- Name: 池松 壮亮
- Name (romaji): Ikematsu Sosuke
- (real name: Takeshi Akira)
- Birthdate: 1990-July-09
- Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan
- Height: 172 cm
- Blood type: A
- Talent agency: Horipro
- Genre: Movie, TV drama
- Active: 2001 —
- Awards:
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Debuting in 2001, Ikematsu played at age ten in the musical “The Lion King” before his 2003 Hollywood debut in The Last Samurai (2003) with the 2005 film Tetsujin 28 is credit as his first Japanese release. However, most would recognize him as the talented teenager in Dive!! (2005), which co-starred Hayashi Kento, and Tori.
He since has gone on to act in several other popular films, as well as dramas including the airing at the moment “MOZU season 1” as a troubled young man hunted as the prime suspect in a deadly bombing that happened in the middle of Tokyo. In conjunction with gaining more substantial dramas roles, Ikematsu is also showcasing his acting talents in the number of 2014 Japanese films including The Rising Sun Over Vancouver (2014) as a baseball player, Ikematsu a keen amateur player himself and fan of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
Films
Paper Moon | Kami no Tsuki (2015) - Kota When I Sense the Sea | Umi wo Kanjiru Toki (2014) - Yo Watashi no Hawaii no Arukikata (2014) - Yuichi Tajima The Rising Sun Over Vancouver | Vancouver no Asahi (2014) - Frank Nojima Haru wo Seotte (2014) - Koichi Adult Drop | Otona Doroppu (2014) - Yoshi Asai Love's Whirlpool | Ai no Uzu (2014) - neet Our Family | Bokutachi no Kazoku (2014) - Shunpei Joukyou Monogatari (2013) - Ryosuke A Story of Yonosuke | Yokomichi Yonosuke (2013) - Ippei Kuramochi (Yonosuke's college friend) Upon a Star (2012) - Fukudome Go! Boys' School Drama Club | Ike! Danshi Koko Engekibu (2011) - Kaji Owada (Kaji) Drucker in the Dug-Out | Moshi Koko Yakyu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management wo Yondara (2011) - Jiro Kashiwagi Shin-san Tankoumachi no Serenade (2010) - Mori Tsuzinai Looking up at the Half-Moon | Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (2010) - Yuichi Ezaki Good Bye, My Secret Friend | Ikechan to Boku (2009) Dive!! | Daibu!! (2008) - Yoichi Fujitani Sand Clock | Sunadokei (2008) - Daigo Kitamura (teen) The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea | Aoki Okami: chi hate umi tsukiru made (2007) Night Time Picnic | Yoru no Pikunikku (2006) - Junya Sakaki Udon (2006) - Shota Mizusawa Yamato | Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005) - Atsushi Tetsujin 28 | Tetsujin niju-hachigo (2005) - Shotaro One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | One piece: Omatsuri danshaku to himitsu no shima (2005) (voice) - DJ Gappa The Last Samurai (2003) - Higen
Awards
None -watch this space
Dramas
Mozu Season 2 - Kirin no (WOWOW/ 2014) - Kuzuhiko Mozu Season 1 - Mozu no Sakebu Yoru (TBS / 2014)- Kuzuhiko Asakiyumemishi (NHK / 2013) - Kichisa I Love You (UULA / 2013) - Ryusuke (Ep.2 "Mahou no Botan") Ume-chan (NHK/ 2012) - Hiroshi The Sun Also Rises | Hi wa Mata Noboru (TV Asahi / 2011) - Shuta Yuhara Q10 (NTV / 2010) Tomehane! | Tomehane! Suzuri Koukou Shodoubu (NHK / 2010)
TV Specials
Dai Kuko 2013 (WOWOW / 2013) - Mutsuo Tonbi (NHK / 2012) - Akira Ichikawa Endroll ~ Densetsu no Chichi (WOWOW / 2012) - Kentaro Ozaki Saigo no Bansan | Saigo no Bansan~Keiji Tono Kazuyuki to Shichinin no Yougisha~ (TV Asahi / 2011) Jyugosai (NHK/ 2011) - Masami Ichinoshima (TBS / 2009) - Toru Niimi Shinsengumi!! Hijikata Toshizo saigo no ichi-nichi (NHK / 2006) - Ichimura Tetsunosuke
Stage
(2013) N 12 Copied Letters of a 100 year old boy (2012) - Oscar Ririomu (2012) - Ririomu The Lion King (2003)
Promotional Work
Photo Books + Calender
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Promotional DVDS
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PV appearances
Nogizaka 46 "Hope" (2013) Creep Hype "Yu-Chan People" (2013)