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
2026
- Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison as Saichi Sugimoto
2025
- Under Ninja as Kurō Kumogakure
2024
- Golden Kamuy as Saichi Sugimoto
- The Yin Yang Master Zero as Abe no Seimei
- Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido- as Sugimoto Saichi
- Kingdom: Return of the Great General as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2023
- Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2022
- Kingdom 2: Far and Away as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
- Atom's Last Shot as Nayuta Azumi
2021
- The Door into Summer as Soichiro Takakura
2020
- Alice in Borderland as Ryohei Arisu
- Crazy Samurai Musashi as Chusuke
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku as Hirotaka Nifuji
- Theatre: A Love Story as Nagata
- Until The Cherry Blossom Falls
2018
- The Forest of Wool and Steel as Naoki Tomura
- 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
2017
- Psychic Kusuo as Kusuo Saiki
- One Week Friends as Yuki Hase
- Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets as Hōtarō Oreki
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 as Josuke Higashikata
- Rikuoh as Daichi Miyazawa
2016
- 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
- A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Kanata Shibasaki
2015
- Orange as Kakeru Naruse
- No Longer Heroine as Rita Terasaka
- Death Note as L
- Mare as Kontani Keita
- Sea Side Blue as Taku Nagata
2014
- L♡DK as Shūsei Kugayama
- Baseball Brainiacs as Koki Ebato
- Water Polo Yankees as Ryuji Mifune
2013
- Breakfast and Dinner as Sato Takumi
- Jinx!!! as Kuniko Muroi
- No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 as Ryo Akutsu
2012
- The Wings of the Kirin as Tatsuya Sugino
- Love for Beginners as Nishiki Hasegawa
- The Chasing World 3 as Suguru
- The Chasing World 5 as Suguru
- The Female Teacher in Black
- Another as Koichi Sakakibara
2011
- Control Tower as Kakeru
- Runaway: For Your Love as Panda
2010
- Atami's Police Investigators as Shinya Shijima
2006
- Time Limit Investigator as Shota Amayo