Shota Sometani

Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1992, Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Movies: 121

Shota Sometani (染谷将太 Sometani Shōta, born 3 September 1992) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte.

Upcoming Shota Sometani Movies

国境

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

8.2

Wolf Children

2012

7.9

Suzume

2022

7.9

The Boy and the Beast

2015

7.6

Belle

2021

7.1

As the Gods Will

2014

6.7

First Love

2019

7.0

Parasyte: Part 1

2014

6.7

Lesson of the Evil

2012

7.0

Parasyte: Part 2

2015

7.0

Himizu

2012

Filmography

2026	Sana: Play with Me
2026	AnyMart	Sakai
2026	THE A-CARE -Disusebody-
2026	Kyojo: Reunion
2026	Kyojo Requiem
2025	New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025	Scarlet	Guildenstern (voice)
2025	Suzuki=Bakudan	Todoroki
2025	100 METERS	Komiya (voice)
2025	Faking Beethoven	Thayer
2025	Purehearted
2025	BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
2024	Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~	Buddha
2024	Cells at Work!	Helper T Cell
2024	Doctor X: The Movie Final
2024	The Young Strangers
2024	That Person Has Disappeared	Shimazaki
2024	Sana: Let Me Hear	Yuya Nagao
2024	Worlds Apart	Kazunari Tōno
2024	The Yin Yang Master Zero	Minamoto no Hiromasa
2023	Lumberjack the Monster	Kuro Sugitani
2023	Fly On	Kimura
2023	Actors Short Films Season 3
2023	CRANK
2023	Ichigeki	Ushigoro
2022	Suzume	Minoru Okabe (voice)
2022	Momo and the Seven Papagenos	Yuta
2022	What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?	Denki Mukogawa
2021	Belle	Shinjiro 'Kamishin' Chikami (voice)
2021	Detective Chinatown 3	Murata Akira
2020	Runway	Akechi
2020	Kamiki Ryunosuke 25th Anniversary DVD	Himself
2020	Saint Young Men 3	ブッダ
2020	Stare	Watanabe Hideaki
2019	The First Supper	Rintaro Higashi
2019	To the Ends of the Earth	Yoshioka
2019	Saint Young Men 2nd Century	Buddha
2019	Parallel World Love Story	Tomohiko Miwa
2019	First Love	Kase
2019	Samurai Marathon	Hironoshin Uesugi
2018	Saint Young Men	Gautama Buddha
2018	The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan	Kohei Murata
2018	And Your Bird Can Sing	Shizuo
2018	Punk Samurai Slash Down	Makobee Makubo
2017	Legend of the Demon Cat	Kukai
2017	Foreboding	Tetsuo
2017	Dawn Wind in My Poncho	Nakata
2017	Before We Vanish
2017	Parks	Tokio
2017	March Goes out Like a Lamb	Harunobu Nikaido
2017	March Comes In Like a Lion	Harunobu Nikaido
2016	Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"	Yoshio Hasebe
2016	Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow	Mitsugu Egawa
2016	The Sion Sono	Self
2016	The Actor	Yokota
2015	Bakuman	Eiji Niizuma
2015	The Virgin Psychics	Yoshio Kamogawa
2015	Dear Deer	Takashi
2015	All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~	Yoshirō "Yocchan" Kamogawa
2015	The Boy and the Beast	Teenage Kyuta (voice)
2015	Strayer's Chronicle	Manabu
2015	Making of Tokyo Tribe	Self
2015	That's It	Samao Daikoku
2015	Parasyte: Part 2	Izumi Shinichi
2015	All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City	Yoshiri Kamogawa
2015	Teacher and Stray Cat	Shogo Kojika
2015	5windows eb(is)
2014	Parasyte: Part 1	Izumi Shinichi
2014	As the Gods Will	Satake
2014	A Drop of the Grapevine	Roku
2014	Kabukicho Love Hotel	Toru Takahashi
2014	Tokyo Tribe	MC Show
2014	Drive-In Gamo	Toshi
2014	Tadashiku Wasureru	竹下幸雄
2014	Wood Job!	Yuki Hirano
2014	The Snow White Murder Case	Hasegawa
2013	The Eternal Zero	Oishi
2013	Touching the Skin of Eeriness	Chihiro
2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Ranmaru Mori
2013	Venice 70: Future Reloaded	(segment Sion Sono)
2013	Real	Shingo Takagi
2013	Jellyfish Eyes	Byakko / White Tiger
2013	Tadaima, Jacqueline
2013	Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship	Kosuke Chiba
2013	The Intermission
2013	Similar But Different
2013	The Brain Man	Shimura
2013	Strawberry Night	Kento Yanai
2012	Lesson of the Evil	Keisuke Hayami
2012	5windows
2012	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer	Tenchi Meisatsu
2012	The Millennial Rapture	Tatsuo
2012	Making of Himizu	Self
2012	Wolf Children	Mr. Tanabe (voice)
2012	Sadako 3D	Enoki
2012	Isn't Anyone Alive?	Keisuke
2012	Always: Sunset on Third Street '64	Kenji
2012	Himizu	Yuichi Sumida
2011	Life Back Then	Nobuo Yamaki
2011	The End of Puberty	Maru
2011	A Man with Style	Kota
2011	Tokyo Park	Hiro Takai
2010	Threads of Our Hearts
2010	A Liar and a Broken Girl	Mii-Kun
2010	A School Behind Bars
2010	Tokyo Island	Manta
2010	Awaremi Mumashika
2010	Yuriko's Aroma	Tetsuya
2010	Nora
2009	Pandora's Box	Risuke/Hibari
2009	魔法のiらんど SixDays
2008	Cheer Cheer Cheer!	Tamura Akira
2008	Tear Jar
2007	Fourteen	Daiki Amamiya
2006	Aogeba Tôtoshi
2006	Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee	Fumihiko Daidoji
2004	Devilman	Susumu
2004	The Boy from Hell
2002	Ping Pong	Boy

Directing, Writing & Producing

2019	I'm still here	Director
2013	Similar But Different	Director, Writer

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