Kanata Hongō (本郷 奏多, Hongō Kanata?) (born November 15, 1990) is a Japanese actor.

Kanata has appeared in several movies, including Moon Child, which also starred Gackt, Hyde and Wang Lee Hom. Kanata played the role of "Sho" as a child, while the adult role was played by Gackt. He appeared in a movie called Hinokio which was released in July 2005 in Japan. Kanata is also the young boy in the singer YUI's music video for her song "Tomorrow's way", and was cast as the popular anime character Ryoma Echizen in the live-action adaptation The Prince of Tennis film.

Kanata also portrayed Shinichi Okazaki in the movie NANA 2, which was released in Japan on December 9, 2006. His next feature film is along side Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley in Silk which will be screened at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. This marks Kanata's first appearance in an English language film, although it is still not known what type of role Kanata has in the film. He also recently starred in another music video, Bz's Eien no Tsubasa along with Tsubasa Honda.

Movies

K-20 怪人二十面相 (2008/2009)
GOTH (2008)
Silk (2007)
Nana 2 (2006) as Shinichi Okazaki
The Prince of Tennis (2006) as Ryoma Echizen
Daiteiden no Yoru ni (2005)
Hinokio (2005) as Satoru
Moon Child (2003)
Returner (2002)


Music Videos

LOVIBE - The Boom (2000)
Tomorrow's way - YUI (2005)
Eien no Tsubasa - Bz (2007)
Zutto Yomikake no Natsu - Tomita Lab
涙空 - GReeeeN (2008)

TV series
Seigi no Mikata(2008)
Team Medical Dragon 2-guest ep.8 (2007)
Tantei Gakuen Q- guest ep.2(2007)
Seito Shokun! (TV Asahi, 2007)
Himitsu no Hanazono (Fuji TV, 2007)
Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (TBS, 2006)
Aikurushii (2005)

Commercials
株式会社ライク 「アエラホーム」
明治乳業 「明治おいしい牛乳」





http://official.stardust.co.jp/kanata/