Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kentaro Sakaguchi (Japanese: 坂口 健太郎, Hepburn: Sakaguchi Kentarō, born July 11, 1991) is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as a model in Men's Non-no magazine in 2010, and as an actor under Tristone Entertainment in 2014.^[1] He has since starred in television series Tokyo Tarareba Musume (2017) and Signal (2018), as well as films The 100th Love with You (2017) and Color Me True (2018).^[2]

Kentaro Sakaguchi
坂口健太郎
Sakaguchi in September 2024
Born	(1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 33) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2010—present
Agent	Tristone [jp]
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Website	tristone.co.jp/actors/sakaguchi/

Biography

Kentaro Sakaguchi was born on July 11, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. His family consists of his mother and sister, his father has passed on.^[3]

Career

Modelling

Sakaguchi debuted as a model in 2010, and has since appeared in cover stories and pictorials for several magazines including Men's Non-no for which he was an exclusive model for 7 years.^[4] He has also participated in fashion shows like GirlsAward 2014 Spring/Summer and GirlsAward 2015 Spring/Summer.^[5][6]

He has been called the quintessential "shio-gao," literally salt-face, which is described as a fair-skinned male with good-looking face, defined Adam's apple and collarbones, as well eyes that turn into lines when smiling.^[7]

Acting

In 2014, Sakaguchi made his film debut as Shun in Shanti Days 365 Days, Happy Breath. In 2015, he made his television debut as Ichikawa Manabu for the Nippon TV drama Yokokuhan: The Pain. In August 2015, he appeared in the music video for "Yozora", a single by Miwa.^[8] In September that year, he gained popularity after appearing in the film adaptation of the manga Heroine Shikkaku and was featured in a variety of advertisements for L'air de Savon, Onitsuka Tiger, and niko and....^[9][10] In 2017, he played his first leading role in the film The 100th Love with You.^[11][12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Shanti Days 365 Days, Happy Breath	Shun
2015	My Love Story!	Makoto Sunakawa
	At Home	Jun Moriyama
	Our Little Sister	Tomoaki Fujii
	Prophecy	Manabu Ichikawa
	Her Granddaughter	Shinobu Dozono
	No Longer Heroine	Kosuke Hiromitsu
2016	The Kodai Family	Kohei Kishimoto
	64: Part I	Tejima
	64: Part II	Tejima
	The Inerasable	Tetsuo Misawa
	Golden Orchestra!	Sakashita
2017	The 100th Love With You	Riku Hasegawa	Lead role
	Narratage	Reiji Ono
2018	Color Me True	Kenji	Lead role	[13]
	The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps	Yūya Hoshino		[14]
2019	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	Akio	Lead role	[15]
	Dragon Quest: Your Story	Henry (voice)		[16]
	And Life Goes On	Kiyotaka Shimizu	Lead role	[17]
2020	Masked Ward	Hayami	Lead role	[18]
2021	Signal the Movie	Kento Saegusa	Lead role	[19]
2022	The Last 10 Years	Kazuto	Lead role	[20]
	Hell Dogs	Hideki Murooka		[21]
2023	Side by Side	Miyama	Lead role	[22]
2024	The Parades	Akira		[23]
2025	The Final Piece	Keisuke Kamijo	Lead role	[24]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015–17	Dr. Storks	Ryo Shirakawa	2 seasons	[25]
2015	Yokokuhan: The Pain	Ichikawa Manabu	Episodes 4 and 5
2016	Daddy Sister	Takezo Hoshino	Asadora	[26]
	Sleepeeer Hit!	Jun Koizumi
	Teacher Gappa	Ryuji Saeki	TV movie
	Love That Makes You Cry	Haruta Nakajo
	Copycat Criminal	Koichi Amikawa / Peace	TV movie
2017	Tokyo Tarareba Musume	Key
	I'm Sorry, I Love You	Satoru Hyūga
2018	Signal	Kento Saegusa	Lead role	[27]
2019	Innocence, Fight Against False Charges	Taku Kurokawa	Lead role	[28]
	And Life Goes On	Kiyotaka Shimizu	Lead role	[29]
2020	A Girl of 35	Yuto Hirose		[30]
2021	Air Girl	Yūki Mishima	TV movie	[31]
	Welcome Home, Monet	Kōtarō Suganami	Asadora	[32]
	Only Just Married	Shu Momose		[33]
2022	Hiru	Kara	Lead role	[34]
	The 13 Lords of the Shogun	Hōjō Yasutoki	Taiga drama	[35]
2023	Dr. Chocolate	Tetsuya Noda	Lead role	[36]
	Code Japan: The Price of Wishes	Minato Ninomiya	Lead role	[37]
2024	What Comes After Love	Jungo	Lead role; South Korean television series	[38]
	Beyond Goodbye	Naruse	Lead role	[39]

Music video appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2015	夜空。feat. ハジ→ (Yozora. feat. Haji)	Miwa (singer)		[40]
2017	アイオクリ (Aiokuri)	The Stroboscorp	The 100th Love with You OST	[41]
2022	Ms. Phenomenal	Radwimps	Theme song to movie The Last 10 Years	[42]
	Under the Skin	&TEAM		[43]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes	Ref.
2016	The Seagull	Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov	Tokyo Art Theater		[44]

Bibliography

Mook

• Sakamichi (Shueisha Mook, November 2015)^[45] ISBN 9784081022045

Photobook

• 25.6 (Shueisha, March 2018)^[46] ISBN 9784087808339

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	11th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best New Actor	My Love Story! & No Longer Heroine	Won	[47]
2017	41st Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	—	Won	[48]
	40th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	64: Part I & 64: Part II	Won	[49]
	Elle Cinema Award 2017	Elle Men Award	—	Won	[50]
2021	Seoul International Drama Awards	Asian Star Prize	NA	Won	[51]
2022	47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Hell Dogs	Nominated	[52]
2023	77th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[53]
	46th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[54]
	8th Asia Artist Awards	Best Artist Award (Actor)	—	Won	[55]
		Asia Celebrity Award	Won
Male Actor Popularity Award	Nominated	[56]

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External links

Media related to Kentaro Sakaguchi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Kentaro Sakaguchi at IMDb
• Kentaro Sakaguchi at Men's Non-no (in Japanese)