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Shô Aoyagi

Shô Aoyagi

Actor · Born April 12, 1985 (41) · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shô Aoyagi was born on 12 April 1985 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He is an actor and director, known for Alice in Borderland (2020), Actor's short film 2 Over and Over Again (2022) and One Percenter (2023).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
April 12, 1985 (41)
From
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 42% in 30 days

What are Shô Aoyagi's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Self
20%
Survival
16%
Bonds
13%
Society
10%
Power
5%
Ideas
5%
Redemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 7

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · 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 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Shadow
1 of 3
Ally
1 of 3
Mentor
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Thrilling
4
Melancholic
5
Warm
2
Dread
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous4

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 Shô Aoyagi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Shô Aoyagi'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

74 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

  • YURIE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Tokyo Bust: Crime City(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Specials(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Kaban Ya no Sozoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Ryo Matsuda

  • S-Friends: Tsukoi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Kazuki Kitada

  • Courtroom Reaper: Chapter 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Courtroom Reaper: Chapter 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • S-Friends: Dokoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Kazuki Kitada

  • Bad Boys: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Murakoshi

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

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Oshinoko(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Masanori Shima

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Oasis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Sugawara Takeru

  • Paradise of Solitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Imaginary Ritual (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • Sefure no Hinkaku The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Kazuki Kitada

  • Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Kazuki Kitada

  • S-friends: Hatsukoi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Kazuki Kitada

  • Farewell, Guns: Metropolitan Police Department Special Armament Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Takuya Shima

  • One Percenter(2023)

    as Takenouchi

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Naniwa no Bansan! Oishii Oishii Hashiri Meshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Get Ready! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Keiichiro Kuraki

  • I Want to Walk in the Sun Someday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • JAM –The Recital– (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Alivehoon(2022)

    as Souichiro Kobayashi

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Over and Over Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • アクターズ・ショート・フィルム2　ドキュメンタリー (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Jam: The Drama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Hiroshi

  • The Blood of Wolves II(2021)

    as Kenichi Kanbara

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Watashi no Otto wa Reitouko ni Nemutte Iru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Karasawa Kosuke

  • Alice in Borderland(2020)

    Show 11 episodes · as Aguni Morizono / Agni

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as Toshihiko Nagai

  • ハムレット (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Hiroshi

  • I Will Not Give it to You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 7 episodes · as Yaba Shunsuke

  • Shufu Katsu! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · as Kuraki Yosuke

  • Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project(2018)

    as So Tokura (segment "Our Birthday")

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Kuinige Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Shogo Kawatani

  • High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission(2017)

    as Tsukumo

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • School Counselor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Shuhei Kojima

  • High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky(2017)

    as Tsukumo

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Tatara Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Gosuke

  • Mr. Long(2017)

    as Kenji

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • High & Low: The Movie(2016)

    as Tsukumo

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Road to High & Low(2016)

    as Tsukumo

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Kinpika(2016)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mr. Love Chemistry 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Double Meaning: Chain Reaction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Yakuza Apocalypse(2015)

    as Yakuza bitchboy

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Wild Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Kosuke Miki (Miki)

  • Zanka: Beautiful Snares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • Oh, Love Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Saintly Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 7 episodes · as Nakamura Katsuki

  • Out Burn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Satoru Izawa

  • Truth of Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 8 episodes · as Yoshito Kodama

  • Ju-on: The Beginning of the End(2014)

    as Naoto Miyakoshi

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Magnet Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Shitamachi Bobsleigh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Kentaro Yajima

  • Tokyo Refugees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Junya

  • Shikeidai no 72-Jikan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Satoshi Nikaido

  • The Sango Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Takashi Yajima

  • Gozen 3-ji no muhou chitai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · as Wajima

  • Judas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Ohno

  • Apoyan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · as Toshikazu Sunaga

  • With All Our Might (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Hideaki Sakamoto

  • The Cloud Stairs(2013)

    Show as Masaki Nogami

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Love for Beginners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Hananoi

  • Wonderful Single Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 11 episodes · as Yoichiro Tachibana

  • 係長 青島俊作2 事件はまたまた取調室で起きている! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Takuya Haga

  • Clover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · as Akai Itta

  • Mengeki! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Rokudenashi BLUES (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · as Taison Maeda

  • Swing me Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Kenzaburo Kizima (21)

Career shape

Star power in the 87th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)

$9.6M worldwide

Highest rated

High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)

Midcredits 88th

Film career

20102026

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.

  • 2012Screen debut· Love for Beginners

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 72: 71 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thDirecting1 of 72: 1 only directing, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s39 · acting2020s33 · 32 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 5 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 Shô Aoyagi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 17 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Tokyo Bust: Crime City (2026)

66th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)

Midcredits 90th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 45. 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 Shô Aoyagi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shô Aoyagi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Keisuke Horibe shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles