{{Short description|Japanese fashion model, TV personality and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Louis Kurihara | native_name = 栗原 類 | native_name_lang = ja | image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|06|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1994|12|06|df=y}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = Rui Kurihara | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Model, TV personality, actor | years_active = 2013–present | agent = Ever Green Entertainment | known_for = | notable_works = | height = {{height|m=1.77}} | spouse = | partner = <!-- unmarried life partner; use ''Name (1950–present)'' --> | children = | parents = | awards = | website = {{URL|http://ameblo.jp/louiskurihara-ege}} }}
{{nihongo|'''Louis Kurihara'''|栗原 類|Kurihara Rui|born 6 December 1994}}<ref name="amebaprofile">{{cite web |url= http://ameblo.jp/921614359632/|title= Louis Kurihara Official Blog|publisher= CyberAgent|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410233514/http://ameblo.jp/921614359632|archive-date=2012-04-10|url-status= dead|access-date= 22 November 2012}}</ref> is a Japanese fashion model, TV personality, and actor represented by the Ever Green Entertainment agency.<ref name="oricon20130701">{{cite web |url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/entertainment/2026137/full/|script-title=ja:栗原類が溝端淳平ら所属事務所に移籍 今後は「芝居に重点」 |trans-title=Louis Kurihara moves to same agency as Junpei Misobata – will focus on acting in future |date= 1 July 2013|work= Oricon Style|publisher= Oricon Inc.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 1 July 2013}}</ref> He appears on Japanese TV, playing on his "overly negative" character, and debuted as a film actor in the 2013 film ''Zekkyō Gakkyū''.<ref name="cinematoday">{{cite web |url= http://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0017010|script-title=ja:絶叫学級|trans-title=Zekkyō Gakkyū|work= Cinematoday.jp|publisher= Cinematoday Inc.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 9 June 2013}}</ref>
==Early life== Louis Kurihara was born on 6 December 1994<ref name="amebaprofile"/> to a Japanese mother and a British father.<ref name="mantan20120820">{{cite web |url= http://mantan-web.jp/2012/08/20/20120819dog00m200020000c.html|title= 栗原類 ：ネガティブすぎるイケメンモデル NHKでドラマ初挑戦|trans-title=Louis Kurihara the overly negative male model to appear in NHK drama |date= 20 August 2012|work= Mantan Web|publisher= Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 22 November 2012}}</ref>
==Career== On 1 July 2013, Kurihara left the Junes Acting & Modeling agency to work for Ever Green Entertainment and devote more time to his acting career.<ref name="oricon20130701"/>
== Filmography ==
===Film=== * ''Zekkyō Gakkyū'' (2013) as Akira Gotō<ref name="zekkyo">{{cite web |url= http://mitewaikenai.com/zekkyo-gakkyu/cast.html|title= Cast & Staff|work= Zekkyō Gakkyū official website|publisher= Shueisha|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 9 June 2013}}</ref> * ''Daily Lives of High School Boys'' (2013), as Saino<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-16/daily-lives-of-high-school-boys-manga-gets-live-action-film|title=''Daily Lives of High School Boys'' Manga Gets Live-Action Film|work=Anime News Network|date=16 April 2013|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> * ''Black Butler'' (2014)<ref name="mainichi20130709">{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20130709dyo00m200001000c.html|script-title=ja:栗原類:実写版「黒執事」にオリジナルキャラで出演 謎の葬儀屋役|trans-title=Louis Kurihara to play original character in movie version of "Black Butler"|work= Mainichi jp|publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers|location= Japan|language= ja|date=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710024132/http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20130709dyo00m200001000c.html|archive-date=2013-07-10|url-status=dead|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> * ''Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai'' (2014)<ref name="nikkan20130725">{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp1-20130725-1162598.html|script-title=ja:「僕は友達が少ない」瀬戸＆北乃で映画化|trans-title="Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" to be made into movie with Seto and Kitano|work= Nikkan Sports|publisher= Nikkan Sports News|location= Japan|language= ja|date=25 July 2013|access-date=27 July 2013}}</ref> * ''108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba'' (2019) as Michio * ''Signal 100'' (2020) * ''Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō'' (2020) as Jōsuke Shirai * ''Daughter of Lupin the Movie'' (2021) * ''Prisoners of the Ghostland'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://realsound.jp/movie/2021/08/post-837330.html|title= 園子温最新作『プリズナーズ・オブ・ゴーストランド』に栗原類ら出演へ 特報映像も公開|access-date= 19 August 2021|work= Real Sound}}</ref>
===TV=== * ''Odoru Sanma Goten!'' (NTV)<ref name="junesprofile">{{cite web|url= http://www.jexmodels.com/models/male/26|title= Louis Kurihara|year= 2012|work= Men models|publisher= Junes Acting & Modeling|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121122051042/http://www.jexmodels.com/models/male/26|archive-date= 22 November 2012|access-date= 22 November 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref> * ''Osama no Brunch'' (TBS)<ref name="junesprofile"/> * ''Waratte Iitomo!'' (Fuji TV, regular Wednesday guest since October 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20120930dyo00m200010000c.html|script-title=ja:木下優樹菜:栗原類らと「笑っていいとも！」新レギュラーに 出産後初のテレビ出演|trans-title=Yukina Kinoshita to be a new regular guest on Waratte Iitomo together with Louis Kurihara|date= 1 October 2012|work= Mainichi jp|publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers |location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002022944/http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20120930dyo00m200010000c.html|archive-date=2012-10-02|url-status= dead|access-date= 22 November 2012}}</ref> * ''Mōsō Nihon Ryōri'' (NHK, presenter) * ''Magical x Heroine MagiMajo Pures!'' (TV Tokyo)<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/product_release/pdf/p180130.pdf|title=「魔法×戦士 マジマジョピュアーズ！」 放送決定！2018年春、テレビ東京系にて放送スタート|publisher=Tomy|language=ja|date=2018-01-30}}</ref> *''Daughter of Lupin'' (Fuji TV, 2019–20) *''Punks Triangle'' (Fuji TV, 2025) as Naoki Murase<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-16/live-action-punks-triangle-bl-series-posts-trailer-more-cast/.228891|title=Live-Action PUNKS TRIANGLE BL Series Posts Trailer, More Cast|work=Anime News Network|date=16 September 2025|access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>
===Magazines=== * ''Fineboys''<ref name="junesprofile"/> * ''Men's Non-No''<ref name="junesprofile"/> * ''Popeye''<ref name="junesprofile"/> * ''Street Jack''<ref name="junesprofile"/>
===TV commercials=== * Aeon Laketown shopping mall<ref name="junesprofile"/> * JR Central<ref name="junesprofile"/> * Nisshin Cup Noodle<ref name="junesprofile"/>
==Photobooks== * {{Cite book|last = Kurihara|first = Louis|title = Never Mind the Negativity| publisher= Fusosha Publishing|date = 7 November 2012|isbn = 978-4594067137}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20121114-00000312-devi-ent|script-title= ja:ネガティブモデル・栗原類がフォトブック『ネガティブですが、なにか？』を発売|trans-title= Negative model Louis Kurihara launches photobook "Never Mind the Negativity"|date= 14 November 2012|work= Yahoo Japan News|publisher= Yahoo Japan Corporation|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 22 November 2012|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121124111412/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20121114-00000312-devi-ent|archive-date= 24 November 2012}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.talent-databank.co.jp/search/talent.html?id=2000069635 Talent Databank profile] {{in lang|ja}} * [http://ameblo.jp/louiskurihara-ege Official blog] {{in lang|ja}} * [https://twitter.com/Louis_Kurihara Twitter] {{in lang|ja}} * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%A0%97%E5%8E%9F%E9%A1%9E-Louis-Kurihara-%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8A%E3%81%AF%E3%82%89-%E3%82%8B%E3%81%84-/119672514857314 Facebook] {{in lang|ja}} * {{IMDb name|5230317}}
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