Kenta Kiritani

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Kenta Kiritani
桐谷 健太
Born (1980-02-04) February 4, 1980 (age 44)
NationalityJapanese
EducationOsaka Prefectural Sakurazuka High School[1]
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1999 - present
AgentHot Road
Known for
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Children2
Awards
  • 2011 Elan d'or Newcomer Award
  • 2011 Osaka Cinema Festival Best Supporting Actor Award (Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!)
  • 2011 Japan Theater Staff Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Award (Beck)
WebsiteOfficial website

Kenta Kiritani (桐谷 健太, Kiritani Kenta, born February 4, 1980)[2] is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born in Kita-ku, Osaka.

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 Get Up! Haruhiko
2004 Minami no Teiō Shin
69 Yuji Shirkushi
2005 Break Through! Yoshio Kondo
Karaoke: Jinsei Kamihitoe Anjou
Beat Kids Kurata-sensei
Furyō Shōnen (Yankee) no Yume Tetsuya
2006 Wanawana Masashi Taiga
Deguchi no Nai Umi Tanokura
Kizarazu Cat's Eye: World Series Self-Defense Force personnel
2007 Pacchigi! Love & Peace Yoshio Kondo
Grow Atsushi Murakami Lead role
Crows Zero Tokio Tatsukawa
2008 Kamachop Keiichi Iwase
My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg Kenta Sato
Hyaku Hachi Coach
Boku no Oba-chan Lottery clerk
2009 Crows Zero II Tokio Tatsukawa
Rookies: Graduation Taira Hiratsuka
2010 Solanin Jiro Yamada
Beck Tsunemi Chiba
Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! Kenji Hattori
2012 Fly with the Gold Noda
2015 Have a Song on Your Lips Tetsuo Tsukamoto
Gonin Saga Daisuke Okoshi
Bakuman Shinta Fukuda [3]
2016 Too Young To Die! Cozy [4]
2017 Hibana: Spark Kamiya [5]
2022 Miracle City Koza Shōta / Haru Lead role [6]
Fragments of the Last Will Mitsuo Aizawa [7]
2023 Kubi Hattori Hanzō [8]
Analog Jun'ichi Takagi [9]

TV series[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1999 Ten'nen Shōjo Yorozu Next: Yokohama Hyaku Yoru-hen Hideki Wowow
2002 Kyūryū de Aimashō Ken Yamazaki TV Asahi
Lunch no Joō Maggie Fuji TV Episodes 3 and 8
2003 Time Limit Transport security guard TBS
2005 Tiger & Dragon Chibi T TBS
Division 1 Nakaoka Shintarō Fuji TV
Koisuru Nichiyobi Shinji Watarai BS-TBS Episode 16
Be-Bop High School 2 Shibata TBS
Shōakumana On'na ni Naru Hōhō Kujo Fuji TV
2006 Aibō Kotaro Waki TV Asahi Season 4, episode 13
Gekidan Engisha Yuikai Tomari Fuji TV
Tsunagareta Ashita' Kosuke Hattori NHK
Kurosagi Takashi Soma TBS Episode 3
Wagahai wa Shufudearu Yuki Nakajima TBS Episodes 18, 19, 23, and 36
Midnight Sun Masato TBS Episode 6
Bokutachi no Sensō Mazo Yamaguchi TBS
Waraeru Koi wa Shitakunai Takashi Daikoku TBS
One-pound Gospel Koryusei NTV Episodes 7 and 8
Hi Torishimariyaku Shin'nyū Shain Imaizumi TBS
2008 Rookies Taira Hiratsuka TBS
Ryūsei no Kizuna Hisanobu Takayama TBS
2009 Jin Yusuke Saburi TBS
2010 Ryōmaden Ikeuchi Kurata NHK Taiga drama
Strawberry Night Shinji Otsuka Fuji TV
2011 Zettai Reido Shinjiro Takikawa Fuji TV
Watashi wa Shadow Haruki Jinnai TBS
2012 Murder at Mt. Fuji Keiichiro Yumizaka TV Asahi
Osozaki no Himawari: Boku no Jinsei, Renewal Junichi Fujii Fuji TV
2013 Chichi no Hana, Saku Haru: Gifu Nagaragawa Hōkan Monogatari Jiro Tsuji NHK Lead role
Soratobu Kōhō-shitsu Takashi Kiritani TBS Episodes 1 to 10
Galileo Tomohiro Isogai Fuji TV Season 2, episode 5
Gekiryū: Watashi o Oboete Imasu ka? Koji Higashihagi NHK
Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? Shinzo Hoshi TBS
Tokei-ya no Musume Tsukasa Hanamura TBS
Y-O-U Yamabiko Ongaku Dōkō-kai Yusaku Kono KTV Lead role
Olympic no Minoshirokin Kiyoshi Yabutani TV Asahi
2014 Umoreru Toru Kitami Wowow Lead role
Sanuki Udon Yūshi-ka Teppei Onishi NHK Lead role
Oyaji no Senaka Daigo Sugimoto TBS Episode 6
The Eternal Zero Kentaro Saeki TV Tokyo
2015 The Emperor's Cook Shinataro Matsui TBS
Prophecy Ken Mizutani Wowow
Mozu Akifumi Mishima Wowow [10]
2016 Natsume ya Doro bō Kidan Kinnosuke Natsume TV Asahi Lead role
2018 Kimi ga Kokoro ni Sumitsuita Kojiro Yoshizaki TBS Lead role
Manpuku Katsuo Sera NHK Asadora
2019 Idaten Ichirō Kōno NHK Taiga drama

Internet series[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2012 Watashi ga Kogane o ou Riyū: Eiga "Ōgonwodaitetobe" Special Drama" Noda BeeTV

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Yakuza 4 Takeshi Kido Also likeness

Dubbing[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "藤井隆&ココリコ田中の教えて!Yahoo!先生" (in Japanese). April 3, 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "「おおさかシネマフェスティバル」 - 授賞式でも大阪の話題で盛り上がる" (in Japanese). Kyobashi Keizai Shimbun. March 7, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "漫画「バクマン。」が実写映画化 - 主人公コンビは佐藤健&神木隆之介、『モテキ』の大根仁が監督" (in Japanese). Fashion Press. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "長瀬智也、神木隆之介の成長に驚き 15年ぶり共演に「たくましくなっちゃって」" (in Japanese). Oricon. July 8, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "火花". eiga.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "沖縄・コザで1970年にタイムスリップ、桐谷健太主演のロック映画が2022年公開". Model Press. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "二宮和也「ラーゲリより愛を込めて」捕虜仲間に松坂桃李、中島健人、桐谷健太、安田顕". Natalie. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "北野武監督『首』今秋公開決定!ティザービジュアルが解禁!". Fan's Voice. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "アナログ". eiga.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "香川照之&伊藤淳史主演の「MOZU」スピンオフ、共演に早見あかり、桐谷健太ら" (in Japanese). Eiga Natalie. August 25, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "ターザン:REBORN". Star Channel. Retrieved October 2, 2019.

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