is a Japanese actor.
He debuted when he was 13 months old. He became recognized after his breakthrough role as Higuchi Yoroku (childhood name of
Naoe Kanetsugu
was a Japanese samurai of the 16th–17th centuries. The eldest son of Higuchi Kanetoyo, Kanetsugu was famed for his service to two generations of the Uesugi ''daimyōs''. He was also known by his court title, Yamashiro no Kami (山城守) or ...
, as well as Kanetsugu's first son, Takematsu) in ''Tenchijin'' the 2009 edition of
NHK
, also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee.
NHK ope ...
Taiga Drama
is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...
. Currently, he is actively appearing in many TV dramas, films, and TV commercials. He will also release a music CD titled on September 2, 2009.
Filmography
Films
* (2005)
* (2009)
* ''
Zatoichi
is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa. He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s). He first appeared in the 1948 essay ''Zatoichi Monogatari'', part of Shimozawa's '' ...
Ninja Kids!!!
is a 2011 Japanese family-oriented comedy film directed by Takashi Miike. The film is live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series ''Nintama Rantarō''. The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his ...
'' (2011) (Rantarō)
* '' Assassination Classroom: Graduation'' (2016) as Itona Horibe
* ''Hakubo'' (2019) as Yūsuke (voice)
* ''#HandballStrive'' (2020)
* ''The Sun Stands Still'' (2021) as Yūji Yanagi
* ''We're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The Movie'' (2023) as Hirata
* ''
Cells at Work!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It features the anthropomorphized cells of a human body, with the two main protagonists being a red blood cell and a white blood cell she frequently encounters. It wa ...
'' (2024) as Shin Takeda
Japanese dubbing of non-Japanese films
* ''
Happy Feet
''Happy Feet'' is a 2006 animated jukebox musical comedy film directed and produced by George Miller and written by Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris and Warren Coleman. It stars the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hug ...
Where the Wild Things Are
''Where the Wild Things Are'' is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several ti ...
'' - as Max
TV dramas
* final episode (2003 NTV) - as Mini Mittan
* 4th, 5th, & 10th episodes (2003, TBS) - as Yūya Doigaki
* 3rd & 8th episode (2004, TBS) - as Yūichi Yamane
* (2005,
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.NHK General) - as Daichi Ōtsuki
* 24th episode (September 16, 2006
CBC CBC may refer to:
Media
* Cadena Baja California or Grupo Cadena, a radio and television broadcaster in Mexico
* Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's radio and television public broadcaster
** CBC Television
** CBC Radio One
** CBC Music
** ...
)
* (April 7, 2007 NTV)
* (2007, NTV) - as Ryōya Kizaki
* 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, and 17th episodes (2007 NHK General,
Taiga Drama
is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...
- as Takeda Tarō (childhood name of
Takeda Yoshinobu
Takeda Yoshinobu (武田 義信, 1538 – November 19, 1567) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period.
Life
Born Takeda Tarō (武田 太郎), he was the son of Takeda Shingen, by Shingen's wife, Lady Sanjō (三条夫人, real name ...
)
* (January 5, 2008, NHK General) - as Kenta Sayama
* (2008, NTV) - as Makoto Nakamura
* (2008 TBS) - as Manabu
* (July 6, 2008,
BS-i
is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i).
Channels
*Television: BS-TBS is assigned BS161ch - 163ch.
*Radio: BS-i had been assigned 461ch, 462c ...
) - as Takeshi Toyama
* 7th episode (2008, TBS) - as Hiroshi Koizumi
* (October 7, 2008
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...
) - as Atsushi Irie
* (2008, NTV) - as Nozomu Yasuno
* (2009 NHK Taiga Drama) - 1st & 2nd episodes as Higuchi Yoroku, 23rd episode as Naoe Takematsu
* 1st and final episodes (January 12 and March 23, 2009 Fuji TV) - as childhood Daiki Kaji
* 1st, 7th and final episodes (January 16, March 6 and 13, 2009
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as , and better known as , is a Japanese television station serving the Kanto region as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. It is owned-and-operated by the a subsidiary of , itself controlled by ...
) - as Yōshichi
* 4th episode (February 28, 2009,
BS-i
is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i).
Channels
*Television: BS-TBS is assigned BS161ch - 163ch.
*Radio: BS-i had been assigned 461ch, 462c ...
) - as Kōhei Yokoyama
* (2009 Fuji TV) - as Ryōta Hatori
* (2010, TBS) - as Nakahara Takeru
* (2011,
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as , and better known as , is a Japanese television station serving the Kanto region as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. It is owned-and-operated by the a subsidiary of , itself controlled by ...
)
* (2012,
NHK
, also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee.
NHK ope ...
)
* ''
Kirin ga Kuru
Awaiting Kirin is a 2020 Jidaigeki, Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama, premiering on January 19, 2020 ...
Light Yagami
is the main protagonist of the manga series '' Death Note'', created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, a supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill anyone by ...
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...