Nijiro Murakami (村上 虹郎, Murakami Nijirō, born March 17, 1997) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Kaito in the 2014 romance film Still the Water, which was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Murakami's role in Last of the Wolves (2021) received critical acclaim, and earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize. He also gained international recognition for his role as Shuntaro Chishiya in Netflix's survival drama Alice in Borderland (2020–2022).[1]
Nijiro Murakami | |
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村上 虹郎 | |
 Murakami at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015 | |
| Born | March 17, 1997 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Agent | Decade |
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| Website | Official website |
Early life and career
editMurakami was born on March 17, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He is the only son of actor Jun Murakami and singer Ua.[3] His parents divorced when he was nine years old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and three younger half-siblings.[4] While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami also studied for some years in Montreal, Canada.[5]
He debuted in 2014 portraying the main role of Kaito in the award-winning film Still the Water, for which he received the Best Newcomer Award at the 29th Takasaki Film Festival.[6] In 2015, he debuted in the television series Tenshi no Naifu.[7] Later that same year, he starred in the live-action adaptation of the anime series Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day,[8] as well as the film Wasurenai to Chikatta Boku ga Ita.
As a voice actor, he is best known for voicing Hiro Shishigami in the anime adaptation of the manga series Inuyashiki.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Still the Water | Kaito | Naomi Kawase | Lead role | [2] |
| As the Gods Will | Haruhiko Yoshikawa | Takashi Miike | [2] | ||
| 2015 | Forget Me Not | Takashi Hayama | Kei Horie | Lead role | [2] |
| Sayonara | Yamashita | Kōji Fukada | [2] | ||
| 2016 | Destruction Babies | Shōta Ashihara | Tetsuya Mariko | Lead role | [2] |
| The Firefly Summers | Kimihide | Ryūichi Hiroki | [2] | ||
| Kuroi Bōdō | Ken'ichi Ugana | [2] | |||
| 2017 | Mukoku | Tōru Haneda | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | [9] | |
| Second Summer, Never See You Again | Satoshi Shinohara | Kenji Nakanishi | Lead role | [2] | |
| Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Shota Kobayashi | Ryūichi Hiroki | [2] | ||
| Harunareya | Mikio Nishimura | Bunji Sotoyama | Short film | [2] | |
| Amy Said | Shunya Hasebe | Taishi Muramoto | [2] | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Hiroshi (voice) | Wes Anderson | American film | [2] |
| Hanalei Bay | Takahashi | Daishi Matsunaga | [2] | ||
| The Gun | Tōru Nishikawa | Masaharu Take | Lead role | [2] | |
| 2019 | Chiwawa | Nagai | Ken Ninomiya | [2] | |
| They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Genzō | Joe Odagiri | [2] | ||
| The Promised Land | Hiro Nogami | Takahisa Zeze | [2] | ||
| I Was a Secret Bitch | Akira Kojima | Kōichirō Miki | [2] | ||
| 2020 | Sasaki in My Mind | Sudo | Takuya Uchiyama | [10] | |
| Soirée | Shota Iwamatsu | Bunji Sotoyama | Lead role | [2] | |
| 2021 | Last of the Wolves | Kōta "Chinta" Chikada | Kazuya Shiraishi | [11] | |
| Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | Okada Izō | Masato Harada | [12] | ||
| Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Okita Sōji | Keishi Ōtomo | [13] | ||
| Pretenders | Sekai | Izuru Kumasaka | [14] | ||
| 2022 | The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie | Senri Hasukabe | Hiroshi Nishitani | [15] | |
| 2023 | Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Kazutora Hanemiya | Tsutomu Hanabusa | [16] | |
| Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 | Kazutora Hanemiya | Tsutomu Hanabusa | [16] | ||
| Heartless | Aragaki | Daichi Sugimoto | [17] | ||
| Kyrie | Fūkin | Shunji Iwai | [18] | ||
| 2024 | The Yin Yang Master Zero | Tachibana no Yasuie | Shimako Satō | [19] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2015 | Tenshi no Naifu | Jun Maruyama | Wowow | [2] | |
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day | Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi | Fuji TV | Lead role; TV movie | [2] | |
| 2016 | Utsukushiki Mittsu no Uso | Shogo Tachiki | Fuji TV | Episode 2 | [2] |
| Shibuya Rei-chōme | Ogito | Fuji TV, FOD | [2] | ||
| Botanical Life of Verandar 3 | Keni'ichi Hiiragi | NHK BS-P | Episode 4 | [2] | |
| Brass Dreams | Hiroto Aoshima | TBS | [2] | ||
| Cold Case: Shinjitsu no Tobira | Ryo Doguchi | Wowow | Episode 5 | [2] | |
| 2017 | Dead Stock | Riku Tsuneta | TV Tokyo | Lead role | [2] |
| Inuyashiki | Hiro Shishigami | Fuji TV | Animation | [2] | |
| 2018 | The Black Company | Ryuichi Kurata | Fuji TV Two | [2] | |
| In This Corner of the World | Tetsu Mizuhara | TBS | [2] | ||
| 2019 | Les Misérables: Owari na Kitabiji | Takumi Watanabe | Fuji TV | TV movie | [2] |
| 2020 | MIU 404 | Yoshitaka Kosaka | TBS | Episode 6 | [2] |
| 2020–2022 | Alice in Borderland | Shuntaro Chishiya | Netflix | 2 seasons | [2] |
| 2021 | Iki wo Hisomete | Shinpei Miyashita | Hulu | Episode 3 | [20] |
| 2021–22 | Come Come Everybody | Isamu Kijima | NHK | Asadora | [21] |
| 2022 | 10 Count to the Future | Momosuke Saijō | TV Asahi | [22] | |
| The Forbidden Magic | Shingo Koshiba | Fuji TV | TV movie | [23] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Mukoku | Nominated | [24] |
| 2022 | Last of the Wolves | Nominated | [25] | ||
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2017 | Best New Actor | Destruction Babies | Won | [26] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Last of the Wolves | Nominated | [27] |
| TAMA Film Awards | 2016 | Best New Actor | Destruction Babies, Sayonara, The Firefly Summers | Won | [28] |
| Special Award (as an ensemble) | Destruction Babies | Won | |||
| Takasaki Film Festival | 2015 | Best New Actor | Still the Water | Won | [29] |
| Tokyo International Film Festival | 2018 | Gemstone Award | The Gun | Won | [30] |
| Yokohama Film Festival | 2017 | Best Newcomer | Destruction Babies | Won | [26] |
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