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Shota Sometani

Name in Native Language: "染谷将太" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Child Actor | * 09/03/1992 (32) | Edogawa, Tokyo (Japan)
Shota Sometani (染谷 将太, Sometani Shōta) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte. ()

Shota Sometani (染谷 将太 Sometani Shōta, born 3 September 1992) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

In a small rural town, a brother and sister goes missing and there's also a serial killer case involving woman as the victims. Mayu Misono (Aya Omasa) is a sophomore high school student in the town. S ...

A Liar and a Broken Girl

Certification unknown

2010 | 1h 50min
Drama, Romance / Love
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After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty. ...

Himizu

Certification unknown

2011 | 3.6/5 | 2h 9min
Crime, Drama
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Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the ot ...

Parasyte: Part 1

NC-17

2014 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Science Fiction, Horror
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Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu ...

The Boy and the Beast

PG-13

2015 | 4.0/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Shota Sometani

Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
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Movies with Shota Sometani as Actor(86)

as Minamoto no Hiromasa2024 The Yin-Yang Master Zero
as Kazunari Tōno2024 Worlds Apart
2023 Lumberjack the Monster
as Yuta2022 Momo and the Seven Papagenos
as Denki Mukogawa2022 What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
as Minoru Okabe (voice)2022 Suzume
2021 Detective Chinatown 3
as Shinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)2021 Belle
as Watanabe Hideaki2020 Stare
as ブッダ2020 Saint Young Men 3
as Akechi2020 Runway
as Tomohiko Miwa2019 Parallel World Love Story
as Yoshioka2019 To the Ends of the Earth
as Rintaro Higashi2019 The First Supper
as Kase2019 First Love
as Hironoshin Uesugi2019 Samurai Marathon
as Buddha2019 Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as Shizuo2018 And Your Bird Can Sing
as Makobee Makubo2018 Punk Samurai Slash Down
as Gautama Buddha2018 Saint Young Men
2018 The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
as Harunobu Nikaido2017 March Goes out Like a Lamb
as Kong Hai / Kukai2017 Legend of the Demon Cat
as Tokio2017 Parks
as Tetsuo2017 Foreboding
as Nakata2017 Dawn Wind in My Poncho
as Harunobu Nikaido2017 March Comes In Like a Lion
2017 Before We Vanish
as himself2016 The Sion Sono
as Mitsugu Egawa2016 Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Yokota2016 The Actor
as Yoshio Hasebe2016 Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
as Manabu2015 Strayer's Chronicle
as Eiji Niizuma2015 Bakuman
as Samao Daikoku2015 That's It
as Shogo Kojika2015 Teacher and Stray Cat
as Yoshiri Kamogawa2015 All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
as Takashi2015 Dear Deer
as Yoshio Kamogawa2015 The Virgin Psychics
as Izumi Shinichi2015 Parasyte: Part 2
as Teenage Kyuta (voice)2015 The Boy and the Beast
as Toshi2014 Drive-In Gamo
as Hasegawa2014 The Snow White Murder Case
as Toru Takahashi2014 Kabukicho Love Hotel
as Yuki Hirano2014 Wood Job!
as Roku2014 A Drop of the Grapevine
as Izumi Shinichi2014 Parasyte: Part 1
as Satake2014 As the Gods Will
as MC Show2014 Tokyo Tribe
as Shingo Takagi2013 Real
as Shimura2013 The Brain Man
2013 Tadaima, Jacqueline
as Ranmaru Mori2013 The Kiyosu Conference
as Kento Yanai2013 Strawberry Night
2013 The Intermission
as Kosuke Chiba (employee at cafe)2013 Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
as Oishi2013 The Fighter Pilot
as Byakko / White Tiger2013 Jellyfish Eyes
as Chihiro2013 Touching the Skin of Eeriness
as Keisuke Hayami2012 Lesson of the Evil
as Tatsuo2012 The Millennial Rapture
as Tenchi Meisatsu2012 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
as Enoki2012 Sadako 3D
as Kenji2012 Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
as Keisuke2012 Isn't Anyone Alive?
as himself2012 Making of Himizu
as Mr. Tanabe (voice)2012 Wolf Children
as Yuichi Sumida2011 Himizu
as Maru2011 The End of Puberty
as Kota2011 A Man with Style
as Nobuo Yamaki2011 Life Back Then
as Hiro Takai2011 Tokyo Park
2010 Awaremi Mumashika
as Mii-Kun2010 A Liar and a Broken Girl
2010 A School Behind Bars
as Tetsuya2010 Yuriko's Aroma
as Manta2010 Tokyo Island
as Risuke/Hibari2009 Pandora's Box
as Tamura Akira2008 Cheer Cheer Cheer!
2008 Tear Jar
as Daiki Amamiya2007 Fourteen
as Fumihiko Daidoji2006 Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
2006 Aogeba Tôtoshi
2004 The Boy from Hell
as Susumu2004 Devilman
as Boy2002 Ping Pong

TV Shows/Series with Shota Sometani as Actor(23)

as Nagai2024 Tokyo Swindlers
as Sugaya2024 Seven Orifices
as Kuroba Kei2024 Yips
as 清水2023 Sanctuary
as Fukuda Shunsuke / "Fuku-chan"2023 Rebooting
2022 Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
as Oda Nobunaga2020 Awaiting Kirin
as Tsuyo2020 Today's Nekomura
as Tatsuo Yamagiwa2017 Foreboding: serial version
as Ogata Kenji / 緒方 健治2016 Hibana: Spark
2015 Shokuzai no Sonata
as Yoshiro Kamogawa2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo!
as Koichi2013 Neo Ultra Q
as Kimihiro Watanuki2013 ×××HOLiC
as Mikoshiba Haruka2012 Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
as Takako Uehara2011 The Tempest
as 貧乏剛2010 Bukatsudo
as Yuta Onozawa2010 I'll Still Love You in 10 Years
2010 Ryōmaden
as Masanobu Kato2010 Graduation Song
as Ajisawa Sorao2010 Atami's Police Investigators
as Sorau Ajizawa2006 Time Limit Investigator
2002 AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.shotasometani.jp
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Thursday, 09/03 1992 (September) in Edogawa, Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 32 years + 252 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Record Label: Toy's Factory
Spouses (current/former): Rinko Kikuchi
Other names for Shota Sometani (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shôta Sometani"
"染谷将太"
"소메타니 쇼타"
"そめたに・しょうた"
"そめたに しょうた" (Kana/Japanese)
Shota Sometani frequently works together with these people:
Sion Sono (16x, Crew)
Takashi Yamazaki (16x, Crew)
Kiyohiko Shibukawa (11x, Actor)
Minami Ichikawa (8x, Crew)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (8x, Crew)
Ryô Horibe (8x, Crew)
Mamoru Hosoda (7x, Crew)
Naoki Sato (7x, Crew)
Jun Murakami (7x, Actor)
Hirofumi Arai (7x, Actor)
Masaru Ohgawara (7x, Crew)
Satoshi Miki (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6274, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 05/06/2025