Masataka Kubota


Masataka Kubota is a Japanese actor.
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History

Kubota was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is the youngest of three male brothers. He hoped to become a vehicle mechanic and enrolled in the mechanical department of Kanagawa Technical Senior High School. While Kubota was still in high school, his mother encouraged him to audition to enter the show business. After the audition, Kubota joined entertainment agency Stardust Promotion and became an actor.
In 2006, Kubota was debut starring Fuji Television's late-night television series Chekeraccho! in Tokyo. In the same year, he also made his film debut in Yuki Inomata's film Humoresque. But he often failed auditions until he was 19, and there were times when he thought about giving up acting. However, he was chosen again to be the lead actor in the television series K-tai Investigator 7 in 2008. He says his encounter with director Takashi Miike, who directed the series, was a turning point in his life.
Kubota was then gradually recognized for his acting ability and appeared in several popular Japanese national television series, including NHK Asadora and Taiga drama. In 2012, Kubota appeared in Taiga drama Taira no Kiyomori, he played Taira no Shigemori, the tragic heir to the lead role of Taira no Kiyomori. In 2014, he appeared Asadora Hanako to Anne, he became well known for playing the childhood friend of Hanako, the lead character. He then became a popular actor with appearances in popular television series Testimony of N written by Kanae Minato in 2014 and Death Note in 2015.
Kubota starred in Takashi Miike's 2019 film First Love. The film was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, and Kubota attended the festival with Miike.
In 2020, he was cast as the lead in the first half of the 2020 Asadora Yell. It was the first time since Massan, which aired in the second half of 2014, that a man was the main character in asadora.
In 2021, Kubota won Newcomer of the Year of Elan d'or Awards for his work as an actor the previous year. In 2022, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 46th Japan Academy Film Prize for the film A Man.

Personal life

Kubota and actress Asami Mizukawa's agency jointly announced that the two were engaged. They registered their marriage on 21 September 2019.

Filmography

Films

Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu Kyōretsu! Mōretsu!! Kodai Shōjo Doguchan Matsuri Special Movie Edition, Makoto SugiharaGachiban Series, Yūto Kuronaga13 Assassins, Shōjirō KokuraWe Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia., Masayuki YanoHasami, Yōhei HayamaRurouni Kenshin, Akira KiyosatoThe Cowards Who Looked to the Sky, Ryōta FukudaSuzuki Sensei, Yoshio ShiraiJellyfish Eyes, Yoninshū SeiryūGoddotan Kiss Gaman Senshuken The Movie, MichaelTobe Dakota, Kenichi KimuraThe Liar and His Lover, Shinya ShinoharaDakishimetai: Shinjitsu no Monogatari, JunpeiYamikin Ushijima-kun Part 2, Rei KanzakiNaniwa Sendō Eiga ST Aka to Shiro no Sōsa File, Yūji KurosakiApril Fools, MatsudaProphecy, Yūichi AoyamaRomance, Naoki64: Part I, Kōichirō Hiyoshi64: Part II, Kōichirō HiyoshiManiac Hero, Makoto ToshidaMars Tokyo Ghoul, Ken KanekiThe Last Cop, Ryōta MochizukiThicker Than Water, KazunariGintama 2, Bansai KawakamiTokyo Ghoul S, Ken KanekiFirst Love, LeoDiner Fancy Poupelle of Chimney Town, Poupelle The Sunday Runoff, TanimuraA Man, Daisuke TaniguchiRadiation House: The Movie, Iori IgarashiMy Broken Mariko, MakioYudo: The Way of the Bath Home Sweet Home, KenjiOne Last Bloom, Toshio NakanishiMasked Hearts Cloud, MuraokaLast Mile, Rokuro KubeThe Real You, AI voiceSaint Young Men: The Movie, Mara

Television

Chekeraccho!! in Tokyo, Takumi AobaJikuu Keisatsu Wecker Signa, Ēichi KarasumaMop Girl Episode 7, JunK-tai Investigator 7, Keita AmishimaNaniwa no Hana: Ogata Kōan Jikenchō, Akira OgataMama wa Mukashi Papa Datta, Shinichirō KayamaThe Ancient Dogoo Girl, Makoto SugiharaXmas no Kiseki, Ken HayashidaBoku ga Celeb to Kekkon Shita Hōhō, Shinnosuke SawadaMy Husband Is a Cartoonist, Kēichi KurataJoker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan Episode 4, Takahiro ShiinaKoisuru Nihongo, AkiraMisaki Number One!! Episode 3, NakatsuHonboshi: Shinri Tokusō Jikenbo Episode 4, Keita MinobeKaryū no Utage, Shō FukuharaAishiteru: Kaiyō QP, EijiNazotoki wa Dinner no Atode Episode 4, MiuraShiritsu Bakaleya Koukou, HakamatsukaLegal High Episode 2, Jango Jango Higashi KurumeTaira no Kiyomori, Taira no ShigemoriSōmatō Kabushikigaisha Episode 1, Takahiro SekiHonto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu no Tokubetsu-hen 2012, Kenta YamadaPerfect Blue Episode 1, Takashi InamiŌoku: Tanjō , SutezōSaikō no Rikon, Junnosuke HatsushimaST Keishichō Kagaku Sōsahan, Yūji KurosakiSummer Nude, Hikaru KirihataLimit, Wataru IgarashiSabishii Karyūdo, Masato NoroKeiji no Manazashi Episodes 10–11, Shingo YamanouchiUrero Mitaiken Shōjo Episode 5, Shō SaionjiKamen Teacher, Atsushi AmakawaHanako and Anne, Asaichi KibaAsaichi no Yomesan ST Aka to Shiro no Sōsa File, Yūji KurosakiTestimony of N, Shinji NaruseAlgernon ni Hanataba o, Ryūichi YanagawaThe Last Cop, Ryōta MochizukiEien no Bokura: Sea Side Blue, Kōta YamauchiDeath Note, Light YagamiHigh&Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D., SmokyRinshō Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri, Arisu ArisugawaHitoya no Toge, RyotaFugitive Boys, TobioUnnatural, Rokuro KubeRadiation House, Iori IgarashiYell, Yūichi KoyamaModern Love Tokyo, Rin Hijikata's Smart Phone, Hijikata Toshizo
  • * Hijikata's Smart Phone: New Year SP Non-REM Sleep Window 2022, Autumn "The Man from the Future", Koji SuganumaActor's Short Film 3 "Tiger's Cave", Leading roleOutrageous, Okamoto, half awake, half sleepingA Classroom in Midair, Kanae FujitakeLa Grande Maison Tokyo Special, Toshihisa YuasaShōgun season 2, Hyuga