Wataru Ichinose

What strikes me first about Wataru Ichinose is how little his profile actually says. Height, blood type, agency — nearly every field is blank. For most actors that would read as neglect; here it feels honest. Born in Saga in 1985, he arrived without a manufactured backstory, and when he carried the Netflix sumo drama Sanctuary he won me over less through technique than through sheer physical credibility. You believed the body, the eyes, the weight of him. Performers you cannot summarize in a data table are the dangerous ones, and I would rather watch those blanks fill in slowly than read a tidy resume.

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Name (English)

Wataru Ichinose

Name (Japanese)

一ノ瀬ワタル

Reading

いちのせ わたる

Born

July 30, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Saga Prefecture, Japan

Height

178 cm

Occupation

actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

Blood type

O

Agency

ENDO MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Works summary

Appearances

202 (2009–2026)

By year

2009: 1, 2011: 11, 2012: 18, 2013: 15, 2014: 14, 2015: 10, 2016: 16, 2017: 22, 2018: 10, 2019: 13, 2020: 8, 2021: 5, 2022: 3, 2023: 17, 2024: 12, 2025: 10, 2026: 11

Debut work

クローズZERO II

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/WATARUICHInose
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E3%83%8E%E7%80%AC%E3%83%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11352314

Tags

• Saga Prefecture
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. 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.