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Central Group(1995–2005) Amuse, Inc. (2006–2021) Co-LaVo (2021–)[1]
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Ryūnosuke Kamiki (神木隆之介, Kamiki Ryūnosuke, born May 19, 1993) is a Japanese actor.[2][3] Regarded as a child prodigy across 25 years in the industry, he has garnered many awards for his performances.[4][5][6]
After he was born, he was in the intensive care unit for four months and remained in critical condition for two months. As an infant, he lost weight rapidly due to a gastrointestinal disease of unknown cause, and it was dangerous enough that the doctor said the survival rate was 1%. According to the doctor, even if he survived, he would still be disabled. He was finally discharged from the hospital when he was seven months old. His mother came up with the idea of making him a child actor to leave concreate proof of his existence.[7] His family consists of his grandparents, father, mother, a sister who is 11 years older than him and two nieces. His grandmother died in 2020.[8]
Career[]
Kamiki began acting as a child actor after entering the Central Group talent agency. His shot his first commercial for a Toy Box when he was only two years of age. He made his television debut with the 1999 drama "Good News" in a lead role. in 2001 when he was five year old, he was personally scouted by Hayao Miyazaki. Kamiki when onto feature in many of Studio Ghibli's major movies, giving him the title of the Ghibli Child. In 2004 he lead the movie "Otosan no Backdrop" for which he won his first award. In the following years, he continued to work both as a actor and voice actor, winning awards every two alternative years. Known as the 100 Billion Yen Man, Kamiki is note to have appeared in the top 7 of the top ten highest grossing Japanese Movies in Japan of all time.[9][10][11] Kamiki won the Rookie Award 2020 for Elan D'or Award Ceremony, one of the most prestigious awards in Japan.[12]
On March 16, 2021, Kamiki left Amuse to join Co-LaVo. [13][14][15]
Other Ventures[]
Kamiki wrote his first book "Master’s Cafe: The Fulfillment of Masters’ Dreams" in 2015. He approached fifteen professionals who are active on the front lines of various fields.[16] In 2019, he made his stage debut with the play "Beautiful-The Woman Who Met with God" Directed and Written by Suzuki Matsuo. [17][18] The following year, he debuted in multiple fields such as a radio for All Night Nippon 0 (ANN0), direction with the MV for “I Treasure You”, He opened his official YouTube channel. He was also the official photographer for Satoh Takeru’s 2021 calendre, In 2020 he started to conceptualize his annual calendar.[19]
The 2021 calendar, one part of the 25th anniversary project, was started when "Novel characters I want Kamiki to play" video was posted on his Twitter, urging fans to suggest novel characters for him to portray. Garnering reactions from many celebrities including voice actor Yuki Kaji and film director Shunji Iwai, among others. Finally, 12 novels were selected from the retweets to represent the themes for the 12 months. The lineup expanded from classics to more recent pieces. The calendar shot by the renowned photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa was a new attempt to play different roles for twelve works in the calendar. In the novel "The Life of an Amorous Man" (as Yonosuke) published in August cover of the calendar, props such as smoke tubes are used in a colorful set to express the sex appeal of adults that has never been seen before by him, and the novel published in May cover, "No Longer Human" (as Oba Yozo), the darkness of human beings and the beauty of men are produced. Of the 12 novels so far, "Mysterious Weather at Yanaka's Retro Camera Store" (as Imamiya Ryuichi) and "Hamlet" (as Ophelia), including the prior mentioned novels have been confirmed. For this project Ryu challenged silver hair for the first time, shooting taking two days to complete. The calendar was sold on December 25, 2020, to signify the 25 year anniversary.[20]
Kamiki was invited to be the photographer for Satoh Takeru's 2021 Calendar. The concept of a "photobook-like calendar" featured natural expressions when spending time with friendsー with a sense of distance that can be taken by an old friend. It is a special calendar taken in places where Satoh wants to go with Kamiki and where he would like to take pictures of him such as driving the car, in Shibuya & Harajuku, in maid cafes, etc. He took over eight thousand photos. some are excluded in the desk calendar. He wants to have a photo exhibition and albums.[21][22]
Artistry and public image[]
In the award-winning The Great Yokai War,[10][23] he overcame his fear of swimming. For his role in , he learned sign language and the piano.
