004. The drama is based on the novel ''Gege'' by Masashi Sada. Cast * Miho Kanno as Shiki Tomokawa * Naohito Fujiki as Shunsuke Azumi * Misaki Ito as Ai Asakura * Hiroshi Tamaki a ...

'' (2004) * ''Kiken na Aneki'' (2005) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

'' (2012) * ''Inagakike no Moshu'' (2017) * ''Miotsukushi Ryōrichō'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2019), Kōzō Minobe * ''

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan ''Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe'', known in Japan as , is a series of manga one-shots created by Hirohiko Araki. It is a spin-off from ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', the fourth part of Araki's ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' series, and features the c ...

'' (2020), Shishi Jūgo * ''Prism'' (2022), Yūma * ''

Ya Boy Kongming! is a Japanese manga series written by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by . The series was serialized on Kodansha's ' website from December 2019 to November 2021, before being transferred to ''Weekly Young Magazine''; its chapters have been co ...

'' (2023), Owner Kobayashi * ''Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku'' (2023)

Video games

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'' (2016)

Theatre

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'' (2009)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moriyama, Mirai Japanese male film actors Japanese male musical theatre actors Japanese male television actors 1984 births Living people Male actors from Kobe 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors