Kento Kaku

Kento Kaku (賀来 賢人, Kaku Kento; born 3 July 1989) is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in a number of feature films, television series, and stage productions. He is represented by Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura.^[1]

Kento Kaku
賀来 賢人
Born	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 36) Tokyo, Japan
Citizenship	Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Amuse, Inc.
Notable work	From Today, It's My Turn!!
Spouse	Nana Eikura ​ (m. 2016)​ [1]
Children	2
Relatives	Chikako Kaku (aunt)
Website	Official website

Biography

He made his acting debut in films in 2007. In 2009, he had his first lead role in the film Giniro no Ame. In 2012, he starred in the television drama Clover. He played the hero, Hanako's brother Kichitaro Ando in the Asadora Hanako to Anne broadcast in the first half of 2014. He later played in the 2015 Taiga drama Hana Moyu as Shinsengumi Okita Sōji.^[2][3][4][5]

In April 2015, he was appointed a New Caledonia Tourism Goodwill Ambassador.^[6]

Kaku's career took off from 2018 onwards, getting cast in leading roles for several series, resulted in his winning of the 2019 GQ Japan's Men of the Year Awards for Breakthrough Actor.^[7]

Private life

On 7 August 2016, he announced that he had married actress Nana Eikura whom he co-starred with in TV drama Testimony of N.^[1] They have two children.^[8][9]

Filmography

TV dramas

Dates	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Clover	Hayabusato Misaki	Lead role	[5]
2014	Hanako and Anne	Kichitaro Ando	Asadora	[5]
	Testimony of N	Nozomi Ando		[1]
2015	Burning Flower	Okita Sōji	Taiga drama	[5]
2016	4-Gō Keibi	Mikio Kobayashi		[10]
2017	Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai	Ikesugi		[10]
	Akira and Akira	Ryuma Kaido		[11]
	My Lover's Secret	Akito Tachibana		[12]
	Wani tokage gisu	Tadashi Hayashi		[13]
2018	Princess Jellyfish	Kai Fish		[10]
	From Today, It's My Turn!!	Takashi Mitsuhashi	Lead role	[14]
2019	Afro Tanaka	Hiroshi Tanaka	Lead role	[14]
	Nippon Noir	Kiyoharu Yusa	Lead role	[15]
2020	Hanzawa Naoki	Masahiro Moriyama		[15]
	Daddy is My Classmate		Cameo	[16]
2021	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room	Nao Otowa		[17]
2024	House of Ninjas	Haru Tawara	Lead role	[18]
	Like a Dragon: Yakuza	Akira Nishikiyama		[19]
2025	Alice in Borderland	Ryuji	Season 3	[20]

Film

Date	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Shindō	Kenji Shimizu		[10]
	Little DJ	Shuhei Yuki		[5]
2008	700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police	Great Inoue		[5]
2009	Giniro no Ame	Kazuya Hirai	Lead role	[5]
2013	I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow	Real store manager		[5]
2016	Moriyamachu Driving School	Todoroki	Lead role	[21]
2017	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Aren Kuboyaasu		[14]
2018	Chihayafuru Part 3	Hisashi Suo		[10]
2019	The Bucket List	Teruo Miki		[22]
2020	AI Amok	Satoru Nishimura		[14]
	Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku	Shinji Sakamoto		[23]
	From Today, It's My Turn!! The Movie	Takashi Mitsuhashi	Lead role	[14]
	The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms	Zhou Yu		[24]
2023	Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom	Naranbayar (voice)	Lead role	[25]
	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie	Nao Otowa		[17]
	Spy × Family Code: White	Luka (voice)		[26][27]
2024	Midnight	Midnight	Lead role; short film	[28]
	Saint Young Men: The Movie	Brahmā		[29]
2025	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie 2	Nao Otowa		[30]
	Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers	Wolf (voice)		[31]

Dubbing

Date	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	The Lion King	Simba	Lead role	[32]

Stage

Dates	Title	Role	Locations	Notes	Ref.
Aug–Sep 2017	Young Frankenstein	Igor	Tokyo International Forum Hall C, Orix Theater		[33]
8–27 Dec 2017	M&O plays Produce Nagareyama Bluebird		Honda Theater		[34]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	45th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[35]