Portrait of Shota Watanabe

Acting

Shota Watanabe

Career

Active from 2013 to 2026, busiest in 2025 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stigmatized Properties: Possession
Stigmatized Properties: Possession
GoodWatch score57/100

Characters

5

The characters Shota Watanabe played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shota Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.2, average 2.5
  • Melancholy
    2.9, average 4.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.2, average 3.8
  • Romance
    2.6, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Episodic Format 2
  • Hopeful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

18 titles · average score 62
Sakamoto Days
Sakamoto Days (2026)
GoodWatch score 66

Theme Song Performance

STAR
STAR (2026)

TV show

The Reluctant Preacher
The Reluctant Preacher (2025)

TV show · as Hikaru Urami

Stigmatized Properties: Possession
Stigmatized Properties: Possession (2025)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kuwata Yahiro

Trillion Game
Trillion Game (2025)
GoodWatch score 61

Theme Song Performance

Aoshima-kun Is Mean
Aoshima-kun Is Mean (2024)

TV show · as Aoshima Mizuki

Kono Sekai wa 1derful
Kono Sekai wa 1derful (2024)

TV show

Usokon
Usokon (2023)

TV show · as Shindo Masaki

The Old Dog, New Tricks?
The Old Dog, New Tricks? (2022)

TV show · as Kenjiro Aso

Mr. Osomatsu: The Movie
Mr. Osomatsu: The Movie (2022)

as End

Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Fall Special
Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Fall Special (2022)

as 広川悟

Sore Snow Man ni Yarasete kudasai
Sore Snow Man ni Yarasete kudasai (2020)

TV show

2010s

6 titles
Juveniles
Juveniles (2019)

as Ryou

It was an easy job. I applied to it.
It was an easy job. I applied to it. (2019)

TV show · as Yanagi Keiichi

Don't Say that Word
Don't Say that Word (2019)

Producer

Bad Boys J
Bad Boys J (2013)

TV show · as Hisao Nakamura

BAD BOYS J The Movie -The Last Thing to Protect-
BAD BOYS J The Movie -The Last Thing to Protect- (2013)

as Hisao Nakamura

Boys: Prison without Bars
Boys: Prison without Bars (2011)

as Prison Guard

1980s

1 title
Music Station
Music Station (1986)

TV show