About Kento Yamazaki
Kento Yamazaki is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for starring in manga adaptations, including the films Another (film) (2012), Jinx!!! (2013), L DK (2014), Orange (2015), Your Lie in April (2016), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), Psychic Kusuo: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2017), Kingdom (2019), and television series Death Note (2015) and Alice in Borderland (2020–2025). His other notable works include Kiss That Kills (2018) and Good Doctor (2018). Yamazaki is under the Japanese talent agency Stardust Promotion. In January 2018, Yamazaki secured his first leading role in a television series, playing Ōtarō Dōjima, a top nightclub host, in the NTV winter drama Kiss that Kills, alongside Mugi Kadowaki, Mackenyu and Masaki Suda. The drama received a positive response from viewers, and it was the first time Yamazaki acted as a doctor and took on a more unconventional role. For his roles in those two films, he won the Newcomer of the Year award at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize and was also nominated at the 2016 Hochi Film Awards. Within the first few weeks of its release, it "ranked in the top ten most-watched shows" on the platform in nearly 40 territories.
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