Takanori Iwata
Takanori Iwata (岩田 剛典, Iwata Takanori, born 6 March 1989, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese dancer and actor. He performs with the J-Pop groups Sandaime J Soul Brothers and Exile. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice. He earned his first leading role as an actor in the film Shokubutsu Zukan ("Evergreen Love") in 2016, which won him the "Newcomer of the Year Award" at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize. Since then, he has appeared in many more television dramas and films. In 2019, he starred as Junichi Wakamiya, the Japanese version of Dr. Watson, in Fuji TV's drama Sherlock: Untold Stories.
On September 15, 2021, he debuted as a singer with the single korekara.
Takanori Iwata is a graduate of Keio University. His nickname is Gun-chan (がんちゃん, Gan-chan).
Acted in
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
2024
as Archangel Michael
Antihero
2024
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
Once Upon a Crime
2023
as Prince Gilbert
Even If You Don't Do It
2023
as Makoto Niina
Asami Mitsuhiko: Genji Monogatari Satsujin Jiken
2022
Hitotsubashi Kiriko's Crime Diary
2022
as Itsuki Kuon
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2022
2022
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie
2022
as Junichi Wakamiya
Lesson in Murder
2022
as Kazuki Kanayama
Wedding High
2022
as Yuya Yashiro
浅見光彦 軽井沢殺人事件
2022
Fishbowl Wives
2022
as Haruto Toyoda
Promise Cinderella
2021
as Kataoka Seigo
The End of the Tiny World
2021
as Kida
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021
as Kida
Living in the Sky
2020
as Morinori Tokito
AI Amok
2020
as Makoto Sakuraba
Sherlock: Untold Stories
2019
as Junichi Wakamiya（若宮 潤一）
The World of Machida-kun
2019
as Yu Himuro
Perfect World
2018
as Itsuki Ayukawa
Prince of Legend
2018
as Ryuuzaki Kyouya
Vision
2018
as Rin
Hotel on the Brink!
2018
as Naoya Ukai
Last Winter, We Parted
2018
as Kyosuke Yakumo
SWAN SONG
2018
as Asahi
CINEMA FIGHTERS
2018
as Asahi
HiGH&LOW The Movie 3: Final Mission
2017
as Cobra
Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
2017
HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
2017
as Cobra
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
2016
Tower of Sand
2016
as Ubukata Kohei
High & Low The Red Rain
2016
as Cobra
High & Low The Movie
2016
as Cobra
Evergreen Love
2016
as Itsuki
Road To High & Low
2016
as Cobra
HiGH & LOW: The Story of S.W.O.R.D.
2015
as Cobra
Wild Heroes
2015
as Harutaro Saeki (Choko)
Dear Sister
2014
as Eito Sakuraba
Crows Explode
2014
as Hiroki Shibata