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Shota Sometani
Sometani at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2017
Born染谷 将太
(1992-09-03) September 3, 1992 (age 32)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Known forHimizu
Spouse Rinko Kikuchi ​(m. 2014)
Children2

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

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.

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.

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

Personal life

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

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)
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
The Snow White Murder Case Hasegawa
Kabukicho Love Hotel Toru Takahashi
Tears of Grapes Roku Lead role
Parasyte: Part 1 Shinichi Izumi Lead role
As the Gods Will Satake
Tokyo Tribe MC Show
2015 Parasyte: Part 2 Shinichi Izumi Lead role
The Virgin Psychics Yoshiro Kamogawa Lead role
Teacher and Stray Cat Shōgo
Strayer's Chronicle Manabu
That's It Samao Daikoku Lead role
Dear Deer Takashi
Bakuman Eiji Nizuma
The Boy and the Beast Teen Kyuta (voice)
2016 The Actor Yokota
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate Yoshio Hasebe
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Egawa
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
First Love Kase
Runway Akechi
2021 Detective Chinatown 3 Akira Murata Chinese film
Belle Shinjirō "Kamishin" Chikami (voice)
2022 What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? Denki Mukogawa
Suzume Minoru Okabe (voice)
2023 Fly On Kimura
Lumberjack the Monster Kurō Sugitani
2024 The Yin Yang Master Zero Minamoto no Hiromasa
Worlds Apart Kazunari Tōno
Sana: Let Me Hear Yūma
The Young Strangers Yamato
Saint Young Men: The Movie Buddha Lead role
Ano Hito ga Kieta Shimazaki
Doctor-X: The Movie Hiroto Kōzu / Takato Kōzu
Cells at Work! Helper T Cell
2025 BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues Saneo Lead role

Television drama

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Saka no Ue no Kumo Akiyama Yoshifuru (young)
2010 Ryōmaden Yamauchi Toyonori Taiga drama
2011 Mori Bōmaru Taiga drama
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
2021 Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Michael Miniseries
2022 Teen Regime Teru Washida Miniseries
2023 Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero Kenji Nakagome
2023 Sanctuary Shimizu
2024 Tokyo Swindlers
2025 Unbound Kitagawa Utamaro Taiga drama

Other television

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

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2011 68th Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Award Won
2013 37th Elan d'or Awards Newcomers of the Year Won
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

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External links

Awards for Shota Sometani
Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actor
Marcello Mastroianni Award
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