Known For: Japanese actor
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, model, seiyū, child actor
Country: Japan
Date of Birth: Thursday, 15 November 1990
Kanata Hongō is a Japanese actor. He is part of Stardust Promotion and has appeared several times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as Ryoma Echizen in the live-action film adaptation of The Prince of Tennis and became even more widely known when he was cast as Shin in Nana 2. In television, his most notable role was as Hinata in Himitsu no Hanazono and he starred in Seigi no Mikata. For the live-action feature film adaptation of Attack on Titan, he portrayed Armin Arlert. He has also been involved in anime voice acting as the lead character Ryōta Sakamoto in Btooom!.
BirthPlace | Sendai |
Education | Q1326230 |
Height | 174 |
Website | http://official.stardust.co.jp/kanata |
Wikipedia | Kanata_Hongō |
X (Twitter) | k_hongo_staff |
Hongō was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. When he was in kindergarten, he became active as a child model for Sendai SOS Model Agency (now Morado Company). He attended Nihon University College of Art, where he studied photography and graduated in 2013. In 2020, he was selected for the 14th Nihon University Awards and appointed as Nihon University Ambassador.