is a Japanese actor, singer, and model represented by Stardust Promotion's Section 3. He is the leader of Stardust's music collective Ebidan unit Dish. As a member of Dish, he is nicknamed Takumi.
Biography Kitamura was born on November 3, 1997, in Tokyo. He was scouted by Stardust Promotion when he was in third grade of elementary school.
His first singing debut was "Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen" in the NHK series Minna no Uta in February and March 2008. Later in June Kitamura's first film appearance was Dive!!. He won the 2009 Reader Model Award of the magazine Shōgaku Rokunensei in 2009. In the summer of 2010, Kitamura joined the actor unit Ebidan. He later joined Ebidan's dance rock band Dish in December 2011. Kitamura is the leader of the band as its lead vocalist and guitarist.
Takumi recently starred in the live-action film Tokyo Revengers. The film received positive reviews, and is one of the highest grossing Japanese films of 2021.
Discography Singles Year Title Notes2008 "Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen" As Takumi Kitamura & Toshiaki Matsumoto
Filmography
Films Year Title RoleNotes2008 Dive!! Yoichi Fujitani (child) School Days with a Pig Takumi Kishimoto 2009 Jūryoku Pierrot Haru Okuno (child) Tajomaru Naomitsu Hatakeyama (child) Shizumanu Taiyō Katsumi Onchi (child) 2010 Surely Someday Takumi Kishi (child) 2011 Ninja Kids!!! Tamura Mikiemon 2012 Sorairo Monogatari: Nike to katatsumuri Omnibus film 2013 Suzuki Sensei Masa Izumi Girl in the Sunny Place Kosuke Okuda (middle school) 2016 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation Shuhei Sing My Life Tsubasa Seyama Destruction Babies Kenji 2017 Let Me Eat Your Pancreas Haruki Shiga Lead role Love and Lies Yūto Shiba Tremble All You Want Ichi 2018 Over Drive Akira Shinkai Waiting for Spring Towa Asakura 2019 You Shine in the Moonlit Night Takuya Okada Lead role 12 Suicidal TeensNobuo Hello WorldNaomi Katagaki (voice) Lead role ShadowfallKeiji Seven Days WarMamoru Suzuhara (voice) Lead role 2020 SakuraKaoru Hasegawa Lead role Love Me, Love Me Not Rio Yamamoto Lead roleLove Me, Love Me Not: The AnimationA student (voice)CameoOur 30-Minute SessionsSōta Kubota Lead role Tonkatsu DJ AgetarōAgetarō Katsumata Lead role Underdog Part 1Ōmura Underdog Part 2Ōmura 2021My Blood & Bones in a Flowing GalaxyArashi Tokyo RevengersTakemichi Hanagaki Lead role 2022Tombi: Father and SonAkira Ichikawa The End of the Pale HourILead roleI Am What I Am Amato Lonely Castle in the Mirror Rion (voice) 2023Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 Takemichi Hanagaki Lead role Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 Takemichi Hanagaki Lead role Scroll I Lead role The Innocent Game Kaoru Yūki 2024 Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary Billy (voice) 2025 Kaneko's Commissary Takashi Kojima A Bad Summer Mamoru Sasaki Lead role Baka's Identity Takuya Matsumoto Lead role 2026 Until We Meet Again Ryota Yanagisawa Numb Daichi Lead role Sakamoto Days Nagumo Shadow Work Your Story: Kimi No Hanashi Chihiro Lead role
Television drama Year Title RoleNotes2008 Homeroom on the Beachside Hiroki Negishi (child) Episode 4 Joshidai Nama Kaikeishi no Jiken-bo Ichiasa Kakimoto (child) Episode 9 2009 Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire Kota Episode 29 Anti-Terrorism Investigators Kenji Juhon (child) 2011 Suzuki Sensei Masa Izumi 2012 Taira no Kiyomori Emperor Konoe Taiga drama Pillow Talk: Bed no Omowaku Motoki Episode 11 2013 Aibō Season 11 Yusuke Aizawa Episode 14 2014 Nobunaga Concerto Katsuzo Mori Episode 8 2015 Tenshi no Knife Kazuya Sawamura 2016 Yutoridesuga nanika Shigeru Kogure Episodes 3 to 6, 8, 10 Brass Dreams Keita Abo 2017 Zutto Waratteta Sanma Akashiya Short drama2018 Residential Complex Saku Aoki 2019 The Good Wife Kōtarō Asahi 2020 Love Begins When the Money EndsJun Itagaki Miniseries 2021Nizi Village ClinicTaiyou AoyamaNight DoctorShun SakurabaKyojo 2Akihiro TōnoMiniseries2022Don't Call It MysteryJūtoEpisodes 11 and 12One Night, She Thinks of the DawnHeLead role2023On a Starry NightIssei HiiragiKazama Kimichika: Kyojo ZeroAkihiro TōnoKissing the Ring FingerSakuraba ArataEpisodes 3, 8 and 10YuYu HakushoYusuke UrameshiLead role2024AntiheroShūto Akamine2025AnpanTakashi YanaiAsadoraJust a Bit EspersIchimatsu2026Song of the SamuraiTakasugi ShinsakuCanned Mackerel Heads to SpaceShunichi AsanoLead role
Other television Year Title Notes 202576th NHK Kōhaku Uta GassenHe sang several songs with his co-stars from the TV drama Anpan.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result201742nd Hochi Film AwardsBest New ArtistLet Me Eat Your Pancreas30th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Newcomer201872nd Mainichi Film AwardsBest New Actor60th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Newcomer27th Tokyo Sports Film AwardsBest Newcomer41st Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the Year13th Osaka Cinema FestivalBest New Actor202045th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorUnderdog202175th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorElle Cinema Awards 2021Elle Men AwardTokyo Revengers45th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHimself GQ Japan Men of the Year 2021Men of the Year Breakthrough ActorHimself2021 Asia Artist AwardsBest Acting Himself202247th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorTombi: Father and Son202530th Busan International Film FestivalBest Actor AwardBaka's Identity38th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActorBaka's Identity and A Bad Summer202668th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest ActorBaka's Identity
References
External links
Takumi Kitamura at wiki informer