Hiroki Narimiya

Narimiya Hiroki born Narimiya Hiroshige is a Japanese actor and model His parents divorced when he was young and in his 3rd year of junior high school his mother died and he and his brother were raised by his grandmother He had made a promise to his mother to become serious about acting and soon dropped out of school to pursue his career He soon debuted in 2000 in the play Horobikaketa Jinrui Sono Ai no Honshitsu to wa Perishing Humankind What is the Essence of Its Love Hiroki was chosen for the part of Kane out of the 3000 actors who auditioned In February 2001 he made his movie debut in Oboreru Sakana In 2002 he appeared as Noda in the television drama Gokusen With his lifesized performance in this role Hiroki won both serious acclaim and popularity In 2003 he performed in his firstperiod film Azumi which became a box office hit and allowed Hiroki to display his swordplay skills from daily training On December 2 2016 Narimiya announced retirement from the entertainment industry following allegations of illicit drug use The drug allegations were never confirmed but Hiroki insisted on retiring He is currently devoting himself to other personal artistic projects but not in the field of acting More information can be found on his website and on his twitter account