Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama
Born	August 20, 1984 Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor

Mirai Moriyama (森山 未來 Moriyama Mirai, born August 20, 1984 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese actor.

Biography

Moriyama started training in dance when he was 5 years old. He trained in jazz dance, tap dance, ballet and hip-hop, and he appeared in several stage roles. He officially made his stage debut with 1999 Boys Time. In 2008, he played the lead character in a Japanese version of the musical RENT.^[1]

In the 2004 film Socrates in Love, he played a high school age hero trying to deal with his terminally-ill girlfriend. He also portrayed the character Kakuta on the film 20th Century Boys.

He starred in Kueki Ressha.^[2] He also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's television drama Penance^[3] and Junji Sakamoto's film A Chorus of Angels.^[4]

Filmography

Film

• Socrates in Love (2004)
• Smile (2007)
• 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
• 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
• 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
• Fish Story (2009)
• Moteki (2010)
• Seiji: Riku no Sakana (2012)
• Kueki Ressha (2012)
• A Chorus of Angels (2012)
• Saint Young Men (2013)
• Human Trust (2013)
• Anger (2016)

Television

• Waterboys 2 (2003)
• Itoshi Kimi e (2004)
• Kiken na Aneki (2005)
• Moteki (2010)
• Penance (2012)

Video games

• Dragon Quest Heroes II (2016)

References

1. "Mirai Moriyama's profile (at Office Saku)" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 19, 2010.
2. Mark Schilling (July 6, 2012). "'Kueki Ressha (The Drudgery Train)'". The Japan Times.
3. Andrew Sun (December 13, 2012). "Film review: Penance". South China Morning Post.
4. Mark Schilling (November 2, 2012). "'Kita no Kanariatachi (A Chorus of Angels)'". The Japan Times.

External links

• Mirai Moriyama at the Internet Movie Database
• Mirai Moriyama at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)