Kento Yamazaki
Biography
Kento Yamazaki (山﨑賢人), born on September 7, 1994, in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, is a renowned Japanese actor and model. He was scouted during his junior high school years and began his career as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon. Shortly after, he transitioned into acting, making his debut in the TV series Atami no Sousakan in 2010.
Yamazaki is best known for his roles in live-action adaptations of popular manga and anime. Some of his notable works include Your Lie in April (2016), Orange (2015), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), and Kingdom (2019). He also gained international recognition for his role as Ryōhei Arisu in the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present).
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Acting History
2026
Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison as Saichi Sugimoto
2025Under Ninja as Kurō Kumogakure
2024Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido- as Sugimoto Saichi
2024Kingdom: Return of the Great General as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2024The Yin Yang Master Zero as Abe no Seimei
2024Golden Kamuy as Saichi Sugimoto
2023Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2022Atom's Last Shot as Nayuta Azumi
2022Kingdom 2: Far and Away as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2021The Door into Summer as Soichiro Takakura
2020Alice in Borderland as Ryohei Arisu
2020Crazy Samurai Musashi as Chusuke
2020Theatre: A Love Story as Nagata
2020Until The Cherry Blossom Falls
2020Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku as Hirotaka Nifuji
2019NiNoKuni as Yuu (voice)
2019Kingdom as Ri Shin (Li Xin)
2018From Today, It's My Turn!!
2018Good Doctor as Minato Shindo
2018The Forest of Wool and Steel as Naoki Tomura
2018Kiss that Kills as Otaro Dojima
2018Kiss that Kills: Parallel as 堂岛旺太郎
2017Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets as Hōtarō Oreki
2017Psychic Kusuo as Kusuo Saiki
2017Rikuoh as Daichi Miyazawa
2017JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 as Josuke Higashikata
2017One Week Friends as Yuki Hase
2016Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! as King Enma
2016Your Lie in April as Kousei Arima
2016A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Kanata Shibasaki
2016Wolf Girl and Black Prince as Kyouya Sata
2015Orange as Kakeru Naruse
2015No Longer Heroine as Rita Terasaka
2015Death Note as L
2015Sea Side Blue as Taku Nagata
2015Mare as Kontani Keita
2014Water Polo Yankees as Ryuji Mifune
2014L♡DK as Shūsei Kugayama
2014Baseball Brainiacs as Koki Ebato
2013Jinx!!! as Kuniko Muroi
2013No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 as Ryo Akutsu
2013Breakfast and Dinner as Sato Takumi
2012Love for Beginners as Nishiki Hasegawa
2012Another as Koichi Sakakibara
2012The Female Teacher in Black
2012The Chasing World 5 as Suguru
2012The Chasing World 3 as Suguru
2012The Wings of the Kirin as Tatsuya Sugino
2011Runaway: For Your Love as Panda
2011Control Tower as Kakeru
2010Atami's Police Investigators as Shinya Shijima
2006Time Limit Investigator as Shota Amayo
—Kingdom 5 as Ri Shin (Li Xin)