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Acting

Taro Suruga

Career

Active from 2009 to 2026, busiest in 2017 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Her Love Boils Bathwater
Her Love Boils Bathwater
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Taro Suruga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Satire & Parody
    1.6, average 2.3
  • Showbiz
    0.5, average 1.2
  • Nostalgia
    3.1, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Slice of Life 3
  • Contemporary Japanese 2
  • Human Connection 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Uplifting 2
  • Charming Characters 2
  • Everyday Life 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

34 titles · average score 70
Demon City
Demon City (2025)
GoodWatch score 55

as Akira Fujita

Hirayasumi
Hirayasumi (2025)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Yasuki Nikaido

Sakura
Sakura (2024)

as Hiroshi Hyodo

Tokyo Swindlers
Tokyo Swindlers (2024)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Maki

Hard Days
Hard Days (2023)
GoodWatch score 63

as Taiji Kugayama

Soar High!
Soar High! (2022)

TV show · as Yasukawa Ryuhei

Follow the Light
Follow the Light (2021)

as Ryota

Police in a Pod
Police in a Pod (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

A Family
A Family (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

as Reiji Kawayama

Avalanche
Avalanche (2021)

TV show · as Takashi Fujita

Fear Newspaper
Fear Newspaper (2020)

TV show · as Shinozaki Rintaro / Ninzaemon

Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020)
GoodWatch score 50

as Cute Construction Worker

2010s

49 titles · average score 70
Yaru Onna: She's a Killer
Yaru Onna: She's a Killer (2018)

as Shunsuke Kaga

Little Giants
Little Giants (2017)

TV show

CODE:MIRAGE
CODE:MIRAGE (2017)

TV show · as Kohei Himejima

Her Love Boils Bathwater
Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
GoodWatch score 87

as Takimoto

Cinderella Game
Cinderella Game (2016)

as Takimoto

Gold Woman
Gold Woman (2016)

as Tsutomu Saida

Sanada 10 Braves
Sanada 10 Braves (2016)

as Seikai Miyoshi

Listener
Listener (2015)
GoodWatch score 52

as Takuji Sakurai

Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei
Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei (2015)

TV show · as Takashi Ninomiya

Free and Easy: The Rookie Densuke Hamasaki
Free and Easy: The Rookie Densuke Hamasaki (2015)

TV show

The Fortune Telling Shop, Onmyoya
The Fortune Telling Shop, Onmyoya (2013)

TV show · as Hideyuki Makihara

Ryōmaden
Ryōmaden (2010)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

2000s

2 titles
How Do I Cope with My Husband's Depression?
How Do I Cope with My Husband's Depression? (2009)

TV show

Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship
Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship (2009)

as Fisherman

1990s

1 title
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show · as Toru Shinomiya