Yoji Iwase

In 2019, when Iwase was in his sophomore year of high school, a senior student took a picture of him waiting for a train and posted it on TikTok with the caption "My junior is cute", it quickly went viral and attracted much attention.^[1]

In May of the following year, after the video of him gained attention, his Instagram account had amassed 170,000 followers, but he later posted that he was tired and would take a break from social media for the time being; he then deleted all of his social media accounts. In August of the same year, Iwase was scouted by a talent agency and made his debut in the entertainment industry,^[1] he joined the talent agency acali and made his debut as an actor under the stage name "Yuuki Ohsugi (大杉 侑暉)".^[2]

In September 2021, Iwase made his acting debut in season 2 of the web drama My Graduation Project.^[3] On August 27 of the following year, he made his television debut in the drama Love You Just as You Are.^[4]

In February 2023, Iwase left acali and ended his activities with the agency. On the 11th of the same month, he made his first film appearance in the web movie Icarus: The Town of One Wing inspired by Hata Motohiro's light novel, Icarus. In March of the same year, Iwase moved to the talent agency A-PLUS and changed his stage name back to his real name, Yoji Iwase. In July, he made regular appearances in the Saturday television drama The Greatest Teacher by Nippon Television.^[5]

In January 2024, Iwase appeared in the crime and suspense television drama Captured New Airport, as Naoki Tamba.^[6][7] In June, he launched his official fanclub website "Daphne".^[8] Later in July, Iwase landed his first lead role in the television drama Takara's Treasure,^[9] he also appeared in the drama Minami-kun is my lover!? by TV Asahi.^[10]

In December 2025, he won first place in the "NEXT" category of the women's fashion magazine Vivi's popularity poll, "ViVi National Treasure-level Handsome Men Ranking for the Second Half of 2025".^[11]

Yoji Iwase was born on January 6, 2004, in Hyogo Prefecture. His hobbies include playing the guitar and watching koshien tournaments.^[12] He is skilled in skateboarding and karate.^[12]