Go Ayano | |
Native Name: | 綾野 剛 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation: | Actor |
Spouse: | [1] |
Children: | 1 |
Years Active: | 2003–present |
is a Japanese actor.[2]
Ayano was featured in several roles beginning in 2003. In 2009, he appeared in Takashi Miike's Crows Zero 2. His role in the film was described by Mark Schilling of The Japan Times as "a tall, pale-faced, delicately featured boy who looks like Michael Jackson's Japanese cousin, but fights like Bruce Lee."[3] He was later cast in Shun Oguri's directorial debut, Surely Someday (2010).[4]
Ayano co-starred in Takefumi Tsutsui's In a Lonely Planet (2011) with Aya Takeko and Takayo Mimura.[5] He appeared in Mika Ninagawa's Helter Skelter (2012),[6] and had supporting roles in Eriko Kitagawa's I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012)[7] and Shuichi Okita's Yokomichi Yonosuke (2013).[8]
In 2013, Ayano starred in two of his highest profile roles to date: as George "Joe" Asakura in Gatchaman, a live-action adaptation of the classic Tatsunoko Productions anime, and as Ishikawa Goemon in Lupin III, adapted from the iconic manga by Monkey Punch and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.
In 2016, Ayano was cast as the lead character, Nyx Ulric, in the feature film .[9]
On December 31, 2022, Ayano announced that he had married actress Yui Sakuma.[10] On March 30, 2024, Ayano and Sakuma announced that they had a child together.[11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2005 | Nana | |||
2006 | Black Kiss | |||
2007 | Life | Isamu Takita | Lead role | |
2008 | Aquarian Age | Amemiya | ||
Love Exposure | ||||
Be a Man! Samurai School | Hien | |||
Naoko | Susumu Kuroda | |||
2009 | Tajomaru | |||
Crows Zero 2 | Ryo Urushibara | |||
2010 | Shibuya | Lead role | ||
Surely Someday | ||||
2011 | Gantz | |||
Usagi Drop | ||||
A Man with Style | ||||
Me o Tojite Gira Gira | Lead role | |||
In a Lonely Planet | Tetsuo | Lead role | ||
2012 | Hasami | |||
Helter Skelter | Shin'ichi Okumura | |||
Rurouni Kenshin | Gein | |||
I Have to Buy New Shoes | Kango | |||
The Samurai That Night | ||||
Working Holiday | ||||
2013 | The Story of Yonosuke | Katō | ||
Gatchaman | George "Joe" Asakura | |||
Flower of Shanidar | Kenji Ōtaki | Lead role | ||
2014 | Lupin III | Goemon Ishikawa XIII | ||
The Light Shines Only There | Tatsuo | Lead role | ||
The Perfect Insider | Sōhei Saikawa | |||
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 | Inui | [12] | ||
2015 | S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future | Iori Soga | ||
Piece of Cake | Kyōshirō Sugahara | |||
The Big Bee | Isao Saika | |||
Shinjuku Swan | Tatsuhiko Shiratori | Lead role | ||
2016 | Suwa | |||
Suwa | ||||
Rage | Naoto | |||
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | Yukimasu Amuro | |||
Twisted Justice | Moroboshi | Lead role | ||
Nyx Ulric (voice) | Lead role | |||
2017 | The Last Recipe | Yanagisawa | ||
Mukoku | Kengo Yatabe | Lead role | ||
Shinjuku Swan II | Tatsuhiko Shiratori | Lead role | ||
Satō | ||||
2018 | Punk Samurai Slash Down | Jūnoshin Kake | Lead role | |
2019 | The Promised Land | Takeshi Nakamura | Lead role | |
Pò Zhèn Zǐ | Lead role; Chinese film | |||
Family of Strangers | Chūya Tsukamoto | |||
2020 | Beneath the Shadow | Kon'no | Lead role | |
The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File | Hayato Inukai | Lead role | [13] | |
2021 | A Family | Kenji Yamamoto | Lead role | [14] |
Homunculus | Susumu Nakoshi | Lead role | [15] | |
2023 | Hard Days | Takayuki Yazaki | [16] | |
A Spoiling Rain | Tochitani | Lead role | [17] | |
2024 | Let's Go Karaoke! | Kyoji Narita | Lead role | [18] |
Last Mile | Ai Ibuki | [19] | ||
The Real You | Nakao | [20] | ||
Maru | Yokoyama | [21] | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2003 | Kamen Rider 555 | Spider Orphenoch/Aki Sawada | ||
2006 | Inugoe | Daiki Maeda | Lead role | |
2010 | Mother | |||
Second Virgin | ||||
2011 | Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana | |||
Downtown Rocket | Kensaku Mano | [22] | ||
Carnation | Ryūichi Suō | Asadora | ||
2012 | Pioneers | Kingi Abe | ||
Cleopatra Ladies: Eternal Desire for Beauty | Yu Kuosaki | |||
2013 | Yae's Sakura | Matsudaira Katamori | Taiga drama | [23] |
Matrimonial Chaos | Ryō Uehara | |||
Public Affairs Office in the Sky | Daisuke Sorai | |||
Link | ||||
2014 | S: The Last Policeman | Iori Soga | ||
The Long Goodbye | ||||
2014–16 | Ushijima the Loan Shark | Seasons 2 and 3 | [24] [25] | |
2015–17 | Dr. Storks | Sakura Kōnotori | Lead role; 2 seasons | [26] |
2017 | Frankenstein's Love | The Monster | Lead role | |
2018 | Hagetaka | Masahiko Washizu | Lead role | |
2020 | MIU404 | Ai Ibuki | Lead role | [27] |
2021 | Love Deeply! | Rintarō Hasuda | Lead role | [28] |
Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend | Himself | [29] | ||
Avalanche | Seiici Habu | Lead role | [30] | |
2022 | The Journalist | Shin'ichi Murakami | [31] | |
2023 | YuYu Hakusho | Younger Toguro | [32] | |
2024 | Tokyo Swindlers | Takumi Tsujimoto | Lead role | [33] |