Sho Aoyagi

Acting

Sho Aoyagi

Born 1985-04-12 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Acting credits

The Specials poster
6.0

Former assassin Daiya has long left the criminal world, but he decides to take up a mission to kill a rival gang boss for a huge payday. The catch: To kill his target at a talent show, he must go undercover and perform in a pop dance group.

The Specials

2026

Last of the Wolves poster
7.1

After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes.

Last of the Wolves

2021

HiGH&LOW The Movie 3: Final Mission poster
6.9

In order to conceal past corruption by the government, the Kyuryu group proceeds on a plan to destroy a street and build a casino. To stop the Kyuryu group, members of SWORD begin to move.

HiGH&LOW The Movie 3: Final Mission

2017

Yakuza Apocalypse poster
6.0

When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

Yakuza Apocalypse

2015

High & Low The Movie poster
6.5

Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs fighting fiercely. Mugen and the Amamiya Brothers clashed, leading to Mugen disbanding.

High & Low The Movie

2016

HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky poster
7.4

Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.

HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

2017

Ju-on: The Beginning of the End poster
6.0

A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.

Ju-on: The Beginning of the End

2014

Mr. Long poster
7.3

Long is a Taiwanese killer known for his sword skills. After Long fails a Tokyo mission, he moves to a small town where no one knows about him.

Mr. Long

2017

S-friends: Hatsukoi poster
7.0

36-year-old Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is raising her daughter on her own while working as a temporary worker. At a high school reunion, she reunites with her first love, obstetrician-gynaecologist Kitada Kazuki (Sho Aoyagi), and has a one-night stand with him. Shoko is once again excited, but becomes upset when Kazuki proposes that she become his "sex friend." Part one of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Yoriko Minato. Directed by Hideo Jojo On the Edge of Their Seats, the film depicts the emotions of a man and woman who spend the night together at a class reunion.

S-friends: Hatsukoi

2023

One-Percenter poster
6.3

After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin.

One-Percenter

2023

Road To High & Low poster
5.4

Three inseparable friends are torn apart when one of them joins a criminal syndicate threatening to overpower his old friends' gang.

Road To High & Low

2016

Tokyo Burst: Crime City poster
NR

Rookie detective Aiba, a native of Tokyo's red-light district (with all the attitude and methods that entails), must team up with Cho, a counterpart from Seoul with equally questionable practices, to track down a dangerous criminal spreading terror across Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. While the relationship between the two investigators is frosty at first, they'll have to learn to work together quickly in the face of such a formidable adversary.

Tokyo Burst: Crime City

2026

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project poster
7.0

Six Stories based on Six Songs.

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

2018

S-Friends: Dokoku poster
NR

Third chapter in the "S-Friends" series. Shoko Morimura works at a mail-order company and raises her only daughter as a single mother. She and her first love, obstetrician and gynecologist Kitada Kazuki, have rekindled their friendship and are having intense trysts. While on a remote island in the countryside, Kazuki finds himself practicing medicine, and as he looks down on himself, he begins to imagine a future with Shoko. Moved by Kazuki's feelings, Shoko prepares to take a big step toward happiness together. But just as they are about to take their first steps, her ex-husband, Hiroshi, turns up, stalking her and plotting to drive a wedge between them.

S-Friends: Dokoku

2025

Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui poster
7.0

Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is a 36-year-old single mother who has been in a "friendship" with Kazuki Kitada (Sho Aoyagi), whom she met again at a high school reunion. For some reason, a 17-year-old girl, Saki Yamada (Akari Takaishi), whom Kazuki was taking care of, grows jealous of Shoko and causes an incident. This leads to a break-up, and Shoko is disappointed in Kazuki's defense of the young Saki. Second part of a two-part film adaptation of the popular manga by Yoriko Minato. Directed by Hideo Jojo of On the Edge of Their Seats fame.

Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui

2023

Alive Drift poster
8.2

E-sports gamer Koichi tries his hand at real-life racing when he is contacted by a drift team who is on the verge of shutting down. Koichi demonstrates his mastery in a real car, but he is up against professional drivers who challenge him in races of life and death. Koichi`s blossoming technique, passion, courage, and teamwork break down the barriers between the virtual and the real, taking him and his team to new extremes.

Alive Drift

2022

Jam poster
6.5

A traditional ballad singer Hiroshi has enthusiastic middle-aged female fans. Takeru believes that by doing good things to others, he could cause a miracle to happen and cure his beloved girlfriend who is in coma. Tetsuo avenges himself on yakuza for putting him in a jail and now is chased by them. These three men's paths are somehow intertwined and drawing them toward a showdown.

Jam

2018

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction poster
7.9

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction

2015

Bad Boys: The Movie poster
NR

Tsukasa Kiriki, the only son of a wealthy family, runs away from home because he admires the legendary delinquent Murakoshi, who has helped him since he was a child. He runs away from home and volunteers to join the "BEAST", the strongest team in the warring tribes era, but is turned away and meets Yoji Kawanaka on his way out. Yoji, together with Hisao Nakamura and Eiji Iwami teach Tsukasa how to be a delinquent, and the four become friends. Toshi, the seventh generation of the weak “Gokurakucho” team, asks them to join him in his fight against the “Hiroshima Night's”. Trying to avoid a fight, former Knights executive Hisao goes to see the head of the Knights, Hiro, and is wounded. Angry Tsukasa and the others are ready for the fight, and the battle between the Knights and the Gokurakucho begins.

Bad Boys: The Movie

2025

Love for Beginners poster
7.2

Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Tsubaki Kyota has commitment issues...

Love for Beginners

2012

Courtroom Reaper: Chapter 2 poster
NR

Shigami (Hitoshi Ozawa) is asked to defend Satoru, the son of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member Shimada, who is undergoing voluntary questioning. Inspector Kazama (Yasukaze Motomiya) leads the interrogation, while prosecutor Akiyama (Nagiko Tsuji) questions the victim Miho, sensing she is hiding something. Hoping for a settlement, Shigami instead finds contradictions between the two accounts and joins forces with Akiyama to uncover the truth. Their investigation leads to Tatsuya of Toraku Kids, and Shigami, his assistant Toda (Sho Aoyagi), and Akiyama rush to Miho’s captivity—only to face a tragic outcome.

Courtroom Reaper: Chapter 2

2025

Tatara Samurai poster
6.7

In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.

Tatara Samurai

2017

Oasis poster
NR

Once close friends, an incident led them to different lives and to become enemies.

Oasis

2024

Judas poster
5.0

High school student Erika is sick and tired of her weakness. By chance, Erika begins working at a cabaret night club. She eventually becomes the top lady in the night world and is known by her nickname Kurumi. In the process, she manipulates men and makes a lot of money from them. Deep down inside though, Erika suffers from loneliness and fear. A man then appears in front of her.

Judas

2013

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