Kento Yamazaki
Acting
Biography
Kento Yamazaki (山﨑賢人), born on September 7, 1994, in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, is a renowned Japanese actor and model. He was scouted during his junior high school years and began his career as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon. Shortly after, he transitioned into acting, making his debut in the TV series Atami no Sousakan in 2010. Yamazaki is best known for his roles in live-action adaptations of popular manga and anime. Some of his notable works include Your Lie in April (2016), Orange (2015), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), and Kingdom (2019). He also gained international recognition for his role as Ryōhei Arisu in the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present).
Born: September 7, 1994
Place of Birth: Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Female Teacher in Black
Takakura Yuko (Eikura Nana) is an ordinary chemistry teacher at a famous government-run preparatory school by day. But at night, she is a super teacher who solves a variety of difficult problems rampant on the school grounds that require more than sound arguments. From bullying to illicit sexual relations, marijuana and hallucinatory herbs. Her approach is “an eye for an eye”. She is willing to break the law in order to solve issues, and demand money from the people who seek help along with the classics teacher, Uchida Sumire (Ichikawa Mikako) and the art teacher, Fujii Aya (Kobayashi Satomi) whom she get on famously with despite their different personalities and interests.
Kiss that Kills
A mysterious woman appears in front of Otaro Dojima. The mysterious woman has a pale face with red lips. She kisses him and he dies, but the next moment he regains consciousness. He realizes he is now seven days in the past. The mysterious woman also follows him. Due to her kiss, Otaro Dojima dies and goes back to the past over and over again.
Alice in Borderland
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
Good Doctor
Minato Shindo has savant syndrome. His memory is amazing, but he has difficulty communicating with other people. When Minato was little, he dreamed of becoming a doctor. He met Doctor Akira Shiga and he wanted to become a pediatric surgeon. Akira was surprised by the 7-year-old's memory of the human organs and he decided to support Minato in achieving his dream. Eventually, Minato graduated from medical school and passed the national exam for medical practitioners. Now, Akira works as a director at a large hospital. He suggests to Minato to work in the pediatric surgery department at the hospital where he works.
Atami's Police Investigators
The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.
Kiss that Kills: Parallel
What would happen if Ōtarō wouldn't be able to go back in time with a kiss and be revived? A real-world-like parallel timeline about what happens after Ōtarō's deaths.
Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-
With two map pieces secured, Sugimoto ans Asirpa continue their hunt for the remaining 22 tattooed convicts whose bodies hold the key to hidden treasure.
Theatre: A Love Story
The director of a theatre company is in crisis and his actors have lost confidence in him. One day he meets a woman wearing the same shoes as him, immediately sparking chemistry between the two.
A Girl & Three Sweethearts
Sakurai Misaki has not dated in a long time. She has focused on her work as a pâtissier to eventually run her own business. One day, she gets fired from work. She then meets her first love from high school Shibasaki Chiaki. Misaki works part-time at Chiaki's restaurant and also stays there. While she lives with Chiaki at his restaurant, she realizes that Chiaki's two younger brothers Touma and Kanata also live there.
From Today, It's My Turn!!
Two transfer students, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Itō, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity, decide to take their arrival at a new school as an opportunity to reinvent their image, and become delinquents. The duo set out on various misadventures to become the greatest delinquents in all Japan!
Filmography
as Saichi Sugimoto
as Kurō Kumogakure
as Sugimoto Saichi
as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
as Abe no Seimei
as Saichi Sugimoto
as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
as Nayuta Azumi
as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
as Soichiro Takakura
as Ryohei Arisu
as Chusuke
as Nagata
as Hirotaka Nifuji
as Yuu (voice)
as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
as Minato Shindo
as Naoki Tomura
as Otaro Dojima
as 堂岛旺太郎
as Hōtarō Oreki
as Kusuo Saiki
as Daichi Miyazawa
as Josuke Higashikata
as Yuki Hase
as Kousei Arima
as Kanata Shibasaki
as Kyouya Sata
as Kakeru Naruse
as Rita Terasaka
as L
as Taku Nagata
as Kontani Keita
as Ryuji Mifune
as Koki Ebato
as Shūsei Kugayama
as Kuniko Muroi
as Ryo Akutsu
as Sato Takumi
as Nishiki Hasegawa
as Koichi Sakakibara
as Suguru
as Suguru
as Tatsuya Sugino
as Panda
as Kakeru
as Shinya Shijima
as Shota Amayo
as Ri Shin (Li Xin)