Shigenori Yamazaki

Shigenori Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎樹範, born February 26, 1974) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. Born in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, Japan, he stands 165 cm tall and has blood type A. Over his career, he has appeared in numerous Japanese television dramas, theatrical films, and television movies.

Career and Filmography

Shigenori Yamazaki has built an extensive portfolio across Japanese television and cinema since the early 2000s. His television credits include regular and guest appearances in popular drama series such as Operation Love (2007), MR. BRAIN (2009), Silent (2022), and Where does the Sea Begin (2024). In addition to live-action television and film roles—including The Land of Rain Trees (2015) and Spark (2017)—he has contributed voice acting work to animated projects, such as Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows (2009).

Selected Filmography

Movies

College of Our Lives (2003)
Dead Waves (2005)
Tokyo Friends: The Movie (2006)
Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows (2009) - voice
Forget Me Not (2015)
The Land of Rain Trees (2015) - Koichi Sakisaka
Kofuku no Alibi: Picture (2016)
Spark (2017)

Drama Series

Searching for My Polestar (Fuji TV / 2002)
Train Man: Densha Otoko (Fuji TV / 2005)
Operation Love (Fuji TV / 2007) - Junzo Minorikawa
MR. BRAIN (TBS / 2009) - Koichi Ouchi
Summer Rescue (TBS / 2012) - Koji Inoue
Totto-chan! (TV Asahi / 2017) - Kiyoshi Atsumi
Silent (Fuji TV / 2022) - Yoshihiko Koga
Where does the Sea Begin (Fuji TV / 2024) - Yoshihiko Nitta
Themis' Uncertain Court (NHK / 2026) - Shinji Furukawa