Kazunari Ninomiya

At 40 years old, Kazunari Ninomiya has this physical status:

Kazunari Ninomiya (Ninomiya Kazunari, born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host.

He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi.

His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 aged 13.

Prior to his debut as a member of Arashi, Ninomiya started an acting career when he was cast as Chris for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name.

Apart from his group's activities, he starred in numerous television drama, movie and stage production, and has been regarded as the actor of Arashi.

Described as an actor who can act with his mouth and eyes, Ninomiya has won a number of awards and nominations for his roles.

Early life

Ninomiya was born in Katsushika, Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. His father and mother were both working as chefs when they met and his sister is two years older than he is. When Ninomiya was born, his grandfather immediately came home and named him the heir to the family's windshield wiper factory since he was his grandfather's only grandson. However, when Ninomiya was twelve years old, his cousin sent in an application to Johnny & Associates without his knowledge. After attending and passing the auditions due to his mother's prodding, he joined the talent agency.

Ninomiya graduated from high school in March 2002 at the age of 18.

Personal life

On November 12, 2019, Ninomiya announced his marriage through a handwritten letter he released in their fan club website. He announced the birth of his daughter through his agency on March 5, 2021.

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Music career

Now! Ninomiya penned and composed "Konseki" () for his solo appearance in Arashi's Iza in 2004. Tour. Although Arashi's fifth studio album One was the first of their albums to feature solo songs of each member, Ninomiya did not have lyrics or music for official release until nearly two years later.

With the limited edition containing the bonus track "Love So Sweet" (, "Faito Songu"), which was written by Arashi and composed by Ninomiya in 2006 for their variety show G no Arashi, the group's eighteenth single "Love So Sweet" was unveiled in 2007. The Time album was released on July 11, 2007 with a limited edition containing solo songs of each member. Ninomiya wrote the lyrics to his solo album "Niji" (, "Rainbow") and appeared on stage throughout Arashi's summer tour. He recalled his appearance in 2008 during Arashi's second Asia Tour appearance.

Ninomiya wrote, co-arranged, and penned the lyrics for his solo "Gimmick Game" in 2008. Ninomiya's solo "1992*4##111" was also composed, co-arranged, and penned the lyrics in 2010. The title is read as "arigat" in Ninomiya's words (thank you).

Ninomiya, Arashi's successor, released in 2022, a solo album with his pick of cover songs, on CD (+DVD/BR) and June 20, in digital download and streaming. With this, he became Satoshi Ohno's second member to debut as a solo artist. Marumaru to Ninomiya to (), an album that debuted on the Oricon download charts within a week of its launch.

Acting career

Ninomiya began acting in a 1997 stage play based on the American coming of age film Stand by Me, alongside future bandmates Masaki Aiba and Jun Matsumoto. He did not return to see any major stage productions for nearly seven years after Stand by Me, but instead concentrated on dramas. However, Ninomiya appeared in his first lead role in the stage play Shibuya Hanarete () directed by Yukio Ninagawa in 2004. He went from April 3, 2005, to May 4, 2005, playing the James Dean character Jim Stark.

Ninomiya appeared in his first stage performance in four years from July 18, 2009 to August 11, 2009. Bruno, the psychopathic murderer, appeared in Mishiranu Jyaku (, Strangers on a Train), which was based on the same plot.

In 1998, he made his television debut as a fifteen-year-old runaway in the TBS television film Amagi Goe (, Crossing Mt. Amagi (Amagi): Just a few months before his debut with Arashi, he was given his first lead role in the drama Abunai Hkago (, Dangerous After School), with Subaru Shibutani playing as his stepbrother. His diet became jammed, resulting in his losing 7 kg in a month. Because Arashi were the key supporters for the 8th World Cup of Volleyball Championships, the five players co-starred together for the first time in the volleyball-centered short drama V no Arashi (V).

Ninomiya appeared in a variety of dramas from 2003 to 2005. In the comedy film Stand Up!, he played a student who turned out to be one of the last four virgins left at school. In the human drama series Yasashii Jikan, a boyfriend of a girl who mysteriously shrunk into a height of just sixteen centimeters taller in Minami's Girlfriend) and a young man who mistakenly killed his mother and established an estranged relationship with his father are among the highlights. (Domain Time)

I am reminded a little of my gratitude in 2006, when Ninomiya appeared in the drama special Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana (). ), which was based on the true story of a young man who was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma. He went on to appear in two other films for the remainder of 2006 before taking up Hakei, Chichiu, (, Dear Father) on January 11, 2007.

He and his fellow Arashi bandmate Sho Sakurai co-starred in the manga-based comedy comedy comedy Yamada Tar Monogatari during the summer of 2007. Tar Yamada (, Yamada Tar), a very poor student attending a wealthy academy, was Ninomiya's title character. He took lead in Arashi's forthcoming concerts straight after—whilst juggling rehearsals for the sake of a young man's debut as a marathon runner.

Ninomiya finally took up the main role in the drama Ry'sei no Kizuna " after a year without an acting part other than a brief guest appearance in bandmate Satoshi Ohno's debut lead drama Ma's first lead role, with Ryo Nishikido and Erika Toda playing as his younger siblings. The three children of parents who were murdered by a nameless man long ago. The 59th Television Drama Academy Awards jury lauded his contribution as the country's oldest vengeful sibling and named him Best Actor. In addition to his role in Rysei no Kizuna, he has been named Outstanding Actor in the drama category of the 49th Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

Ninomiya appeared as the lead in the third and final of the TBS kand ("moving") drama special trilogy Door to Door, with Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana, and Marathon respectively on the first and second. Bill Porter, an American door-to-door salesman who recovered the most sales for his company despite suffering from cerebral palsy, was the drama show based on the true life of the artist. He received the Individual Award in the television category of the 46th Galaxy Awards, first for a Johnny's talent and the first by an actor in his twenties. In April 2009, Ninomiya began filming for the drama special Tengoku de Kimi Aetara (, If I Could Meet You in Heaven). However, the special, which featured Ninomiya's first appearance as a psychiatrist, did not air on television until September 24, 2009.

Ninomiya co-starred alongside the other members of Arashi in their first drama in nearly ten years in Saigo no Yakusoku "". Shji Yamagiwa Shji, a 27-year-old temporary security center employee who was trapped in a building hijack, was depicted by Ninomiya. He appeared on live on the last episode of Matsumoto and Yko Takeuchi's isle drama Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro Nagayaku (, Summer Love Shines in Rainbow Colors).

Ninomiya appeared in the drama Freeter, Ie o Kau (Part-time Worker, Buys a House), his first serial drama since Ry'sei no Kizuna (2008). Ninomiya portrayed Seiji Take (Take Seiji), with Karina as his co-star. Despite high viewership ratings throughout its airing, the drama maintained steady viewership ratings, with an average rating of 17.14%.

In 2002, he made his motion picture debut in Arashi's first film together, Pikanchi Life Is Struggle (Life is Struggish, Pikanchi Life is Wonderful) ( Life Is Struggish, But Happy). In the 2003 film The Blue Light with Aya Matsuura as his co-star, Ninomiya took the spotlight as Shuichi, a high school student trying to get rid of his violent stepfather. Arashi reunites with their respective roles in the sequel to Pikanchi Life Is Struggle (Because, Happy)

Ninomiya's first artist from Johnny's & Associates made his debut in Hollywood in 2006, a fruitful year for the artist. In Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winner Letters from Iwo Jima, he played Saigo, an unwilling soldier. Many film commentators lauded his appearance, including RogerEbert.com's ("thoroughly winning"), Claudia Puig of USA Today ("also good"), James Berardinelli ("another performer worth singing out"), and Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter ("just fantastic." A. O. Scott, a New York Times film critic, selected Ninomiya as the ideal Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actor on January 7, 2007. On October 24, 2006, a few months after returning from filming Letters from Iwo Jima in the United States, he debuted as a voice actor, lending his voice to main character Black in Michael Arias' animated film Tekkon Kinkreet.

All the members of Arashi appeared in their third film together, Kiiroi Namida (, Yellow Tears), with Ninomiya playing the main role of a young manga artist.

The live-action adaptation of Fumi Yoshinaga's award-winning oku: The Inner Chambers manga, which starred Ninomiya and Kou Shibasaki, was released in Japan on October 1, 2010. Ninomiya played Yunoshin Mizuno (Mizuno Yunoshin), a young man living in a matriarchal society due to a disease that killed the majority of the male population.

Parts of the live-action manga Gantz, starring Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama, was released in the United States on January 20, 2011 in Japan and on January 29, 2011. Kei Kurono, a young man who is hit by a subway train and becomes a part of a semi-posthumous "game" with other deceased people, was starring Ninomiya. On April 23, 2011, part two of Gantz, titled Gantz: A Perfect Answer, reached theaters in Japan.

Ninomiya was the lead actor in Keigo Higashino's film adaptation of Platina Data in 2013 [Platinum Data ()]. Rysei no Kizuna [Meteor Bonds]] in Ninomiya was also based on a Higashino novel.

In the 2015 live-action film version of Assassination Classroom, it was revealed that Ninomiya will be the voice of Koro-sensei.

Ninomiya received the 39th Japan Academy Award for Best Actor in Living with My Mother (Haha to Kuraseba), beating fellow Johnny & Associates colleague Okada Junichi on March 5, 2016.

In theaters around Japan on August 11, 2022, Tang, based on Deborah Install's book "A robot in the garden," in which he portrays a failed man abandoned by his wife's wife, who discovers an amnesiac stray robot in their garden, was released. After Ninomiya's suggestion to the designer, who had been studying with both children and adults for their creation of its animations with no success, it was revealed that he should also portray himself as a mirror of his own acting a few days later. Tang was created by CG animators using motion capture.

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