Portrait of Yu Shirota

Acting

Yu Shirota

Career

Active from 2003 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for SPEC ~ First Blood
SPEC ~ First Blood
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yu Shirota Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Family Dynamics
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Action-Comedy 2
  • Social Satire 2
  • Unconventional Romance 2
  • Psychological Suspense 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Contemporary Japan 2
  • High School Baseball 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
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TV show

Sudden Marriage
Sudden Marriage

as Ando Hajime

2020s

15 titles ยท average score 63
Plastic Beauty
Plastic Beauty (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Sotaro Ando

Angel Flight THE MOVIE
Angel Flight THE MOVIE (2026)

as Shusuke Hiiragi

Salaryman Kintarล
Salaryman Kintarล (2025)

TV show

Sudden Marriage
Sudden Marriage (2025)

TV show ยท as Hajime Ando

My Fave, the Killer
My Fave, the Killer (2025)

TV show ยท as Junya Kawato

1972 Fireflies on the Shore
1972 Fireflies on the Shore (2025)

TV show ยท as 'Jack' Shinsuke Ikezawa

Angel Flight
Angel Flight (2023)

TV show ยท as Shusuke Hiiragi

Last One Standing
Last One Standing (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

The Violence Action
The Violence Action (2022)
GoodWatch score 45

as Michitaka-kun

Remain In Twilight
Remain In Twilight (2021)

as Matsuoka

TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room
TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room (2021)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Elliott Tsubaki

Come Come Everybody
Come Come Everybody (2021)

TV show ยท as narrator

2010s

31 titles ยท average score 67
Literary Virgin
Literary Virgin (2018)

TV show ยท as Saku Kagaya

Ajin: Demi-Human
Ajin: Demi-Human (2017)
GoodWatch score 49

as Koji Tanaka

Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu
Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu (2015)

TV show ยท as ้“ƒๆœจๆœ‰ๆ˜Ž

Akegarasu
Akegarasu (2015)

as Aoi

GTO in Taiwan
GTO in Taiwan (2014)

TV show ยท as Ryuji Danma

Black Butler
Black Butler (2014)
GoodWatch score 63

as Charles Bennett Sato

GTO: The Graduation Special
GTO: The Graduation Special (2013)

as Ryuji Danma

GTO: New Year's Special
GTO: New Year's Special (2013)

as Ryuji Danma

GTO
GTO (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Ryuji Danma

Arakawa Under the Bridge
Arakawa Under the Bridge (2011)

TV show ยท as Sister

SPEC ~ First Blood
SPEC ~ First Blood (2010)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Satoshi Chii

The Negotiator: The Movie
The Negotiator: The Movie (2010)

as Kyosuke Mariya

2000s

22 titles ยท average score 70
Samurai High School
Samurai High School (2009)

TV show ยท as Nakamura Tsuyoshi

Rookies the Movie: Graduation
Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

as Kei Shinjo

A Good Husband
A Good Husband (2009)

as Takehito Nishida

Rookies
Rookies (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Kei Shinjo

Team Batista no Eikล
Team Batista no Eikล (2008)

TV show ยท as Koichiro Himuro

The Blue That Never Dies
The Blue That Never Dies (2008)

as Mitsunori Haneda

The Negotiator
The Negotiator (2008)

TV show ยท as Kyosuke Mariya

HANA-KIMI
HANA-KIMI (2007)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Kagurazaka Makoto

The Pride of the Temp
The Pride of the Temp (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Ryลซto Amaya

Heat Island
Heat Island (2007)

as Aki

The Prince of Tennis
The Prince of Tennis (2006)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kunimitsu Tezuka

Pink no Idenshi
Pink no Idenshi (2005)

TV show