Shōta Sometani

Shota Sometani
Born 染谷 将太
(1992-09-03) September 3, 1992
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Actor
Years active 2001–present
Known for Himizu
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Spouse(s)
Rinko Kikuchi (m. 2014)
Children 1

Shota Sometani (染谷 将太, Sometani Shōta) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo.[1] He is known for his roles in Himizu and Parasyte.

Career

Sometani was a child actor.[2] He has worked in both film and television, gaining his first leading role in Pandora's Box, a 2009 film adaptation of an Osamu Dazai novel.[3]

In 2011, he received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his work in Himizu along with his co-star Fumi Nikaidō.[4]

He appeared in Shinji Aoyama's 2011 film Tokyo Park,[5] Koji Wakamatsu's 2012 film The Millennial Rapture,[6] and starred in Gakuryu Ishii's 2012 film Isn't Anyone Alive?[7]

Personal life

Sometani married actress Rinko Kikuchi on December 31, 2014. Rinko Kikuchi is 12 years his elder.[8][9][10] In October 2016, Kikuchi gave birth to their first child.[11]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2002Ping Pong
2003Hebi Ichigo
2004The Boy From Hell
Devilman
2008Namida Tsubo
Fure Fure Shojo
2009Pandora's BoxLead role
2010Yuriko's AromaLead role
Tokyo Island
Awaremi Mumashika
2011Tokyo ParkHiro Takai
Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chanLead role
Azemichi no Dandy
Antoki no Inochi
2012Isn't Anyone Alive?KeisukeLead role
HimizuYuichi SumidaLead role
Sadako 3D
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl ShipKosuke Chiba
Lesson of the EvilKeisuke Hayami
Tenchi: The Samurai AstronomerTokugawa Ietsuna
The Millennial Rapture
2013Strawberry Night
The IntermissionLead role
RealShingo Takagi
The Eternal ZeroKenichiro Ōishi (young)
The Kiyosu ConferenceMori Ranmaru
2014Wood JobYuki Hirano[12]Lead role
The Snow White Murder CaseHasegawa
Kabukicho Love HotelToru Takahashi
Parasyte: Part 1Shinichi IzumiLead role
As the Gods WillSatake
2015Parasyte: Part 2Shinichi IzumiLead role
The Virgin PsychicsYoshiro KamogawaLead role
Teacher And Stray Cat
Strayer's Chronicle[13]Manabu
That's ItSamao DaikokuLead role
Dear DeerTakashi
BakumanNiizuma Eiji
2016The ActorYokota
Fueled: The Man They Called PirateYoshio Hasebe
Satoshi: A Move for TomorrowEgawa
Live for Today: Genichiro TenryuNarrator
2017ParksTokio
March Comes in like a LionHarunobu Nikaidō
March Goes out like a LambHarunobu Nikaidō
Dawn Wind in My PonchoNakata
ForebodingTatsuo YamagiwaLead role
2018Legend of the Demon CatKūkaiLead role, Chinese film
Kimi no Tori wa UtaeruShizuo
Shottan, The MiracleMurata
Punk Samurai Slash Down
2019Parallel World Love Story

Animated films

Year Title Role Notes
2012Wolf Children Ame and YukiTanabe
2015The Boy and the BeastKyuta (Teen)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009Saka no Ue no KumoAkiyama Yoshifuru (young)
2010RyōmadenYamauchi ToyonoriTaiga drama
2012Crime and Punishment: A Falsified RomanceHaruka Mikoshiba
2013XxxHolicKimihiro Watanuki
Neo Ultra QKoichi
Minna! ESPer Dayo!Yoshirō KamogawaLead role
2016HibanaOgata
2017ForebodingTatsuo YamagiwaLead role

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2010Hello, Again ～Mukashi Kara Aru Basho～Juju
2012Good LuckBump of Chicken

Awards

Year Award Category Result
2011 68th Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Award Won
2013 57th Elan d'or Awards Newcomers of the Year Won
36th Japan Academy Prize Newcomers of the Year Won
2016 39th Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor Nominated
25th Japan Film Professional Awards Best Actor Won

References

  1. ↑ "染谷将太 on Naver". NAVER (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Award-winning Japanese actor seeks complete art". Mail Online. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "'Villon no Tsuma'/'Pandora no Hako' | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Official Awards of the 68th Venice Film Festival". Le Biennale di Venezia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Young, Neil (14 August 2011). "Tokyo Park: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ↑ Young, Neil (3 September 2012). "The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ↑ Mes, Tom (3 September 2012). "Midnight Eye review: Isn't Anyone Alive?". Midnight Eye.
  8. ↑ "Actress Rinko Kikuchi, Actor Shōta Sometani Marry". Anime News Network. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Actress Kikuchi, actor Sometani tie knot". Kyodo News. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Actors Rinko Kikuchi and Shota Sometani tie the knot". The Japan Times. 2 January 2015. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  11. ↑ Sometani, Shôta. "無事第1子を出産しましたことをご報告させていただきます。 母子共に健康です。". Shôta Sometani Official Website.
  12. ↑ "マイア・ヒラサワ、映画『WOOD JOB！（ウッジョブ）～神去なあなあ日常～』主題歌担当" [Maia Hirasawa to sing main theme song for movie "Wood Job"]. Barks (in Japanese). Japan: Global Plus. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Strayer's Chronicle". Japan Society. Retrieved 2015-06-20.


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