Ryohei Suzuki

is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Early life and studies Suzuki became interested in learning English after a visit to an uncle, who was living in Los Angeles when he was in Elementary school.

He and his brother went to the YMCA when he was in elementary school. While in the third year of junior high school, he participated in a YMCA program in Nishinomiya City. Words from a teacher in the YMCA remained in him, motivating him to study hard, taking his English classes seriously.

He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with a Bachelor's degree in English studies in March 2006.

When he was a student, he worked part-time in NHK.

Career Ryohei earned five Best Supporting Actor awards as well as the Japan Academy Prize for playing the role of a yakuza in The Blood of Wolves: Level 2 (2021). That same year, he earned Best Actor at the Asian Contents Awards in Korea for his role in Tokyo MER (2022). Its sequel film was released in 2023.

In 2023, he starred in Egoist, an independent feature about a same-sex relationship. Suzuki's performance earned him the Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival and a nomination for Best Actor at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.

Ryohei Suzuki played a role in the Netflix film City Hunter (2024), an action adaptation of 1980s manga. He earned both the Best Leading Actor and Best Comedy Performance awards at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore. Additionally, City Hunter won Best Feature at the same awards.

Private life Suzuki announce his marriage to a non-celebrity woman who works for a web-related company in Tokyo, via his agency on July 28, 2011. He met her while he was a model. The wedding ceremony and reception were held on July 24 at a hotel in Tokyo with only close relatives. They welcomed their first child, a girl, on November 17, 2011, at a hospital in Tokyo. He reported this the same day on his official blog.

Filmography

TV series Year Title Role Notes 2005 Tokyo Michika Credited as Ryohei Tomochika 2006 Regatta 2007 Hana-Kimi Soichiro Akashi Attention Students! Minamida Final episode Hatsukoi net.com: Wasurerarenai Koi no uta Yuji Kuroda Episode 1 2009 Mei's Butler Daimon 2012 Today is the Best Day Kyosuke Misaki 2014 Hanako and Anne Eiji Muraoka Asadora 100 days: Love, Marriage, Sickness and Mom Yuichi Sonoda 2016 Goodbye Ghosts! Nabeshima 2017 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit II Hyugo Fantasy taiga drama Tokyo Tarareba Musume Tetsuro Hayasaka Kenji Miyazawa's Table Kenji Miyazawa Lead role Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit III Hyugo Fantasy taiga drama 2021 Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room Kōta Kitami Lead role 2022 Elpis Saitō 2023 Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle Shūji Nagumo Lead role 2025 Queen of Mars Midori-E0106 Miniseries 2026 Reboot Riku Hayase / Ayumi Gido Lead role

Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Have a Song on Your Lips Yuri's fiancé (Voice) 2017 Mumon: The Land of Stealth Shimoyama Heibei 2019 One Night Daiki Inamura 2021 Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai Kondō Isami Last of the Wolves Shigehiro Uebayashi The Mole Song: Final Reo Todoroki 2023 Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie Kōta Kitami Lead role Egoist Kōsuke Lead role Revolver Lily Assassin X Cameo 2024 City Hunter Ryo Saeba Lead role 2025 Petals and Memories Toshiki Kato Lead role Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Nankai Mission Kōta Kitami Lead role 2026 Shin Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō: Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu! HK (Voice) Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Capital Crisis Kōta Kitami Lead role 2027 City Hunter 2 Ryo Saeba Lead role

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Awards and nominations YearAward ceremonyCategoryResult201539th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomers of the Year 8th International Drama Festival in TokyoBest Supporting Actor 201658th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor 202134th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Supporting Actor 46th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting Actor 202243rd Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting Actor 76th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting Actor 64th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting Actor 45th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actor 95th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting Actor 17th Osaka Cinema FestivalBest Supporting Actor 202316th Asian Film AwardsBest Actor 22nd New York Asian Film FestivalScreen International Rising Star Asia Award 36th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Actor 202478th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actor 45th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Actor 66th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor 17th Asian Film AwardsExcellence in Asian Cinema Award 47th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actor 202668th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor 29th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand PrixBest Actor

Books Suzuki Ryōhei First Photo Book (released on September 12, 2014) Suzuki Ryōhei no chūgaku eigo de sekai isshū! Feat. Steve Soresi (released on April 12, 2018) Itta ki ni naru seikaiisan (released on September 10, 2020)