Takato Yonemoto

Acting

Born March 9, 1979, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

While eating ramen noodles for lunch at a Japanese market in Los Angeles, Takato Yonemoto was approached by a talent scout, and in less than a week, he auditioned for the $225 million, 3D epic 47 Ronin. Just a few weeks later, without any acting background, he found himself in Europe on a five-month shoot, as a principal actor in 47 Ronin, starring in one-on-one scenes with Keanu Reeves! Japanese-born Yonemoto is a classic Hollywood miracle. Educated in Japan, he worked in a mental hospital before coming to study in the U.S. A long-term film buff, Yonemoto now appears on the big-screen himself, for a worldwide audience, and today is one of the premiere up-and-coming Asian stars on the global scene.

Filmography

• 2026Angel Flight THE MOVIE — Saito Miguel
• Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective — Ryosuke Kumakawa
• 2025Berebut Jenazah — The Interpreter
• Queen of Mars — Potato
• Romantics Anonymous
• 2024Okamoto
• Sunny — Festival Organizer
• 2023Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter — Yasu
• 2023Godzilla Minus One — (voice)
• Lemon-Colored Dream — Umeki Samon / Umeki Uma
• Gannibal — Goto Makoto
• Goodbye My Dear — Hirotaka Sakuraba
• 2022Moon Manor — Japanese Audio Teacher
• Nanba MG5
• 2022Storage Man — Katsutoshi Sato
• 2021Prisoners of the Ghostland — Sheriff Takato
• 2021Toshie The Nihilist — Bad Influence
• The Forest of Love: Deep Cut — Goto
• 2019The Forest of Love — Goto
• 2017Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie — Japanese Tourist #1
• 2017The Kids Are Back — Takumi
• Part Timers
• The Good Place — Daisuke
• 201347 Ronin — Basho