Rihito Itagaki

Rihito Itagaki (Japanese: 板垣 李光人, Hepburn: Itagaki Rihito, born January 28, 2002) is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for portraying Heure in Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018), Norman in The Promised Neverland (2020), Meguru Sōma in My Androgynous Boyfriend (2021), and Sōma Tezuka in And Yet, You Are So Sweet (2023).

Rihito Itagaki
板垣 李光人
Born	(2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 23) Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2012–present
Agent	Stardust Promotion
Website	rihitoitagaki.jp

Life and career

Itagaki was born on January 28, 2002, in Yamanashi Prefecture.^[1] He began modeling when he was two years old.^[2] In fifth grade, he passed the model audition for Stardust Promotion and joined the agency.^[3][4]

In 2018, Itagaki starred as Heure in Kamen Rider Zi-O, part of the Kamen Rider franchise. In 2020, he starred as Norman in The Promised Neverland. In 2021, he played his first lead role in My Androgynous Boyfriend as Meguru Sōma, an androgynous model and clothing store clerk.^[5]

In 2023, Itagaki portrayed the character of Magoroku Inui in the cooking drama Fermat no Ryōri.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Tokyo Slaves	Ryūō Edogawa		[7]
	The Last Soul	Yūichi Saeki (young)
2015	Pirameki's Children Story	Shūhei Taniguchi		[8]
2018	Rules of Evil and Masks	Fumihiro Kuki (young)
2019	Rin	Kei Ishikura
2020	The Promised Neverland	Norman		[9]
2021	Horimiya	Akane Yanagi		[10]
	Tsunagare Radio: Our Rainy Days	Selga		[11]
	Zokki	Convenience store clerk		[12]
2022	Lonely Castle in the Mirror	Subaru (voice)		[13]
2023	And Yet, You Are So Sweet	Sōma Tezuka		[14][15]
2024	Love You as the World Ends: The Final	Jin Amagi		[16]
	The Yin Yang Master Zero	The emperor		[17]
	Blue Period	Yotasuke Takahashi		[18]
	Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality	Inusaka Keno		[19]
	Cells at Work!	Junior Red Blood Cell (NT4201)		[20]
2025	Baban Baban Ban Vampire	Rihito Tatsuno		[21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Burning Flower	Yoshida Shōin (young)	Taiga drama
2017	My High School Business	Ryōta Okudera		[22]
2018	Kamen Rider Zi-O	Heure		[23]
2019	Cheers to Miki Clinic	Tsubasa Ameku		[24]
2020	Alice in Borderland	Hikari Kuina (young)
2021	Koko wa Ima kara Rinri Desu	Yukito Tokigawa		[25]
	My Androgynous Boyfriend	Meguru Sōma	Lead role	[26]
	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky	Tokugawa Akitake	Taiga drama	[27][28]
	A School Where Students Can Start Over	Kakeru Nogi		[29]
	I'll Do It Right in the Next Life	Leopold Imori	Guest role	[30]
	Run Through Beyond the Wind	Makoto Kizaki		[31]
2022	Scary Picture Book (season 4): "Kappa"			[32]
	Shijūkara	Chiaki Tachibana		[33]
	Invisible	Mantarō "Ma-kun" Sawatari		[34]
	Silent	Hikaru Aoba		[35]
2023	Marriage is Difficult for a Ninja	Kazuki Yamada	Guest role	[36]
	What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Ii Naomasa	Taiga drama	[37][38]
	Oh, Love Hotel: Secret	Tōru	Final episode	[39]
	Fermat's Cuisine	Magoroku Inui		[40]
2024	Mars	Konichi Aizawa		[41]
2025	Himitsu – Top Secret	Tsuyoshi Maki	Lead role	[42]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2025	48th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality, Cells at Work! and The Yin Yang Master Zero	Won	[43]