Shota Sometani (Actor)

Shota Sometani is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He got his start in the film industry at the age of 9, playing a young boy being eaten by zombies in Naoyuki Tomomatsu's 2001 satirical zombie film Stacy.

In 2011, he won Marcello Mastroianni Award (best newcomer) at the 68th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in Sion Sono's Himizu. His co-star in the film, Fumi Nikaido, also won the award.

Native name: 染谷将太 (SOMETANI Shōta)
Occupation: Actor
Birthplace: Koto, Tokyo
Born: September 3, 1992 (age 23)
Height: 5' 8" (172 cm)
Debuted: 2001
Spouse: Rinko Kikuchi (2015-)
Genres: Films, TV dramas
Office: Toy's Factory

Personal

Sometani’s hobbies include watching movies and photography.
Actress Shioli Kutsuna is his photography partner.
His special skills include ping pong, pantomime, and magic tricks.

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Strayer's Chronicle	Manabu
2015	Parasyte - Part 2	Shinichi Izumi
2014	Parasyte - Part 1	Shinichi Izumi
2014	As the Gods Will	Satake
2014	A Drop of the Grapevine	Roku
2014	Kabukicho Love Hotel	Toru
2014	Tokyo Tribes	MC SHOW
2014	Drive-in Gamo	Toshi
2014	Wood Job!	Yuuki Hirano
2014	The Snow White Murder Case
2013	The Eternal Zero	Zero fighter pilot
2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Mori Ranmaru
2013	Real	Atsumi's assistant
2013	Jellyfish Eyes
2013	Sue, Mai and Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship	Kosuke Chiba
2013	The Intermission	Shota
2013	The Brain Man	Shimura
2012	Lesson of Evil	Keisuke Hayami
2012	The Millennial Rapture	Hanzo
2012	Sadako 3D	Enoki, Takanori's co-worker
2012	Isn’t Anyone Alive?	Keisuke
2012	Himizu	Yuichi Sumida
2011	Tadashiku Wasureru
2011	Life Back Then
2011	A Man with Style
2010	A Liar and a Broken Girl	XX Amano (Mii-kun)
2010	Tokyo Island
2010	Yuriko’s Aroma	Tetsuya
2004	The Boy From Hell
2001	Stacy	Boy being eaten by zombie

Latest news

Shota Sometani and Atsuko Maeda to star in Ryuichi Hiroki's "Sayonara Kabukicho"

Today it was announced that actor Shota Sometani and former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda will co-star together for the first time in Ryuichi Hiroki's next film Sayonara Kabukicho,...

2 years ago
Supporting cast announced for Sion Sono's live-action "Tokyo Tribes" film

Additional cast members have been announced for Sion Sono's upcoming live-action adaptation of Santa Inoue’s Tokyo Tribes manga, which revolves around various factions of warring urban...

2 years ago
Parasyte manga to get a 2-part live-action movie adaptation

Hitoshi Iwaaki’s science fiction horror manga Parasyte (Kiseijuu), which has reached a total circulation of over 11 million copies, will get a 2-part live-action movie adaptation directed by...

2 years ago
Yo Oizumi and Shota Sometani to star in "Budou no Namida"

Today it was revealed that actor Yo Oizumi will star in Budou no Namida (tentative title, lit. “Grapes of Tears”), a film set in his home prefecture of Hokkaido.Shota Sometani will co-star as his...

3 years ago
Shota Sometani to star in Shinobu Yaguchi’s "Wood Job!", Masami Nagasawa and Hideaki Ito co-star

On Wednesday, Shinobu Yaguchi (Swing Girls, Robo-G) began filming an adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning novelist Shion Miura’s “Kamusari Nānā Nichijō” titled Wood Job! Kamusari Nānā...

3 years ago
More cast members revealed for Takashi Miike’s "Lesson of Evil"

Today more cast members were announced for Takashi Miike’s upcoming psychological thriller, Lesson of Evil (Aku no Kyoten).Most notably, Fumi Nikaido and Shota Sometani will once again appear...

4 years ago
Mao Inoue, Koki Mitani win awards in the 3rd Nippon Theater Staff Film Festival

On Sunday, the awards for the 3rd Nippon Theater Staff Film Festival were presented to the winners at a ceremony in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The awards are voted on by cinema staff members from all over...

4 years ago
Aya Omasa to star in the live-action adaptation of “Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan”

Hitoma Iruma’s popular light novel Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan is being turned into a live-action adaptation starring former fashion model Aya Omasa. The original work has sold over...

6 years ago