Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora (高良 健吾, Kōra Kengo; born November 12, 1987) is a Japanese actor.

Kengo Kora
Kora in 2016
Born	(1987-11-12) November 12, 1987 (age 37) Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005 - present
Agent	Ten Carat
Spouse	Kanako Tahara ​ (m. 2024)​

Career

Kora has gained recognition for his roles in films such as Shinji Aoyama's Sad Vacation,^[1] Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings,^[2] Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood,^[3] Ryuichi Hiroki's The Egoists,^[4] Yoshihiro Fukagawa's Into the White Night,^[5] and Koji Wakamatsu's The Millennial Rapture.^[6]

Personal life

On October 4, 2024, Kora announced his marriage to actress Kanako Tahara.^[7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	The Inugamis	Young Sahei Inugami	Uncredited
	Metro ni Notte
	The Summer of Stickleback	Sho Sugimoto
2007	M	Minoru
	Sad Vacation	Yusuke Mamiya
	Fuckin' Runaway	Takeshi
2008	Snakes and Earrings	Ama
	108	Junpei Sasaki
2009	Antarctic Chef
	The Crab Cannery Ship
	The Vulture
	Fish Story	Goro
	Zen	Shunryo
2010	Norwegian Wood	Kizuki
	The Lightning Tree	Tomozo
	Fireworks from the Heart	Taro Suto	Lead role
	Box!	Yūki
	A Crowd of Three		Lead role
	Solanin	Naruo Taneda	Lead role
	Bandage	Yukiya
2011	The Egoists	Kazuhiko Ninomiya	Lead role
	Tada's Do-It-All House	Hoshi
	Into the White Night	Ryoji Kirihara	Lead role
	The Woodsman and the Rain	Kōichi
2012	Signal	Reiji Urushida
	Kueki Ressha	Shoji Kusakabe
	Kitsutsuki to Ame	Koichi Kishi
	The Millennial Rapture	Hanzō	Lead role
2013	The Story of Yonosuke	Yonosuke Yokomichi	Lead role
	A Tale of Samurai Cooking	Yasunobu Funaki
	Roommate	Kensuke Kudo
	Beyond the Memories	Kazue Haruta
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Sutemaru (voice)
2014	My Man	Ozaki
2015	The Mourner	Shizuto Sakatsuki	Lead role
	Miss Hokusai	Kuninao Utagawa (voice)
	Being Good	Tadashi Okano	Lead role
2016	Utsukushii Hito	Tamaya
	Kako: My Sullen Past	Yasunori
	Bitter Honey	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
	Shin Godzilla	Yusuke Shimura		[9]
2017	Moon and Lightning	Satoshi	Lead role
	Side Job	Miura
2018	Shoplifters	Takumi Maezono
	Natsume's Book of Friends Movie	Mukuo Tsumura (voice)
	Dare to Stop Us	Ken Yoshizawa
2019	Love's Twisting Path	Tajūrō	Lead role
	Talking the Pictures	Takayuki Mogi
	No Longer Human	Yukio Mishima
	The Master of Funerals	Daisuke Toyokawa
	Under Your Bed	Mitsui	Lead role
	Noroshi ga Yobu		Short film
2020	Town Without Sea	Kobayashi		[10]
	Under the Stars			[11]
2021	Aristocrats	Kōichirō Aoki		[12]
	Photograph of Memories	Ichirō Hoshino		[13]
	Remain in Twilight	Kin'ichi		[14]
2022	The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn	Kazuma		[15]
	2 Women			[16]
2023	In Her Room			[17]
	The Water Flows to the Sea	Shigemichi "Nigemichi" Utagawa		[18]
	G-Men	Kaoru Date		[19]
	Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1	Shin'ichirō		[20]
	Masked Hearts			[21]
2024	Sin and Evil	Haru	Lead role	[22]
	Rainy Blue			[23]
	The Voices at War	Morio Tateno		[24]
	Route 29			[25]
2025	Seaside Serendipity			[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Sunshine	Kazunari Maruyama	Asadora
2012	Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance	Miroku Tachi	Lead role
2015	Burning Flower	Takasugi Shinsaku	Taiga drama
2016	Love That Makes You Cry	Ren Soda	Lead role	[27]
	Beppin san	Kiyoshi Nogami	Asadora
2017	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit	Raul
2018	Bye Bye, Black Bird		Lead role
2019	Two Homelands	Tadashi Amō	TV movie	[28]
	Yume-Shokudō no Ryōrinin		Lead role, TV movie	[29]
	Motokare Mania	Makoto "Makochi" Saitō	Lead role	[30]
2021	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky	Shibusawa Kisaku	Taiga drama	[31]
	Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau		TV movie	[32]
	Isoroku Yamamoto in London	Sadatoshi Tomioka	TV movie	[33]
2022	Modern Love Tokyo		Episode 2	[34]
2024	1122: For a Happy Marriage	Shiro Kashiwagi		[35]
	House of Ninjas	Gaku Tawara		[36]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2010	23rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award	Fireworks from the Heart and Solanin	Won	[37]
2011	20th Japan Film Professional Awards	Best New Encouragement	A Crowd of Three	Won
2012	35th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	The Egoists	Won	[38]
	36th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[39]
2013	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Kueki Ressha	Nominated
2014	23rd Japan Film Professional Awards	Best Actor	A Story of Yonosuke	Won
	56th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor		Won
2015	28th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	The Mourner and Being Good	Won	[37]