Ryohei Suzuki

For the footballer, see Ryohei Suzuki (footballer).

Ryohei Suzuki (鈴木 亮平, Suzuki Ryōhei, born March 29, 1983 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)^[4] is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Ryohei Suzuki
鈴木 亮平
Suzuki at Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born	(1983-03-29) March 29, 1983 (age 42) Nishinomiya, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Ryohei Tomochika (友近 亮平, Tomochika Ryōhei)[1]
Alma mater	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Occupation	Actor
Agent	Horipro
Spouse	Unnamed (m. 2011)[2]
Children	1 (b. 2011)[3]
Website	Official profile

Early life and studies

Suzuki became interested in learning English after a visit to an uncle, who was living in Los Angeles when he was in Elementary school.^[5]

He and his brother went to the YMCA when he was in elementary school. While in the third year of junior high school, he participated in a YMCA program in Nishinomiya City. Words from a teacher in the YMCA remained in him, motivating him to study hard, taking his English classes seriously.^[5]

While in the second and third years of junior high school, he did short-term homestays (one to two week periods) in the United States and Australia. He then went to study abroad for one year, to rural Oklahoma, United States, while he was in high school.^[5] According to a comment on a TV program, Suzuki's reason to go abroad to study, was his first love.^[6]

He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with a Bachelor's degree in English Studies in March 2006.^[5]

He also became interested in German, after "falling in love with a German girl", as he said in a program.^[6] He won Dokkyo University's National High School German Speech Contest in 2000.^[7]

When he was a student, he worked part-time in NHK.^[8]

Career

Ryohei Suzuki played a role in the Netflix film City Hunter (2024), an action adaptation of 1980s manga.^[9]

Private life

Suzuki announce his marriage to a non-celebrity woman who works for a web-related company in Tokyo, via his agency on July 28, 2011. He met her while he was a model. The wedding ceremony and reception were held on July 24 at a hotel in Tokyo with only close relatives.^[2] They welcomed their first child, a girl, on November 17, 2011 at a hospital in Tokyo. He reported this the same day on his official blog.^[3]

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2004	Division 1 [ja]		"Stage 7: Tôkyô michika". Credited as Ryohei Tomochika	[10]
2006	Regatta: Kimi To ita Eien [ja]			[11][12]
2007	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise	Soichiro Akashi		[13]
	Seito Shokun!	Minamida	Final episode	[14][12][15]
	Hatsukoi net.com: Wasurerarenai Koi no uta [ja]	Yuji Kuroda	Episode 1	[16][17]
2009	Mei-chan no Shitsuji	Daimon		[18]
2012	Honjitsu wa Taian Nari	Kyosuke Misaki		[19]
2014	Hanako ando Anne	Eiji Muraoka	Asadora	[19]
2015	The Emperor's Cook	Shutaro Akiyama		[20]
	100 days: Love, Marriage, Sickness and Mom	Yuichi Sonoda		[21]
2016	Omukae desu	Nabeshima		[22]
2017	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit II	Hyugo	Fantasy taiga drama	[23]
	Tokyo Tarareba Musume	Tetsuro Hayasaka		[24]
	Kenji Miyazawa's Table	Kenji Miyazawa	Lead role	[25]
	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit III	Hyugo	Fantasy taiga drama	[25]
2018	Segodon	Saigō Takamori	Lead role; taiga drama	[19]
2020	Ship of Theseus	Bungo Sano		[26]
2021	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room	Kōta Kitami	Lead role	[27]
2022	Elpis	Saitō		[28]
2023	Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle	Shūji Nagumo	Lead role	[29]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Have a Song on Your Lips	Yuri's fiancé (Voice)		[30]
2017	Mumon: The Land of Stealth	Shimoyama Heibei		[31]
2019	One Night	Daiki Inamura		[32]
2021	Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai	Kondō Isami		[33]
	Last of the Wolves	Shigehiro Uebayashi		[34]
	The Mole Song: Final	Reo Todoroki		[35]
2023	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie	Kōta Kitami	Lead role	[36]
	Egoist	Kōsuke	Lead role	[37]
	Revolver Lily	Assassin X	Cameo	[38]
2024	City Hunter	Ryo Saeba	Lead role	[39]
2025	Petals and Memories	Toshiki Kato	Lead role	[40]
	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie 2	Kōta Kitami	Lead role	[41]

Dubbing

• Lightyear, Buzz Lightyear^[42]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
2015	39th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomers of the Year	Won	[43]
	8th International Drama Festival in Tokyo	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[44]
2016	58th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[45]
2021	34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[46]
	46th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[47]
2022	43rd Yokohama Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[48]
	76th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	[49]
	64th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	[50]
	45th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[51]
	95th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[52]
	17th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[53]
2023	16th Asian Film Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[54]
	22nd New York Asian Film Festival	Screen International Rising Star Asia Award	Won	[55]
	36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	Won	[56]
2024	78th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	Won	[57]
	45th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Won	[58]
	66th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[59]
	17th Asian Film Awards	Excellence in Asian Cinema Award	Won	[60]
	47th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Nominated	[61]

Books

• Suzuki Ryōhei First Photo Book (released on September 12, 2014)^[62]
• Suzuki Ryōhei no chūgaku eigo de sekai isshū! Feat. Steve Soresi (released on April 12, 2018)^[63]
• Itta ki ni naru seikaiisan (released on September 10, 2020)^[64]