# Louis Kurihara

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{{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
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| birth_date                = {{birth date and age|1994|12|06|df=y}}
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| other_names               = Rui Kurihara
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| occupation                = Model, TV personality, actor
| years_active              = 2013–present
| agent                     = Ever Green Entertainment
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| website                   = {{URL|http://ameblo.jp/louiskurihara-ege}}
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{{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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Zekky%C5%8D_Gakky%C5%AB)''.<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](/source/Zekky%C5%8D_Gakky%C5%AB)'' (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](/source/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](/source/Anime_News_Network)|date=16 April 2013|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>
* ''[Black Butler](/source/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](/source/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](/source/108%3A_Kaiba_Gor%C5%8D_no_Fukush%C5%AB_to_B%C5%8Dken)'' (2019) as Michio
* ''Signal 100'' (2020)
* ''[Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō](/source/Tonkatsu_DJ_Agetar%C5%8D)'' (2020) as Jōsuke Shirai
* ''Daughter of Lupin the Movie'' (2021)
* ''[Prisoners of the Ghostland](/source/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!](/source/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!](/source/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](/source/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](/source/%C3%86on_Group) shopping mall<ref name="junesprofile"/>
* [JR Central](/source/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](/source/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==
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==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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Category:21st-century Japanese male actors
Category:Models from Tokyo Metropolis

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