Kento Yamazaki (å±±ï¨'賢人, Yamazaki Kento, born September 7, 1994
in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known
for his role as L in the live-action television series Death Note
(2015), and as the lead Minato Shindo in the Japanese medical drama
remake Good Doctor (2018), as well as starring in films L DK (2014),
Heroine Shikkaku (2015) and Orange (2015). He is under the Japanese
talent Agency Stardust Promotion.Kento Yamazaki was born in Tokyo to a
middle-class family. He lives with his father, mother and older
brother. He has stated that, despite being thin and athletic as a
child, he was a big eater, and that he really loved playing soccer,
and had been playing soccer since 2nd grade until his 3rd year in
middle school- he even joined a club team and would go to different
school yards to practice. He claimed in interviews that as a child he
dreamt of being a soccer player, and that if he had not become an
actor he would have become a professional soccer player, or coach of
the national team. His first modelling offer came during his third
year of junior high school when he was scouted by his current agency
at Takeshita Dori (Harajuku) whilst on his way home after a soccer
match. He worked as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon from 2009 to
2011, before entering the acting world.Kento debuted as an actor in
2010 when he was cast in the TV series Atami no Sousakan as a
mysterious high school student. That was followed by a supporting role
in TV series Clone Baby, where he played a hacker.Kento's first movie
was Control Tower which was released in April 2011. He sang and played
the guitar in this movie, and his acting was well received. The next
year, he appeared in The Wings of the Kirin (2012) and as the lead in
the horror thriller film Another, working with Control Tower co-star
Ai Hashimoto for the second time. He was later cast in the following
films: The Chasing World 3 and Live action of Love for Beginners. In
2013, he led a film with a LGBT theme, Sato Family Breakfast, which
aired on TV (BS Japan). He also participated in the 2nd Taiwan
International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) in 2015. Besides that, he
took on a supporting role in the film JINX!!! and the TV series 35-sai
no Koukousei. In 2014, he starred in a film based on the highly
successful manga of the same name, L DK alongside Ayame Goriki. The
film was a breakthrough in his career, making him further known to the
public. That year, he also played different roles in three drama
series, including Baseball Brainiacs, where he was cast with actors
Sota Fukushi and Yuto Nakajima. He also made his stage debut as main
lead Inuzuka Shino in Satomi Hakkenden. In 2015, he was again cast in
a film adaptation of a popular manga titled Heroine Shikkaku alongside
Mirei Kiritani. He also played the lead role in Orange alongside Tao
Tsuchiya. The film was a great success, grossing almost US$28 million
and becoming the 9th-highest-grossing Japanese films of 2016. From
those two films, he won the 39th Japan Academy Prize for Newcomers of
the Year and was also nominated at 2016 Hochi Film Awards. That same
year, he appeared in the television adaptation of the famous manga
Death Note as L, and the NHK Asadora Mare, which was led by the
aforementioned Tsuchiya Tao.
in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known
for his role as L in the live-action television series Death Note
(2015), and as the lead Minato Shindo in the Japanese medical drama
remake Good Doctor (2018), as well as starring in films L DK (2014),
Heroine Shikkaku (2015) and Orange (2015). He is under the Japanese
talent Agency Stardust Promotion.Kento Yamazaki was born in Tokyo to a
middle-class family. He lives with his father, mother and older
brother. He has stated that, despite being thin and athletic as a
child, he was a big eater, and that he really loved playing soccer,
and had been playing soccer since 2nd grade until his 3rd year in
middle school- he even joined a club team and would go to different
school yards to practice. He claimed in interviews that as a child he
dreamt of being a soccer player, and that if he had not become an
actor he would have become a professional soccer player, or coach of
the national team. His first modelling offer came during his third
year of junior high school when he was scouted by his current agency
at Takeshita Dori (Harajuku) whilst on his way home after a soccer
match. He worked as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon from 2009 to
2011, before entering the acting world.Kento debuted as an actor in
2010 when he was cast in the TV series Atami no Sousakan as a
mysterious high school student. That was followed by a supporting role
in TV series Clone Baby, where he played a hacker.Kento's first movie
was Control Tower which was released in April 2011. He sang and played
the guitar in this movie, and his acting was well received. The next
year, he appeared in The Wings of the Kirin (2012) and as the lead in
the horror thriller film Another, working with Control Tower co-star
Ai Hashimoto for the second time. He was later cast in the following
films: The Chasing World 3 and Live action of Love for Beginners. In
2013, he led a film with a LGBT theme, Sato Family Breakfast, which
aired on TV (BS Japan). He also participated in the 2nd Taiwan
International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) in 2015. Besides that, he
took on a supporting role in the film JINX!!! and the TV series 35-sai
no Koukousei. In 2014, he starred in a film based on the highly
successful manga of the same name, L DK alongside Ayame Goriki. The
film was a breakthrough in his career, making him further known to the
public. That year, he also played different roles in three drama
series, including Baseball Brainiacs, where he was cast with actors
Sota Fukushi and Yuto Nakajima. He also made his stage debut as main
lead Inuzuka Shino in Satomi Hakkenden. In 2015, he was again cast in
a film adaptation of a popular manga titled Heroine Shikkaku alongside
Mirei Kiritani. He also played the lead role in Orange alongside Tao
Tsuchiya. The film was a great success, grossing almost US$28 million
and becoming the 9th-highest-grossing Japanese films of 2016. From
those two films, he won the 39th Japan Academy Prize for Newcomers of
the Year and was also nominated at 2016 Hochi Film Awards. That same
year, he appeared in the television adaptation of the famous manga
Death Note as L, and the NHK Asadora Mare, which was led by the
aforementioned Tsuchiya Tao.
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