Hiroshige Narimiya (平宮 博重, Narimiya Hiroshige) (born September 14, 1982), better known as Hiroki Narimiya (成宮 寛貴, Narimiya Hiroki), is a former Japanese actor.

Hiroki Narimiya
成宮 寛貴
Narimiya in 2015
Born
平宮 博重

(1982-09-14) September 14, 1982 (age 42)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor
Years active2000–2016
Websitewww.narimiya.net

Early life

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He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His parents are from Okinawa Prefecture. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high school, his mother died and he raised his brother by dropping out of school, taking on part-time jobs, and paid for his brother's high school and college expenses. He had made a promise to his mother to become serious about acting and through his multitude of part-time jobs, was eventually scouted and passed an audition making his way into his debut in 2000.

Career

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He soon debuted in 2000 in the play "Horobikaketa Jinrui, Sono Ai no Honshitsu to wa (Perishing Humankind, What is the Essence of Its Love?)." Hiroki was chosen for the part of Kane out of the 3000 actors who auditioned.

In February 2001, he made his movie debut in "Oboreru Sakana", a Toei production. In 2002, he appeared as Noda in the television drama, "Gokusen." With his life-sized performance in this role, Hiroki won both serious acclaim and popularity. That same year, he was the lead in "Okan wa Uchu wo Shihaisuru", a television special on Fuji Television Network. Come 2003, he performed in his first period film, Azumi, which became a box office hit and allowed Hiroki to display his swordplay skills from daily training.

In 2004, Hiroki returned to the stage in the Shakespearean play "Oki ni Mesumama (As You Like It)" and had a supporting role in the TBS drama Orange Days. The next year, he starred in the TBS series "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu" and was featured in four films, including Nana, the sequel for which was released December 2006. In 2012, Hiroki starred as Phoenix Wright in the live-action film adaption Ace Attorney directed by Takashi Miike.

While working on his acting career, Hiroki has been proving himself quite the fashion leader. He designed a line of clothes along with many collaboration projects. Fall 2003, he appeared as a model for his Tokyo collection. His trademark hairstyle (the "Narimiya Cut"[1]) became all the rage among Japanese teens. Hiroki has also appeared on more than 10 covers of fashion and other magazines in the past year and received the 2005 Crystallized Style Award (presented by Swarovski).[2]

Hiroki has received many offers to model overseas for high-fashion brands, which fits in his plans to pursue work outside Japan as both a model and actor.[3]

On December 9, 2016, Narimiya sent a fax to TV news channels announcing that he was leaving the entertainment industry due to allegations he used cocaine.[4]

Filmography

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Movies

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Lovers' Kiss Tomoaki Fujii
2003 Azumi Ukiha
2004 Kagen no Tsuki Tomoki Anzai
2005 Nana Nobuo Terashima
2005 Rampo Noir Tooru Story "Kagami jigoku"
2005 Arashi no Yoru Ni Mei Voice
2006 Akihabara@DEEP Deep
2006 Sakuran Sojiro
2006 Nana 2 Nobuo Terashima
2007 Unfair Toda
2009 Gokusen: The Movie Takeshi Noda
2009 Halfway Takanashi
2010 The Lone Scalpel Nakamura's adult son [5]
2012 Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright / Ryūichi Naruhodō
2012 The Floating Castle Yukie Sakamaki
2013 The Complex Sasahara
2014 Aibou: The Movie III Tôru Kai
2016 Assassination Classroom: Graduation Shiro / Kōtarō Yanagisawa

Dramas

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Hidamari no Ki Ryoan tezuka Episodes 1 & 6
2016 Kaitō Yamaneko Hideo Katsumura [6]

Stage

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  • Nightfall (黄昏, Tasogare) (2003)
  • Rōnin Machi (浪人街, Rōnin Town) (2004)
  • As You Like It (お気に召すまま, Oki ni Mesumama) (2004)
  • Madame Melville (2004)
  • Kitchen (2005)

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes Console Source
2010 Yakuza 4 Masayoshi Tanimura Voice and likeness. Replaced by Toshiki Masuda in the remastered version. PlayStation 3 [8]
2012 Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright Voice Nintendo 3DS [8]

Dubbing roles

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Title Role Voice dub for Notes Source
Pan James Hook Garrett Hedlund
Supernatural Sam Winchester Jared Padalecki Season 1-2 only [9]

Advertisements

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  • J-PHONE (2002)
  • House Food ビストロシェフ
  • アニマックス 開局5周年記念CM (2003)
  • JAL 北海道キャンペーン (2004)
  • Vodafone (2004)
  • SEA BREEZE (2006)
  • UNIQLO (2007)
  • 宝酒造「TAKARA CAN CHU-HI」 (2007)
  • GUNZE (2008)
  • 森永乳業「MORINAGAMILK DOUBLE ESPRESSO」 (2009)
  • キャドバリー「STRIDE」 (2010)
  • シマンテック「NORTON 2011」 (2010)
  • コスモライフ「COSMO WATER」 (2012)
  • YAMATO HOME CONVENIENCE (2012)
  • Sapporo Brewery「WHITE BELG」 (2014)

References

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  1. ^ or "Narimiya-hair" イケメン出演番組を無料放送<パソコンテレビGyaO ギャオ> Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese) - GyaO
  2. ^ hitomi&成宮寛貴“クリスタルな輝き”CONFIDENCE ランキング&ニュース -ORICON STYLE-(in Japanese) - Oricon
  3. ^ 成宮寛貴オフィシャルサイト|PROFILE(in Japanese) - TOPCOAT
  4. ^ 成宮寛貴さんが引退 週刊誌が「薬物使用疑惑」報道:朝日新聞デジタル
  5. ^ "A Lone Scalpel Review". SBS Movies. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ^ "KAT-TUN's new single chosen as the theme song to Kamenashi Kazuya's starring drama". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  7. ^ "華麗なる一族". MBS. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Hiroki Narimiya (visual voices guide) - BTVA - Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ "スーパーナチュラル". SuperDramaTV. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
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