TAKANORI IWATA
- BIRTHDAY
- 3.6
- BLOOD TYPE
- B
- CITY
- Aichi
PROFILE
In 2010, he made his debut with J SOUL BROTHERS III's "Best Friend's Girl".
In 2021, he made his singer debut as a solo artist.
In recent years, he has been expanding his activities as an actor.
He appeared in Fuji TV network's dramas "SHERLOCK: UNTOLD STORIES" (2019) and "Even If You Don't Do It" (2023), NHK's drama serial "The Tiger and Her Wings" (2024), TBS Sunday drama "Antihero" (2024), TV Asahi network ABC-produced drama "FOREST" (2025), and NTV network YTV-produced drama "DOCTOR PRICE" (2025). In 2025, he starred in two prime-time works.
He appeared in the movies "Wedding High" (2022), "Lesson in Murder" (2022), "The Hound of the Baskervilles SHERLOCK The Movie" (2022), "Saint Young Men: The Movie" (2024), "Blonde" (2025), and "The Untold Tale of End of Shogunate" (2025).
He played the lead role in the movie "Blonde", which won the "Audience Award" in the Competition category at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
He appeared in the Netflix original drama "Fishbowl Wives" (2022) and the Netflix original movie "Once Upon a Crime" (2023).
"Once Upon a Crime" became the first original Japanese movie to top Netflix's global weekly ranking list.
He voiced the main character in the Japanese dubbed version of the movie "Jurassic World Rebirth" (2025), which marked his first try at dubbing.
As an artist, he debuted as a solo artist by releasing his 1st single "korekara" in 2021.
He successfully held his 1st solo hall tour "Takanori Iwata LIVE TOUR 2022 'THE CHOCOLATE BOX'" with his 1st album "The Chocolate Box" (2022).
He released his 2nd album "ARTLESS" (2024) and held his 1st solo arena tour "Takanori Iwata LIVE TOUR 2024 'ARTLESS'".
In 2025, to further develop his artist career, he started a collaboration with Universal Music.
He released his 1st single "Phone Number" (2025) made in collaboration with Universal Music, which resulted in his first time topping the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and the Billboard "Top Singles Sales" Chart.
He released his 3rd single "TORICO" (2025), which was his 1st single to feature a summery tune.
From 2025 to 2026, he held his 1st Asia tour "Takanori Iwata ASIA TOUR 2025-2026 'SPACE COWBOY'".
He participated as the producer in the South Korean audition program Mnet network "HIP POP Princess", which was his first regular appearance on an overseas program.
He is taking on new challenges while branching out to other fields of entertainment.
What's more, in 2025, he served as the ambassador for the Japan Association of Travel Agents Overseas Travel, the Japan Lacrosse Official Ambassadorn and ReFa Recovery Wear "ReFa VITALWEAR". Also, he was featured in a number of commercials, including Kansai Electric Power, HARUYAMA TRADING, Suntory "PEPSI", AICHI TOYOTA, and ANGFA "DISM".
He is active in various fields such as acting, commercial appearances, solo artist activities and so on.
WORKS
Drama
NTV "DOCTOR PRICE"
(From July 2025: as Kanenari Naruki)
ABC TV "FOREST"
(From January 2025: as Jun Ichinose)
TBS Sunday drama "Antihero"
(From April 2024: as Keita Hiyama)
NHK drama serial "The Tiger and Her Wings"
(First half of 2024: as Satoru Hanaoka)
Fuji TV "Even If You Don't Do It"
(started in April 2023: as Makoto Niina)
TV TOKYO "Uchida Yasuo Suspense Asami Mitsuhiko Genji Monogatari Satsujin Jiken"
(December 12, 2022: as Mitsuhiko Asami)
NHK "Kiriko's Crime Diary"
(October to November 2022: as Itsuki Kudo)
TV TOKYO "Uchida Yasuo Suspense Asami Mitsuhiko Karuizawa Satsujin Jiken"
(February 28, 2022: as Mitsuhiko Asami)
"Fishbowl Wives"
(Streamed from February 2022 on Netflix: as Haruto)
TBS Tuesday drama "Promise Cinderella"
(From July 2021: as Seigo Kataoka)
Fuji TV Monday 9pm timeslot drama "SHERLOCK: UNTOLD STORIES"
(October to December 2019~: as Junichi Wakamiya)
NHK G Saturday Drama Special "Enjou Bengonin"
(December 15, 2018: as Akira Banba)
NTV "Hotel on the Brink!"
(April to June 2018: as Naoya Ukai)
Fuji TV "Yo ni mo Kimyou na Monogatari '17 Autumn Special 'Destiny Detector'"
(October 14, 2017: as Ryohei Izumi)
TBS Friday drama "Suna no Tou ~ Shiri Sugita Rinjin"
(October to December 2016: as Kohei Ubukata)
NTV drama "HiGH & LOW ~THE STORY OF S.W.O.R.D.~"
(October to December 2015: as Cobra)
NTV drama "WILD HEROES"
(April to June 2015: as Shuntaro Saeki)
Fuji TV drama "Dear Sister"
(October to December 2014: as Eito Sakuraba)
Movie
"Shinkaishaku Bakumatsuden"
(Released on December 19, 2025: as Izo Okada)
"Blonde"
(Released on November 21, 2025: as Ichikawa)
"Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie"
(Released on April 25, 2025: as Takanori Iwata)
"Saint Young Men: The Movie"
(Released on December 20, 2024: as Michael)
Netflix "Once Upon a Crime"
(Released worldwide only on Netflix on September 14, 2023: as a prince)
"The Hound of the Baskervilles SHERLOCK The Movie"
(Released on June 17, 2022: as Junichi Wakamiya)
"Lesson in Murder"
(Released on May 6, 2022: as Ikki Kanayama)
"Wedding High"
(Released on March 12, 2022: as Yuya Yashiro)
"The Master Plan"
(Released on January 29, 2021: as Kida)
"The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms"
(Released on December 11, 2020: as Cho Un)
"AI Amok"
(Released on January 30, 2020: as Makoto Sakuraba / Directed by Yu Irie)
"Machida-kun no Sekai"
(Released on June 7, 2019 / By director Yuya Ishii)
"Perfect World"
(Released on October 5, 2018: as Itsuki Ayukawa)
"Utamonogatari -CINEMA FIGHTERS project-"
(Released on June 22, 2018: as Junji in "Funky")
"Vision"
(Released on June 8, 2018: as Rin)
"Last Winter We Parted"
(Released on March 10, 2018: as Kyosuke Yakumo)
*His appearances in "Perfect World", "Vision", "Last Winter We Parted" and other works in 2018
scored him "The 31st Nikkan Sports Film Award for Yujiro Ishihara Newcomer Award".
"CINEMA FIGHTERS"
(Released on January 26, 2018: as Asahi in "SWAN SONG")
"HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION"
(Released on November 11, 2017: as Cobra)
"HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 2 END OF SKY"
(Released on August 19, 2017: as Cobra)
"HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE"
(July 2016: as Cobra)
"Evergreen Love"
(June 2016: as Itsuki Kusakabe)
・Best New Artist Award at the "41st Hochi Film Awards"
・Newcomer of the Year Award and Popularity Award at the "40th Japan Academy Film Prize"
・New Actor Award at the "26TH JAPAN MOVIE CRITICS AWARDS"
"CROWS EXPLODE"
(April 2014: as Hiroki Shibata)
Stage
"Monsieur!" (October to November 2013)
"Attack No.1" (September 2013)
Radio
TOKYO FM "Iwata Takanori Sustaina*Days supported by Nippon Paper Crecia" (April 2024~)
Book
The 4th photo book "Layer ~Evolution from Spin and to the future~" (Photographer: Masatoshi Nagase) (Released on November 29, 2021)
The 3rd photo book "Spin" (Photographer: Masatoshi Nagase) (Released on August 2, 2019)
"HiGH & LOW THE PHOTOGRAPHY COBRA
/ TAKANORI IWATA"(Released in March 2017)
Photo essay "AZZURRO" (Released in November 2016)
Takanori Iwata's own photo book "G Takanori Iwata J Soul Brothers III from EXILE TRIBE"
(Released on March 6, 2014)
Others
J Soul Brothers III feature-length documentary movie "SEVEN/7" (Released in May 2018)
Face of Gentosha Bunko's 20th Anniversary Celebration Book Fair (Spring "GENTOSHA Bunko no Haru Matsuri", Summer "GENTOSHA Kokoro wo Hakobu Meisaku 100.", Winter "GENTOSHA Fuyu no Dokusho Fes")
(August 2016)
J Soul Brothers III Documentary
"Born in the EXILE"(February 2016)
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