Kanata Hongō

**Kanata Hongō** (本郷 奏多 *Hongō Kanata*) is a Japanese actor and model who is affiliated with Stardust Talent.

He is best known for casting Ryoma Echizen in the live-action film adaptation of *The Prince of Tennis* and Armin Arlert in the live-action feature film adaptation of *Attack on Titan*. He has also been involved in anime voice acting as the lead character Ryōta Sakamoto in *Btooom!*.

In *Death Come True*, he plays the role of Makoto Karaki, an amnesiac protagonist who wakes up in a strange hotel, accused of being a serial killer.

## Casting

Hongō had previously been involved in director and scenarist Kazutaka Kodaka's first breakthrough series *Danganronpa* by performing the lead role of Makoto Naegi in the stage adaptations of *Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc* and *Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy*, as well as providing the voice of Ryota Mitarai in the *Danganronpa 3* anime.

Kodaka cast Hongō in the lead role of *Death Come True* because he loved Hongō's acting and thought he would be a good fit for the role and scenario.

In a statement on the day of his casting, Hongō said:

"This is an adventure game with a story that changes according to decisions made by the player. I think it is a new endeavor to produce this all in live-action. The thoroughness of the script is also very good, complete with unique features that can only be found in this game. I wanted to perform acting that couldn't be expressed well in CG so that players could understand why live-action film was chosen for this project".

### Anime

* ***Btooom! - Ryōta Sakamoto***
* *Gundam Build Fighters - Julian Ayers Mackenzie*
* *Danganronpa 3 - Ryōta Mitarai*
* *Danganronpa 3 - Ultimate Imposter*

### Dramas and Films

* ***The Prince Of Tennis - Ryoma Echizen***
* ***Himitsu no Hanazono - Hinata Kataoka***
* ***Attack on Titan - Armin Arlert***
* ***Fullmetal Alchemist - Envy***
* ***Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei THE STAGE (2014) - Makoto Naegi***
* ***Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei THE STAGE 2016 - Makoto Naegi***
* *Detective School Q- Daisuke Makino*
* *Seigi no Mikata - Riku Okamoto*
* *Yankee-kun to Megane-chan - Gaku Izumi*
* *Mirai Nikki Another: World - Moriguchi Rui*
* *Yowakutemo Katemasu - Shunichi Kamezawa*
* *Akagi - Shigeru Akagi*
* *Returner- Young Miyamoto*
* *Moon Child - Young Sho*
* *Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love - Satoru Iwamoto*
* *Nana 2 - Shinichi "Shin" Okizaki*
* *K-20: Legend of the Mask - Yoshio Kobayashi*
* *Goth - Itsuki Kamiyama*
* *Gantz - Jōichiro Nishi*
* *Tokyo Slaves - Yuuga Oda*
* *Inuyashiki - Naoyuki Andō*

## External Links

**English:**

* **English Wikipedia**: Kanata Hongō
* **Anime News Network**: Kanata HONGŌ
* **IMDb**: Kanata Hongō
* **MyAnimeList**: Hongo, Kanata

**Japanese:**

* **Japanese Wikipedia**: 本郷奏多
* **Official Agency Profile (Stardust Promotion)**: 本郷奏多
* **Official Website**: Kanata Hongo Official Web Site

## References

1. ↑ **@kazkodaka on Twitter**: The starring in DeathComeTrue is Hongō Kanata, known as a playing the notable role of Fullmetal Alchemist and Attack on Titan. We've worked together in the play Danganronpa and Danganronpa3. I love his acting and thought that he is the man for this scenario, so I made the offer (DEC 10 2019)
2. ↑ **@DeathComeTrue on Twitter**: Comments from Kanata Hongo: This is an adventure game with a story that changes according to decisions made by the player. I think it is a new endeavor to produce this all in live-action. (1/3) (DEC 10 2019)