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name: "Tarō Yamamoto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taro-yamamoto"
fi1m_id: "taro-yamamoto"
imdb_id: "nm0945500"
tmdb_id: 31080
wikidata_id: "Q1093223"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:42:41.701325+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."
---

# Tarō Yamamoto

## Identity

Tarō Yamamoto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taro-yamamoto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taro-yamamoto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0945500
- **TMDB ID:** 31080
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1093223
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Yamamoto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31080

Actor. Born 11 November 1974 in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1974, Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan
- **Also known as:** Taro Yamamoto
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Yamamoto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31080

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Battle Royale*](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md) (83)

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## Biography

Tarō Yamamoto is a Japanese actor and politician. He played Shogo Kawada (Boy #5) in the 2000 film *Battle Royale*.

Yamamoto began his career in television in the early 1990s and appeared in films including *GO* (2001), *Moon Child* (2003), *Izo* (2004), *Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler* (2009) and *My Way* (2011). He received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2004.

He entered politics after the 2011 Fukushima disaster and founded the Reiwa Shinsengumi party.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, eiga.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Battle Royale* (2000), Fi1m 83, as Shogo Kawada (Boy #5) — [page](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The House of Rising Sun* (2013), as Kotaro
- *My Summertime Map* (2013), Actor
- *Secret Love* (2013), as Toru Honda
- *Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate* (2013), as Young Masaru Okunishi
- *Eden* (2012), Actor
- *The Millennial Rapture* (2012), Actor
- *My Way* (2011), as Noda
- *Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler* (2011), as Joji Funai
- *Friends After 3.11* (2011), Actor
- *Goemon Rock 2: Rose and Samurai* (2011), Actor
- *Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core* (2010), as Seiichiro "Matsu" Matsui / Spider Dopant
- *Real Clothes* (2009), series, Actor
- *Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler* (2009), as Joji Funai
- *Always Smiling Above the Sea* (2009), as Yoichi Chigasaki
- *The Triumphant Return of General Rouge* (2009), as Takuma Sato
- *252: Signal of Life* (2008), as Tatsuya Miyauchi
- *Orochi - Blood* (2008), as Hiroshi Onishi
- *Detective School Q* (2007), series, as Kotaro Nanami
- *Regatta: Kimi to ita eien* (2006), series, Actor
- *Granny Gabai* (2006), as Teacher Nakano
- *God Does Not Play Dice* (2006), series, as Kiuchi Tetsuya
- *Hyōheki* (2006), series, as Akira Kitazawa
- *The Ice Wall* (2006), series, Actor
- *School Days* (2005), Actor
- *Under the Same Moon* (2005), as Yusaku Kaneko
- *Princess Raccoon* (2005), as Ostrich Monk
- *Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire* (2004), as Koichi Kasai
- *Medaka* (2004), series, as Yabe
- *Izo* (2004), Actor
- *The King of Minami: The Masked Woman* (2004), Actor
- *Red Moon* (2004), Actor
- *A Day on the Planet* (2004), as Yamada
- *Shinsengumi!* (2004), series, as Harada Sanosuke
- *The King of Minami 26* (2004), Actor
- *The King of Minami: The Flower of Temptation* (2003), Actor
- *Get Up!* (2003), as Taro
- *The Boat to Heaven* (2003), as Yoji Ikeda
- *Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement* (2003), as Takeru
- *The King of Minami 24* (2003), Actor
- *The King of Minami: Fraud Methods* (2003), Actor
- *Moon Child* (2003), as Toshi
- *The King of Minami: The Men's Past* (2003), Actor
- *The King of Minami: The Price of Betrayal* (2002), Actor
- *Through the Night* (2002), Actor
- *The King of Minami: Bonds - KIZUNA* (2002), Actor
- *The King of Minami: Dark Judgment* (2002), Actor
- *The King of Minami: Pride* (2001), as Kohei Shinjo
- *The King of Minami: Debt Seminar* (2001), Actor
- *Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji* (2001), Actor
- *Rain of Light* (2001), Actor
- *The King of Minami: Nest Egg Robbery* (2001), as Kohei Shinjo
- *The King of Minami: Formula for Deception* (2001), Actor
- *GO* (2001), as Tawake
- *The King of Minami: Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap* (2001), as Kohei Shinjo
- *The King of Minami: Yakuza Finance* (2001), as Kohei Shinjo
- *Run Ichiro Run* (2001), Actor
- *Battle Royale* (2000), as Shogo Kawada (Boy #5) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md)
- *The King of Minami: License for Cruelty* (2000), as Kohei Shinjo
- *Shusaku's Odyssey* (2000), series, Actor
- *The King of Minami: Toichi Ransom* (2000), Actor
- *The King of Minami: Certified Alibi Trap* (2000), as Kohei Shinjo
- *The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt* (2000), as Kohei Shinjo
- *The King of Minami: Bankruptcy - Loan Shark Murder* (1999), Actor
- *Love Letter* (1998), Actor
- *Woman in Witness Protection* (1997), as Nakamura
- *Be-Bop High School 11* (1997), Actor
- *Love Song of the Old Capital* (1997), Actor
- *Futarikko* (1996), series, Actor
- *Umarekawaru to shitara* (1996), Actor
- *That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?* (1996), as Rikimaru
- *July 7th, Sunny Day* (1996), Actor
- *Best Friend* (1995), series, as Yamada Taisuke
- *The Files of the Young Kindaichi* (1995), series, as Ryunosuke Tatsumi
- *Sankaku Heart* (1995), series, as Morisawa Takuya
- *Tsutsumi honoo no gotoku* (1994), as Taro
- *At Seventeen* (1994), series, as 木村浩介
- *Kattobi Boogie 2: Flat Out Baby* (1993), Actor
- *Daida kyoushi akiba, shinken desu!* (1991), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Tarō Yamamoto](https://film.one/media/person/97040/gallery-4ce9f287b3c7.jpg) Tarō Yamamoto — Noukei314, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Taro_Yamamoto_2022-6-26%281%29%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Taro_Yamamoto_2022-6-26%281%29%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Screen titled "Small businesses and freelancers are the hardest hit by the introduction of the invoice system." (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/97040/gallery-40e5bef0b88c.jpg) Screen titled "Small businesses and freelancers are the hardest hit by the introduction of the invoice system." (2019) — N. Y. from Hakata-ku Fukuoka-shi,, Empire of Japan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/LCD_screen_showing_PowerPoint_%2848998541993%29.jpg/1280px-LCD_screen_showing_PowerPoint_%2848998541993%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![​博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/97040/gallery-cf6df7bdebd8.jpg) ​博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024) — 赤羽霧, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024.jpg/1280px-Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/97040/gallery-7b9b2db40b4c.jpg) 博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024) — 赤羽霧, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/97040/gallery-591c843b6dc6.jpg) 博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024) — 赤羽霧, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/1280px-Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/97040/gallery-7ad48adcac40.jpg) 博多駅前広場で街頭演説をするれいわ新選組 (2024) — 赤羽霧, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024_%28cropped_3%29.jpg/1280px-Reiwa_Shinsengumi%27s_street_speech_on_October_21%2C_2024_%28cropped_3%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 2004: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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