Shota Sometani

ActorDirector Sep 3 (age 33) Koto, Tokyo, Japan 2002–2026 (24 year career)

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Biography

Shota Sometani (染谷将太 Sometani Shōta, born 3 September 1992) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte.

Known For

Film

Wolf Children

Mr. Tanabe (voice)

Film

Suzume

Minoru Okabe (voice)

Film

The Boy and the Beast

Teenage Kyuta (voice)

Film

Belle

Shinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)

Film

As the Gods Will

Satake

Film

Last Samurai Standing

Kocha Kamuy

Film

Parasyte: Part 1

Izumi Shinichi

Film

First Love

Kase

Filmography

Acting (156)

Movies (117)

Kyojo Reunion

2026

AnyMart

2026 Upcoming

as Sakai

Jul 17

THE A-CARE -Disusebody-

2026 Upcoming

May 15

Scarlet

2025

as Guildenstern (voice)

Suzuki=Bakudan

as Todoroki

100 METERS

as Komiya (voice)

Faking Beethoven

as Thayer

Purehearted

BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

2025

9.4

New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

2025

Cells at Work!

2024

as Helper T Cell

7.8

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024

as Minamoto no Hiromasa

6.1

Worlds Apart

2024

as Kazunari Tōno

7.9

Doctor X: The Movie Final

2024

7.5

Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~

as Buddha

The Young Strangers

Sana: Let Me Hear

That Person Has Disappeared

as Shimazaki

Fly On

as Kimura

Lumberjack the Monster

as Kuro Sugitani

Ichigeki

as Ushigoro

CRANK

Actors Short Films Season 3

2023

7.0

Suzume

2022

as Minoru Okabe (voice)

7.9

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

2022

as Denki Mukogawa

4.5

Momo and the Seven Papagenos

2022

as Yuta

7.0

Belle

2021

as Shinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)

7.6

Detective Chinatown 3

as Murata Akira

Runway

as Akechi

Stare

as Watanabe Hideaki

Saint Young Men 3

as ブッダ

Kamiki Ryunosuke 25th Anniversary DVD

as Himself

First Love

as Kase

Samurai Marathon

as Hironoshin Uesugi

To the Ends of the Earth

as Yoshioka

The First Supper

as Rintaro Higashi

Saint Young Men 2nd Century

2019

as Buddha

6.0

Parallel World Love Story

2019

as Tomohiko Miwa

5.9

Punk Samurai Slash Down

2018

as Makobee Makubo

5.6

And Your Bird Can Sing

as Shizuo

Saint Young Men

as Gautama Buddha

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

Before We Vanish

Dawn Wind in My Poncho

2017

as Nakata

7.0

March Comes In Like a Lion

2017

as Harunobu Nikaido

6.9

Legend of the Demon Cat

2017

as Kukai

6.3

March Goes out Like a Lamb

as Harunobu Nikaido

Foreboding

as Tetsuo

Parks

as Tokio

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

as Yoshio Hasebe

The Actor

as Yokota

The Sion Sono

as Self

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

2016

as Mitsugu Egawa

6.3

The Boy and the Beast

2015

as Teenage Kyuta (voice)

Bakuman

as Eiji Niizuma

The Virgin Psychics

as Yoshio Kamogawa

Parasyte: Part 2

as Izumi Shinichi

All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

2015

as Yoshirō "Yocchan" Kamogawa

6.0

Strayer's Chronicle

2015

as Manabu

5.3

All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

as Yoshiri Kamogawa

That's It

as Samao Daikoku

5windows eb(is)

Dear Deer

as Takashi

Teacher and Stray Cat

2015

as Shogo Kojika

6.4

Making of Tokyo Tribe

2015

as Self

Drive-In Gamo

2014

as Toshi

Parasyte: Part 1

as Izumi Shinichi

As the Gods Will

as Satake

Wood Job!

as Yuki Hirano

Tokyo Tribe

as MC Show

The Snow White Murder Case

as Hasegawa

Kabukicho Love Hotel

as Toru Takahashi

正しく忘れる

as 竹下幸雄

A Drop of the Grapevine

2014

as Roku

2.0

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

as (segment Sion Sono)

4.9

Jellyfish Eyes

2013

as Byakko / White Tiger

5.0

The Brain Man

2013

as Shimura

6.2

The Kiyosu Conference

as Ranmaru Mori

The Eternal Zero

as Oishi

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship

as Kosuke Chiba

Tadaima, Jacqueline

Strawberry Night

as Kento Yanai

Similar But Different

2013

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

as Chihiro

Real

as Shingo Takagi

The Intermission

Wolf Children

as Mr. Tanabe (voice)

Himizu

as Yuichi Sumida

Sadako 3D

as Enoki

Lesson of the Evil

as Keisuke Hayami

The Millennial Rapture

2012

as Tatsuo

4.0

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

2012

as Kenji

7.1

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

as Tenchi Meisatsu

Isn't Anyone Alive?

as Keisuke

5windows

Tokyo Park

as Hiro Takai

Life Back Then

as Nobuo Yamaki

The End of Puberty

as Maru

A Man with Style

as Kota

Threads of Our Hearts

Tokyo Island

as Manta

A School Behind Bars

Yuriko's Aroma

as Tetsuya

Awaremi Mumashika

A Liar and a Broken Girl

as Mii-Kun

Nora

Pandora's Box

as Risuke/Hibari

魔法のiらんど SixDays

Cheer Cheer Cheer!

as Tamura Akira

Tear Jar

Fourteen

as Daiki Amamiya

Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee

as Fumihiko Daidoji

Aogeba Tôtoshi

Devilman

as Susumu

The Boy from Hell

Ping Pong

as Boy

国境

Television (39)

TAGUSARI bros.

2026 Upcoming

as Tagusari Minoru

Apr 17

Last Samurai Standing

as Kocha Kamuy

Synanthrope

as Orita

Tokyo Swindlers

as 長井

Seven Orifices

as Sugaya

Yips

as Kuroba Kei

Rebooting

as Shunsuke

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

as Kenji Nagagome

Sanctuary

as Shimizu

CODE: The Price of Wishes

2023

as Kazuki Shiina

6.0

Ozu

2023

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

Teen Regime

as Washida Teru

Awaiting Kirin

as Oda Nobunaga

Today's Nekomura

as Tsuyo

Foreboding: Serial Version

as Tatsuo Yamagiwa

Hibana: Spark

as Kenji Ogata

Shokuzai no Sonata

みんな!エスパーだよ! ～欲望だらけのラブ・ウォーズ～

2015

as Yoshirō "Yocchan" Kamogawa

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

as Yoshiro Kamogawa

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

as Yoshio Kamogawa

×××HOLiC

as Kimihiro Watanuki

Neo Ultra Q

as Koichi

Blackboard

Blackboard

Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance

as Mikoshiba Haruka

O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜

The Tempest

as Takako Uehara

Ryōmaden

Atami's Police Investigators

as Ajisawa Sorao

Bukatsudo

as 貧乏剛

Graduation Song

as Masanobu Kato

I'll Still Love You in 10 Years

as Yuta Onozawa

Azamijô no lullaby

Clouds Over the Hill

Time Limit Investigator

as Sorau Ajizawa

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

as Fumihiko Daidōji

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Kamen Rider

as Boy

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

I'm still here

2019

Director

7.0

Similar But Different

2013

Director