Kanata Hongō

Kanata Hongō (本郷 奏多 Hongō Kanata) is a Japanese actor and model who is affiliated with Stardust Talent.

He is best known for casting Ryoma Echizen in the live-action film adaptation of The Prince of Tennis and Armin Arlert in the live-action feature film adaptation of Attack on Titan. He has also been involved in anime voice acting as the lead character Ryōta Sakamoto in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btooom! Btooom!]''.

In Death Come True, he plays the role of Makoto Karaki, an amnesiac protagonist who wakes up in a strange hotel, accused of being a serial killer.

Casting
Hongō had previously been involved in director and scenarist Kazutaka Kodaka's first breakthrough series Danganronpa by performing the lead role of Makoto Naegi in the stage adaptations of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, as well as providing the voice of Ryota Mitarai in the Danganronpa 3 anime.

Kodaka cast Hongō in the lead role of Death Come True because he loved Hongō's acting and thought he would be a good fit for the role and scenario.

In a statement on the day of his casting, Hongō said:

"This is an adventure game with a story that changes according to decisions made by the player. I think it is a new endeavor to produce this all in live-action. The thoroughness of the script is also very good, complete with unique features that can only be found in this game. I wanted to perform acting that couldn't be expressed well in CG so that players could understand why live-action film was chosen for this project".

Other roles
Some of his credited roles include:

Anime

 *  - Ryōta Sakamoto
 *  - Julian Ayers Mackenzie
 * Danganronpa 3 - Ryōta Mitarai
 * Danganronpa 3 - Ultimate Imposter

Dramas and Films

 *  - Ryoma Echizen
 *  - Hinata Kataoka
 *  - Armin Arlert
 *  - Envy
 * Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei THE STAGE (2014) - Makoto Naegi
 * Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei THE STAGE 2016 - Makoto Naegi
 * - Daisuke Makino
 *  - Riku Okamoto
 *  - Gaku Izumi
 *  - Moriguchi Rui
 *  - Shunichi Kamezawa
 *  - Shigeru Akagi
 * - Young Miyamoto
 *  - Young Sho
 *  - Satoru Iwamoto
 *  - Shinichi "Shin" Okizaki
 *  - Yoshio Kobayashi
 *  - Itsuki Kamiyama
 *  - Jōichiro Nishi
 *  - Yuuga Oda
 *  - Naoyuki Andō