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Mirai Moriyama
Japanese actor and dancer (born 1984)
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Life and career
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.[2]
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 in the film 20th Century Boys.
He starred in Kueki Ressha.[3] He also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's television drama Penance[4] and Junji Sakamoto's film A Chorus of Angels.[5] In July 2021, he performed in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games.[6]
Filmography
Film
- Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
- Smile (2007)
- One Million Yen Girl (2008)
- 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)
- The Drudgery Train (2012)
- A Chorus of Angels (2012)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
- Saint Young Men (2013)
- Human Trust (2013)
- Rage (2016)
- Vision (2018), Gaku
- Samurai Marathon (2019)
- I Was a Secret Bitch (2019), Misawa
- The Horse Thieves: Roads of Time (2019)
- Underdog (2020), Suenaga
- We Couldn't Become Adults (2021), Makoto Satō[7]
- Inu-Oh (2021), Tomona (voice)[8]
- Miss Osaka (2022)
- Mountain Woman (2023), Mountain man[9]
- Shin Kamen Rider (2023), Ichiro Midorikawa / Kamen Rider No. 0 [10]
- Shadow of Fire (2023)[11]
- Great Absence (2024)[12]
- Ghost Cat Anzu (2024), Anzu (voice)[13]
- I Ai (2024)[14]
- Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie (2025), Owner Kobayashi[15]
- Kyojo: Requiem (2026), Haru Tozaki[16]
Television
- Waterboys 2 (2003)
- Itoshi Kimi e (2004)
- Dangerous Beauty (2005)[17]
- Moteki (2010)
- Penance (2012)
- Inagakike no Moshu (2017)
- Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
- Idaten (2019), Kōzō Minobe[18]
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020), Shishi Jūgo[19]
- Prism (2022), Yūma[20]
- Ya Boy Kongming! (2023), Owner Kobayashi[21]
- The Child of God Murmurs (2023)[22]
- Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023), Haru Tozaki[23]
- Grass for My Pillow (2026), Shokichi Hamada[24]
Video games
- Dragon Quest Heroes II (2016)
Theatre
- Metamorphosis (2009)