Nijirō Murakami
Japanese actor and voice actor (born 1997)
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Nijiro Murakami (村上 虹郎, Murakami Nijirō; born March 17, 1997) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Kaito in the 2014 romance film Still the Water, which was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Murakami's role in Last of the Wolves (2021) received critical acclaim and earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize. He also gained international recognition for his role as Shuntaro Chishiya in Netflix's survival drama Alice in Borderland.[1]
Nijiro Murakami | |
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村上 虹郎 | |
![](#/media/File:Murakami_Nijiro_"Sayonara"_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_(22241650158)_(cropped).jpg) Murakami at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015 | |
| Born | March 17, 1997 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Agent | Decade |
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| Website | Official website |
Early life and career
Murakami was born on March 17, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He is the only son of actor Jun Murakami and singer Ua.[3] His parents divorced when he was nine years old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and three younger half-siblings.[4] While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami also studied for some years in Montreal, Canada.[5]
He debuted in 2014 portraying the main role of Kaito in the award-winning film Still the Water, for which he received the Best Newcomer Award at the 29th Takasaki Film Festival.[6] In 2015, he debuted in the television series Tenshi no Naifu.[7] Later that same year, he starred in the live-action adaptation of the anime series Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day,[8] as well as the film Wasurenai to Chikatta Boku ga Ita.
As a voice actor, he is best known for voicing Hiro Shishigami in the anime adaptation of the manga series Inuyashiki.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Still the Water | Kaito | Lead role | [2] |
| As the Gods Will | Haruhiko Yoshikawa | [2] | ||
| 2015 | Forget Me Not | Takashi Hayama | Lead role | [9] |
| Sayonara | Yamashita | [10] | ||
| 2016 | Destruction Babies | Shōta Ashihara | [11] | |
| The Firefly Summers | Kimihide | [12] | ||
| Kuroi Bōdō | [13] | |||
| 2017 | Mukoku | Tōru Haneda | [14] | |
| Second Summer, Never See You Again | Satoshi Shinohara | Lead role | [15] | |
| Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Shota Kobayashi | [16] | ||
| Harunareya | Mikio Nishimura | Short film | [17] | |
| Amy Said | Shunya Hasebe | [18] | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Hiroshi (voice) | American film | [19] |
| Hanalei Bay | Takahashi | [20] | ||
| The Gun | Tōru Nishikawa | Lead role | [21] | |
| 2019 | Chiwawa | Nagai | [22] | |
| They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Genzō | [23] | ||
| The Promised Land | Hiro Nogami | [24] | ||
| I Was a Secret Bitch | Akira Kojima | [25] | ||
| 2020 | Sasaki in My Mind | Sudo | [26] | |
| Soirée | Shota Iwamatsu | Lead role | [27] | |
| 2021 | Last of the Wolves | Kōta "Chinta" Chikada | [28] | |
| Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | Okada Izō | [29] | ||
| Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Okita Sōji | [30] | ||
| Pretenders | Sekai | [31] | ||
| 2022 | The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie | Senri Hasukabe | [32] | |
| 2023 | Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Kazutora Hanemiya | [33] | |
| Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 | Kazutora Hanemiya | [33] | ||
| Heartless | Aragaki | [34] | ||
| Kyrie | Fūkin | [35] | ||
| 2024 | The Yin Yang Master Zero | Tachibana no Yasuie | [36] | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2015 | Tenshi no Naifu | Jun Maruyama | [2] | |
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day | Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi | Lead role; television film | [2] | |
| 2016 | Utsukushiki Mittsu no Uso | Shogo Tachiki | Episode 2 | [2] |
| Shibuya Rei-chōme | Ogito | [2] | ||
| Botanical Life of Verandar 3 | Keni'ichi Hiiragi | Episode 4 | [2] | |
| Brass Dreams | Hiroto Aoshima | [37] | ||
| Cold Case: Shinjitsu no Tobira | Ryo Doguchi | Episode 5 | [2] | |
| 2017 | Dead Stock | Riku Tsuneta | Lead role | [38] |
| Inuyashiki | Hiro Shishigami | Animation | [2] | |
| 2018 | The Black Company | Ryuichi Kurata | [39] | |
| In This Corner of the World | Tetsu Mizuhara | [40] | ||
| 2019 | Les Misérables: Owari naki Tabiji | Takumi Watanabe | Television film | [2] |
| 2020 | MIU 404 | Yoshitaka Kosaka | Episode 6 | [41] |
| 2020–2025 | Alice in Borderland | Shuntaro Chishiya | 3 seasons | [2] |
| 2021 | Iki wo Hisomete | Shinpei Miyashita | Episode 3 | [42] |
| 2021–2022 | Come Come Everybody | Isamu Kijima | Asadora | [43] |
| 2022 | 10 Count to the Future | Momosuke Saijō | [44] | |
| The Forbidden Magic | Shingo Koshiba | Television film | [45] | |
| 2026 | Lost and Found | Jay Yamashita | Singaporean-Japanese drama | [46] |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Mukoku | Nominated | [47] |
| 2022 | Last of the Wolves | Nominated | [48] | ||
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2017 | Best New Actor | Destruction Babies | Won | [49] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Last of the Wolves | Nominated | [50] |
| Tama Film Awards | 2016 | Best New Actor | Destruction Babies, Sayonara, The Firefly Summers | Won | [51] |
| Special Award (as an ensemble) | Destruction Babies | Won | |||
| Takasaki Film Festival | 2015 | Best New Actor | Still the Water | Won | [52] |
| Tokyo International Film Festival | 2018 | Gemstone Award | The Gun | Won | [53] |
| Yokohama Film Festival | 2017 | Best Newcomer | Destruction Babies | Won | [49] |