is a Japanese actor and singer, who was born in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
He began his career as a baby model at under one year of age. He also played Gavroche in the original Japanese cast and later Marius in the Japanese TOHO production of Les Misérables and appears on the 2003 "green" cast recording. His first major role was in 2004 in Shinsengumi!, as Hijikata Toshizō, a role he reprised for the 2006 sequel. This sequel portrays the last day of Hijikata Toshizō, Vice Commander of Shinsengumi and Asa ga Kita he reprised the role eleven years later.
Personal life
He married Maki Horikita on 22 August 2015. and their first child was born in December 2016.
Filmography
Film
Tales of the Unusual (2000) Yumejūya (2007) – Natsume Sōseki I Just Didn't Do It (2007) – Tatsuo The Majic Hour (2008) Higanjima (2010) A Ghost of a Chance (2011) Ninja Kids!!! (2011) Galaxy Turnpike (2015) Pretty Cure All Stars (2016) – Trauuma (voice) Touken Ranbu (2019) – Oda Nobunaga Hitotsubu no Mugi (2019) – Yukiyoshi Shikata Startup Girls (2019) – Mizuki Talking the Pictures (2019) – Shōzō Makino Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation (2019) – Soreo Hiden / Kamen Rider Ichi-gata Extro (2020) – Himself What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021) – Daisaku Kohinata Kappei (2022) – Masayoshi Shin Ultraman (2022) – Alien Mefilas Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022) – Alex Louis Armstrong Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022) – Alex Louis Armstrong Kingdom 3 (2023) – Zhuang Zhao
Television
Under One Roof (1993) – Fumiya Kashiwagi
Boys Over Flowers (1996–97) – Rui Hanazawa (voice) Under One Roof 2 (1997) – Fumiya Kashiwagi Shinsengumi! (2004) – Hijikata Toshizō Shinsengumi!: Hijikata Toshizo Saigo no Ichinichi (2006) – Hijikata Toshizō The Family (2007) – Ginpei Manpyō Kagerō no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zōshi (2007–17) – Sakazaki Iwane Atashinchi no Danshi (2009) – Shuji Tokita Jin (2009–10) – Noguchi Wagaya no Rekishi (2010) – Mitsunari Ano Mother (2010) – Shunsuke Fujiyoshi Taira no Kiyomori (2012) – Fujiwara no Yorinaga Asa ga Kita (2015) – Hijikata Toshizō Sanada Maru (2016) – Ishida Mitsunari Thrill (2017) – Shin'nosuke Shirai Totto-chan! (2017) – Moritsuna Kuroyanagi Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon (2017) – Hitoshi Ueki Fūunji tachi (2018) – Hiraga Gennai Naruto Hitchō (2018) － Norizuki Gennojō Kishū Hanshu Tokugawa Yoshimune (2019) － Tokugawa Yoshimune What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019–23) － Daisaku Kohinata Kamen Rider Zero-One (2019) - Soreo Hiden A Warmed Up Love (2020) - Ryō Kamiko An Incurable Case of Love (2020) - Rokuro Koishikawa The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) - Miura Yoshimura Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023) - Hiroshi Nakayamada
Theatre
Les Misérables – Gavroche (Original cast (1987–1988)), Marius (2003–2004) Stand by Me – Chris (1991), Ace (1994) RENT – Mark (1998–1999) Cyrano – Christian de Neuvillette (2000–2001) Romeo and Juliet – Romeo (2001) The Pitchfork Disney – Cosmo (2002) Godspell – Jesus (2001–2010) Thank you! Broadway! Vol.2 (2002) The Pilgrim – Naotaro (2003) Tick, Tick... Boom! – Jon (2003–2006) Broadway Gala Concert 2005 (2005) Little Shop of Horrors – Seymour Krelborn (2005) The Last Five Years – Jamie (2005–2010) Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Hedwig (2007–2009) The Picture of Dorian Gray – Dorian (2009) Usani – Snake (2012) Mozart the Rock Opera – Mozart / Salieri (2013) Napoleon – Montholon Earl (2013) Memphis – Huey Calhoun (2015) Wuthering Heights – Heathcliff (2015) Anastasia – Gleb (2020)
Video games
Lost Judgment (2021) – Jin Kuwana
Dubbing
Live-action
Jurassic World (2017 NTV edition), Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)