2023Winner
Best Performance
Godzilla Minus One
Takato Yonemoto
Actor
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
March 9, 1979
Biography
While eating ramen noodles for lunch at a Japanese market in Los Angeles, Takato Yonemoto was approached by a talent scout, and in less than a week, he auditioned for the $225 million, 3D epic 47 Ronin. Just a few weeks later, without any acting background, he found himself in Europe on a five-month shoot, as a principal actor in 47 Ronin, starring in one-on-one scenes with Keanu Reeves! Japanese-born Yonemoto is a classic Hollywood miracle. Educated in Japan, he worked in a mental hospital before coming to study in the U.S. A long-term film buff, Yonemoto now appears on the big-screen himself, for a worldwide audience, and today is one of the premiere up-and-coming Asian stars on the global scene.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2013Nominee
Best Performance
47 Ronin
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Career Highlights
2026Highlight
Best Performance
Angel Flight THE MOVIE
2019Highlight
Best Performance
The Forest of Love
Video
Godzilla Minus One
47 Ronin
Prisoners of the Ghostland