Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani
At the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival
Born
染谷 将太

(1992-09-03) September 3, 1992
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Known forHimizu
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
Children2

Shota 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.

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] Their second child was born in late 2018.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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
Wolf ChildrenTanabe (voice)[9]
2013Strawberry Night
The IntermissionLead role
RealShingo Takagi
The Eternal ZeroKenichiro Ōishi (young)
The Kiyosu ConferenceMori Ranmaru
2014Wood Job!Yuki HiranoLead role [10]
The Snow White Murder CaseHasegawa
Kabukicho Love HotelToru Takahashi[11]
Tears of Grapes Roku Lead role [12]
Parasyte: Part 1Shinichi IzumiLead role[13]
As the Gods WillSatake[14]
Tokyo TribeMC Show[15]
2015Parasyte: Part 2Shinichi IzumiLead role
The Virgin PsychicsYoshiro KamogawaLead role
Teacher and Stray CatShōgo
Strayer's ChronicleManabu[16]
That's ItSamao DaikokuLead role[17]
Dear DeerTakashi
BakumanEiji Nizuma[18]
The Boy and the BeastTeen Kyuta (voice)[19]
2016The ActorYokota[20]
Fueled: The Man They Called PirateYoshio Hasebe
Satoshi: A Move for TomorrowEgawa[21]
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[22]
First LoveKase[23]
RunwayAkechi[24]
2021Detective Chinatown 3Akira MurataChinese film[25]
BelleShinjirō "Kamishin" Chikami (voice)[26]
2022What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?Denki Mukogawa[27]
SuzumeMinoru Okabe (voice)[28]
2023Fly OnKimura[29]
Lumberjack the MonsterKurō Sugitani[30]
2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroMinamoto no Hiromasa[31]
Worlds ApartKazunari Tōno[32]
Sana: Let Me HearYūma[33]
The Young StrangersYamato[34]
Saint Young Men: The MovieBuddhaLead role[35]
Who's GoneShimazaki[36]
Doctor-X: The MovieHiroto Kōzu / Takato Kōzu[37]
Cells at Work!Helper T Cell[38]
2025BAUS: The Ship's Voyage ContinuesSaneoLead role[39]
Suzuki=BakudanTodoroki[40]
100 MetersKomiya (voice)Lead role[41]
PureheartedGoro Gotoda[42]
Beethoven FabricationAlexander Wheelock Thayer[43]
ScarletGuildenstern (voice)[44]
New Interpretation of the End of Edo PeriodMiyoshi Shinzō[45]
2026Kyojo: ReunionKenji Nakagome[46]
The A-Care: DisusebodyTadasu UrushiharaLead role[47]
AnyMartLead role[48]
Sana: Play with Me[49]
2027BorderHiroyuki NinomiyaLead role[50]

Television drama

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009Clouds Over the HillAkiyama Yoshifuru (young)[51]
2010RyōmadenYamauchi ToyonoriTaiga drama[52]
2011GōMori BōmaruTaiga drama[53]
2012Crime and Punishment: A Falsified RomanceHaruka Mikoshiba
2013xxxHolicKimihiro Watanuki
Neo Ultra QKōichi
Minna! ESPer Dayo!Yoshirō KamogawaLead role
2016Hibana: SparkOgata
2017ForebodingTatsuo YamagiwaLead role
2019Natsuzora: Natsu's SkyKōya KamijiAsadora[54]
2020–21Awaiting KirinOda NobunagaTaiga drama[55]
2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesMichaelMiniseries[56]
2022Teen RegimeTeru WashidaMiniseries[57]
2023Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo ZeroKenji Nakagome[58]
2023SanctuaryShimizu[59]
2024Tokyo Swindlers[60]
2025UnboundKitagawa UtamaroTaiga drama[61]
Last Samurai StandingKocha Kamuy[62][63]
2026BlossomIchiro NishioAsadora[64]
2026Tagusari Bros.Minoru Tagusari[65]

Other television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
202071st NHK Kōhaku Uta GassenJudge[66]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2011 68th Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Award Won [3]
2013 37th Elan d'or Awards Newcomers of the Year Won [67]
36th Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomers of the Year Won [68]
2015 14th New York Asian Film Festival Rising Star Award Won
2016 39th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Nominated [69]
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
2021 24th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actor Won [55]

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