# Kengo Kora

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, Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings, Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood, Ryuichi Hiroki's The Egoists, Yoshihiro Fukagawa's Into the White Night, and Koji Wakamatsu's The Millennial Rapture.

## Personal life

On October 4, 2024, Kora announced his marriage to actress Kanako Tahara.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Inugamis | Young Sahei Inugami | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Metro ni Notte | | |
| 2006 | The Summer of Stickleback | Sho Sugimoto | |
| 2007 | M | Minoru | |
| 2007 | Sad Vacation | Yusuke Mamiya | |
| 2007 | Fuckin' Runaway | Takeshi | |
| 2008 | Snakes and Earrings | Ama | |
| 2008 | 108 | Junpei Sasaki | |
| 2009 | Antarctic Chef | | |
| 2009 | The Crab Cannery Ship | | |
| 2009 | The Vulture | | |
| 2009 | Fish Story | Goro | |
| 2009 | Zen | Shunryo | |
| 2010 | Norwegian Wood | Kizuki | |
| 2010 | The Lightning Tree | Tomozo | |
| 2010 | Fireworks from the Heart | Taro Suto | Lead role |
| 2010 | Box! | Yūki | |
| 2010 | A Crowd of Three | | Lead role |
| 2010 | Solanin | Naruo Taneda | Lead role |
| 2010 | Bandage | Yukiya | |
| 2011 | The Egoists | Kazuhiko Ninomiya | Lead role |
| 2011 | Tada's Do-It-All House | Hoshi | |
| 2011 | Into the White Night | Ryoji Kirihara | Lead role |
| 2011 | The Woodsman and the Rain | Kōichi | |
| 2012 | Signal | Reiji Urushida | |
| 2012 | Kueki Ressha | Shoji Kusakabe | |
| 2012 | Kitsutsuki to Ame | Koichi Kishi | |
| 2012 | The Millennial Rapture | Hanzō | Lead role |
| 2013 | The Story of Yonosuke | Yonosuke Yokomichi | Lead role |
| 2013 | A Tale of Samurai Cooking | Yasunobu Funaki | |
| 2013 | Roommate | Kensuke Kudo | |
| 2013 | Beyond the Memories | Kazue Haruta | |
| 2013 | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Sutemaru (voice) | |
| 2014 | My Man | Ozaki | |
| 2015 | The Mourner | Shizuto Sakatsuki | Lead role |
| 2015 | Miss Hokusai | Kuninao Utagawa (voice) | |
| 2015 | Being Good | Tadashi Okano | Lead role |
| 2016 | Utsukushii Hito | Tamaya | |
| 2016 | Kako: My Sullen Past | Yasunori | |
| 2016 | Bitter Honey | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | Yusuke Shimura | |
| 2017 | Moon and Lightning | Satoshi | Lead role |
| 2017 | Side Job | Miura | |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | Takumi Maezono | |
| 2018 | Natsume's Book of Friends Movie | Mukuo Tsumura (voice) | |
| 2018 | Dare to Stop Us | Ken Yoshizawa | |
| 2019 | Love's Twisting Path | Tajūrō | Lead role |
| 2019 | Talking the Pictures | Takayuki Mogi | |
| 2019 | No Longer Human | Yukio Mishima | |
| 2019 | The Master of Funerals | Daisuke Toyokawa | |
| 2019 | Under Your Bed | Mitsui | Lead role |
| 2019 | Noroshi ga Yobu | | Short film |
| 2020 | Town Without Sea | Kobayashi | |
| 2020 | Under the Stars | | |
| 2021 | Aristocrats | Kōichirō Aoki | |
| 2021 | Photograph of Memories | Ichirō Hoshino | |
| 2021 | Remain in Twilight | Kin'ichi | |
| 2022 | The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn | Kazuma | |
| 2022 | 2 Women | | |
| 2023 | In Her Room | | |
| 2023 | The Water Flows to the Sea | Shigemichi "Nigemichi" Utagawa | |
| 2023 | G-Men | Kaoru Date | |
| 2023 | Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Shin'ichirō | |
| 2023 | Masked Hearts | | |
| 2024 | Sin and Evil | Haru | Lead role |
| 2024 | Rainy Blue | | |
| 2024 | The Voices at War | Morio Tateno | |
| 2024 | Route 29 | | |
| 2025 | Seaside Serendipity | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Sunshine | Kazunari Maruyama | Asadora |
| 2012 | Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance | Miroku Tachi | Lead role |
| 2015 | Burning Flower | Takasugi Shinsaku | Taiga drama |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You Cry | Ren Soda | Lead role |
| 2016 | Beppin san | Kiyoshi Nogami | Asadora |
| 2017 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | Raul | |
| 2018 | Bye Bye, Black Bird | | Lead role |
| 2019 | Two Homelands | Tadashi Amō | TV movie |
| 2019 | Yume-Shokudō no Ryōrinin | | Lead role, TV movie |
| 2019 | Motokare Mania | Makoto "Makochi" Saitō | Lead role |
| 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Shibusawa Kisaku | Taiga drama |
| 2021 | Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau | | TV movie |
| 2021 | Isoroku Yamamoto in London | Sadatoshi Tomioka | TV movie |
| 2022 | Modern Love Tokyo | | Episode 2 |
| 2024 | 1122: For a Happy Marriage | Shiro Kashiwagi | |
| 2024 | House of Ninjas | Gaku Tawara | |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result |
| 2010 | 23rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards | 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 | 36th 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 Awards | Best Actor | The Mourner and Being Good | Won |