Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora
Kengo Kora
	Kora in 2016
Born	November 12, 1987; Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)

Kengo Kora (高良健吾, Kōra Kengo, born November 12, 1987) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Kora has gained recognition for his roles in films such as Shinji Aoyama's Sad Vacation,[1] Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings,[2] Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood,[3] Ryuichi Hiroki's The Egoists,[4] Yoshihiro Fukagawa's Into the White Night,[5] and Koji Wakamatsu's The Millennial Rapture.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2006	The Inugamis	Young Sahei Inugami	Uncredited
	Metro ni Notte
	The Summer of Stickleback	Sho Sugimoto
2007	M	Minoru
	Sad Vacation	Yusuke Mamiya
	Fuckin' Runaway	Takeshi
2008	Snakes and Earrings	Ama
2008	108	Junpei Sasaki
2009	Antarctic Chef
	The Crab Cannery Ship
	The Vulture
	Fish Story	Goro
	Zen
2010	Norwegian Wood	Kizuki
	The Lightning Tree	Tomozo
	Fireworks from the Heart	Taro Suto	Lead role
	Box!	Yūki
	A Crowd of Three		Lead role
	Solanin	Naruo Taneda	Lead role
	Bandage	Yukiya
2011	The Egoists	Kazuhiko Ninomiya	Lead role
	Tada's Do-It-All House	Hoshi
	Into the White Night	Ryoji Kirihara	Lead role
	The Woodsman and the Rain	Kōichi
2012	Signal	Reiji Urushida
	Kueki Ressha	Shoji Kusakabe
	Kitsutsuki to Ame	Koichi Kishi
	The Millennial Rapture	Hanzō	Lead role
2013	The Story of Yonosuke	Yonosuke Yokomichi	Lead role
	A Tale of Samurai Cooking	Yasunobu Funaki
	Roommate	Kensuke Kudo
	Beyond the Memories	Kazue Haruta
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Sutemaru (voice)
2014	My Man	Ozaki
2015	The Mourner	Shizuto Sakatsuki	Lead role
	Miss Hokusai	Kuninao Utagawa (voice)
	Being Good	Tadashi Okano	Lead role
2016	Utsukushii Hito	Tamaya
	Kako: My Sullen Past	Yasunori
	Bitter Honey	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
	Shin Godzilla	Yusuke Shimura
2017	Moon and Lightning	Satoshi	Lead role
2017	Side Job	Miura
2018	Shoplifters	Takumi Maezono
	Natsume's Book of Friends Movie	Mukuo Tsumura (voice)
	Dare to Stop Us	Ken Yoshizawa
2019	Love's Twisting Path	Tajūrō	Lead role
	Talking the Pictures	Takayuki Mogi
	No Longer Human	Yukio Mishima
	The Master of Funerals	Daisuke Toyokawa
	Under Your Bed	Mitsui	Lead role
	Noroshi ga Yobu		Short film
2020	Town Without Sea	Kobayashi		[7]
2020	Under the Stars			[8]
2021	Aristocrats	Kōichirō Aoki		[9]
	Omoide Shashin	Ichirō Hoshino		[10]
	Kurenazume	Kin'ichi		[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2011	Ohisama	Kazunari Maruyama	NHK	Asadora
2012	Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance	Miroku Tachi	Wowow	Lead role
2015	Hana Moyu	Takasugi Shinsaku	NHK	Taiga drama
2016	Love That Makes You Cry	Ren Soda	Fuji TV	Lead role	[12]
2016	Beppin san	Kiyoshi Nogami	NHK	Asadora
2017	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit	Raul	NHK
2018	Bye Bye, Black Bird		Wowow	Lead role
2019	Two Homelands	Tadashi Amō	TV Tokyo	TV movie
	Yume-Shokudō no Ryōrinin		NHK	Lead role, TV movie	[13]
	Motokare Mania	Makoto "Makochi" Saitō	Fuji TV	Lead role	[14]
2021	Seiten wo Tsuke	Shibusawa Kisaku	NHK	Taiga drama	[15]
2021	Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau		NHK	TV movie	[16]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result
2010	23rd Nikkan Sports Film Award	Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award	Fireworks from the Heart and Solanin	Won
2011	20th Japan Film Professional Awards	Best New Encouragement	A Crowd of Three	Won
2012	35th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	The Egoists	Won
2012	56th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won
2013	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Kueki Ressha	Nominated
2014	23rd Japan Film Professional Awards	Best Actor	A Story of Yonosuke	Won
2014	56th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor	A Story of Yonosuke	Won
2015	28th Nikkan Sports Film Award	Best Actor	The Mourner and Being Good	Won
2015

References

Schilling, Mark (7 September 2007). "'Sad Vacation' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
Brown, Todd (24 June 2009). "NYAFF 09 Review: SNAKES AND EARRINGS". Twitch Film.
Croce, Fernando F. (2 January 2012). "Norwegian Wood - Film Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.
Lee, Maggie (25 April 2012). "The Egoists - Variety". Variety.
Romney, Jonathan (13 February 2011). "Into The White Night - Review - Screen". Screen International.
Young, Neil (3 September 2012). "The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter.
"夏、至るころ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
"芦田愛菜主演「星の子」に岡田将生、大友康平、高良健吾、黒木華らが出演！本予告も完成". eiga.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
"門脇麦×水原希子「あのこは貴族」に、高良健吾＆石橋静河＆山下リオ参戦！特報＆ティザービジュアル披露". eiga.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
"おもいで写眞". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
"成田凌と松居大悟のタッグ作「くれなずめ」公開、共演に高良健吾や若葉竜也". Natalie. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
有村架純×高良健吾「いつ恋」最終回、長い恋模様の結末は？視聴者の“余韻”収まらず (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
"高良健吾さん主演！『夢食堂の料理人～1964東京オリンピック選手村物語～』7月23日放送！". NHK. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
"新木優子：地上波ドラマ初主演で"恋愛下手女子"に高良健吾と初共演でラブコメ". Mantan-web. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
"2021年大河ドラマ「青天を衝け」出演者発表！＜第１弾＞". NHK. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
"綾瀬はるかと池松壮亮が共演、東日本大震災特集ドラマがNHKで制作開始". Natalie. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

External links

Official profile (in Japanese)
Kengo Kora at IMDb

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[1] Schilling, Mark (7 September 2007). "'Sad Vacation' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.

[2] Brown, Todd (24 June 2009). "NYAFF 09 Review: SNAKES AND EARRINGS". Twitch Film.

[3] Croce, Fernando F. (2 January 2012). "Norwegian Wood - Film Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.

[4] Lee, Maggie (25 April 2012). "The Egoists - Variety". Variety.

[5] Romney, Jonathan (13 February 2011). "Into The White Night - Review - Screen". Screen International.

[6] Young, Neil (3 September 2012). "The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter.

[7] "夏、至るころ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[8] "芦田愛菜主演「星の子」に岡田将生、大友康平、高良健吾、黒木華らが出演！本予告も完成". eiga.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.

[9] "門脇麦×水原希子「あのこは貴族」に、高良健吾＆石橋静河＆山下リオ参戦！特報＆ティザービジュアル披露". eiga.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.

[10] "おもいで写眞". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[11] "成田凌と松居大悟のタッグ作「くれなずめ」公開、共演に高良健吾や若葉竜也". Natalie. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[12] 有村架純×高良健吾「いつ恋」最終回、長い恋模様の結末は？視聴者の“余韻”収まらず (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2016-06-06.

[13] "高良健吾さん主演！『夢食堂の料理人～1964東京オリンピック選手村物語～』7月23日放送！". NHK. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[14] "新木優子：地上波ドラマ初主演で"恋愛下手女子"に高良健吾と初共演でラブコメ". Mantan-web. Retrieved July 19, 2019.

[15] "2021年大河ドラマ「青天を衝け」出演者発表！＜第１弾＞". NHK. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[16] "綾瀬はるかと池松壮亮が共演、東日本大震災特集ドラマがNHKで制作開始". Natalie. Retrieved October 13, 2020.