List of child actors from Japan

This is a list of child actors from Japan. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.

Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.

A

• Jin Akanishi (born 1984)
  • Nekketsu Ren-ai Dou (1999)
  • P.P.O.I. (1999)
  • Kowai Nichiyōbi (1999)
  • Best Friend (1999)
  • Taiyō wa Shizumanai (2000)
  • Haregi, Koko Ichiban (2000)
  • Omae no Yukichi ga Naiteiru (2001)
• Daiki Arioka (born 1991)
  • Scrap Teacher (2008)
• Aiko Asano (born 1970)
  • Drifting Classroom (1987)
• Mana Ashida (芦田愛菜) (born 2004)
  • Mother (2010)

E

• Rina Endō (遠藤 璃菜) (born 2005)
  • Chouchou-san (2011)
  • Piece – Kanojo no Kioku (2012)

F

• Kyoko Fukada (born 1982)
  • Ring 2 (1999)

H

• Ai Hashimoto (橋本愛) (born 1996)
  • Confessions (2010)
• Ryōko Hirosue (born 1980)
  • Shota no Sushi (1995)
• Takahiro Hōjō (born 1986)
  • Mayonaka wa Betsu no Kao (2002)
• Miyu Honda (本田望結) (born 2004)
  • Kaseifu no Mita (2011)
• Maki Horikita (born 1988)
  • Densha Otoko (2005)

I

• Yui Ichikawa (born 1986)
  • Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
• Riho Iida (born 1991)
  • Tensai Terebi Kun MAX (2002)
• Sosuke Ikematsu (born 1990)
  • The Last Samurai (2003)
• Takahiro Itō (1987–2009)
  • Andromedia (1998)

K

• Kanon Kasuga (春日香音) (born 2004)
  • Shōkōjo Seira (2009)
• Seishiro Kato (born 2001)
  • Tenchijin (2009)
• Haruna Kawaguchi (川口春奈) (born 1995)
  • Tokyo Dogs (2009)
• Kie Kitano (born 1991)
  • 14-year-old Mother (2006)
• Ayame Koike (彩夢) (born 1995)
  • Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi (2007)
• Seiran Kobayashi (小林星蘭) (born 2004)
  • Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku (2010)

M

• Tamaki Matsumoto (松元環季) (born 1999)
  • Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka (2008)
• Hibari Misora (1937 –1989)
  • Tokyo Kid (1950)
• Karen Miyama (美山加恋) (born 1996)
  • Mop Girl (2007)
• Ayaka Miyoshi (三吉彩花) (born 1996)
  • Confessions (2010)
• Suzuka Morita (born 1992)
  • Kamen Rider Decade (2009)
• Sumire Morohoshi (諸星すみれ) (born 1999)
  • Red Garden (2006)

N

• Yukie Nakama (born 1979)
  • Tomoko no Baai (1996)
• Terumi Niki (born 1949)
  • Red Beard (1965)

O

• Nozomi Ōhashi (大橋のぞみ) (born 1999)
  • Shiroi Haru (2009)
• Suzuka Ohgo (born 1993)
  • Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
• Natsuki Okamoto (born 1989)
  • Aoi uta - Nodo jiman Seishun hen (2006)

S

• Akira Saitō (斉藤晶) (born 1995)
  • Ue o Muite Arukō: Sakamoto Kyu Monogatari (2005)
• Maya Sakura (born 1998)
  • Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! (2009)
• Rio Sasaki (born 2002)
  • Ryōmaden (2010)
• Momoko Shibuya (born 1987)
  • Himawari (2000)
• Mirai Shida (born 1993)
  • Joō no Kyōshitsu (2005)
  • 14-year-old Mother (2006)
• Kaori Shimizu (born 1983)
  • Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
• Hana Sugisaki (杉咲花) (born 1997)
  • Kazoku no Uta (2012)
• Fuku Suzuki (鈴木福) (born 2004)
  • Marumo no Okite (2011)

T

• Hideko Takamine (1924–2010)
  • Tokyo Chorus (1931)
• Makoto Takeda (born 1990)
  • Cutie Honey: The Live (2007)
• Kanon Tani (谷花音) (born 2004)
  • Zenkai Girl (2011)

W

• Konomi Watanabe (渡邉このみ) (born 2006)
  • Youkame no Semi (2011)

Y

• Yūya Yagira (born 1990)
  • Nobody Knows (2004)
• Riko Yoshida (吉田里琴) (born 1999)
  • Oh! My Girl!! (2008)