(born July 9, 1990) is a Japanese

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, and

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actor best known for his role as Higen, the young nephew of

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leader Katsumoto, in the 2003 film ''

The Last Samurai ''The Last Samurai'' is a 2003 epic period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Ken Watanabe in the t ...

''.

Life and career

Born in

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, on July 9, 1990, Ikematsu landed his first film role in the blockbuster hit ''The Last Samurai'' at the age of 13.. Accessed May 29, 2006. He has since gone on to star in four feature-length films in

. Ikematsu graduated from Noma Junior High School in Minami-ku,

Fukuoka City is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

in March 2006.

Filmography

Film

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'' - Higen (2003) * '' Tetsujin 28: The Movie'' - Shōtarō (2005) * ''

Otoko-tachi no Yamato is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Satō and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship ''Yamato'', con ...

'' - Atsushi (2005) * ''Udon'' - Shōta Mizusawa (2006) * ''Yoru no Pikunikku'' - Junya Sakaki (2006) * '' Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea'' (2007) * ''

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'' - Daigo Kitamura (2008) * ''

Dive!! ''Dive!'' (stylized as ''DIVE!!'') is a Japanese novel series written by Eto Mori and published in four volumes by Kodansha between August 2000 and August 2002. A manga adaptation, in collaboration with Masahiro Ikeno, was serialized in Sho ...

'' - Yōichi (2008) * ''Ike-chan to Boku'' - Boku (2009) * ''Shin-san'' - Mamoru (2009) * '' Looking up at the Half-Moon'' - Yūichi (2010) * '' Drucker in the Dug-Out'' - Jirō (2011) * ''Ike! Danshi Kōkō Engekibu'' - Kaji (2011) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Love's Whirlpool'' - Isamu (the

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) (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' - Frank Nojima (2014) * ''

My Hawaiian Discovery is a 2014 Japanese romantic comedy film directed by Koji Maeda and starring Nana Eikura, Rin Takanashi, Koji Seto, and Ryo Kase. It was released on 14 June 2014. Cast *Nana Eikura *Rin Takanashi *Koji Seto *Ryo Kase *Sosuke Ikematsu *Shingo Tsu ...

'' (2014) * ''

Our Family is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii. Cast * Satoshi Tsumabuki - Kosuke Wakana * Sosuke Ikematsu - Kousuke Wakana * Mieko Harada - Reiko Wakana * Kyōzō Nagatsuka is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the ...

'' (2014) * '' Mozu'' (2015) * '' Our Huff and Puff Journey'' (2015) * ''A Cappella'' - Wataru Dōmoto (2016) * ''The Shell Collector'' (2016) * ''Destruction Babies'' (2016) * '' After the Storm'' (2016) * ''Someone's Xylophone'' (2016) * '' Seto & Utsumi'' - Utsumi (2016) * '' Death Note: Light Up the New World'' - Ryūzaki (2016) * '' The Long Excuse'' - Kishimoto (2016) * '' The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' - Shinji (2017) * ''Samurai's Promise'' (2018) * '' You, Your, Yours'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' We Are Little Zombies'' (2019) * '' Miyamoto'' - Hiroshi Miyamoto (2019) * ''

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'' - Yōhei Yoshitaka (2019) * ''

A Girl Missing is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Kōji Fukada. It was entered into numerous international film festivals, including Locarno Festival, Locarno, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, New York Film Festival, New York and I ...

'' - Kazumichi (2019) * ''Talking the Pictures'' -

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(2019) * ''

The Asian Angel ''The Asian Angel'' (Japanese: アジアの天使, Hepburn: Ajia no Tenshi) is a 2021 Japanese-South Korean film written and directed by Yuya Ishii and starring Sosuke Ikematsu and Choi Hee-seo. The storyline follows a Japanese man seeking a new ...

'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2021) * ''Yanagawa'' (2021) * ''Just Remembering'' - Teruo (2022) * '' Shin Kamen Rider'' - Takeshi Hongo (2023) * ''Okiku and the World'' (2023)

Television

* '' Yoshitsune'' (2005) - young

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* ''Shinsengumi!! Hijikata Toshizō Saigo no Ichi-nichi'' (2006) -

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* '' Fūrin Kazan'' (2007) - young

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and Suwa Katsuyori * ''Inochi no Shima'' (2009) - Tōru * ''

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'' (2009-2010) - D'Artagnan (voice) * ''15 Sai no Shiganhei'' (2010) - Masami Fujiyama * ''Q10'' - Takehiko Kubo (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) - Yukari Ōe * '' Mozu'' (2014) - Shingai Kazuhiko * ''

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'' (2014-2015) - Jack Stapleton (voice) * '' Death Note: New Generation'' (2016) - Ryūzaki * ''Kindaichi Kosuke Tōjō!'' (2016) -

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(2016) * '' Silver and Gold'' (2017) - Tetsuo Morita * ''The Supporting Actors'' (2017) - Himself * ''

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'' (2018) - Hiroshi Miyamoto * ''Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau'' (2021) * ''Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses'' (2021) - Ippei Aoba * ''Modern Love Tokyo'' (2022)

Video Games

*'' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception'' (2011, Japanese dub) - young Nathan Drake

Stage

* ''The Lion King'' - Young Simba (2001)

References

External links

Official profile
at Horipro * Living people 1990 births 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male film actors Japanese male child actors Actors from Fukuoka Prefecture People from Fukuoka Nihon University alumni Horipro artists {{Japan-film-actor-stub