Shōta Sometani

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

Shōta Sometani
Born
染谷 将太

(1992-09-03) September 3, 1992
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Known forHimizu
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse(s)
Rinko Kikuchi (m. 2014)
Children2

Career

Sometani was a child actor. 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.[2]

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.[3]

He appeared in Shinji Aoyama's 2011 film Tokyo Park,[4] Koji Wakamatsu's 2012 film The Millennial Rapture,[5] and starred in Gakuryu Ishii's 2012 film Isn't Anyone Alive?[6]

Personal life

Sometani married actress Rinko Kikuchi on December 31, 2014. In October 2016, Kikuchi gave birth to their first child.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002Ping Pong
2003Hebi IchigoMasuda
2004The Boy From Hell
DevilmanSusumu
2008Namida Tsuboyoung Yūsuke
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 InochiNobuo Yamaki
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 Job!Yuki Hirano[8]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 CatShōgo
Strayer's Chronicle[9]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
And Your Bird Can SingShizuoLead role
The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanMurata
Punk Samurai Slash DownMagobei
2019Parallel World Love StoryTomohiko Miwa
Samurai MarathonUesugi Hironoshin
To the Ends of the EarthYoshioka
The First SupperRintarōLead role
2020StareHideaki Watanabe
First LoveKase
Detective Chinatown 3Chinese film

Animated films
Year Title Role Notes
2012Wolf ChildrenTanabe
2015The Boy and the BeastKyuta (Teen)

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2009Saka no Ue no KumoAkiyama Yoshifuru (young)NHK
2010RyōmadenYamauchi ToyonoriNHKTaiga drama
2011GōMori BōmaruNHKTaiga drama
2012Crime and Punishment: A Falsified RomanceHaruka MikoshibaWowow
2013XxxHolicKimihiro WatanukiWowow
Neo Ultra QKōichiWowow
Minna! ESPer Dayo!Yoshirō KamogawaTV TokyoLead role
2016HibanaOgataNetflix
2017ForebodingTatsuo YamagiwaWowowLead role
2019NatsuzoraKōya KamijiNHKAsadora
2020Kirin ga KuruOda NobunagaNHKTaiga drama

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
2015 14th New York Asian Film Festival Rising Star Award Won
2016 39th Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor Nominated
25th Japan Film Professional Awards Best Actor Won
2018 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2019 73rd Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated

References
  1. "染谷将太 on Naver". NAVER (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. "'Villon no Tsuma'/'Pandora no Hako' | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. "Official Awards of the 68th Venice Film Festival". Le Biennale di Venezia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  4. Young, Neil (14 August 2011). "Tokyo Park: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Young, Neil (3 September 2012). "The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. Mes, Tom (3 September 2012). "Midnight Eye review: Isn't Anyone Alive?". Midnight Eye.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. "Strayer's Chronicle". Japan Society. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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