# Takumi Kitamura

Takumi Kitamura (北村 匠海, Kitamura Takumi, born 3 November 1997) is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. He is represented by Stardust Promotion's Section 3. He is the leader of Stardust's music collective Ebidan unit Dish. As a member of Dish, he is nicknamed Takumi, stylized as TAKUMI.

## Biography

Kitamura was born on 3 November 1997, in Tokyo. He was scouted by Stardust Promotion when he was in third grade of elementary school.
His first singing debut was "Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen" in the NHK series Minna no Uta in February and March 2008. Later in June Kitamura's first film appearance was Dive!!. He won the 2009 Reader Model Award of the magazine Shōgaku Rokunensei in 2009. In the summer of 2010, Kitamura joined the actor unit Ebidan. He later joined Ebidan's dance rock band Dish in December 2011. Kitamura is the leader of the band as its lead vocalist and guitarist.
In August 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19.
Takumi recently starred in the live-action film Tokyo Revengers. The film received positive reviews, and is one of the highest grossing Japanese films of 2021.

## Discography
### Singles

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2008 | "Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen" | As Takumi Kitamura & Toshiaki Matsumoto |

## Filmography
### TV drama

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Homeroom on the Beachside | Hiroki Negishi (child) | Episode 4 |
| 2008 | Joshidai Nama Kaikeishi no Jiken-bo | Ichiasa Kakimoto (child) | Episode 9 |
| 2009 | Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire | Kota | Episode 29 |
| 2009 | Anti-Terrorism Investigators | Kenji Juhon (child) | |
| 2011 | Suzuki Sensei | Masa Izumi | |
| 2012 | Taira no Kiyomori | Emperor Konoe | Taiga drama |
| 2012 | Pillow Talk: Bed no Omowaku | Motoki | Episode 11 |
| 2013 | Aibō Season 11 | Yusuke Aizawa | Episode 14 |
| 2014 | Nobunaga Concerto | Katsuzo Mori | Episode 8 |
| 2015 | Tenshi no Knife | Kazuya Sawamura | |
| 2016 | Yutoridesuga nanika | Shigeru Kogure | Episodes 3 to 6, 8, 10 |
| 2016 | Brass Dreams | Keita Abo | |
| 2017 | Zutto Waratteta | Sanma Akashiya | Short drama |
| 2018 | Residential Complex | Saku Aoki | |
| 2019 | The Good Wife | Kōtarō Asahi | |
| 2020 | Love Begins When the Money Ends | Jun Itagaki | Miniseries |
| 2021 | Nizi Village Clinic | Taiyou Aoyama | |
| 2021 | Night Doctor | Shun Sakuraba | |
| 2021 | Kyojo 2 | Akihiro Tōno | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Don't Call It Mystery | Jūto | Episodes 11 and 12 |
| 2023 | On a Starry Night | Issei Hiiragi | |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero | Akihiro Tōno | |
| 2023 | Kissing the Ring Finger | Sakuraba Arata | Episodes 3, 8 and 10 |
| 2024 | Antihero | Shūto Akamine | |
| 2025 | Anpan | Takashi Yanai | Asadora |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Dive!! | Yoichi Fujitani (child) | |
| 2008 | School Days with a Pig | Takumi Kishimoto | |
| 2009 | Jūryoku Pierrot | Haru Okuno (child) | |
| 2009 | Tajomaru | Naomitsu Hatakeyama (child) | |
| 2009 | Shizumanu Taiyō | Katsumi Onchi (child) | |
| 2010 | Surely Someday | Takumi Kishi (child) | |
| 2011 | Ninja Kids!!! | Tamura Mikiemon | |
| 2012 | Sorairo Monogatari: Nike to katatsumuri | | Omnibus film |
| 2013 | Suzuki Sensei | Masa Izumi | |
| 2013 | Girl in the Sunny Place | Kosuke Okuda (middle school) | |
| 2016 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation | Shuhei | |
| 2016 | Sing My Life | Tsubasa Seyama | |
| 2016 | Destruction Babies | Kenji | |
| 2017 | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Haruki Shiga | Lead role |
| 2017 | Love and Lies | Yūto Shiba | |
| 2017 | Tremble All You Want | Ichi | |
| 2018 | Over Drive | Akira Shinkai | |
| 2018 | Waiting for Spring | Towa Asakura | |
| 2019 | You Shine in the Moonlit Night | Takuya Okada | Lead role |
| 2019 | 12 Suicidal Teens | Nobuo | |
| 2019 | Hello World | Naomi Katagaki (voice) | Lead role |
| 2019 | Shadowfall | Keiji | |
| 2019 | Seven Days War | Mamoru Suzuhara (voice) | Lead role |
| 2020 | Sakura | Kaoru Hasegawa | Lead role |
| 2020 | Love Me, Love Me Not | Rio Yamamoto | Lead role |
| 2020 | Love Me, Love Me Not: The Animation | A student (voice) | Cameo |
| 2020 | Our 30-Minute Sessions | Sōta Kubota | Lead role |
| 2020 | Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō | Agetarō Katsumata | Lead role |
| 2020 | Underdog | Ōmura | |
| 2021 | My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy | Arashi | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Revengers | Takemichi Hanagaki | Lead role |
| 2022 | Tombi: Father and Son | Akira Ichikawa | |
| 2022 | The End of the Pale Hour | I | Lead role |
| 2022 | I Am What I Am | | |
| 2022 | Lonely Castle in the Mirror | Rion (voice) | |
| 2023 | Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Takemichi Hanagaki | Lead role |
| 2023 | Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 | Takemichi Hanagaki | Lead role |
| 2023 | Scroll | I | Lead role |
| 2023 | The Innocent Game | Kaoru Yūki | |
| 2024 | Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary | Billy (voice) | |
| 2025 | Kaneko's Commissary | | |
| 2025 | A Bad Summer | Mamoru Sasaki | Lead role |

### Video on demand

| Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes | Ref. |
| 2022 | One Night, She Thinks of the Dawn | He | Amazon Prime Video | Lead role | |
| 2023 | YuYu Hakusho | Yusuke Urameshi | Netflix | Lead role | |

### Music video appearances

| Year | Title |
| 2009 | 100s "Sekai no Flower Road" |
| 2010 | Radwimps "Keitai Denwa" |
| 2011 | Kimaguren "It's My Yūki" |
| 2013 | Tatsuro Yamashita "Hikari to Kimi e no Requiem" |

### Advertisements

| Year | Title |
| 2007 | Honda Tei Yuka Tei Jūshin Minivan: Tei Yuka no Sekai |
| 2011 | Shinkenzemi Chūgaku Kōza |
| 2016 | JR Ski SKi |
| 2016 | radiko.jp |
| 2017 | Calorie Mate |

### Direct-to-video

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Hontōhakowai Dōyō Vol. 1: Amefuri | Kota | Lead role |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2017 | 42nd Hochi Film Awards | Best New Artist | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Won |
| 2017 | 30th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Newcomer | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Nominated |
| 2018 | 72nd Mainichi Film Awards | Best New Actor | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Nominated |
| 2018 | 60th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Newcomer | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Nominated |
| 2018 | 27th Tokyo Sports Film Awards | Best Newcomer | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Nominated |
| 2018 | 41st Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Won |
| 2018 | 13th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best New Actor | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Won |
| 2020 | 45th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Underdog | Nominated |
| 2021 | 75th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Underdog | Nominated |
| 2021 | Elle Cinema Awards 2021 | Elle Men Award | Tokyo Revengers | Won |
| 2021 | 45th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won |
| 2021 | GQ Japan Men Of The Year 2021 | Men of the Year Breakthrough Actor | Himself | Won |
| 2021 | 2021 Asia Artist Awards | Best Acting | Himself | Won |
| 2022 | 47th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tombi: Father and Son | Nominated |