Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki
神木 隆之介
Kamiki in 2023
Born (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31)
Fujimi, Saitama, Japan
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1995–present
Agent(s)Central Group (1995–2005)
Amuse, Inc. (2006–2021)
Co-LaVo (2021–present)[1]

Ryunosuke Kamiki (神木 隆之介, Kamiki Ryūnosuke, born May 19, 1993) is a Japanese actor. Starting his career as a child prodigy, he has garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards for his performances across 25 years in the industry.[2][3][4]

Kamiki debuted in a 1995 commercial. Four years later, he had a leading role in the television drama Good News (1999). His early film roles include Spirited Away (2001), Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (2006) and Big Man Japan (2007). He had his first leading roles in Takashi Miike's The Great Yokai War (2005) and Daihachi Yoshida's The Kirishima Thing (2012) and played supporting characters in Keishi Ōtomo's jidaigeki actioners Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends as well as Miike's horror film As the Gods Will (all 2014).

In 2016, Kamiki voiced the lead in Makoto Shinkai's anime film Your Name, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards. After this, he collaborated with Shinkai again on Weathering with You (2019) and Suzume (2022) as supporting characters. Kamiki later co-starred with Minami Hamabe in two productions released in 2023: the TV drama series Ranman and Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One. His performance in the latter earned him global critical acclaim and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor.

  1. ^ "ワンオク・佐藤健・神木隆之介、アミューズから3月末で独立 新会社立ち上げを発表" (in Japanese). Oricon. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ Schilling2005-08-31T00:00:00+01:00, Mark. "The Great Goblin War (Yokai Daisenso)". Screen. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "誕生日の神木隆之介が直筆メッセージ フォロワーから「え! 27才! 芸歴25年!」驚きの声も(中日スポーツ)". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ Jed (11 November 2017). "Kamiki Ryunosuke: Catching up with Detective Yugami, Tokyo National Museum's Shinkai Makoto Exhibit + the Nikkei Actor Index!". Psycho-Drama. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.