Kento Yamazaki

Kento Yamazaki is a movie and television actor based in Japan. He is widely famous for his role in series such as Water Polo Yankees and Death Note. He also worked in the Japanese medical drama called Good Doctors, a remake of a Hollywood production. Kento is the recipient of several prestigious accolades, such as the Japan Academy Film Prize and Television Drama Academy Awards.

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Biography and Early Life

Yamazaki was born on 7th September of the year 1994 in Itabashi of Tokyo, Japan. Not a lot of information about his parents is available, which includes their identity as well as the type of profession they are involved in. Yet, it is known that Yamazaki has an older brother whose name and profession are also not known, but when they were young, their parents are known to have worked hard to provide for them. Seeing his parents struggle to make a decent living for the family made Yamazaki aware of the reality, and it caused him to mature way faster than any other children of his age.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Kento Yamazaki in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Kento Yamazaki’s age is 26 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 7 September 1994. Though, he is 5′ 10″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 167 lbs in Pound and 76 kg in Kilograms.

Education

It is unknown which school and university Kento attended, yet Kento revealed that he was quite the popular kid of his elementary school. After his friends excited him up to build his body, he started working out in thoughts of pursuing a modeling career. His dedication and hard work brought him his first modeling assignment in his junior school’s third year. Various other modeling contracts started to flood in that had him traveling throughout the country for work.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Kento manages to keep his dating life away from the attention of the media as he does not disclose about it much, which is his dating history is not reasonably available. Yet he has an evident on and off relationship with an actress named Nikaido Fumi which became known, and they became the center of media attention over time.

Is Kento Yamazaki Gay?

It is true that Kento’s dating information is not available on the internet due to his choice of laying low. Yet, Kento revealed that he identifies himself as a straight person, which makes it safe to conclude that he is anything but gay. We must assume that his sexuality is straight.

Professional Career

Kento started his career as an actor at the age of 16 when he was offered a role in the series Leregnomin ba Kento, followed by Clone Baby. These two assignments laid a solid foundation for Kento’s acting career as he became a recognized and well-appreciated young actor afterward. He made his debut with the movie Control Tower, followed by popular movies like The Wings of Kirin, a supernatural thriller, and Another, a horror thriller.

In 2012 alone, Kento worked in three films, namely The Chasing World 3, The Chasing World 5, Kyo Koi o Hajimemasu. He appears to lead in reasonably popular projects in the upcoming years like the movie L DK, Heroine Shikkaku. He also appeared in a series of popular shows and movies. Some were manga adaptations like Death Note, Orange; You Lie In April, Ko sei Arema, A Girl and Three Sweethearts, One Week Friends, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K, and Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets.

Kento was also known to be a massive fan of the manga named Death Note, for which he wanted to become a manga artist one day, and after his career took off and he actually became a part of the series he was a fan of, his happiness knew no bounds.

Awards

Along with worldwide appreciation and love from his audience Kento has also won several impressive awards and titles like the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize under the nomination of the newcomer of the year, 98th Television drama academy awards under the nomination of Best actor, Beijing IQiyi Scream Night Award under the nomination of Asian Newcomer of the year. He was also nominated for the 41st Hochi film award and the 96th Television Drama academy award. He was also placed on the Forbes Asia 100 Digital Stars.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Kento Yamazaki in 2021

Yamazaki’s net worth is calculated to be around $20 million, estimated as of 2021. Most of this is generated from his successful career as an actor and a model who went on to become the go-to actor for manga adaptations.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Yamazaki was good at playing soccer and really loved the sport, so much that he wanted to become a professional soccer player of his country.
• He is mostly known for his role of L in the TV series called Death Note.
• He is currently associated with Stardust Promotion.

Yamazaki is a very talented actor who has pursued his dreams of becoming an actor and model by working hard for it with utmost focus and dedication which eventually rewarded him with an amazing career and worldwide recognition at such a young age which makes him a true source of inspiration for a lot of people around the world.