Sometani Shota (Shota Sometani)

Also known as: Sometani Shouta, そめたにしょうた

Date of birth: 3 September 1992 (34 years old)

Country: Japanese

Sometani Shota is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for his protagonist roles in Himizu and Parasyte. Sometani was a child actor. He has worked in both film and television, gaining his first leading role in Pandora's Box, a 2009 film adaptation of a Dazai Osamu novel. In 2011, he received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his work in Himizu along with his co-star Nikaido Fumi. He appeared in Aoyama Shinji's 2011 film Tokyo Park, Wakamatsu Koji's 2012 film The Millennial Rapture, and starred in Ishii Gakuryu's 2012 film Isn't Anyone Alive?. Sometani married actress Kikuchi Rinko on December 31, 2014. In October 2016, Kikuchi gave birth to their first child. In December 2018 Kikuchi announced her second pregnancy via her husband official website. (Source: Wikipedia)