Kanata Hongo

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Kanata Hongo 本郷 奏多
Birth name	本郷 奏多
Born	November 15, 1990 (age 16) Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Official site	(Japanese) STARDUST Promotion Inc.
Notable roles	Ryoma Echizen in The Prince of Tennis Shinichi Okazaki in NANA 2

Kanata Hongo (本郷 奏多, Hongo Kanata) (born November 15, 1990) is a Japanese actor.

Contents 1 Career 2 Movies 3 TV series 4 External links

[edit] Career

Kanata Hongo has appeared in several movies, including Moon Child, which also starred Gackt, Hyde and Wang Lee Hom. Kanata played the role of "Sho" as a child, while the adult role was played by Gackt. He appeared in a movie called Hinokio which was released in July 2005 in Japan. Kanata is also the young boy in the singer Yui's music video for her song "Tomorrow's way", and was cast as the popular anime character Ryoma Echizen in the live-action adaptation The Prince of Tennis film.

Kanata Hongo also portrayed Shinichi "Shin" Okazaki in the movie NANA 2, which was released in Japan on December 9, 2006.

[edit] Movies

• Silk (2007)
• NANA 2 (2006) as Shinichi Okazaki
• The Prince of Tennis (2006) as Ryoma Echizen
• Daiteiden no Yoru ni (2005)
• Hinokio (2005)
• Moon Child (2003)
• Returner (2002)

[edit] TV series

• 生徒諸君! (TV Asahi, 2007)
• Himitsu no Hanazono (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (TBS, 2006)
• Aikurushii (2005)

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) STARDUST Promotion Inc.
• (Japanese) Sendai Sos Model Agency
• (English) Kanata Hongo at the Internet Movie Database