Toma Ikuta

Toma Ikuta
Toma Ikuta
	生田斗真
Born	Toma Ikuta; October 7, 1984; Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Other names	Toma-chan, Tomasu
Occupation	Actor; Singer; Dancer;
Years active	1996–present
Agent	Johnny & Associates Inc.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse(s)	Nana Seino (m. 2020)
Website	Johnny's net

Toma Ikuta (生田斗真, Ikuta Tōma, born October 7, 1984) is a Japanese actor. Ikuta is known for his roles in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Honey & Clover, Sensei!, Maou and Ouroboros. He also stars in feature films, notably Hanamizuki, Ningen Shikkaku and Brain Man.

Career

The 2007, Fuji TV summer drama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, controversial in its gender-bending nature, was perhaps Ikuta's biggest break in Japanese Entertainment.[1][2] Following his successful portrayal in Hana Kimi, Ikuta was on stage again as he starred in the Shakespearean play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona.[3] While working on this play, Toma was also slated to star in one of Fuji TV's winter dramas for 2008, the live adaptation of Chika Umino's popular manga, Hachimitsu to Kuroba.[4] He took on the role of Yūta Takemoto, a struggling Architecture student in an art school who had mediocre talent and who fell in love at first sight with his professor's niece, Hagumi Hanamoto (played by Riko Narumi). His role as the silent but constant observer that uncovers the events of the drama to the audience earned him another Best Supporting Actor award.[5] Due to the popularity of Hana Kimi, Fuji TV decided to air a special two-hour episode, announcing it in early 2008.[6]

Ikuta's rise to fame brought about another project; this time a double-lead with Arashi's leader Satoshi Ohno, in the Japanese adaptation of the Korean drama Mawang. The drama, called Maō, is about a lawyer, Ryo Naruse (played by Ohno) who seeks to avenge the death of his younger brother several years ago. On the other hand, Serizawa Naoto is the brash and impulsive detective (played by Ikuta), who is atoning for the grave, juvenile crime he had committed in the past.[7] In October 2008, Ikuta was back on stage again, playing the role of Danny in the Japanese version of the musical "Grease".[8] January 2009 marked Ikuta's first ever appearance in Fuji TV's peak slot for dramas, Ishimatsu Ryosuke, an intern forensics specialist in the serial drama Voice, along with Eita and Satomi Ishihara.[9] Following his streak of solo projects, Ikuta was again named to star in a Fuji TV drama even while Voice was airing, this time a lead role in the timely jury drama Majo Saiban: The Witch Trial, for the TV station's spring 2009 late night Saturday drama. He plays Yoshioka Tōru, a freeter who was chosen as one of the members of the jury that will participate in the trial of a woman accused of killing her husband. Foul play comes into the picture as the members of the jury begin to be threatened. When the life of one of the jury members, a housewife (played by Ai Kato) is also endangered, Tooru tries to help. This raises suspicions with his girlfriend (played by Manami Higa) who becomes afraid Tooru might be cheating on her. Thus begins Tōru's lone search for the truth. The drama aired on April 25, 2009, a month before the jury system was to be implemented in Japan.[10]

Ikuta finally made his silver screen debut with Ningen Shikkaku, a spring 2010 movie adaptation of Dazai Osamu's masterpiece of the same title. Considered a semi-autobiographical novel, Ikuta plays the role of Oba Yozo, a troubled soul who is forced to keep up a facade of hollow jocularity in his everyday life.[11] The book cover of the novel published by Kadokawa was renewed in October, and since then featured a photo of Ikuta. After the cover was revised, the book sold over 100,000 copies. In response to those sales figures, Kadokawa decided that for a limited time period, all 10 Dazai novels would feature Ikuta on the covers; the campaign started on December 15, 2009. It was the first time that the lead actor of a film adaptation of a novel appeared on the covers of all the works written by the author.[12]

Other movies of his in the works are Hanamizuki, co-starring Yui Aragaki and Seaside Motel. Meanwhile, Ikuta began playing the role of Honjo Sadame, a failure of an actor in the drama Unubore Deka along with Johnny senior, Tokio's Tomoya Nagase. On July 27, 2010, Ikuta appeared in Tokio's music video for the song NaNaNa.[13] In 2010, Ikuta appeared on the documentary TV program Jōnetsu Tairiku (情熱大陸, lit. The Passion Continent).[14]

Ikuta has his own mobile diary J-web named Tomagoto (Toma's words). Then temporary, the J-web went by the names Tomagoto, Tomagoto Hyper, and Tomagoto Neo, before officially becoming a permanent J-web on December 15, 2007. Aside from the J-web, he also has his own corner on Wink Up Magazine titled Ikuta Toma no Ikita Kotoba (Toma Ikuta's Words to Live By). On this corner, he writes a one-page essay about things that interest him, as well as his daily experiences. Pictures taken from his own camera are included on the page.[15] Ikuta was confirmed in the male lead role for the manga Bokura Ga Ita in which he will play Yano and have a relationship with Yoshitaka Yuriko (Takahashi). The shoot for the movie started in May 2011, to be released as a two-part film in spring 2012.[16]

Personal life

Ikuta married actress Nana Seino on June 1, 2020.[17]

Filmography

Television

Year	Japanese title	English title	Role	Network
1997	あぐり	Agri	–	NHK
1998	ラブアンドピース	Love & Peace	Yohei Horiguchi	NTV
2001	ネバーランド	Neverland	Osamu Seto	TBS
2002	Hito ni Yasashiku (人にやさしく / ３ピース )	Be Nice to People	Yusuke	Fuji TV
2002	Engimono (演技者)	Acting by	Hachida	Fuji TV
2004	Kinō no teki wa kyo no tomo	Yesterday's enemy is today's friend	–
2005	Dekabeya (六本木おかしな捜査班)	Funny Roppongi Squad	Yukio Ochi	TV Asahi
	Asuka e, Soshite mada Minu Ko e (飛鳥へ、そしてまだ見ぬ子へ)	To Asuka and to the Unseen Child	Sawamura Kazuya	Fuji TV
	Nemureru Mori no Shitai (眠れる森の死体)	Sleeping Corpse	Eiji/Yamazaki	Fuji TV
2006	アキハバラ＠DEEP	Akihabara@Deep	Box	TBS
2007	Hana Yori Dango Returns	Boys Over Flowers 2	Junpei Oribe	TBS
2007	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e	Ikemen Paradise	Shuichi Nakatsu	Fuji TV
2008	Hachimitsu to Clover (ハチミツとクローバー)	Honey & Clover	Yūta Takemoto	Fuji TV
	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e	Ikemen Paradise	Shuichi Nakatsu	Fuji TV
	Maou	Devil	Naoto Serizawa	TBS
2009	Inochi Naki Mono no Koe (ヴォイス)	Voice	Ryōsuke Ishimatsu	Fuji TV
	Majo Saiban (魔女裁判)	The Witch Trial	Toru Yoshioka	Fuji TV
	Yonimo \"Kim\" yo na Monogatari	The Law of Recycling Suicides	R 8427
2010	Unobore Deka (うぬぼれ刑事)	Conceited Detective	Sadame Honjo	TBS
2010	Kyuukei no Kouya	Spherical Wilderness	Shoichi Soeda	Fuji TV
2012	Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Renewal~ (遅咲きのヒマワリ ~ボクの人生、リニューアル~)	Late Blooming Sunflower –My life renewed-	Jotaro Kodaira	Fuji TV
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	–	Dom Justo Takayama	NHK
2015	ウロボロス	Ouroboros	Ikuo Ryuzaki	TBS
2019	いだてん～東京オリムピック噺～	Idaten	Yahiko Mishima	NHK
2019	俺の話は長い	If Talking Paid	Mitsuru Kishibe	NTV
2020	アメリカに負けなかった男〜バカヤロー総理　吉田茂〜	America ni Makenakatta Otoko	Jirō Shirasu	TV Tokyo

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Hanamizuki	Kohei Kiuchi	Lead role
	Seaside Motel	Masayaki Kameda	Lead role
	Ningen Shikkaku	Ōba Yōzō	Lead role
2011	Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo	Hikaru Genji	Lead role
2012	Bokura ga Ita	Motoharu Yano	Lead role
2013	Brain Man	Ichiro Suzuki	Lead role
2014	The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji	Reiji Kikukawa	Lead role
2014	Miracle Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahou	Kitayama
2015	Grasshopper	Suzuki	Lead role
2015	Prophecy	Geitsu / Hiroaki Okuda	Lead role
2016	Himitsu – Top Secret	Tsuyoshi Maki	Lead role
2016	The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio	Reiji Kikukawa	Lead role
2017	Close-Knit	Rinko	Lead role
2017	My Teacher	Kōsaku Itō	Lead role
2018	My Friend A	Masuda	Lead role

Musicals

Stand By Me
Kyo-To-Kyo
Shock is Millennium Shock
Susanoh
Another (Kansai Jr.2002 version)
Shock is Real Shock
Vacation (Shonentai Playzone 2003)
Edogah-san Yukuefumei
Mama Loves Mambo III
West Side Story 2004 (Shonentai version)
West Side Story 2005 (Arashi version)
Azumi on Stage (2005)
Azumi Returns (Azumi 2) (2006)
Cat in the Red Boots (Shinkansen Nexus Volume 2) (2006)
Shock – Endless Shock 2007
The Two Gentlemen of Verona – October 2007
Grease – 2008[18]
My Friend Hitler and Madame de Sade (Mishima Double)[19]- February 2011
Kamome(The Seagull)- September 2013
Vamp Bamboo Burn – 2016

Awards

54th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)[20]
Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix, Winter 2007: Best Supporting Actor (Honey & Clover)[21]
11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix, April 2007 – March 2008: Best Supporting Actor (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)[22]
84th Kinema Junpo Awards 2011: Best New Actor (No Longer Human)[23]
Blue Ribbon Awards 2011: Rookie of the Year (No Longer Human)[24]

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References

Sankei Sports Archived September 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), 21 May 2007.
"Tokyograph.com". tokyograph.com.
Ikuta to star as Valentine in "Verona" 3 August 2007.
Narumi, Ikuta to star in "Honey and Clover" drama 6 November 2007.
鹿男あをによし」が３部門で１位を獲得 (in Japanese), 12 March 2008.
Hana Kimi SP confirmed 12 March 2008.
Satoshi Ohno's First Starring Role 9 May 2008.
ミュージカル舞台「グリース」主演に斗真 (1/3ページ) Archived July 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), 7 June 2008.
今度の月９は「法医学」　生田＆さとみ出演 Archived January 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), 4 December 2008.
Ikuta Stars in jury drama series.
Ikuta leads adaptation of Dazai's "No Longer Human".
Ikuta Toma Appears on All Book Covers of Dazai Osamu Novels from Kadokawa!.
Ikuta Toma is Tokio's new single "NaNaNa (I Iranee Sun)" Video Clip appeared! (in Japanese).
"Ikuta Toma on The Passion Continent". Jōnetsu Tairiku. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
"WiNK UPオフィシャルサイト -時代を動かすアイドル情報の宝庫!-". wani.co.jp.
""Bokura ga Ita" to get film adaptation starring Ikuta Toma & Yoshitaka Yuriko". tokyohive.com.
"生田96年ジャニーズ入り、清野アクション派／略歴". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
"Toma Ikuta, Miki Fujimoto in "Grease" – Sankei Sports". sanspo.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2008.
"Toma Ikuta studied Yu Aoi for his role as a woman". wordpress.com. February 2, 2011.
"助演男優賞は生田斗真／日刊ドラマＧＰ - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". nikkansports.com.
"助演男優賞は生田斗真／日刊ドラマＧＰ - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". nikkansports.com.
"「鹿男あをによし」が３部門で１位を獲得 - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". nikkansports.com.
"404 – ファイルまたはディレクトリが見つかりません。". kinejun.com.
Yomiuri Shimbun https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083904/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

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[1] Sankei Sports Archived September 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), 21 May 2007.

[2] "Tokyograph.com". tokyograph.com.

[3] Ikuta to star as Valentine in "Verona" 3 August 2007.

[4] Narumi, Ikuta to star in "Honey and Clover" drama 6 November 2007.

[5] 鹿男あをによし」が３部門で１位を獲得 (in Japanese), 12 March 2008.

[6] Hana Kimi SP confirmed 12 March 2008.

[7] Satoshi Ohno's First Starring Role 9 May 2008.

[8] ミュージカル舞台「グリース」主演に斗真 (1/3ページ) Archived July 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), 7 June 2008.

[9] 今度の月９は「法医学」　生田＆さとみ出演 Archived January 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), 4 December 2008.

[10] Ikuta Stars in jury drama series.

[11] Ikuta leads adaptation of Dazai's "No Longer Human".

[12] Ikuta Toma Appears on All Book Covers of Dazai Osamu Novels from Kadokawa!.

[13] Ikuta Toma is Tokio's new single "NaNaNa (I Iranee Sun)" Video Clip appeared! (in Japanese).

[14] "Ikuta Toma on The Passion Continent". Jōnetsu Tairiku. Retrieved July 12, 2010.

[15] "WiNK UPオフィシャルサイト -時代を動かすアイドル情報の宝庫!-". wani.co.jp.

[16] ""Bokura ga Ita" to get film adaptation starring Ikuta Toma & Yoshitaka Yuriko". tokyohive.com.

[17] "生田96年ジャニーズ入り、清野アクション派／略歴". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

[18] "Toma Ikuta, Miki Fujimoto in "Grease" – Sankei Sports". sanspo.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2008.

[19] "Toma Ikuta studied Yu Aoi for his role as a woman". wordpress.com. February 2, 2011.

[20] "助演男優賞は生田斗真／日刊ドラマＧＰ - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". nikkansports.com.

[21] "助演男優賞は生田斗真／日刊ドラマＧＰ - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". nikkansports.com.

[22] "「鹿男あをによし」が３部門で１位を獲得 - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". nikkansports.com.

[23] "404 – ファイルまたはディレクトリが見つかりません。". kinejun.com.

[24] Yomiuri Shimbun https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083904/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)