Rihito Itagaki

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Rihito Itagaki
板垣 李光人
Born (2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 23)
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2012–present
AgentStardust Promotion
Websiterihitoitagaki.jp

Rihito Itagaki (Japanese: 板垣 李光人, Hepburn: Itagaki Rihito, born January 28, 2002) is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for portraying Heure in Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018), Norman in The Promised Neverland (2020), Meguru Sōma in My Androgynous Boyfriend (2021), and Sōma Tezuka in And Yet, You Are So Sweet (2023).

Life and career

Itagaki was born on January 28, 2002, in Yamanashi Prefecture.[1] He began modeling when he was two years old.[2] In fifth grade, he passed the model audition for Stardust Promotion and joined the agency.[3][4]

In 2018, Itagaki starred as Heure in Kamen Rider Zi-O, part of the Kamen Rider franchise. In 2020, he starred as Norman in The Promised Neverland. In 2021, he played his first lead role in My Androgynous Boyfriend as Meguru Sōma, an androgynous model and clothing store clerk.[5]

In 2023, Itagaki portrayed the character of Magoroku Inui in the cooking drama Fermat no Ryōri.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Tokyo Slaves Ryūō Edogawa [7]
The Last Soul Yūichi Saeki (young)
2015 Pirameki's Children Story Shūhei Taniguchi [8]
2018 Rules of Evil and Masks Fumihiro Kuki (young)
2019 Rin Kei Ishikura
2020 The Promised Neverland Norman [9]
2021
Horimiya
 		Akane Yanagi [10]
Tsunagare Radio: Our Rainy Days Selga [11]
Zokki Convenience store clerk [12]
2022 Lonely Castle in the Mirror Subaru (voice) [13]
2023 And Yet, You Are So Sweet Sōma Tezuka [14][15]
2024 Love You as the World Ends: The Final Jin Amagi [16]
The Yin Yang Master Zero The emperor [17]
Blue Period Yotasuke Takahashi [18]
Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality Inusaka Keno [19]
Cells at Work! Junior Red Blood Cell (NT4201) [20]
2025 Baban Baban Ban Vampire Rihito Tatsuno [21]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Burning Flower Yoshida Shōin (young) Taiga drama
2017 My High School Business Ryōta Okudera [22]
2018 Kamen Rider Zi-O Heure [23]
2019 Cheers to Miki Clinic Tsubasa Ameku [24]
2020 Alice in Borderland Hikari Kuina (young)
2021 Koko wa Ima kara Rinri Desu Yukito Tokigawa [25]
My Androgynous Boyfriend Meguru Sōma Lead role [26]
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Tokugawa Akitake Taiga drama [27][28]
A School Where Students Can Start Over Kakeru Nogi [29]
I'll Do It Right in the Next Life Leopold Imori Guest role [30]
Run Through Beyond the Wind Makoto Kizaki [31]
2022 Scary Picture Book (season 4): "Kappa" [32]
Shijūkara Chiaki Tachibana [33]
Invisible Mantarō "Ma-kun" Sawatari [34]
Silent
 		Hikaru Aoba [35]
2023 Marriage is Difficult for a Ninja Kazuki Yamada Guest role [36]
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Ii Naomasa Taiga drama [37][38]
Oh, Love Hotel: Secret Tōru Final episode [39]
Fermat's Cuisine Magoroku Inui [40]
2024 Mars Konichi Aizawa [41]
2025 Himitsu – Top Secret Tsuyoshi Maki Lead role [42]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2025 48th Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomer of the Year Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality, Cells at Work! and The Yin Yang Master Zero Won [43]

References

  1. ISBN 978-4-7986-2094-7
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  2. ^ 【Reader Store】2.5次元を中心に旬のステージを語り尽くす！ [[Reader Store] Talking about the latest stages mainly in 2.5 dimensions!]. off stage. Vol. 14. November 19, 2018. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018.
  3. ^ スターダストプロモーション芸能1部モデルオーディション [Stardust Promotion Entertainment Part 1 Model Audition]. Deview. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  4. ^ 【注目の人物】「仮面ライダージオウ」超美形少年と話題の板垣李光人とは？ [[People of interest] Who is Rihito Itagaki, the super-beautiful boy from Kamen Rider Zi-O?]. Model Press. December 16, 2018. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. Comic Natalie
    (in Japanese). March 2, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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  7. ^ "奴隷区 僕と23人の奴隷". eiga.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "pirameki's children story". Kyoto International Art and Film Festival. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  9. ^ Loo, Egan (September 9, 2023). "The Promised Neverland Manga Gets Live-Action Film in Winter 2020". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "CAST". Live-action Horimiya Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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  14. ^ 高橋恭平主演「なのに、千輝くんが甘すぎる。」に板垣李光人、恋のライバル演じる（コメントあり） [Rihito Itagaki plays a love rival in And Yet, You Are So Sweet starring Kyōhei Takahashi (with comments)]. Natalie (in Japanese). September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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  20. ^ "はたらく細胞". eiga.com. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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  24. ^ 松本まりかと柳俊太郎「神酒クリニックで乾杯を」出演、16歳の板垣李光人は32歳役（コメントあり） [Marika Matsumoto and Shuntaro Yanagi appear in Cheers at the Sacred Sake Clinic, 16-year-old Rihito Itagaki plays the role of 32-year-old (with comments)]. Natalie (in Japanese). December 10, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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    . December 15, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  26. ^ 吉川愛＆板垣李光人W主演！「ジェンダーレス男子に愛されています。」ドラマ化｜シネマトゥデイ [Starring Ai Yoshikawa & Rihito Itagaki! My Androgynous Boyfriend drama adaptation]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). March 1, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  27. ^ 青天を衝け：大河ドラマ新キャスト発表 磯村勇斗が第14代将軍・徳川家茂 深川麻衣が和宮 西郷隆盛役は博多華丸 [Reach Beyond the Blue Sky: New Taiga Drama Cast Announcement Hayato Isomura will play the 14th Shogun Iemochi Tokugawa, Mai Fukagawa will play Kazumiya, Takamori Saigo will be played by Hanamaru Hakata]. Mantan Web (in Japanese). January 26, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  28. ^ 板垣李光人、『青天を衝け』クランクアップ写真を公開「全てにおいてSpecialな経験でした」 [Rihito Itagaki releases cranked-up photo of Reach Beyond the Blue Sky "It was a special experience in every way."]. TV LIFE web (in Japanese). September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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    . December 27, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  33. ^ 板垣李光人がドラマ「シジュウカラ」で"18歳差の恋"、宮崎吐夢と池内博之も出演（コメントあり） [Rihito Itagaki appears in the drama Shijūkara with "18-year difference in love", Tomu Miyazaki and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi also appear (with comments)]. Natalie (in Japanese). November 27, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  34. ^ 板垣李光人：金曜ドラマ「インビジブル」で柴咲コウの"片腕"に [Rihito Itagaki: Becomes Kou Shibasaki's "right-hand man" in the Friday drama Invisible]. Mantan Web (in Japanese). March 22, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  35. ^ 川口春奈＆目黒蓮『silent』に夏帆、風間俊介、桜田ひより、板垣李光人出演 [Haruna Kawaguchi & Ren Meguro's silent starring Kaho, Shunsuke Kazama, Hiyori Sakurada, Rihito Itagaki]. MyNavi News (in Japanese). September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  36. ^ 板垣李光人『silent』から2クール連続木10出演 忍者の諜報部員・山田役 [Rihito Itagaki appears in 2 consecutive seasons of silent as Yamada, a ninja intelligence agent]. MyNavi News (in Japanese). January 19, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  37. Oricon News
    . April 15, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  38. ^ 一瞬で話題！「どうする家康」板垣李光人の"美少年"井伊直政が初登場 [Instantly become a hot topic! What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Rihito Itagaki's "beautiful boy" Ii Naomasa appears for the first time]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). April 22, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  39. ^ 「ああ、ラブホテル」最終話に林遣都、板垣李光人、坂井真紀、岡田義徳ら出演（コメントあり） [Kento Hayashi, Rihito Itagaki, Maki Sakai, Yoshinori Okada and others appear in the final episode of Oh, Love Hotel (with comments)]. Natalie (in Japanese). April 11, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  40. ^ ドラマ「フェルマーの料理」伝説のシェフは仲村トオル、板垣李光人らも出演（コメントあり） [Drama Fermat's Cooking The legendary chefs also appear including Toru Nakamura and Rihito Itagaki (with comments)]. Natalie (in Japanese). August 30, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  41. Oricon News
    (in Japanese). November 29, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  42. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 25, 2024). "Live-Action Himitsu - Top Secret Series Reveals Main Cast, January Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  43. ^ "『第48回 日本アカデミー賞』受賞者・作品発表 優秀作品賞『侍タイムスリッパー』など5作品【受賞一覧】". Oricon (in Japanese). January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
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