Mizuki Itagaki

{{Short description|Japanese actor, singer, and fashion model (2000–2025)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mizuki Itagaki

| image = Cropped_Photo_of_Mizuki_Itagaki.jpeg

| native_name = 板垣瑞生

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_date = {{birth date|2000|10|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{Circa}} February 2025 (aged 24)

| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|fashion model}}

| years_active = 2011–2025

| agent =

| website =

}}

{{nihongo|Mizuki Itagaki|板垣瑞生|Itagaki Mizuki|25 October 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.stardust.co.jp/profile/itagakimizuki.html|title=板垣瑞生 PROFILE|publisher=スターダストプロモーション|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907051338/http://stardust.co.jp/profile/itagakimizuki.html|url-status=live}} – {{Circa|February 2025}}}} was a Japanese actor and singer. From 2014 to 2020, he was a member of the boy band {{ill|Milk (musical group)|lt=Milk|ja|M!LK}}, a part of Stardust Promotion's male musical collective Ebidan.

Career

At the age of 10, Itagaki was scouted by Stardust Promotion in front of the Statue of Hachikō while he and his mother were on their way home from shopping.{{cite news | first=Jan | last=Lee | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/japanese-idol-actor-mizuki-itagaki-found-dead-after-going-missing-for-months | title=Japanese idol-actor Mizuki Itagaki found dead at 24 after going missing for months | work=The Straits Times | date=18 April 2024 | accessdate=19 April 2025}} He later joined Stardust Promotion's all-male musical collective Ebidan when he was 11 years old.{{cite web|url=http://crea.bunshun.jp/articles/-/7414|title=宮部みゆき原作『ソロモンの偽証』でミステリアスな美少年を演じた板垣瑞生(1/4)|publisher=CREA WEB|date=6 March 2015|access-date=18 June 2015}} He appeared in Fujifabric music video as his debut work.{{cite web|url=http://crea.bunshun.jp/articles/-/7414?page=2|title=宮部みゆき原作『ソロモンの偽証』でミステリアスな美少年を演じた板垣瑞生(2/4)|publisher=CREA WEB|date=6 March 2015|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-date=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408122234/http://crea.bunshun.jp/articles/-/7414?page=2|url-status=live}}

In 2014 he made his movie debut in Dark Gold Ushima-kun Part 2.{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/eiga/news/143195|title=「ソロモンの偽証」監督、藤野涼子と板垣瑞生の「まなざしと心に賭けた」|publisher=映画ナタリー|date=6 April 2015|access-date=18 June 2015}} He also got a major role as Kazuhiko Kambara in Solomon's Perjury, which was released in 2015. In 2014, he was announced as a member of {{ill|Milk (musical group)|lt=Milk|ja|M!LK}}, a sub-group of Ebidan, at Stardust Promotion's Star Festival in November 2014.{{cite news|url=http://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1475492|title=超特急、DISH//に続く"スタダ系男子"M!LKに黄色い歓声フレッシュなパフォーマンスで魅了|publisher=Model Press|date=21 March 2015|access-date=18 June 2015}} In November 2015 he appeared in the NHK taiga drama Hana Moyu as Mōri Motoakira.

On 9 March 2024 Stardust Promotion announced that Itagaki's official fan club and social media accounts were closed.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/920a2af4254c9107dcc7d62a89fcb0fee4e22bfa|title=板垣瑞生さん所属事務所を退所ファンクラブも閉鎖|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=9 March 2024|access-date=11 March 2024|archive-date=10 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310235813/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/920a2af4254c9107dcc7d62a89fcb0fee4e22bfa|url-status=live}} On 29 November 2024, Itagaki revealed through his Instagram account that he had been hospitalized in January 2024 for an unspecified mental illness and had decided to quit acting after facing stress and pressure.{{cite news | url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1586844?display=1 | title=【真相】俳優・板垣瑞生さん　事務所退所は「人前に出ることが難しいほどに心身共に弱っていた」現在は回復・配信やイベントに取り組み俳優業再開を模索 | trans-title=(Truth) Actor Mizuki Itagaki left his agency because he was "so weak both physically and mentally that it was difficult to appear in public"; at the present, he is recovering, working on live broadcasts and events, and exploring the possibility of returning to acting | language=ja | work=TBS News Dig | date=29 November 2024 | accessdate=17 April 2025 | archive-date=18 April 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418220025/https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1586844?display=1 | url-status=live }} In the same post, he also revealed that he had developed anorexia and insomnia. However, he also stated that he was transitioning back into his acting career through live-streaming and searching for other talent companies. In another Instagram post on 31 December 2024, Itagaki stated that he was "looking forward" to "new challenges" in 2025.

Disapperance and death

In late January 2025, Itagaki was declared reported missing.{{cite web | first=Crystalyn | last=Hodgkins | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-17/actor-mizuki-itagaki-dies-at-24-after-going-missing-in-january/.223648 | title=Actor Mizuki Itagaki Dies at 24 After Going Missing in January | work=Anime News Network | date=17 April 2025 | accessdate=17 April 2025 | archive-date=17 April 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417161557/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-17/actor-mizuki-itagaki-dies-at-24-after-going-missing-in-january/.223648 | url-status=live }} On 17 April 2025, his family posted on his Instagram account that the police notified them a few days prior that he was found dead in Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2025 |title=Mizuki Itagaki, Japanese actor, singer dies at 24 |url=https://jang.com.pk/en/36162-mizuki-itagaki-japanese-actor-singer-dies-at-24-news |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=Daily Jang}} Itagaki's family also stated that he had been suffering from an undisclosed mental illness since 2024. Investigation revealed that he was believed to have died in early February and his body was found in mid-March.{{cite news | url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1861618?display=1 | title=【訃報】板垣瑞生さん（２４）死の状況が明らかに　亡くなったのは、2月上旬頃とみられ、3月中旬に遺体で発見　遺体には、外傷もなく事件性は認められない | trans-title=(Obituary) The circumstances around the death of Mizuki Itagaki (age 24) have been revealed: he is believed to have died around early February; his body was discovered in mid-March; no visible injuries on the body and no evidence of foul play | language=ja | work=TBS News Dig | date=17 April 2025 | accessdate=17 April 2025 | archive-date=18 April 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418215925/https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1861618?display=1 | url-status=live }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
rowspan=2\|2014 \| Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 \| Boy D \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2149551/full/\|title= M!LK板垣瑞生&宮世琉弥、俳優業専念で卒業発表 1月末に7人体制ラストライブ\|access-date= 25 November 2021\|work= Oricon\|archive-date= 25 November 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211125071114/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2149551/full/\|url-status= live}}
Blue Spring Ride \| young Kou Mabuchi \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087991/full/\|title= 『精霊の守り人』チャグム役・板垣瑞生、"王子"を演じて成長\|access-date= 19 March 2024\|work= Oricon\|archive-date= 18 March 2024\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240318233830/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087991/full/\|url-status= live}}
rowspan=2\|2015 \| Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion \| Kazuhiko Kanbara \| \|
Solomon's Perjury Part 2: Judgement \| Kazuhiko Kanbara \| \|
2018 \| Hibiki \| Ryōtarō Tsubaki \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/88328/\|title= 響 HIBIKI\|access-date= 19 March 2024\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 15 April 2024\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240415222503/https://eiga.com/movie/88328/\|url-status= live}}
rowspan=4\|2019 \| Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy \| Azusa Odagiri \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/89832/\|title= ホットギミックガールミーツボーイ\|access-date= 3 February 2024\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 3 December 2023\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231203204652/https://eiga.com/movie/89832/\|url-status= live}}
Boy Detectives Club Neo \| \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://eiga.com/movie/90693/\|title= 超・少年探偵団NEO Beginning\|access-date= 19 March 2024\|work= eiga.com}}
Love Stoppage Time \| \| Lead role \|
Ghost Master \| Sakuraba \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/90269/\|title= ゴーストマスター\|access-date= 1 December 2021\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 1 December 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211201091328/https://eiga.com/movie/90269/\|url-status= live}}
rowspan=2\|2020 \| Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! \| Ono \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://movie.walkerplus.com/news/article/227033/\|title= 浜辺美波、板垣瑞生、桜田ひより、赤楚衛二…注目の若手俳優4人が実写版『映像研』に参戦！\|access-date= 16 March 2020\|work= Movie Walker\|archive-date= 30 January 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210130080031/https://movie.walkerplus.com/news/article/227033/\|url-status= dead}}
Demon Girl \| Ren Aotsuki \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/79224/1\|title= 井頭愛海主演『鬼ガール！！』、桜田ひより、板垣瑞生、吉田美月喜ら出演決定\|access-date= 31 July 2020\|work= Crank-in!\|archive-date= 19 April 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210419064626/https://www.crank-in.net/news/79224/1\|url-status= live}}
rowspan=2\|2021 \| Heartbeats \| Yasuhiro Hasebe \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://eiga.com/movie/93753/\|title= 胸が鳴るのは君のせい\|access-date= 14 January 2021\|work= eiga.com}}
Between Us \| \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/413645\|title= 「藍に響け」に永瀬莉子、板垣瑞生、小西桜子、山之内すずら8名！特報も到着\|access-date= 25 January 2021\|work= Natalie\|archive-date= 5 February 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210205160124/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/413645\|url-status= live}}
rowspan="4" \|2022 \| That Disappearance \| \| Filmed in 2018 \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/96631/\|title= その消失、\|access-date= 11 February 2022\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 10 February 2022\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220210162928/https://eiga.com/movie/96631/\|url-status= live}}
The Blue Skies at Your Feet \| Yūto Motoyama \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/95638/\|title= 君が落とした青空\|access-date= 26 October 2021\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 14 October 2023\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231014150935/https://eiga.com/movie/95638/\|url-status= live}}
HiGH&LOW THE WORST X \|Miyauchi Kozo (Binzo) \| \|{{Cite web \|title=HiGH&LOW \|url=https://www.high-low.jp/sp/movies/theworst-x/ \|access-date=19 April 2025 \|website=HiGH&LOW \|language=ja}}
Two Outs Bases Loaded \| Hachi \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/96095/\|title= ツーアウトフルベース\|access-date= 12 November 2021\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 10 February 2023\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230210042132/https://eiga.com/movie/96095/\|url-status= live}}
2023 \| Our Secret Diary \| Hiroto Yano \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/98996/\|title= 交換ウソ日記\|access-date= 12 April 2023\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 4 May 2023\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230504025157/https://eiga.com/movie/98996/\|url-status= live}}
2024 \| Don't Lose Your Head! \| Katō Taemon \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://eiga.com/movie/99885/\|title= 身代わり忠臣蔵\|access-date= 29 October 2023\|work= eiga.com\|archive-date= 15 June 2024\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240615023129/https://eiga.com/movie/99885/\|url-status= live}}

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

rowspan=2|2014

| Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2

| Boy D

| {{cite web|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2149551/full/|title= M!LK板垣瑞生&宮世琉弥、俳優業専念で卒業発表 1月末に7人体制ラストライブ|access-date= 25 November 2021|work= Oricon|archive-date= 25 November 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211125071114/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2149551/full/|url-status= live}}

Blue Spring Ride

| young Kou Mabuchi

| {{cite web|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087991/full/|title= 『精霊の守り人』チャグム役・板垣瑞生、"王子"を演じて成長|access-date= 19 March 2024|work= Oricon|archive-date= 18 March 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240318233830/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087991/full/|url-status= live}}

rowspan=2|2015

| Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion

| Kazuhiko Kanbara

Solomon's Perjury Part 2: Judgement

| Kazuhiko Kanbara

2018

| Hibiki

| Ryōtarō Tsubaki

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/88328/|title= 響 HIBIKI|access-date= 19 March 2024|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 15 April 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240415222503/https://eiga.com/movie/88328/|url-status= live}}

rowspan=4|2019

| Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy

| Azusa Odagiri

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/89832/|title= ホットギミックガールミーツボーイ|access-date= 3 February 2024|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 3 December 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231203204652/https://eiga.com/movie/89832/|url-status= live}}

Boy Detectives Club Neo

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/90693/|title= 超・少年探偵団NEO Beginning|access-date= 19 March 2024|work= eiga.com}}

Love Stoppage Time

| Lead role

Ghost Master

| Sakuraba

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/90269/|title= ゴーストマスター|access-date= 1 December 2021|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 1 December 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211201091328/https://eiga.com/movie/90269/|url-status= live}}

rowspan=2|2020

| Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

| Ono

| {{cite web|url= https://movie.walkerplus.com/news/article/227033/|title= 浜辺美波、板垣瑞生、桜田ひより、赤楚衛二…注目の若手俳優4人が実写版『映像研』に参戦！|access-date= 16 March 2020|work= Movie Walker|archive-date= 30 January 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210130080031/https://movie.walkerplus.com/news/article/227033/|url-status= dead}}

Demon Girl

| Ren Aotsuki

| {{cite web|url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/79224/1|title= 井頭愛海主演『鬼ガール！！』、桜田ひより、板垣瑞生、吉田美月喜ら出演決定|access-date= 31 July 2020|work= Crank-in!|archive-date= 19 April 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210419064626/https://www.crank-in.net/news/79224/1|url-status= live}}

rowspan=2|2021

| Heartbeats

| Yasuhiro Hasebe

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/93753/|title= 胸が鳴るのは君のせい|access-date= 14 January 2021|work= eiga.com}}

Between Us

| {{cite web|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/413645|title= 「藍に響け」に永瀬莉子、板垣瑞生、小西桜子、山之内すずら8名！特報も到着|access-date= 25 January 2021|work= Natalie|archive-date= 5 February 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210205160124/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/413645|url-status= live}}

rowspan="4" |2022

| That Disappearance

| Filmed in 2018

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/96631/|title= その消失、|access-date= 11 February 2022|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 10 February 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220210162928/https://eiga.com/movie/96631/|url-status= live}}

The Blue Skies at Your Feet

| Yūto Motoyama

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/95638/|title= 君が落とした青空|access-date= 26 October 2021|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 14 October 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231014150935/https://eiga.com/movie/95638/|url-status= live}}

HiGH&LOW THE WORST X

|Miyauchi Kozo (Binzo)

|{{Cite web |title=HiGH&LOW |url=https://www.high-low.jp/sp/movies/theworst-x/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=HiGH&LOW |language=ja}}

Two Outs Bases Loaded

| Hachi

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/96095/|title= ツーアウトフルベース|access-date= 12 November 2021|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 10 February 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230210042132/https://eiga.com/movie/96095/|url-status= live}}

2023

| Our Secret Diary

| Hiroto Yano

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/98996/|title= 交換ウソ日記|access-date= 12 April 2023|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 4 May 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230504025157/https://eiga.com/movie/98996/|url-status= live}}

2024

| Don't Lose Your Head!

| Katō Taemon

| {{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/99885/|title= 身代わり忠臣蔵|access-date= 29 October 2023|work= eiga.com|archive-date= 15 June 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240615023129/https://eiga.com/movie/99885/|url-status= live}}

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Network ! Notes ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
rowspan=2\|2015 \| Shuriken Sentai Ninninger \| Tetsunosuke Saika the 22nd \| TV Asahi \| \| {{cite web\|url= https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ninnin/contents/Story/0020/\|title= 忍びの19「探せ！天空のオトモ忍」\|access-date= 1 December 2021\|work= TV Asahi\|archive-date= 2 May 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210502020210/https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ninnin/contents/Story/0020/\|url-status= live}}
Burning Flower \| Mōri Motoakira \| NHK \| Taiga drama \|
2017–18 \| Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit \| Chagum \| NHK \| 2 seasons \|
rowspan=2\|2020 \| In-House Marriage Honey \| Miura Manatsu \| MBS \| Lead role \|
Yell \| Tadashi Shigemori \| NHK \| Asadora \| {{cite web\|url= https://realsound.jp/movie/2020/10/post-642390.html\|title= 持田将史＆板垣瑞生、『エール』に新風をもたらす歯車に裕一は再び音楽の道へ\|access-date= 7 October 2021\|work= Real Sound\|archive-date= 7 October 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211007084339/https://realsound.jp/movie/2020/10/post-642390.html\|url-status= live}}
2021 \| Awaiting Kirin \| Mori Ranmaru \| NHK \| Taiga drama \| {{cite web \|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/413492\|title= 板垣瑞生が大河ドラマ「麒麟がくる」出演、信長を慕う森蘭丸役\|access-date= 23 January 2021\|work= Natalie}}
2022 \| Hiru \| Tetris \| Wowow \| \| {{cite web \|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/455044\|title= 赤楚衛二と坂口健太郎主演「ヒル」に吉川愛、飯豊まりえ、柳俊太郎、板垣瑞生ら\|access-date= 26 November 2021\|work= Natalie}}

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Network

! Notes

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

rowspan=2|2015

| Shuriken Sentai Ninninger

| Tetsunosuke Saika the 22nd

| TV Asahi

| {{cite web|url= https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ninnin/contents/Story/0020/|title= 忍びの19「探せ！天空のオトモ忍」|access-date= 1 December 2021|work= TV Asahi|archive-date= 2 May 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210502020210/https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ninnin/contents/Story/0020/|url-status= live}}

Burning Flower

| Mōri Motoakira

| NHK

| Taiga drama

2017–18

| Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

| Chagum

| NHK

| 2 seasons

rowspan=2|2020

| In-House Marriage Honey

| Miura Manatsu

| MBS

| Lead role

Yell

| Tadashi Shigemori

| NHK

| Asadora

| {{cite web|url= https://realsound.jp/movie/2020/10/post-642390.html|title= 持田将史＆板垣瑞生、『エール』に新風をもたらす歯車に裕一は再び音楽の道へ|access-date= 7 October 2021|work= Real Sound|archive-date= 7 October 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211007084339/https://realsound.jp/movie/2020/10/post-642390.html|url-status= live}}

2021

| Awaiting Kirin

| Mori Ranmaru

| NHK

| Taiga drama

| {{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/413492|title= 板垣瑞生が大河ドラマ「麒麟がくる」出演、信長を慕う森蘭丸役|access-date= 23 January 2021|work= Natalie}}

2022

| Hiru

| Tetris

| Wowow

| {{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/455044|title= 赤楚衛二と坂口健太郎主演「ヒル」に吉川愛、飯豊まりえ、柳俊太郎、板垣瑞生ら|access-date= 26 November 2021|work= Natalie}}

=Dubbing=

Safe House, Liam Duke (Joel MacCormack){{cite web|url= https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/107490/002/01|title= セーフハウス～もう一人の殺人鬼～|access-date= 7 November 2021|work= Wowow|archive-date= 8 November 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211108031010/https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/107490/002/01|url-status= live}}