Yū Koyanagi

Koyanagi Yu is a Japanese actor and former drummer of the Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK. He was the initial band drummer however he is not credited as a former member. He left the band in June 2006 to pursue the dream of being an actor. Koyanagi Yu is managed by Stardust.

Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle (2011)

"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker in her 30s who lost her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshishige Miyake
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Nobuko Miyamoto  •  Kaho Minami

"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker in her 30s who lost her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshishige Miyake
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Nobuko Miyamoto  •  Kaho Minami

Odayaka (2012)

Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who is in a divorce, is worried that her daughter is exposed to radiation. Yukako is also afraid of radiation and tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuteru Uchida
CAST:  Kiki Sugino  •  Takeshi Yamamoto  •  Yukiko Shinohara  •  Ami Watanabe

Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who is in a divorce, is worried that her daughter is exposed to radiation. Yukako is also afraid of radiation and tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuteru Uchida
CAST:  Kiki Sugino  •  Takeshi Yamamoto  •  Yukiko Shinohara  •  Ami Watanabe

Midnight Sun (2006)

Kaoru was suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), an illness, which also might be described as the allergy to the sun, and was not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. The only motivation in her life was singing, which also was the only connection to the outside ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  YUI  •  Takashi Tsukamoto  •  Airi Toriyama  •  Goro Kishitani

Kaoru was suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), an illness, which also might be described as the allergy to the sun, and was not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. The only motivation in her life was singing, which also was the only connection to the outside ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  YUI  •  Takashi Tsukamoto  •  Airi Toriyama  •  Goro Kishitani

By Rule of Crow's Thumb (2012)

Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadafumi Ito
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Shôji Murakami  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Yū Koyanagi

Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadafumi Ito
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Shôji Murakami  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Yū Koyanagi

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010)

Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns, and getting full-fledged. However, he is confronted with the empowered Kaiser Belial, back from the evil Ultraman Belial whom he and other Ultraman warriors battled so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Abe
CAST:  Tatsuomi Hamada  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Tamotsu Ishibashi

Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns, and getting full-fledged. However, he is confronted with the empowered Kaiser Belial, back from the evil Ultraman Belial whom he and other Ultraman warriors battled so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Abe
CAST:  Tatsuomi Hamada  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Tamotsu Ishibashi

Crows Zero II (2009)

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Kyosuke Yabe  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Takayuki Yamada

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Kyosuke Yabe  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Takayuki Yamada

Tokyo Sonata (2008)

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Kai Inowaki

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Kai Inowaki

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom (2014)

Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high school principal has mysterious powers of his own that trump those of the two rival clans. How did this civilian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaka Mizuochi
CAST:  Masaki Okada  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Kyoko Fukada  •  Dai Watanabe

Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high school principal has mysterious powers of his own that trump those of the two rival clans. How did this civilian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yutaka Mizuochi
CAST:  Masaki Okada  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Kyoko Fukada  •  Dai Watanabe

Blue Spring Ride (2014)

When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact. At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she meets Kou Tanaka again. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Tsubasa Honda  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Yua Shinkawa  •  Ryo Yoshizawa

When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact. At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she meets Kou Tanaka again. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Tsubasa Honda  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Yua Shinkawa  •  Ryo Yoshizawa

Chasing My Girl (2009)

Six guys wacky guys, who worked together at a summer beach bar job, come across a letter from dream girl Eriko. The letter isn't addressed to anyone in particular, but asks if the recipient would meet her at the beach bar on Christmas Eve. Each of the men believe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Erika Toda  •  Yusuke Yamamoto  •  Yū Koyanagi

Six guys wacky guys, who worked together at a summer beach bar job, come across a letter from dream girl Eriko. The letter isn't addressed to anyone in particular, but asks if the recipient would meet her at the beach bar on Christmas Eve. Each of the men believe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Erika Toda  •  Yusuke Yamamoto  •  Yū Koyanagi

The Cycling Genius Is Coming! (2008)

Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Ono
CAST:  Hiroki Suzuki  •  Yuya Endo  •  Yuichi Nakamura  •  Noriko Nakagoshi

Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Ono
CAST:  Hiroki Suzuki  •  Yuya Endo  •  Yuichi Nakamura  •  Noriko Nakagoshi

Call Boy (2018)

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miura
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Ami Tomite  •  Kenta Izuka

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miura
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Ami Tomite  •  Kenta Izuka

Bleach (2018)

High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother's death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Erina Mano

High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother's death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Erina Mano

21st Century Girl (2020)

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hana Matsumoto  •  Yuki Yamato  •  Ayaka Kato  •  Yoko Yamanaka  •  Momoko Fukuda  •  Aya Igashi  •  Yûka Eda  •  Risa Takeuchi  •  Aimi Natsuto  •  Rin Shuto  •  Yuka Yasukawa  •  Yukari Sakamoto  •  Yurina Kaneko  •  Kanae Higashi  •  Sakura Tamagawa
CAST:  Serena Motola  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Aki Asakura  •  Sairi Ito

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hana Matsumoto  •  Yuki Yamato  •  Ayaka Kato  •  Yoko Yamanaka  •  Momoko Fukuda  •  Aya Igashi  •  Yûka Eda  •  Risa Takeuchi  •  Aimi Natsuto  •  Rin Shuto  •  Yuka Yasukawa  •  Yukari Sakamoto  •  Yurina Kaneko  •  Kanae Higashi  •  Sakura Tamagawa
CAST:  Serena Motola  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Aki Asakura  •  Sairi Ito

Heat Island (2007)

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Chiaki Ito  •  Ryô Kimura

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Chiaki Ito  •  Ryô Kimura

CLEARNESS (2008)

Sakura is a 20-year-old college student who has sex for money to fund her shopping addiction. After her customers leave her apartment, she spends her time spying on Leo, a young, beautiful, and (dyed) blond-haired boy, who works at a male escort service across the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Kiki Sugino  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Kumiko Ito  •  Show Aikawa

Sakura is a 20-year-old college student who has sex for money to fund her shopping addiction. After her customers leave her apartment, she spends her time spying on Leo, a young, beautiful, and (dyed) blond-haired boy, who works at a male escort service across the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Kiki Sugino  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Kumiko Ito  •  Show Aikawa

Tenshi Rooftop (2008)

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DIRECTION:  Satoshi Takagi
CAST:  Yū Koyanagi  •  Haru  •  Masei Nakayama  •  Taiki Nakabayashi

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DIRECTION:  Satoshi Takagi
CAST:  Yū Koyanagi  •  Haru  •  Masei Nakayama  •  Taiki Nakabayashi

Gajimaru Restaurant's Love (2014)

Mizuho takes over a restaurant in Nago, Okinawa, which was left to her by her grandmother. She single-handedly runs “Gajimaru Diner”, named after the large, deeply-rooted Gajimaru (banyan) tree in the area. Eventually, circumstances lead to her being brought ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Haru  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Haruka  •  Natsumi Ikema

Mizuho takes over a restaurant in Nago, Okinawa, which was left to her by her grandmother. She single-handedly runs “Gajimaru Diner”, named after the large, deeply-rooted Gajimaru (banyan) tree in the area. Eventually, circumstances lead to her being brought ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Haru  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Haruka  •  Natsumi Ikema

Ichikei’s Crow Special (2023)

Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu” (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都). This special is a sequel to the movie of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomonobu Moriwaki
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Baijaku Nakamura

Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu” (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都). This special is a sequel to the movie of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomonobu Moriwaki
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Baijaku Nakamura