Shōta Sometani’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Child actor, Talent
Is Actor 
Child actor 
From Japan 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 3 September 1992, Tokyo, Japan
Age: 27 years
Star sign Virgo
Family
Spouse: Rinko Kikuchi

Shota Sometani (染谷 将太, Sometani Shōta) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo.

Personal life

Sometani married actress Rinko Kikuchi on December 31, 2014. In October 2016, Kikuchi gave birth to their first child.

Career

Sometani appeared in Shinji Aoyama’s 2011 film Tokyo Park.

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 Koji Wakamatsu’s 2012 film The Millennial Rapture, and starred in Gakuryu Ishii’s 2012 film Isn’t Anyone Alive?

Filmography

Films

  • Ping Pong (2002)
  • Hebi Ichigo (2003)
  • The Boy From Hell (2004)
  • Devilman (2004)
  • Namida Tsubo (2008)
  • Fure Fure Shojo (2008)
  • Pandora’s Box (2009)
  • Yuriko’s Aroma (2010)
  • Tokyo Island (2010)
  • Awaremi Mumashika (2010)
  • Tokyo Park (2011), as Hiro Takai
  • Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan (2011)
  • Azemichi no Dandy (2011)
  • Antoki no Inochi (2011)
  • Isn’t Anyone Alive? (2012), as Keisuke
  • Himizu (2012), as Yuichi Sumida
  • Sadako 3D (2012)
  • Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2012), as Kosuke Chiba
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012), as Keisuke Hayami
  • Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
  • The Millennial Rapture (2012)
  • Strawberry Night (2013)
  • The Intermission (2013)
  • Real (2013), as Shingo Takagi
  • The Eternal Zero (2013), as young Kenichiro Ōishi
  • The Kiyosu Conference (2013), as Mori Ranmaru
  • Wood Job (2014), as Yuki Hirano
  • The Snow White Murder Case (2014), as Hasegawa
  • Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014), as Toru Takahashi
  • Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2014), as Tokugawa Ietsuna
  • Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), as Shinichi Izumi
  • As the Gods Will (2014), as Satake
  • Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), as Shinichi Izumi
  • Teacher And Stray Cat (2015)
  • Strayer’s Chronicle (2015), as Manabu
  • That’s It (2015), as Samao Daikoku
  • Dear Deer (2015), as Takashi
  • Bakuman (2015), as Niizuma Eiji
  • The Actor (2016), as Yokota
  • A Man Called Pirate (2016), as Yoshio Hasebe
  • Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (2016), as Egawa
  • Live for Today: Genichiro Tenryu (2016), as the narrator
  • Parks (2017), as Tokio
  • March Comes in like a Lion (2017), as Harunobu Nikaidō
  • The Legend of the Cat Demon (2018), as Kūkai

Animated films

  • Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (2012), as Tanabe
  • The Boy and the Beast (2015), as Kyuta (Teen)

Television

  • Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009), as young Akiyama Yoshifuru
  • Ryōmaden (2010), as Yamauchi Toyonori
  • Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance (2012), as Haruka Mikoshiba
  • XxxHolic (2013), Kimihiro Watanuki
  • All Esper Dayo! (2013), as Yoshirō Kamogawa
  • Hibana (2016), as Ogata

Music videos

  • Juju – “Hello, Again ～Mukashi Kara Aru Basho～” (2010)
  • Bump of Chicken – “Good Luck” (2012)

    Awards

    Year Award Category Result
    2011 68th Venice International Film Festival Premio Marcello Mastroianni Won
    2013 57th Elan d’or Awards Newcomers of the Year Won
    36th Japan Academy Prize Newcomers of the Year Won
    2016 39th Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor Nominated
    25th Japan Film Professional Awards Best Actor Won
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