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Kazunari Ninomiya

Kazunari Ninomiya

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

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 industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 13. Prior to his debut as a singer with ARASHI in 1999, Ninomiya started an acting career when he was cast as Chris for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name. Since then, he has went on to appear in numerous drama, movie and stage productions, making him known as the actor of ARASHI. Described as an actor who can act with his mouth and eyes, Ninomiya has won a number of awards and nominations for his roles.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 17, 1983 (43)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 80 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 4% in 30 days

What are Kazunari Ninomiya's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Bonds
26%
Morality
21%
Society
12%
Survival
9%
Ideas
3%
Power
1%
Purpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 15 analyzed roles.

Hero
11 of 15
Shadow
1 of 15
Shapeshifter
1 of 15
Mentor
1 of 15
Ally
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Contemplative
6
Melancholic
6
Warm
6
Thrilling
4
Other
12

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kazunari Ninomiya's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kazunari Ninomiya's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

80 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Oshiri-Front Man - The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Last Samurai Standing(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Enju

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Exit 8(2025)

    as Lost Man

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • ShinaPushu THE MOVIE Pushu Cheek Dancing PARTY (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Parutei (voice)

  • Anpan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 130 episodes · as Kiyoshi Yanai

  • Secret NG House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Oshi no Ko: The Final Act(2024)

    as Hikaru Kamiki

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Oshinoko(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as Hikaru Kamiki

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 11 episodes · as Suguroji Seiji

  • Analog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Mizushima Satoru

  • Can You Quiz? Can You Not? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Vivant(2023)

    Show 25 episodes · as Nokor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Dareka to Nakai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Fragments of the Last Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Tang(2022)

    as Ken Kasugai

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • My Family(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Haruto Narusawa

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Sensuikan Cappellini-gou no bouken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • This is ARASHI LIVE 2020.12.31 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • The Asadas(2020)

    as Masashi Asada

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Theme Song Performance

  • Killing for the Prosecution(2018)

    as Keiichiro Okino

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Black Pean(2018)

    Show 20 episodes · as Seishiro Tokai / Yukihiko Amagi

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • The Last Recipe: Memory of Giraffe's Tongue(2017)

    as Mitsuru Sasaki

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Assassination Classroom: The Graduation(2016)

    as Koro-sensei

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Botchan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Botchan

  • Aka Medaka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Danshun Tatekawa

  • Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Koji Fukuhara

  • Assassination Classroom(2015)

    as Koro Sensei (voice)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Murder on the Orient Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Heita Makuuchi

  • Murder on the Orient Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • 嵐 LIVE & DOCUMENT ～15年目の告白～ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • ARASHI アラフェス'13 NATIONAL STADIUM 2013 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Baseball Brainiacs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 11 episodes · as Aoshi Tamo

  • Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy(2014)

    as Onda Takuma

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ninosan(2013)

    Show 417 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Platinum Data (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Ryuhei Kagura

  • I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Hasebe Yasuyuki

  • Gantz: Perfect Answer(2011)

    as Kei Kurono

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Another Gantz(2011)

    as Kei Kurono

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Gantz(2010)

    as Kei Kurono

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Freeter, Ie wo Kau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 10 episodes · as Seiji Take

  • The Lady Shogun and Her Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Unoshin Mizuno

  • Arashi ni Shiyagare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 560 episodes · Actor

  • The Last Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Shuji

  • Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Nonoue Junichi

  • Door To Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Hideo Kurasawa

  • ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Ties of Shooting Stars(2008)

    Show 10 episodes · Creator · as Ariake Koichi

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • VS Arashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 91 episodes · Actor

  • Marathon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Shôtarô Miyata

  • The Story of Yamada Taro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · as Yamada Taro

  • Yellow Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Eisuke Muraoka

  • Dear Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 11 episodes · as Tahara Ippei

  • Tekkonkinkreet(2006)

    as Kuro / Itachi (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)

    as Private Saigo

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Arashi no Shukudai-kun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Returning the Favor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Kazunori Kitahara

  • BOYS OVER FLOWERS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 20 episodes · Theme Song Performance

  • G no Arashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 51 episodes · Actor

  • Affectionate Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 11 episodes · as Wakui Takuro

  • 2004 ARASHI! いざッ、 NOW TOUR!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Minami's Girlfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 11 episodes · as Susumu Minami

  • Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Onda Takuma

  • Stand Up!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 11 episodes · as Asai Shouhei

  • D no Arashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 116 episodes · Actor

  • The Blue Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Shuuichi Kushimori

  • Chinese Cuisine Served Star Leo Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 10 episodes · as Kenta Nanami

  • Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Onda Takuma

  • C no Arashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 51 episodes · Actor

  • Handoku!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 10 episodes · as Nobu Sakaguchi

  • As Tears Go By (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 11 episodes · as Kenta Fuchigami

  • V no Arashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 15 episodes · Theme Song Performance · as Ninomiya Kazunari

  • Dangerous After School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 11 episodes · as Katsuyuki

  • Johnny's Count Down Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 24 episodes · Actor

  • Akimahende! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 11 episodes · as Daiki Aoki

  • Amagi Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 6 episodes · as MC · as Self - Performer (Arashi) · as Self - White Team Host

  • ARASHI How's it going? SUMMER CONCERT 2003 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 80 titles, 79 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

$69M worldwide

Highest rated

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Vivant (2023)

Film career

19512026

Peak 2006 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 80: 76 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thOther crew4 of 80: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · acting1990s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew2000s27 · 26 acting · 2 crew2010s27 · 26 acting · 1 crew2020s19 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 73% of 11 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Kazunari Ninomiya's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 14; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th5

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Oshi no Ko: The Final Act (2024)

71st percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kazunari Ninomiya work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kazunari Ninomiya's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shinsuke Satô shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles