Seishiro Kato Explained

Seishirō Katō
Birth Date:	4 August 2001
Birth Place:	Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Yearsactive:	2002 - present
Relatives:	Kenshiro Kato (brother)
Website:	http://www.emimusic.jp/artist/seishiro/
Known For:	Higuchi Yoroku (childhood name of Naoe Kanetsugu in Tenchijin

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, as well as Kanetsugu's first son, Takematsu) in Tenchijin the 2009 edition of NHK Taiga Drama. 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.^[1]

Filmography

Films

• (2005)
• (2009)
• Zatoichi (2010)
• You are Umasou (film) (2010)
• Ninja Kids!!! (2011) (Rantarō)
• (2016) as Itona Horibe^[2]
• 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^[3]
• Cells at Work! (2024) as Shin Takeda^[4]

Japanese dubbing of non-Japanese films

• Happy Feet - as Mumble (childhood)
• The Legend - as Ajik
• Where the Wild Things Are - as Max^[5]

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)
• (2005, NHK General) - as Daichi Ōtsuki
• 24th episode (September 16, 2006 CBC)
• (April 7, 2007 NTV)
• (2007, NTV) - as Ryōya Kizaki
• 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, and 17th episodes (2007 NHK General, Taiga Drama - as Takeda Tarō (childhood name of Takeda Yoshinobu)
• (January 5, 2008, NHK General) - as Kenta Sayama
• (2008, NTV) - as Makoto Nakamura
• (2008 TBS) - as Manabu
• (July 6, 2008, BS-i) - as Takeshi Toyama
• 7th episode (2008, TBS) - as Hiroshi Koizumi
• (October 7, 2008 Fuji TV) - 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) - as Yōshichi
• 4th episode (February 28, 2009, BS-i) - as Kōhei Yokoyama
• (2009 Fuji TV) - as Ryōta Hatori
• (2010, TBS) - as Nakahara Takeru
• (2011, TV Asahi)
• (2012, NHK)
• Kirin ga Kuru (2020, NHK) - as Prince Sanehito

Theatre

• Les Misérables - Gavroche (2011-2013)
• Elisabeth - Young Rudolf (2012)
• Madama Butterfly - Dolore (2014)
• Love Never Dies - Gustave (2014)
• Kid Victory - Luke (2019)
• Newsies - Davey Jacobs (2020-2024)
• Be More Chill - Michael Mell (2022)

External links

• Official profile at EMI Music Japan
• Yamakoshi, Noriko and Robert Michael Poole. "Seishiro Kato: Popular, charming, talented, successful ... and nine years old." CNN Go. January 7, 2011.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ("Katsuobushi dayo Jinsei wa") ("Life is Like a Dried Bonito") . EMI Music Japan. 2009-09-02. 2010-01-07.
2. Web site: https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=354027. ja:暗殺教室～卒業編～(2016). March 29, 2016. allcinema. Stingray. Japanese.
3. Web site: ゆとりですがなにか インターナショナル. July 28, 2023. eiga.com.
4. Web site: はたらく細胞. 20 August 2024. eiga.com.
5. Web site: かいじゅうたちのいるところ. July 23, 2019. Star Channel.