Hongo Kanata

Books/magazines

• Boy Actor vol.1 (September 2005 and PIA)
• "Nana2" Novelization (2006 and Shueisha Cobalt)
• Real G vol.1 (January 2007 and SDP)
• Real G vol.2 (May 2007 and SDP)

Others

• Concert Costarring "Gackt Live Tour 2003 The Month Of The Upper Chord"
• The Radio Play "At Night Of A Big Blackout" - Shota Tazawa

Career

Hongō has appeared in several movies, includingMoon Child, which also starred Gackt , Hyde and Leehom Wang . Hongō played the role of Sho as a child, while the adult role was played by Gackt. He appeared in a movie calledHinokiowhich was released in July 2005 in Japan . Hongō is also the young boy in the singer Yui 's music video for her song " Tomorrow's Way ." In 2006, Kanata was cast as the popular anime character Ryoma Echizen in the live-action adaptation film ofThe Prince of Tennis. He joined the majority of the Seigaku Regulars of thePrince of Tennismusicals as he was replacing Kotaro Yanagi , who couldn't play the role due to a car accident he was involved in.

Hongō also portrayed the young bassist Shinichi Okazaki in the movieNana 2, which was released in Japan on December 9, 2006. He had replaced Ken'ichi Matsuyama who had previously played Shin in the firstNanafilm. His next feature film was alongside Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley inSilkwhich was screened at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival . This marked Hongō's first appearance in an English language film, where he played a Japanese servant boy. He also starred in another music video, B'zs " Eien no Tsubasa " along with Tsubasa Honda and in GReeeeN 's music video of "Namida Sora".

In television, Hongō's first major role was as major supporting character Hinata inHimitsu no Hanazonoand performed a wonderful tear jerking moment in one of the later episodes. His superb job in acting lead him to being another major supporting character in the dramaSeito Shokun!as rebellious student Kohei Aoki. Later, he appeared as a guest in two other shows. In 2008, he starred as Riku Okamoto inSeigi no Mikata, broadcasted by NTV. He said Okamoto was probably his most normal role to date. He was then featured in the music video for The Gospellers ' "Sky High", which was the opening to the second season of animeNodame Cantabile.

Hongō starred in three films in late 2008. They includedAoi Tori,K-20: The Fiend with Twenty FacesandGoth. The latter two were released in Japan on the same day, December 20.Gothis based on a Japanese novel with the same name , written by Otsuichi .

Dramas

Movies

Music videos

Commercials

• 株式会社ライク 「アエラホーム」
• 明治乳業 「明治おいしい牛乳」
• 牛乳工場篇
• 乳酸菌篇

2. ^ Retrieved on 2009-11-08.
3. ^ Kotaro Yanagi Japanese Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
4. ^ Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
5. ^ Goth Movie website. Retrieved on 2009-11-08
(Japanese)"実写版『GANTZ』最重要キャラクター・西丈一郎は本郷奏多に決定！二宮や松山を罵倒し薄ら笑い" . Cinema Today. 2010-01-28. . Retrieved 2010-01-28.