Arata Iura

I have a real soft spot for Arata Iura, because he's the rare model-turned-actor who never coasts on that gorgeous bone structure. When he commits to a role he goes quiet and lets it sink all the way down, so instead of big theatrical shouting you get this slow ache bleeding out from somewhere behind his eyes, and honestly I find that more devastating than any meltdown scene. He's 183cm of poise, yet off camera he's famously gentle and weirdly obsessed with old-world Japanese crafts like dyeing and folk art, which is the kind of unglamorous, hands-on passion you can't fake. That Blue Ribbon supporting actor nod in 2013 felt earned, not gifted. To me he's the grown-up's grown-up: no flash, just craft, quietly compounding over the years.

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Arata Iura is a Japanese actor and model born on September 15, 1974, in Hino, Tokyo. He studied at Tokyo Keizai University before building a career that spans both the modelling world and screen acting. In 2013 he received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor, a recognition of his understated yet absorbing screen presence. He is represented by Ten Carat.

Name (English)

Arata Iura

Name (Japanese)

井浦新

Reading

いうら あらた

Born

September 15, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Hino, Tokyo, Japan

Height

183 cm

Occupation

Actor / Model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Blood type

A

Agency

Ten Carat

University

Tokyo Keizai University

Awards & achievements

• 2013 — Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor

Works summary

Appearances

197 (1996–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1996: 1, 1999: 3, 2000: 2, 2001: 1, 2002: 3, 2004: 1, 2005: 3, 2007: 4, 2008: 7, 2009: 10, 2010: 16, 2011: 7, 2012: 9, 2013: 15, 2014: 7, 2015: 8, 2016: 3, 2017: 5, 2018: 8, 2019: 15, 2020: 8, 2021: 14, 2022: 8, 2023: 7, 2024: 15, 2025: 7, 2026: 5, year unknown: 5

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/el_arata_nest/
• Xhttps://x.com/el_arata_nest
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E6%B5%A6%E6%96%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q869768

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actor
• Model

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.