Go Ayano
Native name綾野 剛
Birth dateJanuary 26, 1982 (age 44)
Birth placeGifu Prefecture, Japan
OccupationActor
SpouseYui Sakuma (m. 2022)[1]
Years active2003–present

Go Ayano (綾野 剛, Ayano Gō, born January 26, 1982) is a Japanese actor.[2]

Career

Ayano was featured in several roles beginning in 2003. In 2009, he appeared in Takashi Miike's Crows Zero 2. His role in the film was described by Mark Schilling of The Japan Times as "a tall, pale-faced, delicately featured boy who looks like Michael Jackson's Japanese cousin, but fights like Bruce Lee."[3] He was later cast in Shun Oguri's directorial debut, Surely Someday (2010).[4]

Ayano co-starred in Takefumi Tsutsui's In a Lonely Planet (2011) with Aya Takeko and Takayo Mimura.[5] He appeared in Mika Ninagawa's Helter Skelter (2012),[6] and had supporting roles in Eriko Kitagawa's I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012)[7] and Shuichi Okita's Yokomichi Yonosuke (2013).[8]

In 2013, Ayano starred in two of his highest profile roles to date: as George "Joe" Asakura in Gatchaman, a live-action adaptation of the classic Tatsunoko Productions anime, and as Ishikawa Goemon in Lupin III, adapted from the iconic manga by Monkey Punch and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.

In 2016, Ayano was cast as the lead character, Nyx Ulric, in the feature film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV.[9]

Personal life

On December 31, 2022, Ayano announced that he had married actress Yui Sakuma.[10] On March 30, 2024, Ayano and Sakuma jointly announced that they had welcomed their first child.[11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2005Nana
2006Black Kiss
2007LifeIsamu TakitaLead role
2008Aquarian AgeAmemiya
Love Exposure
Be a Man! Samurai SchoolHien
NaokoSusumu Kuroda
2009Tajomaru
Crows Zero 2Ryo Urushibara
2010ShibuyaLead role
Surely Someday
2011Gantz
Usagi Drop
A Man with Style
Me o Tojite Gira GiraLead role
In a Lonely PlanetTetsuoLead role
2012Hasami
Helter SkelterShin'ichi Okumura
Rurouni KenshinGein
I Have to Buy New ShoesKango
The Samurai That Night
Working Holiday
2013The Story of YonosukeKatō
GatchamanGeorge "Joe" Asakura
Flower of ShanidarKenji ŌtakiLead role
2014Lupin IIIGoemon Ishikawa XIII
The Light Shines Only ThereTatsuoLead role
The Perfect InsiderSōhei Saikawa
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2Inui[12]
2015S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our FutureIori Soga
Piece of CakeKyōshirō Sugahara
The Big BeeIsao Saika
Shinjuku SwanTatsuhiko ShiratoriLead role
201664: Part ISuwa
64: Part IISuwa
RageNaoto
A Bride for Rip Van WinkleYukimasu Amuro
Twisted JusticeMoroboshiLead role
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XVNyx Ulric (voice)Lead role
2017The Last RecipeYanagisawa
MukokuKengo YatabeLead role
Shinjuku Swan IITatsuhiko ShiratoriLead role
Ajin: Demi-HumanSatō
2018Punk Samurai Slash DownJūnoshin KakeLead role
2019The Promised LandTakeshi NakamuraLead role
Family of StrangersChūya Tsukamoto
2020Beneath the ShadowKon'noLead role
The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black FileHayato InukaiLead role[13]
2021A FamilyKenji YamamotoLead role[14]
HomunculusSusumu NakoshiLead role[15]
2023Hard DaysTakayuki Yazaki[16]
A Spoiling RainTochitaniLead role[17]
2024Let's Go Karaoke!Kyoji NaritaLead role[18]
Last MileAi Ibuki[19]
The Real YouNakao[20]
MaruYokoyama[21]
Doctor-X: The MovieAkihiko Kōno[22]
2025ShamSeiichi YabushitaLead role[23]
Baka's IdentityKenshi Kajitani[24]
The Stars and Moon are Holes in the SkyKatsuji YazoeLead role[25]
2026MentorNomoto[26]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2003Kamen Rider 555Spider Orphenoch/Aki Sawada
2006InugoeDaiki MaedaLead role
2010Mother
Second Virgin
2011Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana
Downtown RocketKensaku Mano[27]
CarnationRyūichi SuōAsadora[28]
2012PioneersKingi Abe
Cleopatra Ladies: Eternal Desire for BeautyYu Kuosaki
2013Yae's SakuraMatsudaira KatamoriTaiga drama[29]
Matrimonial ChaosRyō Uehara
Public Affairs Office in the SkyDaisuke Sorai
Link
2014S: The Last PolicemanIori Soga
The Long Goodbye
2014–16Ushijima the Loan SharkSeasons 2 and 3[30][31]
2015–17Dr. StorksSakura KōnotoriLead role; 2 seasons[32]
2017Frankenstein's LoveThe MonsterLead role
2018HagetakaMasahiko WashizuLead role[33]
2020MIU404Ai IbukiLead role[33]
2021Love Deeply!Rintarō HasudaLead role[34]
Kinnikuman: The Lost LegendHimself[35]
AvalancheSeiici HabuLead role[36]
2022The JournalistShin'ichi Murakami[37]
2023YuYu HakushoYounger Toguro[38]
2024Tokyo SwindlersTakumi TsujimotoLead role[39]
2026Song of the SamuraiSerizawa Kamo[40]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWork(s)ResultRef.
20136th Tokyo Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActorMatrimonial Chaos[41]
201437th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the YearA Story of Yonosuke and The End of Summer[42]
38th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHimself[43]
22nd Hashida AwardsBest NewcomerMatrimonial Chaos, Public Affairs Office in the Sky and Yae's Sakura[44]
201569th Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActorThe Light Shines Only There[45]
88th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest ActorThe Light Shines Only There and The Snow White Murder Case[46]
36th Yokohama Film FestivalBest ActorThe Light Shines Only There[47]
7th Tama Film AwardsBest ActorShinjuku Swan, Piece of Cake and others[48]
201615th New York Asian Film FestivalRising Star AwardHimself[49]
41st Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorRage[50]
201740th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActorTwisted Justice[51]
202043rd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorFamily of Strangers[52]
202548th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActorLet's Go Karaoke![53]
30th Busan International Film FestivalBest Actor AwardBaka's Identity[54]

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