Akira (actor) explained

Akira
Birth Name:Ryōhei Kurosawa
Birth Date:23 August 1981
Birth Place:Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture
Nationality:Japanese
Agent:LDH
Children:1
Years Active:1997–present

, known by the stage name Akira, is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second.

Participating Groups

!Name!Period of Time!Ref.
Exile2006 -
Exile The Second2016 -
Rag Poundunknown

Life and career

Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He moved to Iwata, Shizuoka, at the age of three.

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 .[4]

In September 2016, was announced that he was joining the group Exile The Second as a performer.

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

Film

Short film

TV Show

Radio

Notes and References

  1. "Exile Official Website", 2012, webpage: http://exile.jp/profile/akira/ .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140725222514/http://www.mtv.com/artists/exile/biography/ MTV Exile Bio
  3. News: Live-Action GTO Remake Confirmed with EXILE Member Akira. Anime News Network. 2018-06-27. en.
  4. Web site: 6月20日(土)公開!! アクション超大作『マッドマックス』敵役ジョー軍の最強ファイター・エレクトスの吹き替え声優で真壁刀義が出演!!. 2015-04-14. 2015-04-14. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Japanese.
  5. Web site: Taiwan supermodel Lin Chi-ling marries Japanese…. Taiwan News. 6 June 2019 . 2019-06-06.
  6. News: EXILE boy band's Akira marries Taiwan actress and model Lin Chi-ling. Mainichi Daily News. 2019-06-07.
  7. Web site: Akira of Exile marries Taiwanese supermodel and actress Lin Chiling. 2019-06-06.
  8. Web site: 2022-01-31 . Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling welcomes first child on LNY Eve . 2022-01-31 . Taiwan News.
  9. Web site: 峠 最後のサムライ. February 22, 2021. eiga.com.
  10. Web site: All the details of all the five works in "CINEMA FIGHTERS project Part 3" unveiled! LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -. www.ldh.co.jp. 2019-06-22.