| Kanichiro | |
| Native Name: | 寛一郎 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Name: | Kanichiro Satō |
| Birth Date: | August 16, 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Yearsactive: | 2017–present |
| Website: | humanité official web |
is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor Kōichi Satō and also grandchild of actor Rentarō Mikuni.[1]
His father is actor Kōichi Satō, and his father often took him to filming locations since he was a child. On the set of TV series Pride in 2004, He said that he remembers Takuya Kimura, the lead actor, playing with him when he was a child.[2] Feeling that those around him expected him to be an actor in the future as a matter of course, he began to deny becoming one during his adolescent years. However, by the time he turned 18, he said he had made up his mind to live as an actor himself.[3] [2] When he was selected to appear in the television series La Grande Maison Tokyo in 2019, he responded to being told that he was riding on his father's coattails, "I became an actor after I was prepared to be told such things."[4] He said he chose Kanichiro by removing his family name Satō from his stage name because of his father's image and he wanted to challenge himself as an actor, independent of his father.[4]
In 2017, he made his acting debut in Miracles of the Namiya General Store, a film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki based on Keigo Higashino's novel of the same name.[5] He won the Best New Actor Award at the 27th Japanese Movie Critics Awards.[6] In this film, he co-starred with Toshiyuki Nishida, who is closely related to his grandfather Rentarō Mikuni from the Tsuribaka nisshi series.[5] The following year's The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine, a film directed by Takahisa Zeze earned him the 92nd Kinema Junpo Best Ten New Actor Award[7] and the Best Up-and-Coming Actor Award at the 33rd Takasaki Film Festival.[8] His major film credits include Taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun[9] and Kubi, a film directed by Takeshi Kitano.[6]
His first TV series appearance was in 2018 in Midnight Journal: Hunt for the Missing Kidnapper! The Truth of the Seventh Year[10] and his first starring role in a film was Running Again in 2019.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Anthem of the Heart | Taiki Tazaki | [12] | |
| Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Kohei | [13] | ||
| 2018 | The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine | Daijiro Furuta | [14] | |
| 2020 | Theatre: A Love Story | Nohara | [15] | |
| 2022 | Phases of the Moon | Nakanishi | [16] | |
| 2023 | Kubi | Mori Ranmaru | [17] | |
| Okiku of the World | Chuji | [18] | ||
| 2024 | Don't Lose Your Head! | Shimizu Ichigaku | [19] | |
| Promised Land | Reijiro | Lead role | [20] | |
| Desert of Namibia | Honda | [21] | ||
| Sisam | Kojiro | Lead role | [22] | |
| La Grande Maison Paris | Koichi Serita | [23] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | La Grande Maison Tokyo | Koichi Serita | [24] | ||
| 2022 | The 13 Lords of the Shogun | Kugyō | Taiga drama | ||
| 2024 | La Grande Maison Tokyo Special | Koichi Serita | [25] |