Shota Sometani
Acting
Biography
Shota Sometani (染谷 将太 Sometani Shōta, born 3 September 1992) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte.
Born: September 3, 1992
Place of Birth: Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
A School Behind Bars
"A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside a prison. The school's students are all prisoners ranging in age from 20-70. The students are carefully selected after taking an entrance exam and being selected by the school's admission board.
Threads of Our Hearts
Akito has been the ears and voice of his mother, Reiko, since he was a child. Reiko was born deaf and has long dreamed that her son would become a professional pianist. Akito is studying to enter a prestigious music college, but he begins to have doubts about his talent. One day, he meets Izumi, a deaf girl who plays in a street band. He is attracted to her positive nature, but his mother disapproves, fearing Izumi could hinder his success in "a world with sound." Reiko insists Akito focus on his piano, but her expectations burden him. Then Akito begins to question his mother's attitude towards life as well as his own when he discovers something new about her.
Suzuki=Bakudan
An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist. However, Suzuki first claims to know about the bombs through psychic clairvoyance, and then claims he was hypnotized to forget. He gives hints about the bombs with riddles while riling up his interrogators, especially senior detective Kiyomiya and his junior Ruike. Things seem to be connected to a disgraced cop named Hasebe, who committed suicide after a scandal some years ago. But is Suzuki actually the perpetrator behind the bombs or not?
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
Two brothers start working as benshi narrators of silent films in a cinema in the early 20th century. This premise is the jumping-off point for an epic family saga that follows the protagonists and their descendants through wars and technological developments.
Neo Ultra Q
Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monstrous appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.
Ryōmaden
Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Tadaima, Jacqueline
When Satoru (Shota Sometani) was 5-years-old, he became an orphan due to a bus accident. A ventriloquist doll was at the scene of the accident. Satoru suffered deep psychological trauma from the fatal accident. 13 years later, Satoru hears from Emi (Shuri), who grew up with Satoru at the orphanage, that a King of Comedy Festival will be held, but Sumiko (Michiyo Nakahara), the manager of the orphanage, is ill. Emi asks Satoru to perform as a ventriloquist at the festival. Satoru doesn't like the idea, but the ventriloquist doll from the fatal accident, is happy to perform with Satoru again.
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Rebooting
A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch.
Synanthrope
A college student's secret crush on a coworker at a small burger joint collides with chaos when a robbery erupts, unraveling hidden tensions and forcing a tight-knit group of eight to confront fractured loyalties and the blurred lines between love and betrayal.
Filmography
as Guildenstern (voice)
as Kocha Kamuy
as Todoroki
as Orita
as Komiya (voice)
as Thayer
as Helper T Cell
as Shimazaki
as 長井
as Kazunari Tōno
as Minamoto no Hiromasa
as Sugaya
as Kuroba Kei
as Kuro Sugitani
as Kimura
as Kazuki Shiina
as Shimizu
as Kenji Nagagome
as Shunsuke
as Ushigoro
as Minoru Okabe (voice)
as Yuta
as Washida Teru
as Denki Mukogawa
as Shinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)
as Murata Akira
as Akechi
as Himself
as Tsuyo
as ブッダ
as Oda Nobunaga
as Watanabe Hideaki
as Rintaro Higashi
as Yoshioka
as Buddha
as Kase
as Tomohiko Miwa
as Hironoshin Uesugi
as Gautama Buddha
as Shizuo
as Makobee Makubo
as Kukai
as Tetsuo
as Nakata
as Tatsuo Yamagiwa
as Harunobu Nikaido
as Tokio
as Harunobu Nikaido
as Yoshio Hasebe
as Mitsugu Egawa
as Kenji Ogata
as Self
as Yokota
as Eiji Niizuma
as Yoshio Kamogawa
as Takashi
as Yoshirō "Yocchan" Kamogawa
as Teenage Kyuta (voice)
as Manabu
as Self
as Samao Daikoku
as Izumi Shinichi
as Yoshiri Kamogawa
as Shogo Kojika
as Izumi Shinichi
as Satake
as Roku
as Toru Takahashi
as MC Show
as Toshi
as 竹下幸雄
as Yuki Hirano
as Hasegawa
as Oishi
as Chihiro
as Ranmaru Mori
as Shingo Takagi
as Byakko / White Tiger
as Yoshiro Kamogawa
as Kosuke Chiba
as Kimihiro Watanuki
as Shimura
as Kento Yanai
as Koichi
as Keisuke Hayami
as Tenchi Meisatsu
as Tatsuo
as Mr. Tanabe (voice)
as Enoki
as Mikoshiba Haruka
as Keisuke
as Nobuo Yamaki
as Maru
as Yuichi Sumida
as Takako Uehara
as Kota
as Hiro Takai
as Mii-Kun
as Yuta Onozawa
as Manta
as Ajisawa Sorao
as Tetsuya
as 貧乏剛
as Masanobu Kato
as Risuke/Hibari
as Tamura Akira
as Daiki Amamiya
as Sorau Ajizawa
as Fumihiko Daidoji
as Susumu
as Fumihiko Daidōji
as Boy
as Boy
as Minoru Tagusari