Nijirō Murakami

Nijiro Murakami
村上 虹郎
Murakami at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015
Born (1997-03-17) March 17, 1997
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
Years active2014–present
AgentDecade
Parents
WebsiteOfficial website

Nijiro Murakami (村上 虹郎, Murakami Nijirō; born March 17, 1997) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best-known for his role as Kaito in the 2014 romance film Still the Water, which was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Murakami's role in Last of the Wolves (2021) received critical acclaim and earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize. He also gained international recognition for his role as Shuntaro Chishiya in Netflix survival series Alice in Borderland.[1]

Early life and career

Murakami was born on March 17, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He is the only son of actor Jun Murakami and singer Ua.[3] His parents divorced when he was nine years old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and three younger half-siblings.[4] While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami also studied for years in Montreal, Canada.[5]

Murakami debuted in 2014, portraying the main role of Kaito in the award-winning film Still the Water, for which he received the Best Newcomer Award at the 29th Takasaki Film Festival.[6] In 2015, Murakami debuted in the television series Tenshi no Naifu.[7] That same year, he later starred in the live action adaptation of the anime Anohana,[8] as well as the film Wasurenai to Chikatta Boku ga Ita.

As a voice actor, Murakami is best-known for voicing Hiro Shishigami in the anime adaptation of the Inuyashiki manga.

Personal life

Health

In 2023, Murakami went on hiatus for mental and physical health issues, being absent from the Tokyo Revengers 2 red carpet event and dropping out of the stage play Evangelion Beyond.

He resumed activities in 2025, having only a cameo in the Singapore-Japanese co-production Lost and Found and the third season of Alice in Borderland.[9]

Domestic violence accusations

Murakami's ex–girlfriend accused him in early 2026 of domestic violence. The woman alleged there were at least four incidents from March to May 2024 in which he had hit her, pulled her hair, slammed her head against a window, and punched her in the face. According to reports, her injuries had taken at least a month to heal. Murakami admitted to injuring her in his questioning by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Agency.[10]

After the news of the assault came out, TV Tokyo was considering what to do with the opening episode of the upcoming horror anthology series Strange –Junji Ito’s Strange Stories That Keep You Up at Night, airing on July 3, 2026, in which he was scheduled to appear.[11]

Murakami posted an apology on X to his fans on June 28, 2026.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Still the Water Kaito Lead role [2]
As the Gods Will Haruhiko Yoshikawa [2]
2015 Forget Me Not Takashi Hayama Lead role [13]
Sayonara Yamashita [14]
2016 Destruction Babies Shōta Ashihara [15]
The Firefly Summers Kimihide [16]
Kuroi Bōdō [17]
2017 Mukoku Tōru Haneda [18]
Second Summer, Never See You Again Satoshi Shinohara Lead role [19]
Miracles of the Namiya General Store Shota Kobayashi [20]
Harunareya Mikio Nishimura Short film [21]
Amy Said Shunya Hasebe [22]
2018 Isle of Dogs Hiroshi (voice) American film [23]
Hanalei Bay Takahashi [24]
The Gun Tōru Nishikawa Lead role [25]
2019 Chiwawa Nagai [26]
They Say Nothing Stays the Same Genzō [27]
The Promised Land Hiro Nogami [28]
I Was a Secret Bitch Akira Kojima [29]
2020 Sasaki in My Mind Sudo [30]
Soirée Shota Iwamatsu Lead role [31]
2021 Last of the Wolves Kōta "Chinta" Chikada [32]
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Okada Izō [33]
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Okita Sōji [34]
Pretenders Sekai [35]
2022 The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie Senri Hasukabe [36]
2023 Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 Kazutora Hanemiya [37]
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 Kazutora Hanemiya [37]
Heartless Aragaki [38]
Kyrie Fūkin [39]
2024 The Yin Yang Master Zero Tachibana no Yasuie [40]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Tenshi no Naifu Jun Maruyama [2]
Anohana Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi Lead role; television film [2]
2016 Utsukushiki Mittsu no Uso Shogo Tachiki Episode 2 [2]
Shibuya Rei-chōme Ogito [2]
Botanical Life of Verandar 3 Keni'ichi Hiiragi Episode 4 [2]
Brass Dreams Hiroto Aoshima [41]
Cold Case: Shinjitsu no Tobira Ryo Doguchi Episode 5 [2]
2017 Dead Stock Riku Tsuneta Lead role [42]
Inuyashiki Hiro Shishigami Animation [2]
2018 The Black Company Ryuichi Kurata [43]
In This Corner of the World Tetsu Mizuhara [44]
2019 Les Misérables: Owari naki Tabiji Takumi Watanabe Television film [2]
2020 MIU 404 Yoshitaka Kosaka Episode 6 [45]
2020–2025 Alice in Borderland Shuntaro Chishiya 3 seasons [2]
2021 Iki wo Hisomete Shinpei Miyashita Episode 3 [46]
2021–2022 Come Come Everybody Isamu Kijima Asadora [47]
2022 10 Count to the Future Momosuke Saijō [48]
The Forbidden Magic Shingo Koshiba Television film [49]
2026 Lost and Found Jay Yamashita Singaporean-Japanese drama [50]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Japan Academy Film Prize 2018 Best Supporting Actor Mukoku Nominated [51]
2022 Last of the Wolves Nominated [52]
Kinema Junpo Awards 2017 Best New Actor Destruction Babies Won [53]
Mainichi Film Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actor Last of the Wolves Nominated [54]
Tama Film Awards 2016 Best New Actor Destruction Babies, Sayonara, The Firefly Summers Won [55]
Special Award (as an ensemble) Destruction Babies Won
Takasaki Film Festival 2015 Best New Actor Still the Water Won [56]
Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 Gemstone Award The Gun Won [57]
Yokohama Film Festival 2017 Best Newcomer Destruction Babies Won [53]

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