Ryunosuke Kamiki
Ryunosuke Kamiki (born May 19, 1993) is a Japanese actor. He entered the industry in 1995 when he was only 2 years old. He made his drama debut in "Good News", which gained him immense popularity through his first full-time role as Naoya, playing the son of SMAP's Masahiro Nakai. In 2001, he was discovered by Hayao Miyazaki, and ended up voicing Bao in the animated film "Spirited Away" by Studio Ghibli, the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan. From 1999 to 2002 he had appeared in over a dozen projects, earning him the title of a child prodigy. He was awarded his first award for "Backdrop del mio Papá" when he was only 11. From 2004 to 2020, he has won awards every one or two alternative years. Today, Ryu remains an iconic and beloved actor in the Japanese industry. He has the reputation of a reliable lead actor who goes into character as soon as the cameras start rolling. For his successful transition from a child actor to a main lead combined with his modest personality, has made him a role model for many. When choosing works, he likes to experiment with roles or plots. He does not mind too much about popularity or being the main lead as long as he likes his role. Rather than "aiming for a big goal ahead", he is the type to do the job in front of him wholeheartedly. He has appeared in numerous award-winning projects. In 2011, he won his first international award for playing the main lead in the Amade Prize–winning "Threads of Our Hearts". To date, he has been an integral part of all the top 4 highest-grossing Japanese movies in Japan. His works continue to break records as his movie "your name." became the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time internationally. Ryu, alongside acting and voice acting, has dabbled in multiple fields. For variety shows he often does many documentaries. He even interviewed Will Smith for the magazine TV program 'ZIP!'. In 2015, he released his first book "Master's Café". Ryu challenged his first stage play with "Beautiful: The Woman Who Met with God", directed and written by Suzuki Matsuo, in 2019. The following year, he debuted in multiple fields such as a radio DJ for 'All Night Nippon 0' (ANN0) on 11th October 2020, which airs 3 am at nights between Saturday and Sunday. His directorial debut was with the music video for "I Treasure You" for SUPER HANDSOME COLLECTION "JUMP↑". He opened his own YouTube channel. He was also the official photographer for Takeru Satoh's 2021 calendar. In 2020, Ryu was awarded at the Elan d'or Award Ceremony, one of the most prestigious awards in Japan for completing 25 years in the industry. To thank his fans, he started the 25th Anniversary Celebration Project.
146 acting credits
Acting · 146
Kamen Rider
1971
Spirited Away
2001
Your Name.
2016
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
The Woman of S.R.I.
1999
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
2003
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger
2003
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Godzilla Minus One
2023
Back of Father
2014
If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student
2022
Suzume
2022
Taira no Kiyomori
2012
Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?
2017
Weathering with You
2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Yoshitsune
2005
Psycho Doctor
2002
Detective School Q
2007
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010
Everyone’s Demoted!!
2019
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
2006
The Secret World of Arrietty
2010
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
2014
Blackboard
2012
Ranman
2023
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Bloody Monday
2008
Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break
2022
The Girl's Speech
2015
Summer Wars
2009
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000
Ooku
2003
Bones of Steel
2020
Kirei 〜 The Woman Who Met Up With God 〜
2019
As the Gods Will
2014
Transformation
2014
My Husband
2001
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Garden of the Wind
2008
Life's Punchline
2021
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
2024
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
Detective Yugami
2017
Dondo Hare
2007
TXQ FICTION
2024
The Family Game
2013
Quiz
2000
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Ooku Dai-isho
2004
Aikurushii
2005
Pray Speak What Has Happened
2025
Samurai Sensei
2015
Kokosei Restaurant
2011
As Tears Go By
2000
劇場の灯を消すな！Ｂｕｎｋａｍｕｒａシアターコクーン編
2020
Ojisama to Neko
2021
Odd Family 11
2011
Tokyo Tower ~ Okan and me, sometimes, Oton (SP version)
2006
Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery
2002
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi
2004
Iron Armored Machine Mikazuki
2000
Ikinari Honyomi! Sudden Book Reading
2020
The Piano Forest
2007
Shingo Mama Drama Special: OH-HA Saves the World Vol. 1
2001
Godzilla Minus Zero
2026
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
2017
At the Bench
2024
The Princess and the Pilot
2011
The Kirishima Thing
2012
Unsinkable Bones
2003
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009
Makubes no 23 ji
2021
doktor/kranke
2001
Ghost Book
2022
Into the Faraway Sky
2007
Good News
1999
Tantei Kazoku
2002
Kogure Photo Studio
2013
Bakuman
2015
The Great Yokai War
2005
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
School Lawyer
2018
We're Broke, My Lord!
2023
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
xxxHOLiC
2022
Akahana no Sensei
2009
SPEC: Close Reincarnation
2013
TAKERU NO PLAN CALENDAR PROJECT
2020
Too Young To Die!
2016
Survive Style 5+
2004
Wonderful World
2007
Last Letter
2020
Noise
2022
Fortuna's Eye
2019
Big Man Japan
2007
Zoo
2005
Ruri's Island Special 2007: First Love
2007
Canned Mackerel Heads to Space
2026
Bayside Shakedown 2
2003
Time Slip Horibe Yasubei
2014
Omiya
2002
Sanjuujinkaku to Mahoutsukai
2020
March Goes out Like a Lamb
2017
Maria
2001
The Day I Bought a Star
2006
SPEC: Close~Incarnation
2013
Rockers
2003
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014
March Comes In Like a Lion
2017
The Legend of Alma. The story of the dog you never knew.
2010
SPEC: Life
2012
Murders at the House of Death
2019
The Songs of Studio Ghibli
2019
The Sun
2016
SPEC: Zero
2013
Oshare ism
2005
The Last Town We Saw
2024
Install
2004
SPEC: Heaven
2012
Time Never Stops
2014
Tokusen! Jidai Geki
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Little DJ
2007
Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum
2021
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
2024
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2020 Tokubetsu-hen
2020
Poison Berry in my Brain
2015
Emergency Room 24 Hours Special 2002
2001
A Crocodile Who Lived for 100 Days
2021
Suddenly Reading!
2020
Renai Shousetsu
2004
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
2017
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2018 SP
2018
Dad's Backdrop
2004
Kamiki Ryunosuke 25th Anniversary DVD
2020
ＮＨＫスペシャル ネクストワールド 私たちの未来
2015
Ooku 3 Special ~ Women of the Bakumatsu Era ~
2004
Kamiki Ryunosuke – 20 Year Old Travel Vietnam Railroad
2014
Kimi no Kuizu
2026
Threads of Our Hearts
2010
Takeru No Plan Drive
2020
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
2001
Sincerite Kamiki Ryunosuke
2017