Nijirō Murakami

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Nijiro Murakami
村上 虹郎
Murakami Nijiro "Sayonara" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (22241650158).jpg
Murakami at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2018
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 24)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor, voice actor
Years active2014–present
AgentDecade
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Parent(s)Jun Murakami
Ua
WebsiteOfficial website

Nijiro Murakami (村上 虹郎, Murakami Nijirō, born March 17, 1997) is a Japanese actor and voice actor.[2] The son of actor Jun Murakami and singer Ua,[3] he is best known for his main role of Kaito in the 2014 film Still the Water, as Jinta Yadomi in the television special Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, and most recently Shuntaro Chishiya in Netflix's Alice in Borderland.[4]

Biography[]

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.[5] While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami also studied for some years in Montreal, Canada.[6]

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 Kasaki Film Festival.[7] In 2015, he debuted in the television series Tenshi no Naifu.[8] Later that same year, he starred in the live-action adaptation of the anime series Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day,[9] as well the movie Wasurenai to Chikatta Boku ga Ita.

As a voice actor, he is best known for voicing Hiro Shishigami in the anime series Inuyashiki.

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref
2015 Tenshi no Naifu Jun Maruyama Wowow [2]
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi Fuji TV Lead role; TV movie [2]
2016 Utsukushiki Mittsu no Uso Shogo Tachiki Fuji TV Episode 2 [2]
Shibuya Rei-chōme Ogito Fuji TV, FOD [2]
Botanical Life of Verandar 3 Keni'ichi Hiiragi NHK BS-P Episode 4 [2]
Brass Dreams Hiroto Aoshima TBS [2]
Cold Case: Shinjitsu no Tobira Ryo Doguchi Wowow Episode 5 [2]
2017 Dead Stock Riku Tsuneta TV Tokyo Lead role [2]
2018 The Black Company Ryuichi Kurata Fuji TV Two [2]
In This Corner of the World Tetsu Mizuhara TBS [2]
2019 Les Misérables: Owari na Kitabiji Takumi Watanabe Fuji TV TV movie [2]
2020 MIU 404 Yoshitaka Kosaka TBS Episode 6 [2]
Alice in Borderland Shuntaro Chishiya Netflix [2]
2021–22 Come Come Everybody Isamu Kijima NHK Asadora [10]

Films[]

Year Title Role Directed by Notes Ref
2014 Still the Water Kaito Naomi Kawase Lead role [2]
As the Gods Will Haruhiko Yoshikawa Takashi Miike [2]
2015 Forget Me Not Takashi Hayama Kei Horie Lead role [2]
Sayonara Yamashita Kōji Fukada [2]
2016 Destruction Babies Shōta Ashihara Tetsuya Mariko Lead role [2]
The Firefly Summers Kimihide Ryūichi Hiroki [2]
Kuroi Bōdō Ken'ichi Ugana [2]
2017 Mukoku Tōru Haneda Kazuyoshi Kumakiri [2]
Second Summer, Never See You Again Satoshi Shinohara Kenji Nakanishi Lead role [2]
Miracles of the Namiya General Store Shota Kobayashi Ryūichi Hiroki [2]
Harunareya Mikio Nishimura Bunji Sotoyama Short film [2]
Amy Said Shunya Hasebe Taishi Muramoto [2]
2018 Isle of Dogs Hiroshi (voice) Wes Anderson American film [2]
Hanalei Bay Takahashi Daishi Matsunaga [2]
The Gun Tōru Nishikawa Masaharu Take Lead role [2]
2019 Chiwawa Nagai Ken Ninomiya [2]
They Say Nothing Stays the Same Genzō Joe Odagiri [2]
The Promised Land Hiro Nogami Takahisa Zeze [2]
I Was a Secret Bitch Akira Kojima Kōichirō Miki [2]
2020 Sasaki in My Mind Sudo Takuya Uchiyama [11]
Soirée Shota Iwamatsu Bunji Sotoyama Lead role [2]
2021 Last of the Wolves Kōta "Chinta" Chikada Kazuya Shiraishi [12]
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Okada Izō Masato Harada [13]
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Okita Sōji Keishi Ōtomo [14]
Pretenders Izuru Kumasaka [15]

Awards[]

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref
2017 38th Yokohama Film Festival Best Newcomer Destruction Babies Won [16]
90th Kinema Junpo Awards Best New Actor Won [16]
2018 41st Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Mukoku Nominated [17]

References[]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20171020085442/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20170613-OHT1T50002.html
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "Official profile at Decade". Decade (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "「この世界の片隅に」話題の村上虹郎 各界大物がこぞって絶賛". Livedoor (in Japanese). August 13, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "仲里依紗・町田啓太ら、山崎賢人＆土屋太鳳W主演「今際の国のアリス」豪華キャスト解禁". Model Press (in Japanese). September 1, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "UAと村上虹郎。親子で収まった1枚に「ステキすぎる」と反響。". Japan Techinsight (in Japanese). September 13, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "『2つ目の窓』村上虹郎インタビュー". Movie Collection (in Japanese). August 8, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "高崎映画祭最優秀作品賞に「野のなななのか」". Sankei (in Japanese). January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "村上淳&UAの息子・虹郎、初ドラマで非行少年役 父・淳は「目標ではなく尊敬」". Oricon (in Japanese). February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "『あの花』実写ドラマ化 村上虹郎、浜辺美波ら若手注目株が勢ぞろい". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). June 17, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "松村北斗＆村上虹郎＆小野花梨が朝ドラ初登場！ 上白石萌音をとりまくキャスト発表「カムカムエヴリバディ」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "佐々木、イン、マイマイン". eiga.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "松坂桃李主演『孤狼の血 LEVEL2』8.20���開決定 鈴木亮平、西野七瀬らキャスト解禁". Crank-in!. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "新選組が黒服で集結「燃えよ剣」新写真、渋川清彦や森本慎太郎、村上虹郎の出演も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  14. ^ "「るろうに剣心」に桂役で高橋一生、沖田役で村上虹郎、高杉役で安藤政信が出演". Natalie. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  15. ^ "プリテンダーズ". eiga.com. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "ディストラクション・ベイビーズ". Tokyo Theatres Company. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  17. ^ "第41回 日本アカデミー賞（2018年）". eiga.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

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