Kento Yamazaki
Born: 1994-09-07 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kento Yamazaki (山﨑賢人), born on September 7, 1994, in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, is a renowned Japanese actor and model. He was scouted during his junior high school years and began his career as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon. Shortly after, he transitioned into acting, making his debut in the TV series Atami no Sousakan in 2010. Yamazaki is best known for his roles in live-action adaptations of popular manga and anime. Some of his notable works include Your Lie in April (2016), Orange (2015), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), and Kingdom (2019). He also gained international recognition for his role as Ryōhei Arisu in the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present).
Filmography
2027
- The Gate of Murder as Osamu Kuramochi
2026
- Kingdom 5 as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
- Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid- as Saichi Sugimoto
2025
- Under Ninja as Kurō Kumogakure
2024
- Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido- as Saichi Sugimoto
- Golden Kamuy as Saichi Sugimoto
- Kingdom: Return of the Great General as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
- The Yin Yang Master Zero as Abe no Seimei
2023
- Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2022
- Atom's Last Shot as Nayuta Azumi
- Kingdom 2: Far and Away as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2021
- The Door into Summer as Soichiro Takakura
2020
- Alice in Borderland as Arisu Ryohei / Alice
- Until The Cherry Blossom Falls
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku as Hirotaka Nifuji
- Crazy Samurai Musashi as Chusuke
- Theatre: A Love Story as Nagata
2018
- From Today, It's My Turn!!
- Kiss that Kills as Otaro Dojima
- Good Doctor as Minato Shindo
- Kiss that Kills: Parallel as 堂岛旺太郎
- The Forest of Wool and Steel as Naoki Tomura
2017
- Rikuoh as Daichi Miyazawa
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 as Josuke Higashikata
- Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets as Hōtarō Oreki
- One Week Friends as Yuki Hase
- Psychic Kusuo as Kusuo Saiki
2016
- A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Kanata Shibasaki
- Wolf Girl and Black Prince as Kyouya Sata
- Your Lie in April as Kousei Arima
- Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! as King Enma
2015
- Mare as Kontani Keita
- Death Note as L
- Orange as Kakeru Naruse
- No Longer Heroine as Rita Terasaka
- Sea Side Blue as Taku Nagata
2014
- Water Polo Yankees as Ryuji Mifune
- Baseball Brainiacs as Koki Ebato
- L♡DK as Shūsei Kugayama
2013
- No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 as Ryo Akutsu
- Jinx!!! as Kuniko Muroi
- Breakfast and Dinner as Sato Takumi
2012
- The Female Teacher in Black
- The Wings of the Kirin as Tatsuya Sugino
- Another as Koichi Sakakibara
- Love for Beginners as Nishiki Hasegawa
- The Chasing World 3 as Suguru
- The Chasing World 5 as Suguru
2011
- Runaway: For Your Love as Panda
- Control Tower as Kakeru
2010
- Atami's Police Investigators as Shinya Shijima
2006
- Time Limit Investigator as Shota Amayo