Takumi Kitamura

Takumi Kitamura (北村 匠海, Kitamura Takumi, born 3 November 1997) is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. He is represented by Stardust Promotion's Section 3.^[2] He is the leader of Stardust's music collective Ebidan unit Dish.^[3] As a member of Dish, he is nicknamed Takumi, stylized as TAKUMI.

Takumi Kitamura
北村 匠海
Kitamura at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Born	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 (age 27) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Takumi
Occupations	Actor singer model
Years active	2007–present
Agent	Stardust Promotion
Style	Television drama film
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Musical career
Genres	J-pop Rock
Instruments	Vocals Guitar
Labels	Sony Music Records
Website	Official profile

Biography

Kitamura was born on 3 November 1997, in Tokyo.^[2] He was scouted by Stardust Promotion when he was in third grade of elementary school.^[4]

His first singing debut was "Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen" in the NHK series Minna no Uta in February and March 2008. Later in June Kitamura's first film appearance was Dive!!.^[1] He won the 2009 Reader Model Award of the magazine Shōgaku Rokunensei in 2009.^[2] In the summer of 2010, Kitamura joined the actor unit Ebidan.^[4] He later joined Ebidan's dance rock band Dish in December 2011.^[5] Kitamura is the leader of the band^[3] as its lead vocalist and guitarist.^[6]

In August 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19.^[7]

Takumi recently starred in the live-action film Tokyo Revengers. The film received positive reviews, and is one of the highest grossing Japanese films of 2021.

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Notes
2008	"Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen"	As Takumi Kitamura & Toshiaki Matsumoto

Filmography

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2008	Homeroom on the Beachside	Hiroki Negishi (child)	Episode 4
	Joshidai Nama Kaikeishi no Jiken-bo	Ichiasa Kakimoto (child)	Episode 9
2009	Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire	Kota	Episode 29
	Anti-Terrorism Investigators	Kenji Juhon (child)
2011	Suzuki Sensei	Masa Izumi
2012	Taira no Kiyomori	Emperor Konoe	Taiga drama	[8]
	Pillow Talk: Bed no Omowaku	Motoki	Episode 11
2013	Aibō Season 11	Yusuke Aizawa	Episode 14
2014	Nobunaga Concerto	Katsuzo Mori	Episode 8
2015	Tenshi no Knife	Kazuya Sawamura		[9]
2016	Yutoridesuga nanika	Shigeru Kogure	Episodes 3 to 6, 8, 10	[10]
	Brass Dreams	Keita Abo		[11]
2017	Zutto Waratteta	Sanma Akashiya	Short drama
2018	Residential Complex	Saku Aoki
2019	The Good Wife	Kōtarō Asahi		[12]
2020	Love Begins When the Money Ends	Jun Itagaki	Miniseries	[13]
2021	Nizi Village Clinic	Taiyou Aoyama		[14]
	Night Doctor	Shun Sakuraba		[15]
	Kyojo 2	Akihiro Tōno	Miniseries	[16]
2022	Don't Call It Mystery	Jūto	Episodes 11 and 12	[17]
2023	On a Starry Night	Issei Hiiragi		[18]
	Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero	Akihiro Tōno		[16]
	Kissing the Ring Finger	Sakuraba Arata	Episodes 3, 8 and 10	[19]
2024	Antihero	Shūto Akamine		[20]
2025	Anpan	Takashi Yanai	Asadora	[21]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2008	Dive!!	Yoichi Fujitani (child)
	School Days with a Pig	Takumi Kishimoto
2009	Jūryoku Pierrot	Haru Okuno (child)
	Tajomaru	Naomitsu Hatakeyama (child)
	Shizumanu Taiyō	Katsumi Onchi (child)
2010	Surely Someday	Takumi Kishi (child)
2011	Ninja Kids!!!	Tamura Mikiemon
2012	Sorairo Monogatari: Nike to katatsumuri		Omnibus film	[1][22]
2013	Suzuki Sensei	Masa Izumi
	Girl in the Sunny Place	Kosuke Okuda (middle school)		[1]
2016	Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation	Shuhei		[23]
	Sing My Life	Tsubasa Seyama		[6][24]
	Destruction Babies	Kenji		[25]
2017	Let Me Eat Your Pancreas	Haruki Shiga	Lead role	[26]
	Love and Lies	Yūto Shiba
	Tremble All You Want	Ichi
2018	Over Drive	Akira Shinkai
	Waiting for Spring	Towa Asakura
2019	You Shine in the Moonlit Night	Takuya Okada	Lead role
	12 Suicidal Teens	Nobuo		[27]
	Hello World	Naomi Katagaki (voice)	Lead role
	Shadowfall	Keiji
	Seven Days War	Mamoru Suzuhara (voice)	Lead role
2020	Sakura	Kaoru Hasegawa	Lead role	[28]
	Love Me, Love Me Not	Rio Yamamoto	Lead role	[29]
	Love Me, Love Me Not: The Animation	A student (voice)	Cameo	[30]
	Our 30-Minute Sessions	Sōta Kubota	Lead role	[31]
	Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō	Agetarō Katsumata	Lead role
	Underdog	Ōmura
2021	My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy	Arashi
	Tokyo Revengers	Takemichi Hanagaki	Lead role	[32]
2022	Tombi: Father and Son	Akira Ichikawa		[33]
	The End of the Pale Hour	I	Lead role	[34]
	I Am What I Am			[35]
	Lonely Castle in the Mirror	Rion (voice)		[36]
2023	Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1	Takemichi Hanagaki	Lead role	[37]
	Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2	Takemichi Hanagaki	Lead role	[38]
	Scroll	I	Lead role	[39]
	The Innocent Game	Kaoru Yūki		[40]
2024	Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary	Billy (voice)		[41]
2025	Kaneko's Commissary			[42]
	A Bad Summer	Sasaki	Lead role	[43]

Video on demand

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes	Ref.
2022	One Night, She Thinks of the Dawn	He	Amazon Prime Video	Lead role	[44]
2023	YuYu Hakusho	Yusuke Urameshi	Netflix	Lead role	[45]

Music videos

Year	Title
2009	100s "Sekai no Flower Road"
2010	Radwimps "Keitai Denwa"
2011	Kimaguren "It's My Yūki"
2013	Tatsuro Yamashita "Hikari to Kimi e no Requiem"

Advertisements

Year	Title
2007	Honda Tei Yuka Tei Jūshin Minivan: Tei Yuka no Sekai
2011	Shinkenzemi Chūgaku Kōza
2016	JR Ski SKi
	radiko.jp
2017	Calorie Mate

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Hontōhakowai Dōyō Vol. 1: Amefuri	Kota	Lead role

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2017	42nd Hochi Film Awards	Best New Artist	Let Me Eat Your Pancreas	Won
	30th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer		Nominated
2018	72nd Mainichi Film Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
	60th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Newcomer		Nominated
	27th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer		Nominated
	41st Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year		Won
	13th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best New Actor		Won
2020	45th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Underdog	Nominated
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[46]
	45th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[47]
	GQ Japan Men Of The Year 2021	Men of the Year Breakthrough Actor	Himself	Won	[48]
	2021 Asia Artist Awards	Best Acting	Himself	Won	[49]
2022	47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Tombi: Father and Son	Nominated	[50]

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External links

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Takumi Kitamura at IMDb
• Takumi Kitamura at wiki informer