Kazunari Ninomiya

Acting

Kazunari Ninomiya

Born June 17, 1983 · Tokyo, Japan (age 43)

Kazunari Ninomiya (二宮 和也, Ninomiya Kazunari, born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese boy band ARASHI and is best known to Western movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima. Ninomiya began his career in the entertainment indus…

Known For

Exit 8Exit 8 · 2025
Exit 8
6.92025
MovieHorrorMystery
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-Oshi no Ko -The Final Act- · 2024
Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-
6.42024
MovieDramaMusic
Goro is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Goro realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!
Letters from Iwo JimaLetters from Iwo Jima · 2006
Letters from Iwo Jima
7.52006
MovieActionDrama
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
GantzGantz · 2010
Gantz
6.62010
MovieHorrorAction
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy? · 2017
ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?
2017
MovieMusic
Features behind the scenes of Arashi going on the Are You Happy? tour.
TekkonkinkreetTekkonkinkreet · 2006
Tekkonkinkreet
7.42006
MovieAnimationAction
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Gantz: Perfect AnswerGantz: Perfect Answer · 2011
Gantz: Perfect Answer
6.62011
MovieActionMystery
Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
Assassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom · 2015
Assassination Classroom
7.22015
MovieActionComedy
A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that, if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the homeroom teacher of Class E, a third-year class at Kunugigaoka High School.

Movies

Exit 8Exit 8 · 2025
Exit 8
6.92025
MovieHorrorMystery
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-Oshi no Ko -The Final Act- · 2024
Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-
6.42024
MovieDramaMusic
Goro is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Goro realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!
Letters from Iwo JimaLetters from Iwo Jima · 2006
Letters from Iwo Jima
7.52006
MovieActionDrama
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
GantzGantz · 2010
Gantz
6.62010
MovieHorrorAction
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy? · 2017
ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?
2017
MovieMusic
Features behind the scenes of Arashi going on the Are You Happy? tour.
TekkonkinkreetTekkonkinkreet · 2006
Tekkonkinkreet
7.42006
MovieAnimationAction
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Gantz: Perfect AnswerGantz: Perfect Answer · 2011
Gantz: Perfect Answer
6.62011
MovieActionMystery
Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
Assassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom · 2015
Assassination Classroom
7.22015
MovieActionComedy
A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that, if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the homeroom teacher of Class E, a third-year class at Kunugigaoka High School.
Assassination Classroom: GraduationAssassination Classroom: Graduation · 2016
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
7.12016
MovieComedyAction
A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the homeroom teacher of Class E, a third-year class at Kunugigaoka High School. As the deadline for the assassination and the date of the end of the world approach, the students discover their true abilities and Koro-sensei's shocking identity.
Another GantzAnother Gantz · 2011
Another Gantz
6.92011
MovieActionScience Fiction
Before finding out the Perfect Answer, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz: The Perfect Answer, this film is an alternate perspective version of the first Gantz film from the same writing-directing team of the two-part theatrical film. In addition to condensed scenes from the Gantz film, Another Gantz features a new subplot that follows an investigative journalist not included in the theatrical film. Delving deep into the mystery, Another Gantz offers another piece towards solving the complex puzzle that is the world of Gantz.
The Lady Shogun and Her MenThe Lady Shogun and Her Men · 2010
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
6.12010
MovieScience FictionDrama
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE"ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE" · 2014
ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE"
9.02014
MovieMusic
ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE" 2014.07.30 RELEASE
The Asadas!The Asadas! · 2020
The Asadas!
7.32020
MovieDramaComedy
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.
Nagasaki: Memories of My SonNagasaki: Memories of My Son · 2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
6.82015
MovieDrama
Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.
The Last RecipeThe Last Recipe · 2017
The Last Recipe
6.82017
MovieDrama
A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.
AnalogAnalog · 2023
Analog
6.82023
MovieRomance
Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.
Fragments of the Last WillFragments of the Last Will · 2022
Fragments of the Last Will
7.92022
MovieHistoryDrama
Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wish to be reunited for 11 years. With thoughts of his wife and his fellows, Yamamoto Hatao never gave up hoping that he'd return home despite hopeless circumstances.
Door To DoorDoor To Door · 2009
Door To Door
9.32009
MovieDrama
Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his customers and achieved the highest sales for his company.
Amagi PassAmagi Pass · 1998
Amagi Pass
1.01998
MovieCrimeDrama
A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes place, the police searchs for the culprit.
I Will Fly to the Sky on a WheelchairI Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair · 2012
I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
8.02012
MovieDrama
(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in his apartment, until one day, he jumps from the top of a building escaping a street gang and injures his spinal cord. And the doctor tells him that he can't walk anymore. His mother, Haruko, hurries to the hospital for her son, however Yasuyuki is on bad terms with her, so he asks her to leave him alone. There he meets an ill kid in the hospital named Ishii Daisuke who is living his life positively, and the store staff Katou Kumi, who always smiles even though she had a sad past. He gains confidence and decides to start his rehabilitation. After Yasuyuki is discharged from the hospital, he starts relying on everybody everywhere, so he falls into despair and starts thinking of committing suicide seeing no future for himself.
ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 「untitled」ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 「untitled」 · 2017
ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 「untitled」
10.02017
MovieMusic
To support their new album Untitled, Arashi performed a live tour called Arashi Live Tour 2017-2018 Untitled.
BotchanBotchan · 2016
Botchan
8.32016
MovieDrama
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.
Murder on the Orient ExpressMurder on the Orient Express · 2015
Murder on the Orient Express
6.62015
MovieCrimeDrama
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
SUPPIN ARASHISUPPIN ARASHI · 2000
SUPPIN ARASHI
2000
MovieMusic
Footages from Arashi's first tour, "ARASHI FIRST CONCERT 2000", which took place from April 6h to April 30th. It includes performances as well as interviews with the members, footage of their travels and Typhoon Generation's album jacket behind. Arashi's first VHS release.

TV Shows

Arashi ni ShiyagareArashi ni Shiyagare · 2010
Arashi ni Shiyagare
10.02010
SeriesComedyFamily
Arashi ni Shiyagare (嵐にしやがれ) (Must Be ARASHI!) is an ongoing Japanese variety show on NTV starring the members of Arashi. The show began on 24 April 2010 and it airs from 10:00 to 10:54 p.m. (JST) every Saturday. It is Arashi's sixth and current variety show to be aired on NTV as well as their third show to be aired during primetime. There will be a male guest, which the members of Arashi addresses as 'Aniki' (Brother), who will teach Arashi different things. The other section, called 'Encounter the Unknown', is where Arashi will pick up new skills, such as interviewing celebrities, learning the tips to climb a mountain, from meeting experienced professionals they usually have not met before.
AnpanAnpan · 2025
Anpan
8.22025
SeriesDrama
In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi endure personal loss and struggle to find their own truths amid the upheaval of the Showa era.
NinosanNinosan · 2013
Ninosan
7.02013
Series
This is an all-in-one variety show with a wide range of topics and themes. Watch the witty Kazunari Ninomiya from ARASHI hosting his own show!
NHK Kōhaku Uta-GassenNHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen · 1951
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
8.01951
Series
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen (NHK紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special held on December 31 every year, and produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on NHK General TV, BS4K, BS8K, and NHK radio (nationally) and internationally on NHK World Premium and some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters who buy the program. The program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The "red" team or "akagumi" (紅組) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the "white" team or "shirogumi" (白組) is all male (or groups with male vocals).
Last Samurai StandingLast Samurai Standing · 2025
Last Samurai Standing
7.82025
SeriesDrama
In the early Meiji era, Shujiro, once known as an undefeated samurai, decides to participate in a deadly survival game to save his family and villagers.
BOYS OVER FLOWERSBOYS OVER FLOWERS · 2005
BOYS OVER FLOWERS
8.12005
SeriesComedyDrama
Set at a famous high school for the super-wealthy, this is a puppy love story centered on Tsukushi Makino, a poor girl, and the F4 gang of rich kids headed by the rough and fearless Prince Charming, Tsukasa Domyoji.
VivantVivant · 2023
Vivant
7.42023
SeriesDrama
Yusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment was mistakenly sent to GFL, a local infrastructure company involved in a solar energy plant to be built in the Balkan Republic in Central Asia. Suspected of involvement, he heads to the Balkan Republic to collect the difference of $90 million. With the cooperation of his CIA friend Sam, Nogi obtained information that the terrorist al-Zaer had laundered the full amount of the contract money into diamonds and brought it out.
Black PeanBlack Pean · 2018
Black Pean
7.62018
SeriesDramaMystery
Seishiro Tokai (Kazunari Ninomiya) works as a surgeon at a university hospital. He possesses excellent technique with suture and carries a surgery success rate of 100%. Due to his arrogant attitude and personality, he comes into conflict with those around him. A new doctor tries to introduce the latest medical device for surgery, which doesn't need a surgeon's hand. Seishiro Tokai is skeptical of the device. He faces the university hospital administration and reveals corruption and hidden past behind the medical device.
Ties of Shooting StarsTies of Shooting Stars · 2008
Ties of Shooting Stars
7.62008
SeriesComedyFamily
Based on a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino, Ryūsei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister...
OSHINOKOOSHINOKO · 2024
OSHINOKO
7.12024
SeriesDramaMystery
Two fans of pop idol Ai are reincarnated as her "secret" baby twins, Aqua and Ruby, and grow up supporting her until the tragic day she is stabbed by a stalker. Flash forward a few years later, and Aqua and Ruby are high-school students determined to make it on their own in the cut-throat world of entertainment for personal reasons.
VS ArashiVS Arashi · 2008
VS Arashi
8.02008
SeriesComedy
A variety show in which "Arashi" and a guest or two form a team to compete against a guest team in physical games.
Affectionate TimeAffectionate Time · 2005
Affectionate Time
8.02005
SeriesDrama
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel. Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."
Stand Up!!Stand Up!! · 2003
Stand Up!!
6.32003
SeriesDramaComedy
Stand Up!! is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, centers around the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-DVD Box Set featuring all eleven episodes, as well as six individual volumes were released in Japan on December 18, 2003.
ARASHI's Diary -Voyage-ARASHI's Diary -Voyage- · 2019
ARASHI's Diary -Voyage-
8.22019
SeriesDocumentary
Twenty years after their debut, join the beloved members of ARASHI on a new journey as they showcase their lives, talents and gifts to the world.
My FamilyMy Family · 2022
My Family
6.12022
SeriesDramaCrime
Haruto Narusawa, the president of a video game company, enjoys life in the affluent seaside town of Kamakura with his wife and daughter, who attends an elementary school. However, tragedy befalls this happy family when his daughter is kidnapped. Haruto must now face numerous hardships as he navigates through the complex web of human nature that begins to show its ugliness. The only way to save his beloved daughter is to take matters into his own hands without the police's involvement and, together with his wife, stand against the kidnappers. Can this family's story reach a happy ending? Or will theirs be a tragedy? This non-stop family suspense-thriller tests the bonds of a family facing life's worst nightmare.
Freeter, Ie wo KauFreeter, Ie wo Kau · 2010
Freeter, Ie wo Kau
6.02010
SeriesDrama
Freeter, Ie wo Kau is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji Television and on Kyodo Television in 2010. The story revolves around Take Seiji, who quits his job after three months. With no dreams, no savings, and a poor relationship with his family, he becomes a hikikomori. However, after his mother falls ill with depression, he ends up having to take on a part-time job at a construction site. Because of that, he soon decides to work towards rebuilding his life: "Even though I'm just a freeter, I'm going to buy a house for the sake of my family." One of the people he meets at the construction site is Chiba Manami, who graduated from a top-class university and joined a well-known general contracting firm. Manami is the complete opposite of Seiji. But while their personalities clash at first, they gradually come to understand each other. --Tokyograph
Handoku!!!Handoku!!! · 2001
Handoku!!!
7.02001
SeriesDramaComedy
As a former gang member, Hazama Ichiban witnessed the worst side of the emergency medical system and vowed to become a doctor to change it. With the aggressive passion he learned on the streets, Ichiban has worked his way to becoming a no-nonsense emergency medicine resident. But it is this same passion that he must learn to control when confronted with a situation beyond his help.
As Tears Go ByAs Tears Go By · 2000
As Tears Go By
10.02000
SeriesDrama
Eguchi Yosuke plays the character of Onishi Katsuo, a 35-year-old carpenter and former college football player who sees life almost in the same balance as a football game (guts and glory along with team spirit). One day he learns that his friend (a college football teammate) was killed when his house burned down. His friend's wife is in a coma and his four kids are now homeless, Eguchi has the children live with him (in his one room apartment) above his bosses home.
Murder on the Orient ExpressMurder on the Orient Express · 2015
Murder on the Orient Express
2015
SeriesCrime
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ · 2023
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~
2023
SeriesDramaMystery
Three people come from different backgrounds and face their own troubles. Their fate leads them to face each other as their destinies become intertwined.
Dear FatherDear Father · 2007
Dear Father
8.32007
SeriesDrama
Set in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young itamae (cook for Japanese dishes) struggles his life, love and work while the long-lasted ryotei and the beloved old town face the change to survive the time. This heartwarming drama shows the intimate relationship of the community that has been lost nowadays, asks what the most important things in your life is, and tells how difficult it is to make a decision. The story is told in the form of a letter from him to his unknown father with lots of humor and love.
Mago Mago ArashiMago Mago Arashi · 2005
Mago Mago Arashi
2005
Series
Mago Mago Arashi was a Japanese variety show that ran from April 9, 2005 to October 6, 2007 on Fuji TV. Aired from 13:00 to 13:30, it was Arashi third variety show on Fuji TV.
The Story of Yamada TaroThe Story of Yamada Taro · 2007
The Story of Yamada Taro
5.62007
SeriesDrama
Taro Yamada is a scholarship student at Ichinomiya High School. He’s smart, athletic, and handsome—so everyone assumes he’s wealthy. In reality, he lives in poverty with his mother and six younger siblings in one small room, and his father Kazuo is an absent wandering artist. Taro works part-time to support the family. Together with his best friend Takuya Mimura and classmates, Taro navigates comedic and touching moments. Through friendship, romance, and family bonds, the series asks what true happiness really means. It’s a heartwarming coming-of-age story.
Minami's GirlfriendMinami's Girlfriend · 2004
Minami's Girlfriend
2004
SeriesComedy
Everything started when a high school couple, Chiyomi and Minami had a mysterious and ominous fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant… “If you stay close to him, he will become great and the two of you will be together for a long time. However, when the two of you drift apart, horrible thing will happen”. Just as the prophesy, on the very day when Minami decided to leave Chiyomi, a magical curse struck Chiyomi. Believe it or not, it shrunk her into a size of merely 16 cm tall! What would happen when a tender boyfriend and a miniaturized girlfriend secretly starts living together?