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Ryûnosuke Kamiki

Ryûnosuke Kamiki

Birthday: 1993-05-19 | Place of Birth: Saitama Prefecture,Japan

Ryunosuke Kamiki is a Japanese actor. He entered the industry in 1995 when he was only 2 years old. He made his drama debut in "Good News", which gained him immense popularity through his first full-time role as Naoya, playing the son of SMAP's Masahiro Nakai. In 2001, he was discovered by Hayao Miyazaki, and ended up voicing Bao in the animated film "Spirited Away" by Studio Ghibli, the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan. From 1999 to 2002 he had appeared in over a dozen projects, earning him the title of a child prodigy. He was awarded his first award for "Backdrop del mio Papá" when he was only 11. From 2004 to 2020, he has won awards every one or two alternative years. Today, Ryu remains an iconic and beloved actor in the Japanese industry. He has the reputation of a reliable lead actor who goes into character as soon as the cameras start rolling. For his successful transition from a child actor to a main lead combined with his modest personality, has made him a role model for many. When choosing works, he likes to experiment with roles or plots. He does not mind too much about popularity or being the main lead as long as he likes his role. Rather than "aiming for a big goal ahead", he is the type to do the job in front of him wholeheartedly. He has appeared in numerous award-winning projects. In 2011, he won his first international award for playing the main lead in the Amade Prize–winning "Threads of Our Hearts". To date, he has been an integral part of all the top 4 highest-grossing Japanese movies in Japan. His works continue to break records as his movie "your name." became the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time internationally. Ryu, alongside acting and voice acting, has dabbled in multiple fields. For variety shows he often does many documentaries. He even interviewed Will Smith for the magazine TV program 'ZIP!'. In 2015, he released his first book "Master's Café". Ryu challenged his first stage play with "Beautiful: The Woman Who Met with God", directed and written by Suzuki Matsuo, in 2019. The following year, he debuted in multiple fields such as a radio DJ for 'All Night Nippon 0' (ANN0) on 11th October 2020, which airs 3 am at nights between Saturday and Sunday. His directorial debut was with the music video for "I Treasure You" for SUPER HANDSOME COLLECTION "JUMP↑". He opened his own YouTube channel. He was also the official photographer for Takeru Satoh's 2021 calendar. In 2020, Ryu was awarded at the Elan d'or Award Ceremony, one of the most prestigious awards in Japan for completing 25 years in the industry. To thank his fans, he started the 25th Anniversary Celebration Project.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
NHK Butterfly Effect

as    Host

2022
xxxHOLiC

as    Kimihiro Watanuki

2022
If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student

as    Koga Yuri [Takae's brother]

2022
Noise

as    Shinichiro Moriya

2021
Ojisama to Neko

as    Fukumaru

2021
Life's Punchline

as    Shunta Asabuki

2020
Last Letter

as    Young Kyoshiro

2019
Everyone’s Demoted!!

as    Koji Takigawa(滝川 晃司)

2018
Mary and The Witch's Flower

as    Peter (voice)

2017
Your Name.

as    Taki Tachibana (voice)

2017
Detective Yugami

as    Torao Hanyu

2016
Too Young To Die!

as    Daisuke

2015
Bakuman

as    Akito Takagi

2014
As the Gods Will

as    Amaya Takeru

2013
Kogure Photo Studio

as    Hanabishi Eiichi

2012
The Secret World of Arrietty

as    Shou (voice)

2011
Odd Family 11

as    Kazuo Sanada

2011
Kokosei Restaurant

as    Yosuke Sakamoto

2010
Summer Wars

as    Kenji Koiso (voice)

2009
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

as    Katsumata

2007
Dondo Hare

as    Asakura Toyoma

2007
Into the Faraway Sky

as    Ryusuke

2007
Big Man Japan

as    Warabe-no-jû

2006
The Great Yokai War

as    Tadashi Ino

2005
Howl's Moving Castle

as    Markl (voice)