Akira (actor)
Japanese actor and dancer (born 1981)
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Ryōhei Kurosawa (黒澤 良平, Kurosawa Ryōhei; born 23 August 1981), known by the stage name Akira and Exile Akira (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second.
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23 August 1981
- Actor
- dancer
Akira | |
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Akira in 2022 | |
| Born | Ryōhei Kurosawa 23 August 1981 Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Agent | LDH |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Participating Groups
| Name | Period of Time | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Exile | 2006 - | |
| Exile The Second | 2016 - | |
| Rag Pound | unknown |
Life and career
Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He moved to Iwata, Shizuoka, at the age of three.[citation needed]
Akira started dancing at the age of 16, at dance club events around the Shizuoka area. He then moved to Tokyo and went on to find the talent agency Makidai & USA. In December 2004, he debuted as a performer in Rather Unique. In June 2006, he joined the group Exile as a performer.[1][2]
He began working as an actor in March 2006, appearing in the "No.1 Attack" stage troupe Gumi Honan. Since then, he has acted in a number of TV dramas in Japan, including the 2012 remake of the Great Teacher Onizuka series, which has been broadcast on Fuji TV since July 2012.[3]
In 2015, Akira provided the voice of Mad Max in the Japanese dub of the film Mad Max: Fury Road.[4]
In September 2016, was announced that he was joining the group Exile The Second as a performer.[citation needed]
In June 2019, he announced that he will marry Lin Chi-ling, a Taiwanese supermodel and actress.[5][6][7] Lin gave birth to a son on 31 January 2022.[8]
Works
TV Drama
- Around 40 - Chuumon no Ooi Onnatachi (TBS, April 2008-), role of Tatsuya Ogata
- Toomawari no Ame (NTV, 2010-Mar-27 start), role of Yasushi Kikuchi
- Tumbling (TBS, 2010-Apr-17 start), role of Yutaka Kashiwagi
- Gou - Himetachi no sengoku (NHK, 2011-Jan-09 to 2011-Nov-27), role of Hidekatsu Toyotomi
- GTO (Fuji TV, July 2012 - September 2012), role of Eikichi Onizuka
- The Case Files of Biblia Bookstore (Fuji TV, January 2013 - March 2013), role of Daisuke Goura
- Honey Trap (Fuji TV, October 2013 - December 2013), role of Yuuichi Miyama
- GTO (2nd season) (Fuji TV, July 2014 - September 2014), role of Eikichi Onizuka
- HEAT (Fuji TV, July 2015 - September 2015), role of Tatsuya Ikegami
- High & Low - The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (NTV, October 2015 - December 2015), role of Kohaku
- High & Low - The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2nd season) (NTV, April 2016 - June 2016), role of Kohaku
Film
- Hana Yori Dango Final (2008), Sunny
- Yamagata Scream (2009), Santaro
- Properly convey (2009), North Shiro
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010), Chikaraishi Sasaki
- Hanjiro (2010), Yaichiro Nagayama
- Working Holiday (2012), Yamato Okita
- Kusahara no Isu (2013), Kagiyama
- Unfair: the end (2015),
- High & Low: The Movie (2016), Kohaku
- High&Low The Red Rain (2016), Kohaku
- High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky (2017), Kohaku
- High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission (2017), Kohaku
- Tatara Samurai (2017)
- This Old Road: Konomichi (2019), Kosaku Yamada
- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022), Yamamoto Tatewaki[9]
- High&Low: The New World (2027)[10]
Short film
- Cinema Fighters "Kimochirabo no Kaihō"(2018)
- Cinema Fighters Project "Beautiful" (2019)[11]
TV Show
- Exile Generation (NTV, January 2009 - March 2010)
- EXH: Exile House (TBS, April 2009 - March 2010)
- Hiruxile (NTV, April 2010 - March 2011)
- EXE (TBS, April 2010 - September)
- Exile Tamashii (MBS TV MBS, TBS, October 2010)
Radio
- Sessions Four (FM North Wave)
- Radio Mashup MASHUP (Yokohama FM radio, October 2010 -)