Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Kazuki Sawamura, “Miss Chill” Kazutoshi Sakurai…… Nisei actors with big-name parents are rising in droves.

I thought it was Sanada-san in his younger days.”

The year of ’24 was a year of remarkable overseas activities by Japanese people. Among the most talked-about was Hiroyuki Sanada (64), who achieved a number of remarkable accomplishments as an actor. His drama “Shogun Shogun” won 18 Emmy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Picture for the first time ever. Entering the 25th year, he won four Golden Globe Awards, sending all of Japan into a frenzy of joy.

Sanada’s great success has attracted the attention of some young actors. Entertainment reporter Kaoru Shimada explains.

‘My father is … Hiroyuki Sanada and his mother is Rimi Tezuka, 63, a thoroughbred, Hina Tezuka 29 Last May, Tezuka was invited to a “Tezuka’s” show. Last May, Tezuka attracted attention when he revealed a photo of his mother and son on “Tetsuko’s Interview” (TV Asahi). The photo was uploaded on his own Instagram, His expression with a wild scent on his face made people think, ‘I thought it was Sanada-san when he was young. His wild, yet well-defined face is exactly like his father’s. And yet it also conveys gentleness. He used to work as a nature guide in Hokkaido, so I guess he is the type of person who steadily continues to do what he wants to do.

Influenced by scriptwriter Satoshi Kuramoto (90), Nichinanjin began his career as an actor. In 1923, he was unsuccessful in an audition for Satoshi Kuramoto’s stage production of “Grief 2023,” but while working behind the scenes, he received a role and made his acting debut at the age of 27. Mr. Shimada continues.

Last year was his first attempt at a musical. This January In January of this year, he began performing on stage with director Eri Watanabe (70). He has been struggling with acting and playing musical instruments. I hear that there are other performances lined up.”

In addition to the Nichinans, other Nisei actors whose parents are big names are also on the rise. Let us introduce them with Mr. Shimada’s commentary.

Co-starring with father and sister

Himi Sato (25), the son of Tadanobu Asano (51), who won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Shogun Shogun,” is also making his acting debut.

‘s “The ’17 In 2006, his father, Tadanobu Asano, and sister SUMIRE (In 29 ’17) and her father Tadanobu Asano and her sister SUMIRE (29) made their modeling debut together in a campaign ad for Laforet Harajuku, which was quite a hit. ‘1 8 He made his acting debut in the stage play “Let’s Put Away Our Books and Go to Town” in 2006, and last year he appeared in the Sunday theater play “Sayonara Maestro ~Father and I Apassionato~” ( TBS (TBS). He has been blessed with many works.

His father, Asano, recently won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first Japanese actor to do so, and his vigorous, naturalistic speech has also been praised and continues to exude charm. Himi, who says that Asano taught her to ‘search, feel, and cherish what you feel,’ must have been greatly inspired by Asano,” says Mr. Shimada.

Kota Nomura, 21, inherited the DNA of his tall father, Kazuki Sawamura, 57, and was already 175 cm tall in the sixth grade. He played basketball at Maebashi Ikuei High School, a strong school, and after graduation, his goal was to become an actor like his father.

He was a young man who had been working as an actor since he was ’22 He made his acting debut in the drama “Shin Nobunaga Kouki: Classmate is a Warlord of the Warring States” (Nippon Television Network Corporation) in 1985. The following year, he was selected as the runner-up in an audition for the fashion magazine “Men’s Non-No,” for which his father used to be a model.

Last year, she played the main character, Marika Matsumoto (40), in the much-talked-about “Till My Husband’s Home is Broken” (TV Tokyo). 40 ), who plays a realistic young man who is the son of her husband’s lover, but is attracted to Matsumoto. This year 1 In January this year, he appeared in “Peacock Dance, Who Saw That? ( TBS (TBS). He is a legitimately good-looking guy and his acting is becoming more and more sophisticated. I look forward to his future.

Father’s popularity rekindled

Sakurai Umine (23), whose father is Kazutoshi Sakurai (54) of Mr. Children and mother is Mika Yoshino (53), formerly of the Giri Giri Girls, was initially a drummer in the rock band Inner Journey, but in 2008 he made his debut as an actor in the NHK TV series “Yale. He made his debut as an actor in NHK’s TV series “Yale” in 2008.

Hio Miyazawa (30) 30 ) played the drummer in Akira’s band, but he stood out with his fresh looks and guts. He also appeared in the mega-hit Sunday theater series VIVANT (TBS TBS ) in the mega-hit Sunday theater “VIVANT” (TBS). 51 Last year, he starred in a live-action film version of the popular anime “[Suishinoko]” and this January, he will appear in the Sunday theater production of “Gokamisensei” (Gokamisensei). Last year, he starred in a live-action film version of the popular anime “[Suishi-no-ko]”. TBS In January of this year, he appeared in the main cast of the Sunday theater series “Gokami Sensei” (TBS), and he is in the groove. His music career is also promising, but I think his acting work will increase more and more,” says Shimada.

There is another Nisei actor who will appear in this season’s Sunday drama. He is Airu Kubozuka (21), son of Yosuke Kubozuka (45). He says that he was attracted to the entertainment industry while growing up surrounded by many expressive people, including his father. His debut film was “The Miracle of Crying Shottan,” in which he appeared when he was 14 years old. He played the role of Ryuhei Matsuda (41) as a boy.

When I saw him up close for the first time, I was amazed at his style. His face is small, his arms and legs are long, and his entire body is slender. His face is small, his arms and legs are long, and his entire body is slender, which is truly a style of another dimension. He has a cool image, but when you talk to him, he has a pure atmosphere with boyishness. The way he works hard to play a role with a gap between the two is very likable. His father has a rather unprecedented image in the world, but for him, his father is the one he admires. Thanks to Ai-ryu, his father’s popularity has also been rekindled,” says Shimada.

The eldest son of the first generation Masked Rider, Hiroshi Fujioka (78), Maito Fujioka (21) played the role of the son in the SEGA commercial “Segata Sanshiro” in 2008, in which father and son co-starred. He appeared in the movie “Kamen Rider Beyond Generations” as Takeshi Hongo, the same role played by his father, and last year he starred in the live-action drama version of the popular manga “Wingman” (TV TOKYO).

Just being Nisei is not enough for viewers to accept him. There are many cases in which Nisei actors “hide their parents” at the time of their debut, such as Anne (38), daughter of Ken Watanabe (65), Hikaru Utada (41), daughter of Keiko Fuji, and Shuri (34), daughter of Yutaka Mizutani (72) and Ran Ito (70). Mr. Shimada says, “The way of selling Nisei is changing.

There is no doubt that Nisei have an advantage over others at the start of their careers. However, if their abilities and attractiveness are not recognized early on, they are inevitably compared to their parents and branded as “no good. It takes time for an actor to be freed from the curse of being a “successor” to his parents and to be recognized as an actor in his own right. Perhaps this is why “hiding from parents” has increased in the past. Recently, however, I have the impression that an increasing number of Nisei are expressing their gratitude and respect for their parents and searching for their own identity. This seems to be the trend of the Nisei in the Reiwa era.

The rise of the Nisei, who use their “parental glory” as a weapon, is beginning to take off around the world.