Takanori Iwata

Takanori Iwata

CountryJapan Japan
GenderMale
BirthdayMar 6, 1989
BiographyTakanori 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 15 September 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).

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Even if You Don't Do It
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as Makoto Niina
Foresuto
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as Ichinose Jun
High & Low
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as Hino Junpei "Cobra"
Hotel on the Brink
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as Naoya Ukai
Promise Cinderella
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as Kataoka Seigo
Re: The End of the Tiny World: Half A Year Later
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Re: The End of the Tiny World: Half A Year Later

as Kida
Sherlock: Untold Stories
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Sherlock: Untold Stories

as Junichi Wakamiya
Tower of Sand
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Tower of Sand

as Kohei Ubukata

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