Kazunari Ninomiya (二宮 和也, Ninomiya Kazunari, born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, award-winning actor, television personality, seiyū and radio host. Along with Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto, Satoshi Ohno and Sho Sakurai, he is a member of the Japanese boy band Arashi, who is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He is best known to movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint ...
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Kazunari Ninomiya (二宮 和也, Ninomiya Kazunari, born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, award-winning actor, television personality, seiyū and radio host. Along with Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto, Satoshi Ohno and Sho Sakurai, he is a member of the Japanese boy band Arashi, who is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He is best known to movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima.
Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, Ninomiya is the youngest child to his parents. His dream was to become a professional baseball player, but his cousin sent in an application to Johnny & Associates without his knowledge when he was 12 years old. Although he received an invitation to audition in the mail, he only went to the auditions because his mother promised to give him money if he did. He passed and joined the agency in June 1996 at the age of 13.
When Ninomiya joined Johnny & Associates, he was a...
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