Ryūnosuke Kamiki

is a Japanese actor. Regarded as a child prodigy across 25 years in the industry, he has garnered many awards for his performances.

Personal life

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 concrete proof of his existence. 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.

Career

Kamiki began acting as a child actor after entering the Central Group talent agency. His first commercial was 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 years old, he was personally scouted by Hayao Miyazaki. Kamiki went on to 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 an actor and voice actor, winning awards every two years. Known as the 100 Billion Yen Man, Kamiki has appeared in the top 7 of the top ten highest-grossing Japanese Movies in Japan of all time. Kamiki won the Rookie Award 2020 for Elan D'or Award Ceremony, one of the most prestigious awards in Japan.

On March 16, 2021, Kamiki left Amuse to join Co-LaVo.

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. In 2019, he made his stage debut with the play "Beautiful-The Woman Who Met with God" Directed and Written by Suzuki Matsuo. 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 calendar, In 2020 he started to conceptualize his annual calendar.

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.

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.

In 2022, Kamiki excavated one of the world's oldest ichthyosaur fossils in Minamisanriku in his first fossil excavation during the filming of "From Miyagi". The Fossil is on display at the Minasan Museum.

Artistry and public image

In the award-winning ''The Great Yokai War,'' he overcame his fear of swimming. For his role in '' Kokoro no Ito'', he learned sign language and the piano. In 2022 he was voted the Most Powerful Actor in Japan.

Filmography

Films

Live-action

Anime

Television

Live-action

Television Animation

Theater

Dubbing

; Live-action

; Animation

Awards and nominations

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, 2004
, ''Father's Backdrop''
, The Japanese Movie Critics Awards 2004: Rookie of the Year
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, 2006
, ''The Great Yokai War''
, The 29th Japan Academy Film Prize: Newcomers of the Year
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, 2007
, ''Tantei Gakuen Q (2007)''
, 54th Japanese Drama Academy Awards: Lead Actor
,
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, 2011
, ''Kokoro no Ito''
, Seoul International Drama Awards: Popular Actor
,
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, 2011
, ''Kokoro no Ito''
, Mipcom Buyers' Award for Japanese Drama
,
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, 2011
, ''Kokoro no Ito''
, 47th Hugo TV Awards Feature Film Category Gold Award
,
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, 2011
, ''Kokoro no Ito''
, 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival: Best Actor
,
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, 2011
, ''Kokoro no Ito''
, 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival: The AMADE Prize
,
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, 2012
, ''The Kirishima Thing'' and ''SPEC: Ten''
, Tama Cinema Forum: Best Emerging Actor
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, 2012
, ''The Kirishima Thing''
, 37th Hochi Film Award: Best Actor
,
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, 2014
, ''Oyaji no Senaka''
, Galaxy Monthly Awards: TV
,
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, rowspan="3" , 2013
, rowspan="3" , ''The Family Game''
, The 17th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Spring: Best Supporting Actor
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, The 77th The Television Drama Academy: Best Supporting Actor
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, The 23rd TVLife Drama Award 2013: Best Supporting Actor
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, 2015
, Nounai Poison Berry and Bakuman
, 40th Hochi Film Awards
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, 2015
, Popularity
, Seoul International Drama Awards: Asian Stars
,
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, 2015
, Gakkou no Kaidan / Samurai Sensei
, TV Navi's Drama Awards 2015
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, 2016
, ''Too Young To Die''
, Fantasia Film Festival: Best Asian Feature Silver
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, 2016
, ''Too Young To Die''
, Rotterdam International Film Festival: Netpac Award
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, 2016
, ''Too Young To Die''
, New York Asian Film Festival: Audience Award
,
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, 2017
, ''March Comes in Like a Lion''
, 42nd Hochi Film Award: Best Actor
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, 2017
, ''Your Name''
, The 11th Seiyu Awards: Best Lead Actor
,
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, 2018
, ''Keiji Yugami''
, The 10th CONFiDENCE AWARD DRAMA PRIZE: Best Supporting Actor
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, 2018
, ''Keiji Yugami''
, The 95th Drama Academy Award: Best Supporting Actor
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, 2020
, Idaten
, The 44th Elan d'or Awards: Best Producer
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, 2020
, Idaten and Fortuna no Hitomi
, The 44th Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer of the Year
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, 2021
, Life's Punchline
, The 108th The Television Drama Academy Awards
: Jury Votes
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Other Works

Books

Magazine Serialization

Direction

Photography

Documentary

Narration

Radio

Program

Drama

Web drama

Ear Drama

Music Video Appearances

Drama CD

Game

Discography

References

External links

Official agency profile


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamiki, Ryunosuke
1993 births
Living people
Amuse Inc. talents
Best Actor Seiyu Award winners
Horikoshi High School alumni
Japanese male child actors
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese male television actors
Japanese male voice actors
Male voice actors from Saitama Prefecture
Seiyu Award winners
Japanese YouTubers
Asadora lead actors
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors