Kento Yamazaki Explained

Kento Yamazaki
Native Name:山﨑賢人
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Name:Kento Yamazaki
Birth Date:September 7, 1994
Birth Place:Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:2010–present
Agent:Stardust Promotion
Website:Kento Yamazaki

is a Japanese actor and model.[1] [2] He is best known for his roles in the films L DK (2014), No Longer Heroine (2015), Orange (2015), and Kingdom (2019), as well as the TV shows Death Note (2015), Kiss That Kills (2018), Good Doctor (2018), and the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present). He is under the Japanese talent agency Stardust Promotion.[3]

Early life

Kento Yamazaki was born in Tokyo to a middle-class family. He lives with his father, mother and older brother. As an avid fan of football, he played the sport from 2nd grade until his 3rd year in middle school. He also had dreams of becoming a soccer player or a coach of the national team. His first modelling offer came during his third year of junior high school when he was scouted by his current agency at Takeshita Dori (Harajuku) while on his way home after a soccer match. He worked as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon from 2009 to 2011, before making his debut in acting.

Career

Yamazaki made his acting debut in 2010 when he was cast in the TV series Atami no Sousakan as a mysterious high school student. That was followed by a supporting role in TV series Clone Baby, where he played a hacker.

Yamazaki's first movie was Control Tower which was released in April 2011.[4] He sang and played the guitar in the movie, and his acting was well received.The next year, he appeared in The Wings of the Kirin (2012) and as the lead in the horror thriller film Another, working with Control Tower co-star Ai Hashimoto for the second time. He was later cast in the following films: The Chasing World 3[5] and Live action of Love for Beginners. In 2013, he led a film with an LGBT theme, Sato Family Breakfast, which aired on television. He also participated in the 2nd Taiwan International Queer Film Festival in 2015. Besides that, he took on a supporting role in the film JINX!!! and the TV series 35-sai no Koukousei. In 2014, he starred in a film based on the highly successful manga of the same name, L DK alongside Ayame Goriki.[6] The film was a breakthrough in his career which garnered him greater public attention. In the same year, he acted in three drama series, including Baseball Brainiacs, where he was cast with actors Sota Fukushi and Yuto Nakajima.[7] He also made his stage debut as main lead Inuzuka Shino in Satomi Hakkenden.

In 2015, he was again cast in a film adaptation of a popular manga titled Heroine Shikkaku alongside Mirei Kiritani.[8] He also played the lead role in Orange alongside Tao Tsuchiya.[9] Both films were a great success, with the former premiering

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at the Japanese box office earning while the latter grossed almost and becoming the 9th-highest-grossing Japanese films of 2016.[10] [11] [12] [13] From those two films, he won the 39th Japan Academy Prize for Newcomers of the Year and was also nominated at the 2016 Hochi Film Awards. That same year, he appeared in the television adaptation of the famous manga Death Note as L, and the NHK Asadora Mare, which was led by the aforementioned Tsuchiya Tao.

In 2016, Yamazaki was cast in Your Lie in April where he played the role of Kosei Arima, a gifted pianist, alongside Suzu Hirose, who portrayed Kaori Miyazono.[14] For this role, Yamazaki had to learn the piano and practiced for six months before the filming started.[15] Thereafter, he was cast in the live action adaptation of Wolf Girl and Black Prince and the TV series A Girl & Three Sweethearts.Yamazaki was also chosen to star in a special short film to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Yasuhisa Hara's historical manga Kingdom[16] as the main character, Shin. He reprised his role in the live action feature film that was released on April 19, 2019.[17] In 2017, he co-starred with Haruna Kawaguchi in One Week Friends.[18] The film received positive ratings from critics, which mostly praised Yamazaki for successfully portraying the cheerful and friendly Yuki Hase. Afterwards, he appeared in a few more live action movies: , Psychic Kusuo: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. and . Towards the end of 2017, he starred in the TV series Rikuoh.[19]

In January 2018, Yamazaki played the lead role of a top nightclub host for the NTV winter drama Kiss that Kills, his first lead role in a drama,[20] which also starred Mugi Kadowaki, Mackenyu and Masaki Suda. His film A Forest of Wool and Steel was released too, where he portrayed a piano tuner.[21] For preparation, Yamazaki lived in Hokkaido to learn and practice piano tuning. The Emperor and Empress of Japan attended a special screening of the film and met with the cast.[22] [23] In the summer of 2018, Yamazaki was cast in the TV series Good Doctor.[24] Based on the 2013 Korean drama of the same name, it tells the story of a young autistic man who becomes a pediatric surgeon. The drama received a positive response from viewers, and it was the first time he acted as a doctor and took on a more unconventional role. It earned him the Television Drama Academy Award for Best Actor.[25] [26] [27]

In 2020, Yamazaki went on to star in the live action film of . The film was released in February 2020. He played the lead role of Hirotaka Nifuji, an aloof working adult who is a huge fan of video games and the love interest of Narumi Momose, who was played by Mitsuki Takahata. He also starred in Theater: a Love Story as a struggling theater director.

In 2021, he starred in the sci-fi drama film The Door into Summer, loosely based on the novel of the same name. The following year of 2021 found him reprising his role as Li Xin in . His latest work is the lead role of the drama TV series Atom’s Last Shot as an indie game developer.

He is currently well known for his leading role as Ryohei Arisu in Netflix's adaptation of Alice in Borderland.

Kingdom 3: Flame of Destiny was set to be released on July 28.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Atami no Sousakan Shinya Shijima [28]
Clone Baby Jōtarō Okabe [29]
2011 Runaways: For Your Love Panda [30]
2012 Miss Double Faced Teacher Shunsuke Yasuda [31]
2013 No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 Ryo Akutsu [32]
Sato Family's Breakfast, Suzuki Family's Dinner Takumi Sato TV movie [33]
2014 Team Batista 4: Raden Meikyu Aoi Sakuranomiya [34]
Water Polo Yankees Ryuji Mifune [35]
Baseball Brainiacs Kōki Ebato [36]
2015 Mare Keita Kontani Asadora [37]
Eternal Us Sea Side Blue Taku Nagata TV movie [38]
Death Note [39]
2016 A Girl & Three Sweethearts Kanata Shibasaki [40]
2017 Rikuoh Daichi Miyazawa [41]
2018 Kiss that Kills Ōtarō Dōjima Lead role [42]
Good Doctor Minato Shindō Lead role [43]
From Today, It's My Turn!! Katori Episode 10; cameo [44]
2019 Time Limit Investigator 2019 Shota Amaya Episode 8 [45]
2020 Only I Am 17 Years Old Passerby Episode 4; cameo[46]
2020–present Alice in Borderland Ryōhei Arisu Lead role; 3 seasons[47]
2022 Atom's Last Shot Nayuta Azumi Lead role [48]
2024 Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Scramble Arc Saichi Sugimoto Lead role [49]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Control TowerKakeruLead role[50]
2012The Wings of the KirinTatsuya Sugino[51]
AnotherKōichi SakakibaraLead role[52]
The Chasing World 3SuguruLead role[53]
The Chasing World 5Suguru[54]
Love for BeginnersNishiki Hasegawa[55]
2013Jinx!!!Yūsuke Nomura[56]
2014L DKShūsei KugayamaLead role[57]
2015No Longer HeroineRita Terasaka[58]
OrangeKakeru NaruseLead role[59]
2016Your Lie in AprilKōsei ArimaLead role[60]
Wolf Girl and Black PrinceKyōya SataLead role[61]
Yo-Kai Watch The Movie 3: A Whale of Two WorldsKing Enma
2017One Week FriendsYūki HaseLead role[62]
Poetry Angel Man attending at briefing sessionCameo[63]
Jōsuke HigashikataLead role[64]
Psychic Kusuo: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.Kusuo SaikiLead role
Hōtarō OrekiLead role
2018A Forest of Wool and SteelNaoki TomuraLead role
2019KingdomXinLead role[65]
NiNoKuniYū (voice)Lead role[66]
2020Wotakoi: Love is Hard for OtakuHirotaka Nifuji Lead role
Theatre: A Love StoryNagataLead role[67]
Crazy Samurai MusashiChūsuke[68]
2021The Door into SummerSōichirō TakakuraLead role[69]
2022XinLead role[70]
2023XinLead role[71]
2024Golden KamuySaichi Sugimoto Lead role[72]
The Yin Yang Master ZeroAbe no SeimeiLead role[73]
XinLead role[74]

Music videos appearances

YearSongArtist
2011ResshaKarasu[75]
2018Sayonara ElegyMasaki Suda[76]

Stage performances

Bibliography

Photobooks

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
201639th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the YearOrange and No Longer Heroine[83]
41st Hochi Film AwardBest New Artist
201896th Television Drama Academy AwardsBest ActorKiss that Kills[84]
98th Television Drama Academy AwardsBest ActorGood Doctor[85]
Beijing IQiyi Scream Night AwardAsian Newcomer of The YearGood Doctor, Kiss That Kills[86]
2020Forbes Asia 100 Digital Stars Himself[87]
202423rd New York Asian Film FestivalBest from the East AwardKingdom series[88]

Notes and References

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