Ryohei Suzuki

Ryohei Suzuki
鈴木 亮平
Suzuki at Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born (1983-03-29) March 29, 1983
Other namesRyohei Tomochika (友近 亮平, Tomochika Ryōhei)[1]
Alma materTokyo University of Foreign Studies
OccupationActor
AgentHoripro
SpouseUnnamed (m. 2011)[2]
Children1 (b. 2011)[3]
WebsiteOfficial profile

Ryohei Suzuki (鈴木 亮平, Suzuki Ryōhei; born March 29, 1983 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)[4] is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Early life and studies

Suzuki became interested in learning English after a visit to an uncle, who was living in Los Angeles when he was in Elementary school.[5]

He and his brother went to the YMCA when he was in elementary school. While in the third year of junior high school, he participated in a YMCA program in Nishinomiya City. Words from a teacher in the YMCA remained in him, motivating him to study hard, taking his English classes seriously.[5]

While in the second and third years of junior high school, he did short-term homestays (one to two-week periods) in the United States and Australia. He then went to study abroad for one year, to rural Oklahoma, United States, while he was in high school.[5] According to a comment on a TV program, Suzuki's reason to go abroad to study, was his first love.[6]

He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with a Bachelor's degree in English studies in March 2006.[5]

He also became interested in German, after "falling in love with a German girl", as he said in a program.[6] He won Dokkyo University's National High School German Speech Contest in 2000.[7]

When he was a student, he worked part-time in NHK.[8]

Career

Ryohei Suzuki played a role in the Netflix film City Hunter (2024), an action adaptation of 1980s manga.[9] He earned both the Best Leading Actor and Best Comedy Performance awards at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore.[10] Additionally, City Hunter won Best Feature at the same awards.[11]

Ryohei earned five Best Supporting Actor awards as well as the Japan Academy Prize for playing the role of a yakuza in The Blood of Wolves: Level 2 (2021).[12] That same year, he earned Best Actor at the Asian Contents Awards in Korea for his role in Tokyo MER (2022).[13] Its sequel film was released in 2023.[14]

In 2023, he starred in Egoist, an independent feature about a same-sex relationship.[15] Suzuki's performance earned him the Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival[16] and a nomination for Best Actor at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.[17]

Private life

Suzuki announce his marriage to a non-celebrity woman who works for a web-related company in Tokyo, via his agency on July 28, 2011. He met her while he was a model. The wedding ceremony and reception were held on July 24 at a hotel in Tokyo with only close relatives.[2] They welcomed their first child, a girl, on November 17, 2011, at a hospital in Tokyo. He reported this the same day on his official blog.[3]

Filmography

TV series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2005 Tokyo Michika Credited as Ryohei Tomochika [18]
2006 Regatta [19][20]
2007 Hana-Kimi Soichiro Akashi [21]
Attention Students! Minamida Final episode [22][20][23]
Hatsukoi net.com: Wasurerarenai Koi no uta Yuji Kuroda Episode 1 [24][25]
2009 Mei's Butler Daimon [26]
2012 Today is the Best Day Kyosuke Misaki [27]
2014 Hanako and Anne Eiji Muraoka Asadora [27]
2015 The Emperor's Cook Shutaro Akiyama [28]
100 days: Love, Marriage, Sickness and Mom Yuichi Sonoda [29]
2016 Goodbye Ghosts! Nabeshima [30]
2017 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit II Hyugo Fantasy taiga drama [31]
Tokyo Tarareba Musume Tetsuro Hayasaka [32]
Kenji Miyazawa's Table Kenji Miyazawa Lead role [33]
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit III Hyugo Fantasy taiga drama [33]
2018 Segodon Saigō Takamori Lead role; taiga drama [27]
2020 Ship of Theseus Bungo Sano [34]
2021 Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room Kōta Kitami Lead role [35]
2022 Elpis Saitō [36]
2023 Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle Shūji Nagumo Lead role [37]
2025 Queen of Mars Midori-E0106 Miniseries [38]
2026 Reboot Riku Hayase / Ayumi Gido Lead role [39]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Have a Song on Your Lips Yuri's fiancé (Voice) [40]
2017 Mumon: The Land of Stealth Shimoyama Heibei [41]
2019 One Night Daiki Inamura [42]
2021 Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Kondō Isami [43]
Last of the Wolves Shigehiro Uebayashi [44]
The Mole Song: Final Reo Todoroki [45]
2023 Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie Kōta Kitami Lead role [46]
Egoist Kōsuke Lead role [47]
Revolver Lily Assassin X Cameo [48]
2024 City Hunter Ryo Saeba Lead role [49]
2025 Petals and Memories Toshiki Kato Lead role [50]
Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Nankai Mission Kōta Kitami Lead role [51]
2026 Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Capital Crisis Kōta Kitami Lead role [52]

Dubbing

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Category Result Ref.
2015 39th Elan d'or Awards Newcomers of the Year Won [54]
8th International Drama Festival in Tokyo Best Supporting Actor Won [55]
2016 58th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Nominated [56]
2021 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [57]
46th Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [58]
2022 43rd Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Won [59]
76th Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [60]
64th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [61]
45th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Won [62]
95th Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [63]
17th Osaka Cinema Festival Best Supporting Actor Won [64]
2023 16th Asian Film Awards Best Actor Nominated [65]
22nd New York Asian Film Festival Screen International Rising Star Asia Award Won [66]
36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Actor Won [67]
2024 78th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Won [68]
45th Yokohama Film Festival Best Actor Won [69]
66th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Nominated [70]
17th Asian Film Awards Excellence in Asian Cinema Award Won [71]
47th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Nominated [72]
2026 68th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Nominated [73]

Books

  • Suzuki Ryōhei First Photo Book (released on September 12, 2014)[74]
  • Suzuki Ryōhei no chūgaku eigo de sekai isshū! Feat. Steve Soresi (released on April 12, 2018)[75]
  • Itta ki ni naru seikaiisan (released on September 10, 2020)[76]

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