Mamiya Shotaro is a Japanese actor who was born on June 11, 1993, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He made his acting debut in the 2008 drama series “Scrap Teacher,” following up in 2009 with “Twin Spica.” He then made his big-screen bow in 2010 with the movie “Harper Regan.” He has also starred in hit movie titles including “Legend of the Galactic Heroes” (2012) and “Tori Girl” (2017).

Mamiya Shotaro

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Natsumi Aoi (Nana Mori) has spent her whole life by the ocean, living in a popular seaside resort where she works as a standup paddleboard instructor and manages her father’s restaurant. She often hangs out with childhood friend Takumi Makino (Fuju Kamio), a carpenter who always seems to be around any time Natsumi needs his help. Natsumi gives little thought to love, although she harbors secret feelings for Takumi, who seems to be besotted with an older woman. But that all threatens to change when she meets Kento Mizushima (Shotaro Mamiya), the well-educated heir to a major Tokyo-based construction company. While Kento and Natsumi seem worlds apart, she starts to develop a crush on him as they get to know each other. However, there might be a chance that Takumi wants his relationship with Natsumi to evolve beyond friendship. Is romance on the horizon for Natsumi and friends with a group of holidaymakers at this sun-soaked resort? This 2023 Japanese drama was directed by Ryo Tanaka.

Cinderellas of Midsummer

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Kisara Hanae (Kiyohara Kaya) is a young woman who grew up in an orphanage and dreams of becoming a karate practitioner. She dreams of representing Japan at a major event, but is forced to put her karate dreams on ice due to health issues. She now works as a cleaner. But one day, as she is going about her work, she meets Ashida Haruki (Shotaro Mamiya). He happens to be a songwriter who penned the song she used to listen to before her karate matches.

Ashida Haruki has also fallen on hard times. Although the song that Kisara Hanae used to adore was popular, he has failed to score a hit since, and the music company that employs him is considering firing him unless he writes another hit. The firm is concerned that he does not really understand love – and that this is why he can’t write better songs. Losing his job will mean he must also move out of his accommodation. Out of desperation, the duo agrees to start a “fake” romance. But this sparks the ire of her childhood friend, Natsukawa Shingo (Kikuchi Fuma). The latter has secretly loved her ever since they were both children. Will this unconventional arrangement end in happiness – or misery for everyone concerned?

“Fight Song” is a 2022 Japanese drama that was directed by Ishii Yasuharu, Okamoto Shingo, and Murao Yoshiaki.

FIGHT SONG

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Born and raised in a small rural town, Nami Suzuki (Mone Kamishiraishi) has lived a very average, ordinary life. With no particular dreams and no real ambition, Nami doesn’t really want much out of life. If she can find moderate amounts of work and love, she’s convinced she’ll be happy.&nbsp;

In order to pursue that moderate love, Nami follows her childhood friend and long-time crush, Kenya (Inukai Atsuhiro) to Tokyo, where she hopes to get a job in the supply management department of the same publishing company where Kenya works. Unfortunately Nami’s plans don’t work out exactly the way she imagined they would. Rather than working in the supply management department, Nami is hired to work in the editorial department of one of the company’s fashion magazines. Not really taking her job seriously, Nami soon earns the scorn of her hard-working editor-in-chief, Reiko Horai (Nanao).

Rather than letting Reiko’s criticism get her down, Nami allows it to inspire her to have bigger dreams of her own. With her attitude about work gradually changing, Nami finds that her thoughts on love have also started to change, especially after meeting cameraman Junnosuke Horai (Yuta Tamamori). With a new-found determination now driving her, will Nami have what it takes to make her new-found dreams come true?

A delightful tale of chasing big dreams in the big city, “Oh My Boss! Love not included” is a 2021 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Yasuharu Ishii, Kenta Tanaka, and Takeyoshi Yamamoto.

Oh My Boss! Love not included

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Suguri Toko (Kaho) seems to be living a perfect and happy life. She is married to a man who seemingly cherishes her. She spends her days looking after her young daughter – and taking care of the family house. However, deep inside, she feels frustrated about the fact that her life is seemingly stuck in a rut – with no prospects of change on the horizon.

Life throws her a curveball, however, when she attends a friend’s wedding. Here, she is unexpectedly reunited with Kurata Akihiko (Tsumabuki Satoshi), a former love she has not seen in a decade. The chance meeting sparks something within Suguri Toko. He thinks she hasn’t changed at all. And suddenly, she feels the clock has turned back 10 years. Passions she thought were long dead are reunited, and the duo embarks on an affair. But will this racy romance lead them to pleasure...or catastrophe?

“Shape of Red” is a 2020 Japanese movie that was based on a novel by Rio Shimamoto and directed by Yukiko Mishima.

Shape of Red

Rei Kosaka (Shotaro Mamiya) is a third-grader in high school. He thinks that life and pointless: He has no interests and finds everything both at school and outside to be utterly boring. To others, he appears cold and aloof and has a habit of telling people to “die” when he gets frustrated with them. But one day, he sees something very unusual: One of his classmates named Nana Kano (Sakurai Hinako) appears to be burying a dead bee.

This bizarre event piques his interest in her and he starts to speak to Nano Kato. But it turns out that she is something of a polar opposite: Instead of telling others to die, she keeps telling him that she actually hungers for death. Rei Kosaka is also shocked to discover that Nano Kato has a propensity to self-harm. As they begin to learn about each other’s deepest and darkest secrets, they start to trust one another. But will the pressures of depression and family life bring them together – or tear them apart?

“He Won’t Kill, She Won’t Die” is a 2019 Japanese movie that was written and directed by Kobayashi Keiichi.

He Won't Kill, She Won't Die

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Tadashi Usobuki (Tori Matsuzaka) is a devilishly clever criminal. People seek him out when they feel they have been wronged and have a burning desire to snuff out someone else’s life. Tadashi Usobuki uses his hypnotic powers to render his victims helpless, and to evade capture by the police. It seems nobody is safe from this black-clad assassin as the killings continue and the bodies begin to mount.

But this contract killer did not count on the fact that one police detective – Tomoko Tada (Sawajiri Erika) – turns out to be immune to his hypnotic powers. All of a sudden, Tadashi Usobuki finds himself up against the most formidable of foes. Tomoko Tada resolves to finally close the net on this exclusive killer – but can she win a battle of wits with this merciless fiend?

This movie was bas based on the manga series “Funohan,” which was written by Arata Miyatsuki and illustrated by Yuya Kanzaki.

“Impossibility Defense” is a 2018 Japanese movie that was directed by Koji Shiraishi.

Impossibility Defense

A new first-year college student named Yukina Toriyama (Tao Tsuchiya) has just landed a place at a science university. But when she arrives, she is horrified to discover that most of her schoolmates are utter nerds.

The one exception to the rule is a handsome senior student named Kei (Mahiro Takasugi). Utterly bewitched by his charms, Yukina Toriyama almost unknowingly agrees when Kei asks her to joins the nerdiest club in the school: the “human-powered flight” club.

Believing that doing so will bring her closer to Kei, she decides to volunteer for the role of pilot for the club’s most hair-brained plan yet: To enter the Birdman Rally contest to fly in a human-powered craft across Lake Biwa.

But to do so, she will need to fend off competition from star cyclist Sakaba (Shotaro Mamiya) – a man intent on making the pilot’s role his own!

“Tori Girl” is a 2017 Japanese comedy movie that was directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa.

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