Kazunari Ninomiya (二宮 和也, Ninomiya Kazunari, born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese boy band ARASHI and is best known to Western movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima. Ninomiya began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 13. Prior to his debut as a singer with ARASHI in 1999, Ninomiya started an acting career when he was cast as Chris for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name. Since then, he has went on to appear in numerous drama, movie and stage productions, making him known as the actor of ARASHI. Described as an actor who can act with his mouth and eyes, Ninomiya has won a number of awards and nominations for his roles.

Filmography

• 2026Oshiri-Front Man - The Movie
• Anpan — Kiyoshi Yanai
• 2025Exit 8 — Lost Man
• Last Samurai Standing — Enju
• Secret NG House
• 2025ShinaPushu THE MOVIE Pushu Cheek Dancing PARTY — Parutei (voice)
• OSHINOKO — Hikaru Kamiki
• 2024Oshi no Ko -The Final Act- — Hikaru Kamiki
• 2023Analog — Mizushima Satoru
• Can You Quiz? Can You Not?
• Dareka to Nakai
• ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ — Suguroji Seiji
• Vivant — Nokor
• 2022Fragments of the Last Will
• My Family — Haruto Narusawa
• 2022Sensuikan Cappellini-gou no bouken
• 2022Tang — Ken Kasugai
• 2021This is ARASHI LIVE 2020.12.31
• 2020The Asadas! — Masashi Asada
• Black Pean — Seishiro Tokai / Yukihiko Amagi
• 2018Killing for the Prosecution — Keiichiro Okino
• Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story — Theme Song Performance
• 2017ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?
• 2017The Last Recipe — Mitsuru Sasaki
• 2016Assassination Classroom: Graduation — Koro-sensei
• 2016Botchan — Botchan
• 2015Aka Medaka — Danshun Tatekawa
• 2015Assassination Classroom — Koro Sensei (voice)
• 2015Murder on the Orient Express — Heita Makuuchi
• Murder on the Orient Express
• 2015Nagasaki: Memories of My Son — Koji Fukuhara
• 2014ARASHI アラフェス'13 NATIONAL STADIUM 2013
• Baseball Brainiacs — Aoshi Tamo
• 2014Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy — Onda Takuma
• 2014嵐 LIVE & DOCUMENT ～15年目の告白～
• 2013ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn
• Ninosan
• 2013Platinum Data — Ryuhei Kagura
• 2012I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair — Hasebe Yasuyuki
• 2011Another Gantz — Kei Kurono
• 2011Gantz: Perfect Answer — Kei Kurono
• Arashi ni Shiyagare
• Freeter, Ie wo Kau — Seiji Take
• 2010Gantz — Kei Kurono
• 2010The Lady Shogun and Her Men — Unoshin Mizuno
• 2010The Last Promise — Shuji
• 2009ARASHI AROUND ASIA 2008 in TOKYO
• 2009Door To Door — Hideo Kurasawa
• 2009Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara — Nonoue Junichi
• Ties of Shooting Stars — Ariake Koichi, Creator
• VS Arashi
• Dear Father — Tahara Ippei
• 2007Marathon — Shôtarô Miyata
• The Story of Yamada Taro — Yamada Taro
• 2007Yellow Tears — Eisuke Muraoka
• Arashi no Shukudai-kun
• 2006Letters from Iwo Jima — Private Saigo
• 2006Returning the Favor — Kazunori Kitahara
• 2006Tekkonkinkreet — Kuro / Itachi (voice)
• 20052004 ARASHI! いざッ、 NOW TOUR!!
• Affectionate Time — Wakui Takuro
• BOYS OVER FLOWERS — Theme Song Performance
• G no Arashi
• Minami's Girlfriend — Susumu Minami
• 2004Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy — Onda Takuma
• Chinese Cuisine Served Star Leo Style — Kenta Nanami
• D no Arashi
• Stand Up!! — Asai Shouhei
• 2003The Blue Light — Shuuichi Kushimori
• C no Arashi
• 2002Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy — Onda Takuma
• Handoku!!! — Nobu Sakaguchi
• As Tears Go By — Kenta Fuchigami
• Dangerous After School — Katsuyuki
• V no Arashi — Ninomiya Kazunari, Theme Song Performance
• Akimahende! — Daiki Aoki
• 1998Amagi Pass
• Johnny's Count Down Live
• NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen — MC, Self - White Team Host, Self - Performer (Arashi)
• ARASHI How's it going? SUMMER CONCERT 2003

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 20265 - The Time Called Arashi - — Self
• 6SixTONES — Self
• 2026ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2026 「We are ARASHI」 — Self
• 2026ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2026「We are ARASHI -Prime Video Edition-」 — Self
• 2026Beyond the Game: Samurai 2026 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC — Self
• 2021ARAFES 2020 at NATIONAL STADIUM — Self
• 2021ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×20 FILM “Record of Memories” — Self
• ARASHI's Diary -Voyage- — Self
• 2019Arashi - 5×20 All the BEST!! Clips 1999-2019 — self
• 2017ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 「untitled」 — Himself
• 2016ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2015 Japonism — self
• 2015ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi — Himself
• 2014ARASHI BLAST in Hawaii — Self
• 2014ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE" — Himself
• 2014Documentary of "BLAST in Hawaii" — Himself
• 2012ARASHI ARAFES NATIONAL STADIUM 2012 — Self
• 2011ARASHI 10-11 TOUR “Scene” ~The scenery you and I see~ STADIUM — Himself
• 2007Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima' — Self
• Mago Mago Arashi — Self
• 2000SUPPIN ARASHI — Himself