# Mirai Moriyama

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Japanese actor and dancer (born 1984)

Mirai Moriyama Moriyama in 2022 Born (1984-08-20) August 20, 1984 (age 41) Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan Occupation Actor Years active 1999–present

**Mirai Moriyama** ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): 森山 未來, [Hepburn](/source/Hepburn_romanization): *Moriyama Mirai*; born August 20, 1984) is a Japanese actor and dancer.[1]

## Life and career

Moriyama started training in dance when he was 5 years old. He trained in jazz dance, tap dance, ballet and hip-hop, and he appeared in several stage roles. He officially made his stage debut with 1999 *Boys Time*. In 2008, he played the lead character in a Japanese version of the musical *[RENT](/source/RENT)*.[2]

In the 2004 film *[Socrates in Love](/source/Socrates_in_Love)*, he played a high school age hero trying to deal with his terminally-ill girlfriend. He also portrayed the character Kakuta in the film *[20th Century Boys](/source/20th_Century_Boys)*.

He starred in *[Kueki Ressha](/source/Kueki_Ressha)*.[3] He also appeared in [Kiyoshi Kurosawa](/source/Kiyoshi_Kurosawa)'s television drama *[Penance](/source/Penance_(Japanese_TV_series))*[4] and [Junji Sakamoto](/source/Junji_Sakamoto)'s film *A Chorus of Angels*.[5] In July 2021, he performed in the opening ceremony of the [Tokyo Olympic Games](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).[6]

## Filmography

### Film

- *[Crying Out Love in the Center of the World](/source/Crying_Out_Love_in_the_Center_of_the_World)* (2004)

- *Smile* (2007)

- *[One Million Yen Girl](/source/One_Million_Yen_Girl)* (2008)

- *[20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End](/source/20th_Century_Boys)* (2008)

- *[20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope](/source/20th_Century_Boys)* (2009)

- *[20th Century Boys 3: Redemption](/source/20th_Century_Boys)* (2009)

- *[Fish Story](/source/Fish_Story_(film))* (2009)

- *[Moteki](/source/Moteki)* (2010)

- *[Seiji: Riku no Sakana](/source/Seiji%3A_Riku_no_Sakana)* (2012)

- *[The Drudgery Train](/source/Kueki_Ressha)* (2012)

- *A Chorus of Angels* (2012)

- *[Always: Sunset on Third Street '64](/source/Always%3A_Sunset_on_Third_Street_'64)* (2012)

- *Saint Young Men* (2013)

- *[Human Trust](/source/Human_Trust)* (2013)

- *[Rage](/source/Rage_(2016_film))* (2016)

- *[Vision](/source/Vision_(2018_film))* (2018), Gaku

- *[Samurai Marathon](/source/Samurai_Marathon)* (2019)

- *I Was a Secret Bitch* (2019), Misawa

- *The Horse Thieves: Roads of Time* (2019)

- *Underdog* (2020), Suenaga

- *[We Couldn't Become Adults](/source/We_Couldn't_Become_Adults)* (2021), Makoto Satō[7]

- *[Inu-Oh](/source/Inu-Oh)* (2021), Tomona (voice)[8]

- *[Miss Osaka](/source/Miss_Osaka)* (2022)

- *Mountain Woman* (2023), Mountain man[9]

- *[Shin Kamen Rider](/source/Shin_Kamen_Rider_(film))* (2023), Ichiro Midorikawa / Kamen Rider No. 0 [10]

- *[Shadow of Fire](/source/Shadow_of_Fire)* (2023)[11]

- *Great Absence* (2024)[12]

- *[Ghost Cat Anzu](/source/Ghost_Cat_Anzu_(film))* (2024), Anzu (voice)[13]

- *I Ai* (2024)[14]

- *[Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie](/source/Ya_Boy_Kongming!)* (2025), Owner Kobayashi[15]

- *Kyojo: Requiem* (2026), Haru Tozaki[16]

### Television

- *Waterboys 2* (2003)

- *[Itoshi Kimi e](/source/Itoshi_Kimi_e)* (2004)

- *[Dangerous Beauty](/source/Dangerous_Beauty_(TV_series))* (2005)[17]

- *[Moteki](/source/Moteki)* (2010)

- *[Penance](/source/Penance_(Japanese_TV_series))* (2012)

- *Inagakike no Moshu* (2017)

- *Miotsukushi Ryōrichō* (2017)

- *[Idaten](/source/Idaten_(TV_series))* (2019), Kōzō Minobe[18]

- *[Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan](/source/Thus_Spoke_Kishibe_Rohan)* (2020), Shishi Jūgo[19]

- *Prism* (2022), Yūma[20]

- *[Ya Boy Kongming!](/source/Ya_Boy_Kongming!)* (2023), Owner Kobayashi[21]

- *The Child of God Murmurs* (2023)[22]

- *Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero* (2023), Haru Tozaki[23]

### Video games

- *[Dragon Quest Heroes II](/source/Dragon_Quest_Heroes_II)* (2016)

### Theatre

- *[Metamorphosis](/source/Metamorphosis)* (2009)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Star actor Mirai Moriyama shares his delight at being 'in a mess'"](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/09/22/stage/star-actor-mirai-moriyama-shares-delight-mess/#.WHM6nPl96Uk). 22 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-officesaku_2-0)** ["Mirai Moriyama's profile (at Office Saku)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100522203002/http://www.office-saku.com/2008/01/mirai-moriyama.html) (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www.office-saku.com/2008/01/mirai-moriyama.html) on May 22, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Mark Schilling (July 6, 2012). ["Kueki Ressha (The Drudgery Train)"](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20120706a2.html). [The Japan Times](/source/The_Japan_Times).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Andrew Sun (December 13, 2012). ["Film review: Penance"](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1103799/film-review-penance). [South China Morning Post](/source/South_China_Morning_Post).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Mark Schilling (November 2, 2012). ["Kita no Kanariatachi (A Chorus of Angels)"](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20121102a2.html). The Japan Times.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony: toil and mourning bloom into sparkling extravaganza"](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/23/tokyo-olympic-opening-ceremony). *the Guardian*. 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-07-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["伊藤沙莉が『ボクたちはみんな大人になれなかった』に出演！"](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0125188). *Cinematoday*. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["犬王"](https://eiga.com/movie/91393/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["山女"](https://eiga.com/movie/97935/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved September 21, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["西野七瀬、『シン・仮面ライダー』出演が正式発表 SHOCKER上級構成員のハチオーグ役 森山未來は緑川イチロー役"](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2267448/full/). *Oricon*. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["ほかげ"](https://eiga.com/movie/99802/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved July 12, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["大いなる不在"](https://eiga.com/movie/99967/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved August 3, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["化け猫あんずちゃん"](https://eiga.com/movie/101298/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["i ai"](https://eiga.com/movie/95415/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["向井理主演「パリピ孔明」が映画化! 上白石萌歌、ディーンらが続投 ライバル役で神尾楓珠、詩羽が出演"](https://eiga.com/news/20241218/3/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["教場 Requiem"](https://eiga.com/movie/104816/). *eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["危険なアネキ"](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/aneki/). *Fuji Television* (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 April 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺(ばなし)〜の出演者・キャスト一覧"](https://thetv.jp/program/0000924195/cast/). *The Television* (in Japanese). Retrieved April 7, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["高橋一生主演×荒木飛呂彦原作ドラマ『岸辺露伴は動かない』12月NHKで放送"](https://www.cinra.net/news/20201014-kishiberohan). *Cinra.net* (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["杉咲花、藤原季節、森山未來の思いが交錯するドラマ「プリズム」7月に放送開始"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/482679). *Natalie* (in Japanese). Retrieved June 24, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["「パリピ孔明」に森山未來、菅原小春、宮世琉弥、八木莉可子、関口メンディーが出演"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/533972). *Natalie* (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["河合優実、田中麗奈、根本真陽、森山未來が『NHKスペシャル "宗教2世"を生きる』ドラマ編に出演決定 ドキュメンタリー編と2回シリーズで"宗教2世"に迫る"](https://www.tvlife.jp/entame/622128). *TV Life* (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["第9話 風間公親−教場0−「橋上の残影…雨の夜の通り魔殺人事件風間道場一の問題児」"](https://thetv.jp/program/0001027072/9/). *The Television* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2026.

## External links

- [Mirai Moriyama](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1719673/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Mirai Moriyama](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p1081960.htm) at the [Japanese Movie Database](/source/Japanese_Movie_Database) (in Japanese)

Awards for Mirai Moriyama v t e Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Hideji Ōtaki (1976) Takeshi Katō (1977) Tsunehiko Watase (1978) Rentarō Mikuni (1979) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1980) Katsuo Nakamura (1981) Akira Emoto (1982) Juzo Itami (1983) Kaku Takashina (1984) Tomokazu Miura (1985) Kei Suma (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1988) Yoshio Harada (1989) Renji Ishibashi (1990) Hiroshi Kanbe (1991) Takehiro Murata (1992) Ittoku Kishibe (1993) Kiichi Nakai (1994) Etsushi Toyokawa (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Kippei Shiina (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Ryo Ishibashi (2002) Hiroyuki Miyasako (2003) Yoshio Harada (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Teruyuki Kagawa (2006) Shirō Itō (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Eita (2009) Akira Emoto (2010) Denden (2011) Mirai Moriyama (2012) Pierre Taki (2013) Masahiko Tsugawa (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Go Ayano (2016) Koji Yakusho (2017) Kazunari Ninomiya (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Gen Hoshino (2020) Ryohei Suzuki (2021) Ryusei Yokohama (2022) Hayato Isomura (2023) Eiji Okuda (2024) Jiro Sato (2025) v t e Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor Masayuki Mori (1947) Chishū Ryū (1948) Takashi Shimura (1949) Shin Saburi (1950) Chishū Ryū (1951) Shin Saburi (1952) Ken Uehara (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Toshiro Mifune (1957) Keiju Kobayashi (1958) Eiji Funakoshi (1959) Keiju Kobayashi (1960) Tatsuya Nakadai (1961) Taiji Tonoyama (1962) Keiju Kobayashi (1963) Kō Nishimura (1964) Rentarō Mikuni (1965) Shoichi Ozawa (1966) Kunie Tanaka (1967) Minori Terada (1968) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1969) Hisashi Igawa (1970) Shintaro Katsu (1971) Takeo Chii (1972) Tetsurō Tamba (1973) Rentarō Mikuni (1974) Shin Saburi (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Takahiro Tamura (1981) Kō Nishimura (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Eiji Okuda (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Masato Furuoya (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Kyōzō Nagatsuka (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Koji Yakusho (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Yoshio Harada (1997) Masahiro Motoki (1998) Keiju Kobayashi (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tatsuya Mihashi (2001) Hiroyuki Sanada (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Takeshi Kitano (2004) Tadanobu Asano (2005) Kōichi Satō (2006) Taichi Kokubun (2007) Hiroshi Abe (2008) Kenichi Matsuyama (2009) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2010) Mirai Moriyama (2011) Isao Natsuyagi (2012) Ryuhei Matsuda (2013) Go Ayano (2014) Shinya Tsukamoto (2015) Masahiro Motoki (2016) Masaki Suda (2017) Tasuku Emoto (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Mirai Moriyama (2020) Takeru Satoh (2021) Kenji Sawada (2022) Ryohei Suzuki (2023) v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer 1950s Shin Saburi (1950) Rentarō Mikuni (1951) Yoshitarō Nomura (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Tsuneo Kobayashi (1955) Kōji Nanbara (1955) Yoshirō Kawazu (1956) Yūjirō Ishihara (1957) Shohei Imamura (1958) 1960s Nagisa Ōshima (1960) Shima Iwashita (1961) Kirio Urayama (1962) Junya Sato (1963) Mako Midori (1964) Kei Kumai (1965) Tetsuya Watari (1966) 1970s Tomokazu Miura (1975) Shinobu Otake (1975) Mieko Harada (1976) Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1978) Kenichi Kaneda (1979) 1980s Daisuke Ryu (1980) Kōichi Satō (1981) Jun Miho (1982) Tomoyo Harada (1983) Shōji Kaneko (1983) Kōji Kikkawa (1984) Yuki Saito (1985) Narimi Arimori (1986) Masahiro Takashima (1987) Naoto Ogata (1988) Ayako Kawahara (1989) 1990s Riho Makise (1990) Joji Matsuoka (1990) Hikari Ishida (1991) Yuki Sumida (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Kyōko Tōyama (1993) Sawa Suzuki (1994) Makiko Esumi (1995) Ninety-nine (1996) Kōki Mitani (1997) Hitomi Satō (1997) Rena Tanaka (1998) Ryuhei Matsuda (1999) 2000s Tatsuya Fujiwara (2000) Ko Shibasaki (2001) Nakamura Shidō (2002) Manami Konishi (2002) Satomi Ishihara (2003) Anna Tsuchiya (2004) Mirai Moriyama (2004) Mikako Tabe (2005) Muga Tsukaji (2006) Rei Dan (2006) Yui Aragaki (2007) Yuriko Yoshitaka (2008) Lily Franky (2008) Masaki Okada (2009) Daisaku Kimura (2009) 2010s Toma Ikuta (2010) Nanami Sakuraba (2010) Mana Ashida (2011) Makita Sports (2012) Haru Kuroki (2013) Fuka Koshiba (2014) Anna Ishii (2015) Izumi Okamura (2016) Shizuka Ishibashi (2017) Sara Minami (2018) Nagisa Sekimizu (2019) 2020s Daiken Okudaira (2020) Yuumi Kawai (2021) Kōki (2022) Sōya Kurokawa (2023) Ikoi Hayase (2024) Ryuta Shibuya (2025) v t e Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Hiroyuki Sanada (1988) Eiji Bandō (1989) Hidetaka Yoshioka (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Takehiro Murata (1992) Ken Tanaka (1993) Masahiko Tsugawa (1994) Hitoshi Ueki (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Kippei Shiina (1999) Tetsurō Tamba (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Teruyuki Kagawa (2002) Bunta Sugawara (2003) Nakamura Shidō II (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Takao Osawa (2006) Takashi Sasano (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Tomokazu Miura (2009) Goro Inagaki (2010) Toshiyuki Nishida (2011) Mirai Moriyama (2012) Lily Franky (2013) Sosuke Ikematsu (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2016) Koji Yakusho (2017) Issey Takahashi (2018) Kiyohiko Shibukawa (2019) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2020) Ryohei Suzuki (2021) Tasuku Emoto (2022) Hayato Isomura (2023) Tatsuya Fuji (2024) Min Tanaka (2025)

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