Masahiro Higashide Explained

Masahiro Higashide
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	1 February 1988
Birth Place:	Saitama, Japan
Children:	3
Yearsactive:	2011–present
Module:	Subbox: yes Channel Direct Url: @higashide.masahiro Channel Display Name: 東出昌大 Years Active: 2024–present Subscribers: 298 thousand Views: 26 million Language: Japanese Silver Button: y Stats Update: August 12, 2024 Child: yes Headercolor: transparent Kanji: 東出 昌大 Romaji: Higashide Masahiro Hiragana: ひがしで まさひろ

is a Japanese actor and model. In 2012, he debuted as an actor in The Kirishima Thing.

Early life

Higashide graduated from Saitama Prefectural Asaka High School. He practiced kendo daily when he was young because his father is a kendo teacher. His father is also a cook of Japanese cuisine.

Career

He debuted as a model in the 19th Men's Non-no Exclusive Model Audition in high school. After graduating from high school, he aimed to become a jewelry designer and proceeded to attend a jewelry school.^[1] He was active as a model for ZUCCa or Yohji Yamamoto from 2006 to 2011.

He debuted in The Kirishima Thing in 2012 and has been an actor since then.

He has acted on the NHK TV program “Rakugo Deeper!"

Personal life

Higashide married fellow actor Anne Watanabe on January 1, 2015.^[2] The couple share three children; twin daughters born in May 2016^[3] and a son born in November 2017.^{[4] [5]}

In January 2020, Shūkan Bunshun revealed that Higashide had been having an extramarital affair with actress Erika Karata since 2017, when Watanabe was pregnant with their third child.^[6] The report was later confirmed by his agency.^[7] The incident caused Higashide to lose several endorsement deals.^[8] On August 1, 2020, Watanabe finalized her divorce with Higashide, promising that they will work together to take care of the children.^[9]

On August 27, 2024, Higashide announced his engagement on his official YouTube channel to a non-celebrity woman upon learning of her pregnancy. The two had reportedly begun a relationship in mid-2024.^[10] He also revealed that she is a former actress and that the two had met before on set prior to her retirement from the entertainment industry. Their child is due around January next year.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Kirishima Thing	Hiroki Kikuchi		^[12]
2013	It All Began When I Met You	Takumi Tsumura	Story 2: "Long Distance Relationship"
2014	Crows Explode	Kazeo Kaburagi	Lead role
	Blue Spring Ride	Kō Mabuchi	Lead role	^[13]
	0.5mm	karaoke clerk
		Hideo Shimada
2015		Hideo Shimada
	Gonin Saga	Hayato Hisamatsu	Lead role
2016	Creepy	Nogami
	Maniac Hero	Hidetoshi Nakatsu	Lead role
		Tsukuru Mishima	Lead role	^[14]
	My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday	Shōichi Ueyama
2017	Sekigahara
	Before We Vanish	Pastor
	Foreboding	Shirō Makabe	Lead role
2018	Asako I & II	Baku and Ryōhei	Lead role	^[15]
	The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine	Tetsu Nakahama	Lead role
	Over Drive	Atsuhiro Hiyama	Lead role
	Punk Samurai Slash Down	Kuroae Naohito
	The Antique	Yoshio Tanaka
2019	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	Boku-chan
2020	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess	Boku-chan
	Mishima: The Last Debate	Navigator	Documentary	^[16]
	Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone	Shūzō
	Wife of a Spy	Taiji Tsumori		^[17]
2021	Blue	Kazuki Ogawa		^[18]
	The Sound of Grass	Kazuo Kudō	Lead role	^[19]
	We Couldn't Become Adults	Kenta Sekiguchi		^[20]
2022	The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai			^[21]
	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero	Boku-chan		^[22]
	The Flower in the Sky		Lead role	^[23]
2023	Trapped Balloon	Kenji	Lead role	^[24]
	September 1923	Tanaka		^[25]
	Winny	Isamu Kaneko	Lead role	^[26]
	Corpo a Corpo			^[27]
2024	Transcending Dimensions			^[28]
	Dare to Stop Us 2			^[29]
	Will	Himself	Documentary	^[30]

Television

• Renai Kentei (NHK, 2012), Junya Yoshimitsu
• Reset: Honto no Shiawase no Mitsukekata (TBS-MBS, 2012), Shion/Jun Aya^[12]
• Wonderful Single Life (Fuji TV, 2012), Hiroki Yamada^[12]
• xxxHolic (Wowow, 2013) Shizuka Dōmeki^[12]
• Amachan (NHK, 2013), young Daikichi Ōmukai^[12]
• Gochisōsan (NHK, 2013–14), Yūtarō Nishikado^[12]
• Fathers, Episode 7 (TBS, 2014), Yūsuke Togawa^[12]
• Hana Moyu (NHK, 2015), Genzui Kusaka^[12]
• A Restaurant With Many Problems (Fuji TV, 2015), Chef Makoto Monji^[12]
• (NHK, 2016), Tanda^[12]
• (Hulu, 2016), Tsukuru Mishima^[12]
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Season 2 (NHK, 2017), Tanda
• Leaders 2 (TBS, 2017), Makoto Kusakabe^[12]
• I love You Just a Little Bit (TBS, 2017), Ryōta Watanabe^[12]
• Yocho Sanpo Suru Shinryakusha (Wowow, 2017), Jiro Makabe
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Season 3 (NHK, 2017–18), Tanda
• The Confidence Man JP (Fuji TV, 2018), Boku-chan^[12]
• Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation (Wowow, 2019), Shuichi Saeki
• Pure! ~ One-day idol director's case book ~ (NHK, 2019), Shusaku Todo
• Police and Prosecutor (TV Asahi, 2020), Shuhei Majima
• Wife of a Spy (NHK, 2020), Yasuharu Tsumori^[12]

Stage performances

• Nocturnes (2015)^[12]
• The Sea of Fertility (2018, 2018 PARCO PRODUCE)^[12]
• The Second Summer (2019, M&Oplays Produce)^[12]

Dubbing

• Legend of the Demon Cat (2018), Bai Long (Liu Haoran)^[31]

Books

Magazines

• Men's Non-no
• FINEBOYS
• GET ON!
• smart
• Smart HEAD
• Soen

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result
2013	67th Mainichi Film Awards	Best New Actor	The Kirishima Thing		^[32]
	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomers of the Year			^[33]
2014	27th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award	and Crows Explode
	38th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomers of the Year	Himself
2015	88th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actor
2016	41st Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
2017	71st Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor
	12th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best Supporting Actor
	40th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor
	26th Japanese Movie Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actor
2018	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	Asako I & II and Over Drive
2019	61st Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor
	40th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Asako I & II		^[34]
	73rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor
	28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Best Actor
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Wife of a Spy		^[35]
	63rd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Wife of a Spy and The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess		^[36]
2022	76th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	The Sound of Grass		^[37]
2023	36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	Winny and others		^[38]
2024	66th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor			^[39]

Notes and References

1. [Nikkan Sports]
2. Web site: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/12/26/kiji/K20141226009522740.html. ja: 杏＆東出昌大が元日結婚！春には挙式・披露宴　熱愛発覚から１年. Anne and Masahiro Higashide to marry on New Year's Day! ceremony to be held in spring. 26 December 2014. Sponichi Annex. Sports Nippon Newspapers. Japan. ja. 29 December 2014.
3. Web site: 杏、双子女児を出産「立派な子に育て上げたい」　東出昌大がパパに. ORICON STYLE. 24 May 2016. ja-JP.
4. Web site: 2020-01-23 . 近藤春菜、不倫報道の東出昌大に辛らつ「東出さんが苦しいのは正直どうでもいい。自業自得」 . 2023-07-04 . スポーツ報知 . ja.
5. Web site: 東出CM打ち切りへ 「よきパパ」イメージ崩壊 不倫の大きすぎる代償 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能 . 2023-07-04 . スポニチ Sponichi Annex . ja.
6. Web site: Staff . Tokyo Reporter . 2020-03-18 . Actor Masahiro Higashide apologizes over affair with actress Erika Karata . https://web.archive.org/web/20240524190203/https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/actor-masahiro-higashide-apologizes-over-affair-with-actress-erika-karata/ . 2024-05-24 . 2024-09-05 . . en-US.
7. News: 近藤春菜、不倫報道の東出昌大に辛らつ「東出さんが苦しいのは正直どうでもいい。自業自得」 . ja . . 2020-01-23 . 2020-01-25.
8. News: 東出CM打ち切りへ　「よきパパ」イメージ崩壊　不倫の大きすぎる代償 . ja . . 2020-01-24 . 2020-01-25.
9. News: Jan . Lee . Actress Anne Watanabe divorces actor husband Masahiro Higashide over his extramarital affair . en . . 2020-08-02 . 2020-08-02.
10. Web site: 産経新聞 . 2024-08-27 . 東出昌大が再婚へ 子宝にも恵まれ「この土地で子供を育てられるのもすごい楽しみ」 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914191050/https://www.sankei.com/article/20240827-OVQOPUZYAFIKNE5PZRJZWKQ2WA/ . 2024-09-14 . 2024-09-24 . . ja.
11. Web site: 2024-08-27 . 東出昌大が再婚へ 子宝にも恵まれ「この土地で子供を育てられるのもすごい楽しみ」 . Masahiro Higashide to remarry, blessed with children, "I'm really looking forward to raising my children here" . https://web.archive.org/web/20240831202548/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2341977/full/#google_vignette . 2024-08-31 . 2024-09-04 . ORICON NEWS.
12. Web site: 東出昌大 作品集. www.humanite.co.jp. 2019-06-20.
13. News: Egan . Loo . Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide Star in Live-Action Ao Haru Ride . ja . . 2014-04-02 . 2019-08-27.
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19. Web site: 東出昌大、佐藤泰志原作『草の響き』映画化で3年ぶり主演. April 21, 2021. Crank-in!.
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33. Web site: Dai 36-kai Nihon Akademī-shō yūshū sakuhin. Japan Academy Prize Association. 12 September 2014. ja.
34. Web site: 第40回ヨコハマ映画祭 2018年日本映画個人賞. 24 April 2021. Yokohama Film Festival. ja.
35. Web site: 最多は『スパイの妻』！第75回毎日映画コンクールノミネート発表. December 23, 2020. Cinematoday.
36. Web site: 嵐・二宮和也主演の「浅田家!」が最多5部門でノミネート「第63回ブルーリボン賞」各部門候補を発表. January 4, 2021. The Chunichi Shimbun.
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38. Web site: 日刊スポーツ映画大賞は石井裕也監督「月」が最多5部門6ノミネート. November 8, 2023. eiga.com.
39. Web site: 「エゴイスト」「月」が作品賞など最多5部門に選出 「第66回ブルーリボン賞」各部門候補決まる. January 4, 2024. Chunichi Sports.