22 Facts About Kento Yamazaki

Kento Yamazaki was scouted during his third year of junior high school by his agency, Stardust Promotion, on Takeshita Street, Harajuku while on his way home from a soccer match.

Kento Yamazaki began his career working as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon from 2009 to 2011.

Kento Yamazaki made his acting debut in 2010 when he was cast in the TV series Atami no Sousakan as a mysterious high school student.

Kento Yamazaki sang and played the guitar in the film, for which his acting was well received.

Kento Yamazaki starred as the lead in the horror thriller film Another, working with his Control Tower co-star Ai Hashimoto for a second time.

Kento Yamazaki was cast in the films The Chasing World 3 and the live-action adaptation of Love for Beginners.

In 2014, Kento Yamazaki made a breakthrough in his career starring in the live-action film adaptation of the highly successful manga L DK, alongside Ayame Goriki.

Kento Yamazaki made his stage debut in Satomi Hakkenden as the main lead Inuzuka Shino.

Kento Yamazaki then played the lead role in Orange, alongside Tao Tsuchiya.

Kento Yamazaki played the lead role of Kosei Arima, a gifted pianist, alongside Suzu Hirose, who portrayed Kaori Miyazono.

That same year, Kento Yamazaki was chosen to star in a special short film to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Yasuhisa Hara's historical manga Kingdom as the main character, Xin.

Kento Yamazaki would go on to reprise this role in the 2019 live-action feature film, which was released on April 19,2019.

In January 2018, Kento Yamazaki secured his first leading role in a television series, playing Otaro Dojima, a top nightclub host, in the NTV winter drama Kiss that Kills, alongside Mugi Kadowaki, Mackenyu and Masaki Suda.

In preparation for the film, Kento Yamazaki lived in Hokkaido to learn and practice piano tuning.

Kento Yamazaki met the Emperor and Empress of Japan in a special screening of the film.

The drama received a positive response from viewers, and it was the first time Kento Yamazaki acted as a doctor and took on a more unconventional role.

In 2019, Kento Yamazaki was cast in the Netflix series Alice in Borderland, a live-action adaptation of the manga series of the same name, in the lead role of Ryohei Arisu.

In 2020, Kento Yamazaki starred in the live-action film adaptation of Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.

Kento Yamazaki played the lead role of Hirotaka Nifuji, an aloof working adult who is a huge fan of video games.

Kento Yamazaki starred in Theatre: A Love Story as a struggling theatre director.

In 2022, following the first film's release in 2019, Kento Yamazaki reprised his role as Li Xin in the sequel film Kingdom 2: Far and Away.

Kento Yamazaki then went on to star in the lead role of Nayuta Azumi, an indie game developer, in the TV series Atom's Last Shot.