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name: "Kunichi Nomura"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kunichi-nomura"
roles: ["Actor","Writer"]
born: "10 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T07:17:06.997030+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kunichi Nomura

Actor and writer. Born 10 April 1974 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Writer
- **Born:** 10 April 1974, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2003–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $367m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52714570, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1714579

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Isle of Dogs*](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md) (78)

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## Biography

Kunichi Nomura is a Japanese actor and writer from Tokyo. He appeared as Kun in Sofia Coppola's *Lost in Translation* (2003) and had a role in Wes Anderson's *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014).

For Anderson's *Isle of Dogs* (2018), Nomura voiced Mayor Kobayashi, contributed to the story and served as casting director. He has hosted the weekly radio show *Antenna presents: Travelling Without Moving* on J-Wave since 2014.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Isle of Dogs* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Mayor Kobayashi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Fi1m 86, as Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Fi1m 86, as Kun — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)

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