Kento Yamazaki (born 1994) is a Japanese model and actor. He is best known for being the go-to guy for lead roles in live action adaptations of anime and manga. Within this niche he has done a wide variety of genres, such as Shoujo like Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu and Orange, dramas like Your Lie in April, and action works like Alice in Borderland. His first lead roles television dramas were Kiss That Kills and the Japanese remake of Good Doctor.
Filmography:
- Another (2012): Kōichi Sakakibara
- Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu (2012): Nishiki Hasegawa
- Water Polo Yankees (2014): Ryuji Mifune
- Baseball Brainiacs (2014): Kōki Ebato
- LDK (2014): Shusei Kugayama
- Mare (2015): Keita Kontani
- Death Note (2015): L
- Orange (2015): Kakeru Naruse
- A Girl And Three Sweethearts (2016): Kanata Shibasaki
- Your Lie in April (2016): Kōsei Arima
- Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016): Kyōya Sata
- Yo-kai Watch The Movie 3: A Whale of Two Worlds (2016): Lord Enma
- One Week Friends (2017): Yūki Hase
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017):Jōsuke Higashikata
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2017): Kusuo Saiki
- Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017): Hōtarō Oreki
- A Forest Of Wool And Steel (2017): Naoki Tomura
- Kiss That Kills (2018): Ōtarō Dōjima
- Good Doctor (Japan) (2018): Minato Shindō
- Kingdom (2019): Xin
- Ni no Kuni (2018): Yū (voice role)
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020): Hirotaka Nifuji
- Alice in Borderland (2020-): Ryōhei Arisu
Tropes about his filmography and career:
- Dawson Casting: He played high school-aged teens into his twenties (eg. he was about 23 playing teenagers Oreki in the Hyouka adaptation and Saiki in the Saiki K adaptation).
- Those Two Actors: A frequent costar of Tao Tsuchiya. They played classmates on Miss Double Faced Teacher, love interests in Orange and Mare, and the leads of Alice in Borderland.
