Nijiro Murakami
Actor
Biography
Murakami Nijiro is a Japanese actor and voice actor, the only son of actor Murakami Jun and singer UA. His parents divorced when he was nine-years-old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and three half-siblings. While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami also studied for some years in Montreal, Canada.
He debuted in 2014 portraying the main character of Kaito in the award-winning film "Still the Water", for which he received the Best Newcomer Award at the 29th Kasaki Film Festival. In 2015, he debuted in the television series "Tenshi no Naifu". Later that same year, he starred in the live-action adaptation of the anime series "AnoHana", as well the movie "Wasurenai to Chikatta Boku ga Ita".
As a voice actor, he is best known for voicing Hiro Shishigami in the anime series "Inuyashiki". He is currently working under Decade, a Japanese talent agency.
Filmography
As the Gods Will
as Kikkawa Haruhiko 2014
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
as Soji Okita 2021
Still the Water
as Kaito 2014
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Shota Kobayashi 2017
Destruction Babies
as Shota Ashihara 2016
Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1: Bloody Halloween - Destiny
as Kazutora Hanemiya 2023
Last of the Wolves
as Kota Chikada 2021
Forget Me Not
as Takashi Hayama 2015
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
as Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi 2015
Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 2: Bloody Halloween - Final Battle
as Kazutora Hanemiya 2023
Sayonara
2015
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
as Nizou Okada 2021
Chiwawa
as Nagai 2019
The Promised Land
as Hiro Nogami 2019
Sasaki in My Mind
as Sudo 2020
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Tachibana Yasue 2024