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Kento Kaku (賀来 賢人, Kaku Kento, born 3 July 1989) is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in a number of feature films, television series, and stage productions. He is represented by Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura.[1]

Kento Kaku
賀来 賢人
Born	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 33) Tokyo, Japan
Citizenship	Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Amuse, Inc.
Notable work	From Today, It's My Turn!!
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Spouse	Nana Eikura ​ (m. 2016)​ [1]
Children	2
Relatives	Chikako Kaku (aunt)
Website	Official website

Biography

He made his acting debut in films in 2007. In 2009, he had his first lead role in the film Giniro no Ame. In 2012, he starred in the television drama Clover. He played the hero, Hanako's brother Kichitaro Ando in the Asadora Hanako to Anne broadcast in the first half of 2014. He later played in the 2015 Taiga drama Hana Moyu as Shinsengumi Okita Sōji.[2][3][4][5]

In April 2015, he was appointed a New Caledonia Tourism Goodwill Ambassador.[6]

Kaku's career has took off from 2018 onwards, getting cast in leading roles for several series, resulted in his winning of the 2019 GQ Japan's Men of the Year Awards for Breakthrough Actor.[7]

Private life

On 7 August 2016, he announced that he had married actress Nana Eikura whom he co-starred with in TV drama Testimony of N.[1] They have two children.[8][9]

Filmography

TV dramas

Dates	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2012	Clover	Hayabusato Misaki	TV Tokyo	Lead role	[5]
2014	Hanako to Anne	Kichitaro Ando	NHK	Asadora	[5]
	Testimony of N	Nozomi Ando	TBS		[1]
2015	Hana Moyu	Okita Sōji	NHK	Taiga drama	[5]
2016	4-Gō Keibi	Mikio Kobayashi	NHK		[10]
2017	Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai	Ikesugi	NTV		[10]
	Akira and Akira	Ryuma Kaido	Wowow		[11]
	My Lover's Secret	Akito Tachibana	NTV		[12]
	Wani tokage gisu	Tadashi Hayashi	TBS		[13]
2018	Princess Jellyfish	Kai Fish	Fuji TV		[10]
	From Today, It's My Turn!!	Takashi Mitsuhashi	NTV	Lead role	[14]
2019	Afro Tanaka	Hiroshi Tanaka	Wowow	Lead role	[14]
	Nippon Noir	Kiyoharu Yusa	NTV	Lead role	[15]
2020	Hanzawa Naoki	Masahiro Moriyama	TBS		[15]
	Daddy is My Classmate		NTV	Cameo	[16]
2021	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room	Nao Otowa	TBS		[17]
2024	House of Ninjas	Haru Tawara	Netflix	Lead role	[18]

Film

Date	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Shindō	Kenji Shimizu		[10]
	Little DJ	Shuhei Yuki		[5]
2008	700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police	Great Inoue		[5]
2009	Giniro no Ame	Kazuya Hirai	Lead role	[5]
2013	I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow	Real store manager		[5]
2016	Moriyamachu Driving School	Todoroki	Lead role	[19]
2017	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Aren Kuboyaasu		[14]
2018	Chihayafuru Part 3	Hisashi Suo		[10]
2019	The Bucket List	Teruo Miki		[20]
2020	AI Amok	Satoru Nishimura		[14]
	Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku	Shinji Sakamoto		[21]
	From Today, It's My Turn!! The Movie	Takashi Mitsuhashi	Lead role	[14]
	The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms	Zhou Yu		[22]
2023	Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni	Naranbayar (voice)	Lead role	[23]
	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room: The Movie	Nao Otowa		[17]

Dubbing

Date	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	The Lion King	Simba	Lead role	[24]

Stage

Dates	Title	Role	Locations	Notes	Ref.
Aug–Sep 2017	Young Frankenstein	Igor	Tokyo International Forum Hall C, Orix Theater		[25]
8–27 Dec 2017	M&O plays Produce Nagareyama Bluebird		Honda Theater		[26]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	45th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[27]

References

External links

• Profile by Amuse (in Japanese)
• Kento Kaku Official Blog (in Japanese)
• Kento Kaku on Instagram (in Japanese)
• Amuse, Inc. on Facebook (in Japanese)

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