Junpei Hashino

Hashino's screen career stretches back at least to 2009, when he appeared in *Ani Ani Ani imôto* as Motoharu (IMDb). That's a long runway before the cluster of recent credits that make up most of what's publicly documented about him. Six years later, he took on the role of Funakoshi in *Rolling* (2015) — a film that doesn't get much international circulation but sits in his credits as one of his earlier feature appearances. The 2020s have been his busiest stretch on record. He played Baba in *Ninja Girl* (2021) and Kunitani in *Life's Punchline* (2021), two projects released the same year that suggest a period of active work. Then came *Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie* (2022), where he appeared as Nanashi — a character name that, fittingly, translates roughly to "nameless" in Japanese (a detail that feels almost too on-the-nose for an actor who's largely flown under the radar). His most high-profile recent credit is probably *Baby Assassins 2 Babies* (2023), the sequel to the cult action film, where he plays Mr. Akagi. That franchise has attracted genuine international attention, which may be the widest audience Hashino's work has reached so far. He also appeared in *Almost People* (2023), rounding out what looks like his most productive year to date. Beyond the credits themselves — listed across IMDb, TV Time, and Rotten Tomatoes — there aren't interviews, press junkets, or biographical features that shed light on his training, influences, or trajectory. It's a career defined almost entirely by the work itself. Not a bad way to be known.