Shota Sometani

The native form of this personal name is Sometani Shōta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Shota Sometani (染谷 将太, Sometani Shōta) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo.^[1] He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte.

Shota Sometani
At the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival
Born	染谷 将太 (1992-09-03) September 3, 1992 (age 32) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Known for	Himizu
Spouse	Rinko Kikuchi ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2

Career

Sometani was a child actor. He has worked in both film and television, gaining his first leading role in Pandora's Box, a 2009 film adaptation of an Osamu Dazai novel.^[2]

In 2011, he received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his work in Himizu along with his co-star Fumi Nikaidō.^[3]

He appeared in Shinji Aoyama's 2011 film Tokyo Park,^[4] Koji Wakamatsu's 2012 film The Millennial Rapture,^[5] and starred in Gakuryu Ishii's 2012 film Isn't Anyone Alive?^[6]

Personal life

Sometani married actress Rinko Kikuchi on December 31, 2014. In October 2016, Kikuchi gave birth to their first child.^[7] Their second child was born in late 2018.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Ping Pong
2003	Hebi Ichigo	Masuda
2004	The Boy from Hell
	Devilman	Susumu
2008	Namida Tsubo	Young Yūsuke
	Fure Fure Shojo
2009	Pandora's Box		Lead role
2010	Yuriko's Aroma		Lead role
	Tokyo Island
	Awaremi Mumashika
2011	Tokyo Park	Hiro Takai
	Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan		Lead role
	Azemichi no Dandy
	Antoki no Inochi	Nobuo Yamaki
2012	Isn't Anyone Alive?	Keisuke	Lead role
	Himizu	Yuichi Sumida	Lead role
	Sadako 3D
	Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship	Kosuke Chiba
	Lesson of the Evil	Keisuke Hayami
	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer	Tokugawa Ietsuna
	The Millennial Rapture
	Wolf Children	Tanabe (voice)		[9]
2013	Strawberry Night
	The Intermission		Lead role
	Real	Shingo Takagi
	The Eternal Zero	Kenichiro Ōishi (young)
	The Kiyosu Conference	Mori Ranmaru
2014	Wood Job!	Yuki Hirano	Lead role	[10]
	The Snow White Murder Case	Hasegawa
	Kabukicho Love Hotel	Toru Takahashi		[11]
	Tears of Grapes	Roku	Lead role	[12]
	Parasyte: Part 1	Shinichi Izumi	Lead role	[13]
	As the Gods Will	Satake		[14]
	Tokyo Tribe	MC Show		[15]
2015	Parasyte: Part 2	Shinichi Izumi	Lead role
	The Virgin Psychics	Yoshiro Kamogawa	Lead role
	Teacher and Stray Cat	Shōgo
	Strayer's Chronicle	Manabu		[16]
	That's It	Samao Daikoku	Lead role	[17]
	Dear Deer	Takashi
	Bakuman	Eiji Nizuma		[18]
	The Boy and the Beast	Teen Kyuta (voice)		[19]
2016	The Actor	Yokota		[20]
	Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate	Yoshio Hasebe
	Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow	Egawa		[21]
	Live for Today: Genichiro Tenryu	Narrator
2017	Parks	Tokio
	March Comes In like a Lion	Harunobu Nikaidō
	March Goes Out like a Lamb	Harunobu Nikaidō
	Dawn Wind in My Poncho	Nakata
	Foreboding	Tatsuo Yamagiwa	Lead role
2018	Legend of the Demon Cat	Kūkai	Lead role, Chinese film
	And Your Bird Can Sing	Shizuo	Lead role
	The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan	Murata
	Punk Samurai Slash Down	Magobei
2019	Parallel World Love Story	Tomohiko Miwa
	Samurai Marathon	Uesugi Hironoshin
	To the Ends of the Earth	Yoshioka
	The First Supper	Rintarō	Lead role
2020	Stare	Hideaki Watanabe		[22]
	First Love	Kase		[23]
	Runway	Akechi		[24]
2021	Detective Chinatown 3	Akira Murata	Chinese film	[25]
	Belle	Shinjirō "Kamishin" Chikami (voice)		[26]
2022	What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?	Denki Mukogawa		[27]
	Suzume	Minoru Okabe (voice)		[28]
2023	Fly On	Kimura		[29]
	Lumberjack the Monster	Kurō Sugitani		[30]
2024	The Yin Yang Master Zero	Minamoto no Hiromasa		[31]
	Worlds Apart	Kazunari Tōno		[32]
	Sana: Let Me Hear	Yūma		[33]
	The Young Strangers	Yamato		[34]
	Saint Young Men: The Movie	Buddha	Lead role	[35]
	Ano Hito ga Kieta	Shimazaki		[36]
	Doctor-X: The Movie	Hiroto Kōzu / Takato Kōzu		[37]
	Cells at Work!	Helper T Cell		[38]
2025	BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues	Saneo	Lead role	[39]
	Bomb	Todoroki		[40]
	100 Meters	Komiya (voice)	Lead role	[41]

Television drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Clouds Over the Hill	Akiyama Yoshifuru (young)		[42]
2010	Ryōmaden	Yamauchi Toyonori	Taiga drama	[43]
2011	Gō	Mori Bōmaru	Taiga drama	[44]
2012	Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance	Haruka Mikoshiba
2013	xxxHolic	Kimihiro Watanuki
	Neo Ultra Q	Kōichi
	Minna! ESPer Dayo!	Yoshirō Kamogawa	Lead role
2016	Hibana: Spark	Ogata
2017	Foreboding	Tatsuo Yamagiwa	Lead role
2019	Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky	Kōya Kamiji	Asadora
2020–21	Awaiting Kirin	Oda Nobunaga	Taiga drama	[45]
2021	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses	Michael	Miniseries	[46]
2022	Teen Regime	Teru Washida	Miniseries	[47]
2023	Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero	Kenji Nakagome		[48]
2023	Sanctuary	Shimizu		[49]
2024	Tokyo Swindlers			[50]
2025	Unbound	Kitagawa Utamaro	Taiga drama	[51]
	Last Samurai Standing	Kocha Kamuy		[52][53]

Other television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2020	71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Judge	NHK		[54]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2011	68th Venice International Film Festival	Marcello Mastroianni Award	Won	[3]
2013	37th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomers of the Year	Won	[55]
	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomers of the Year	Won
2015	14th New York Asian Film Festival	Rising Star Award	Won
2016	39th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
	25th Japan Film Professional Awards	Best Actor	Won
2018	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2019	73rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
	28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2021	24th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Supporting Actor	Won	[45]