Shōta Sometani

Shota Sometani
Born	染谷 将太 September 3, 1992 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Known for	Himizu
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Spouse(s)	Rinko Kikuchi

Shota Sometani (染谷 将太 Sometani Shōta) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo.^[1]

Personal life

Sometani married actress Rinko Kikuchi on December 31, 2014 ^[2][3][4]

Career

Sometani appeared in Shinji Aoyama's 2011 film Tokyo Park.^[5]

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.^[6]

He appeared in Koji Wakamatsu's 2012 film The Millennial Rapture,^[7] and starred in Gakuryu Ishii's 2012 film Isn't Anyone Alive?^[8]

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)
• Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan (2011)
• Azemichi no Dandy (2011)
• Antoki no Inochi (2011)
• Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012)
• Himizu (2012)
• Sadako 3D (2012)
• Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2012)
• Lesson of the Evil (2012)
• Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
• The Millennial Rapture (2012)
• Strawberry Night (2013)
• The Intermission (2013)
• Real (2013)
• Wood Job (2014), as Yuki Hirano^[9]
• The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
• Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
• Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2014), as Tokugawa Ietsuna
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
• Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
• Sensei to Mayoi Neko (2015)
• Strayer's Chronicle (2015)^[10]
• Soredake: that's it (2015), as Samao Daikoku
• Dear Deer (2015), as Takashi
• Bakuman (2015), as Niizuma Eiji
• Haiyū Kameoka Takuji (2016), as Yokota
• A Man Called Pirate (2016), as Yoshio Hasebe

Animated films

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

Television

• XxxHolic (2013)
• All Esper Dayo! (2013)

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

References

1. "染谷将太 on Naver". NAVER (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 September 2011.
2. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-31/actress-rinko-kikuchi-actor-shota-sometani-marry/.82792
3. http://www.nownews.com/n/2015/01/01/1563169
4. http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2015/01/329813.html
5. Young, Neil (14 August 2011). "Tokyo Park: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
6. "Official Awards of the 68th Venice Film Festival". Le Biennale di Venezia. Archived from the original on 24 Sep 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
7. Young, Neil (3 September 2012). "The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
8. Mes, Tom (3 September 2012). "Midnight Eye review: Isn't Anyone Alive?". Midnight Eye.
9. "マイア・ヒラサワ、映画『WOOD JOB！（ウッジョブ）～神去なあなあ日常～』主題歌担当" [Maia Hirasawa to sing main theme song for movie "Wood Job"]. Barks (in Japanese). Japan: Global Plus. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
10. "Strayer's Chronicle". Japan Society. Retrieved 2015-06-20.

External links

• Shota Sometani's profile (Japanese)
• Official Blog (Japanese)
• Shōta Sometani at the Internet Movie Database