(born September 17, 1979), known professionally as , is a Japanese male actor, vlogger, and content creator. He is best known for originating the role of

Sadaharu Inui ''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various ...

of the first generation

Seigaku ''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various ...

cast of the ''

Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

'' musical series (commonly called ''

Tenimyu , also known as for short, is a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on the manga series ''The Prince of Tennis'' created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. The first music ...

''), and also played the role of Kaito Toma, the human host of Ultraman Max in the 2005

Ultraman Max is a Japanese tokusatsu series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company. Released as the fourteenth entry (twentieth overall) in the ''Ultra Series'', it aired from July 2, 2005, until April 1, 2006. The show aimed ...

series. Aoyama reprised his role as Inui and reunited with the majority first Seigaku cast to perform in ''Tenimyus ''Dream Live 7th'' concert to celebrate the end of the series' first season. Aside from his acting career, he also had a Youtube Channel for his outdoor and travel contents. Aoyama appeared in the 1st anniversary of Ultraman Connection Live along with his

co-stars, Hitomi Hasebe, Sean Nichols, and series creators,

Takeshi Yagi is a Japanese TV director/producer whose credits include Tsuburaya Productions' popular Ultra Series. Personal history Born in 1967, Yagi grew up during the boom of tokusatsu television shows in Japan. In the mid-1990s, he joined Tsuburaya Pr ...

and Takashi Miike.

Stage roles

Tenimyu: The Prince Of Tennis Musical Series (as Sadaharu Inui) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'' (2003) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Remarkable 1st Match Fudomine (2003–2004) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 1st (2004) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': More Than Limit St. Rudolph Gakuen (2004) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Side Fudomine ~Special Match~ (In Winter of 2004-2005) * ''The Prince of Tennis Musical'': Dream Live 7th (2010)

Filmography

Film and television

*''Damenari'' (2004) TV series, as Tezuka *''Holyland'' (2005) Mini TV series, as Shinichi Kaneda *''

'' (2005) TV series, as Kaito Toma *''Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni'' (2006) as Tonomura Kazuki *''

Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to ...

'' (2006) as Detective Tōuta Matsuda *'' Death Note: The Last Name'' (2006) as Detective Tōuta Matsuda *''Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File'' (2007) Mini TV series *''Natsu Kumo Agare'' (2007) TV series *'' The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File'' (2008) as Detective Tōuta Matsuda *'' Sorasoi'' (2008) as Tabe *''

Ultraman X is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions. It is the 19th entry (28th overall) in the ''Ultra Series'' and is currently the last series to air as part of the ''Ultraman Retsuden, New Ultraman Retsuden'' programming block on ...

'' (2015) TV series, as Kaito Toma and Ultraman Max *''Taiyō no Futa'' (2016) as

Manabu Terata is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Constitutional Democratic Party. Early life Terata is a ...

*'' Death Note: New Generation'' (2016) as Detective Tōuta Matsuda *'' Death Note: Light Up the New World'' (2016) as Detective Tōuta Matsuda

Music videos

* Sota appeared in

Kimeru Kimeru (most often written either in Romaji (Kimeru) or with Katakana (キメル), but has been written as きめる (Hiragana) and (決める) (Kanji), born June 17, 1980) is a Japanese pop musician, singer, and stage actor. He is most famous ...

's music video of "Timeless" alongside fellow Tenimyu cast members

Eiji Takigawa is a Japanese actor, singer, and entertainer. Hailed from Osaka, Takigawa graduated from the law department of Kounan Daigaku (Konan University) at Kobe, before he pursued his career in the entertainment industry. On March 9, 2020, he announce ...

and

Naoya Gomoto is a Japanese actor. He originated the role of Kaoru Kaidoh as part of the first generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series (commonly called ''Tenimyu''). He also played Shūhei Hisagi in '' Rock Musical Bleach''. He a ...

Web series

*''Ultraman Connection Live'' (2022) as himself

References

External links

Sota Aoyama's yahoo group (English/Spanish version)Sota Aoyama's official blog Sota Aoyama's official web siteSota Aoyama Official Youtube Channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aoyama, Sota Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male television actors 1979 births Actors from Shimane Prefecture