Arata Iura

Arata Iura (井浦 新, Iura Arata; born September 15, 1974), previously known as Arata, is a Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer. He is the Director of fashion brand Elnest Creative Activity. He holds the position of Director at the Artisan Culture Organisation Institute.

Arata Iura
Iura attending the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival 2024
Born	(1974-09-15) September 15, 1974 (age 50) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Arata
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Married

Biography

Iura co-starred in Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings with Yuriko Yoshitaka and Kengo Kora.^[1] He appeared in Junji Sakamoto's Strangers in the City.^[2] He portrayed Yukio Mishima in Koji Wakamatsu's 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate.^[3] He also appeared in several of Hirokazu Koreeda's films, including After Life, Distance and Air Doll.^[4][5][6]

Filmography

Film

• After Life (1998)
• Shady Grove (1999)
• Distance (2001)
• Ping Pong (2002)
• Aoi Kuruma (2004)
• Gina K (2005)
• Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
• The Prisoner (2007)
• Purukogi (2007)
• United Red Army (2007), Hiroshi Sakaguchi
• Snakes and Earrings (2008)
• 20th Century Boys (2008)
• Air Doll (2009)
• Ultra Miracle Love Story (2009)
• John Rabe (2009)
• Caterpillar (2010)
• Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
• Strangers in the City (2010)
• Kimi ni Todoke (2010)
• 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012), Yukio Mishima
• Our Homeland (2012)
• Bakugyaku Familia (2012)
• Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2012)
• The Millennial Rapture (2013)
• The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
• Like Father, Like Son (2013)
• A Band Rabbit and a Boy (2013)
• Cape Nostalgia (2014)
• Asleep (2015), Iwanaga
• High & Low: The Movie (2016)
• And Then There Was Light (2017)
• Waiting for the Moon (2017)
• Smokin' on the Moon (2018), Sōta Amaya^[7]
• Red Snow (2018)
• Dare to Stop Us (2018), Kōji Wakamatsu
• The Negotiator: Behind The Reversion of Okinawa (2018)
• The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018), Genjirō Muraki
• Raiden (2019)
• Amber Light (2019)
• Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019), Grandmaster Nimzo (voice)
• Miyamoto (2019)^[8]
• Stolen Identity 2 (2020), Akira Hyodo
• True Mothers (2020), Kiyokazu Kurihara
• Ninja Girl (2021), Kōji Noma^[9]
• Photograph of Memories (2021)
• The Master (2021)^[10]
• The Road to Murder: The Movie (2021)^[11]
• Skeleton Flowers (2021)^[12]
• Parasite in Love (2021)^[13]
• Child of Kamiari Month (2021), Norimasa Hayama (voice)^[14]
• Niwatori Phoenix (2022), Sōta Amaya^[7]
• The World with Maki (2022)^[15]
• Rageaholic (2022)^[16]
• This Is Amiko (2022), Amiko's father^[17]
• September 1923 (2023), Tomokazu Sawada^[18]
• Undercurrent (2023), Takayuki Hori^[19]
• The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger (2023), Sasapon^[20]
• Tokyo Cowboy (2023), Hideki^[21]
• Dare to Stop Us 2 (2024), Kōji Wakamatsu^[22]
• Golden Kamuy (2024), Aca^[23]
• Last Mile (2024), Kei Nakado^[24]
• Adabana (2024)^[25]
• Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024), Akira Hyodo^[26]
• Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe: At a Confessional (2025), Tamiya^[27]
• Konna Koto ga Atta (2025)^[28]
• Golden Kamuy: The Movie 2 (TBA), Aca^[29]

Television

• Mori no Asagao (2010)
• Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey (2011)
• Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Emperor Sutoku^[30]
• Rich Man, Poor Woman (2012)
• The Negotiator: Behind The Reversion of Okinawa (2017)
• Unnatural (2018), Kei Nakado^[24]
• Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky (2019), Tsutomu Naka^[31]
• Nippon Noir (2019), Saimon Kaname
• Ru: Taiwan Express (2020), Makoto Anzai
• The Road to Murder (2020)^[11]
• Dearest (2021), Ken'ichiro Kase^[32]
• First Love (2022), Akihiko Tsushima^[33]
• The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023), Masahiro Tanabe^[34]
• Dear Radiance (2024), Fujiwara no Michitaka^[35]
• Unmet: A Neurosurgeon's Diary (2024), Kōichi Ōsako^[36]
• Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido (2024), Aca^[37]

Documentary

• The Great Asian Highway (2015)

Video games

• Yakuza 0 (2015), Tetsu Tachibana