Ryo Yoshizawa Explained

Ryo Yoshizawa
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:1994 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Agent:Amuse Inc.
Years Active:2009–present

is a Japanese actor.

His breakthrough roles include Okita Sogo in the Gintama live-action films, King Eisei/Hyou in Kingdom and Sano Manjiro in the Tokyo Revengers (film) . He is known for his expressive eyes and natural acting style.[1] He is also known for his roles in tokusatsu, including his role as Ryūsei Sakuta, the Kamen Rider Meteor in Kamen Rider Fourze.

Biography

Yoshizawa was born on February 1, 1994, in Tokyo, Japan.[1] His family consists of his mother, father, an older brother and two younger brothers. Yoshizawa is skilled in second dan in kendo, which he has been practicing for over nine years.[2]

Career

In the beginning of 2011, Yoshizawa made his debut in Sign with other amuse actors like Dori Sakurada and Takuya Uehara. In the second half of that year, he starred in Kingyo Club. He went on to portray Ryūsei Sakuta in Kamen Rider Fourze, making his debut in the seventeenth episode. Yoshizawa was interviewed on his role by Uchūsen, the interview being featured in the 135th issue. Yoshizawa revealed his inspiration behind his character's split personality and his first experience in ADR recording. Yoshizawa compared his character to that of Light Yagami from Death Note. He also watched Bruce Lee films as a reference, as his character frequently performed the trademark kiai of when firing punches or kicks.[3]

In 2017, he portrayed the role of Shinsengumi 1st Division Captain Okita Sogo in the 2017 live-action film of the popular manga series Gintama, and reprised the role in the sequel, Gintama 2, in 2018.[4]

Filmography

TV series

YearTitleRoleOther notes
2011 Sign Yūki Nagi
Kingyo Club Shō Yanagihashi
2011–12 Kamen Rider Fourze
2012 Please Do Something Keita Yabe Episode 2
2013 3-in-1 House Share Negishi
Bussen Tamura Shosuke
The Liar and His Lover: Sidestory Yuichi Kimijima
2014 Lost Days Natsu Takano
The Man with World's Biggest Potential Ikeda
Water Polo Yankees Shinsuke Kato
Hell Teacher Nube Katsuya Kimura
2015 Heat Kohei Matsuyama
Ichiro Iemochi Tokugawa Episode 1
Lady Girls Ryosuke Maekawa
2016 Please Love Me! Junta Sano Episode 1
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa Eisuke Hata Episode 2
Is It Real That Teacher Hayako Is Going to Marry? Hayato Kitsuregawa Episodes 4-7
Budokan Daichi Mizushima
Cold Case Junichi Kudo Episode 1
2017 Tomodachi Game Yūichi Katagiri Lead role [5]
Inside Mari Komori Isao
Gintama: Mitsuba Hen Okita Sogo
Shimokitazawa Die Hard Kidnapper Episode 1
Love and Hong Kong Kenta Yamada Lead role
2018 Survival Wedding Yuichi Kashiwagi
Gintama of the Unusual Okita Sogo Episode 1
Giver: Revenge's Giver Giba Lead role
2019 Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky Ten'yō Yamada Asadora
2020 Hanzawa Naoki 2: Episode 0 Kei Kōsaka Lead role; TV movie[6]
Hanzawa Naoki 2 Kei Kōsaka Episode 3; cameo [7]
2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky [8]
2022 PICU Takeshirō Shikota Lead role [9]

Films

YearTitleRoleOther notes
2011 Ryūsei Sakuta/Kamen Rider MeteorCredited as "Mysterious student"
2012 Ryūsei Sakuta/Kamen Rider Meteor
Ryūsei Sakuta/Kamen Rider Meteor
Toei Hero Next 2: The Future I'm Executing Lead role
Ryūsei Sakuta/Kamen Rider Meteor
2013The Liar and His Lover Yuichi Kimijima
Daily Lives of High School Boys Hidenori Tabata
2014 Blue Spring Ride Aya Kominato [10]
2016 Wolf Girl and Black Prince Yū Kusakabe [11]
Kazunori Kawasumi
2017 Gintama Okita Sogo
Yūichi Katakiri Lead role [12]
Yūichi Katakiri Lead role
Psychic Kusuo Shun Kaidō
2018 River's Edge Ichiro Yamada Lead role [13]
Anoko no Toriko Yori Suzuki Lead role [14]
Evil and the Mask Ryōsuke Itō [15]
Marmalade Boy Yū Matsuura Lead role [16]
Reon Tōru Ichijō [17]
The Cat in Their Arms Cat Yoshio Lead role [18]
Bleach [19]
Gintama 2 Okita Sogo
2019 Kingdom Ying Zheng/Piao
Her Blue Sky Shinnosuke Kanamuro/Shinno (voice)Lead role [20]
2020 Not Quite Dead Yet Matsuoka [21]
Sakura Hajime Hasegawa [22]
Blue, Painful, Fragile Kaede Tabata Lead role [23]
Awake Eiichi Lead role [24]
2021 Tokyo RevengersManjiro "Mikey" Sano [25]
Rody Soul (voice) [26]
2022 Ying Zheng [27]
Black Night Parade Miharu Hino Lead role [28]
2023 Familia Manabu [29]
In Love and Deep Water Suguru Ubukata Lead role [30]
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 Manjiro "Mikey" Sano [31]
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 Manjiro "Mikey" Sano [32]
Ying Zheng [33]
Family Makoto Lead role [34]
2024 Living in Two Worlds Dai Igarashi Lead role [35]
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2025 National Treasure Kikuo Tachibana Lead role [37]

Others

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWork(s)ResultRef
201940th Yokohama Film FestivalBest NewcomerRiver's Edge, Marmalade Boy, and Gintama 2[39]
42nd Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the Year River's Edge[40]
202062nd Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActorKingdom[41]
43rd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actor[42]
44th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHimself[43]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TV Asahi's official cast and characters of Kamen Rider Fourze page. 2012-01-20.
  2. Web site: 吉沢亮、大河「青天を衝け」で新ステージへ！10年磨き抜いた実力. January 3, 2022. Cinematoday.
  3. Uchūsen, Vol. 135
  4. Web site: Ryo Yoshizawa is Happy to Play Sougo Okita Again in "Gintama 2" . . May 25, 2018.
  5. Web site: 実写版「トモダチゲーム」吉沢亮がゲームに巻き込まれる主人公・片切友一役に. November 4, 2016. November 2, 2021. Natalie. ja.
  6. Web site: 「半沢直樹イヤー記念・エピソードゼロ」吉沢亮ら人気若手俳優たちが年始から"倍返しだ！". May 17, 2021. TV guide. January 3, 2020.
  7. Web site: 吉沢亮「半沢直樹」出演発表！スピンオフに続き凄腕プログラマー役. May 17, 2021. Cinematoday.
  8. Web site: 2021年大河ドラマ「青天を衝け」 製作開始と主演・吉沢亮さんを発表！. April 13, 2020. NHK.
  9. Web site: 吉沢亮、フジ月9初主演 "子どものICU"舞台の医療ドラマで小児科医役「真っ正面から向き合う作品に」. August 5, 2022. Oricon.
  10. Web site: アオハライド(2014). 18 December 2014. allcinema.net. Stingray. Japanese.
  11. Web site: オオカミ少女と黒王子. June 14, 2024. eiga.com.
  12. Web site: TOMODACHI GAME –THE MOVIE– . Japanese Film Database.
  13. Web site: 岡崎京子「リバーズ・エッジ」映画化！二階堂ふみ×吉沢亮が行定勲監督とタッグ. March 23, 2017. eiga.com.
  14. Web site: あのコの、トリコ。. May 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  15. Web site: 悪と仮面のルール. May 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  16. Web site: ママレード・ボーイ. May 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  17. Web site: レオン. May 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  18. Web site: 猫は抱くもの. May 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  19. Web site: BLEACH. January 17, 2024. eiga.com.
  20. Web site: 空の青さを知る人よ. September 7, 2022. eiga.com.
  21. Web site: Not Quite Dead Yet. April 16, 2020. Shochiku.
  22. Web site: 北村匠海×小松菜奈×吉沢亮がきょうだい 西加奈子原作『さくら』劇中写真. March 30, 2020. Cinra.net.
  23. Web site: 吉沢亮×杉咲花W主演、住野よるの青春サスペンス「青くて痛くて脆い」映画化. March 6, 2020. Cinema Cafe.
  24. Web site: 吉沢亮主演、将棋を題材にした映画『AWAKE』公開. August 12, 2020. Cinema Cafe.
  25. Web site: 北村匠海が実写「東京リベンジャーズ」主演、吉沢亮と山田裕貴は最凶組織のコンビに. March 3, 2020. Natalie.
  26. Web site: 吉沢亮、劇場版『ヒロアカ』オリジナルキャラで出演決定「ヒロアカ愛語って良かった」. May 19, 2021. Crank-in!.
  27. Web site: 『キングダム』"続編"製作が決定！山崎賢人＆吉沢亮らが続投. May 29, 2020. Cinema Cafe.
  28. Web site: 吉沢亮主演で「ブラックナイトパレード」映画化！橋本環奈、中川大志、渡邊圭祐が共演. August 2, 2022. Natalie.
  29. Web site: 役所広司と吉沢亮が父子に「ファミリア」公開！松重豊、MIYAVI、佐藤浩市ら共演. August 22, 2022. Natalie.
  30. Web site: 吉沢亮×宮崎あおい×坂元裕二、Netflix映画「クレイジークルーズ」製作決定. July 4, 2022. Natalie.
  31. Web site: 東京リベンジャーズ2 血のハロウィン編 運命. November 30, 2022. eiga.com.
  32. Web site: 東京リベンジャーズ2 血のハロウィン編 決戦. November 30, 2022. eiga.com.
  33. Web site: キングダム 運命の炎. December 13, 2022. eiga.com.
  34. Web site: 土田世紀の未完の絶筆作品『かぞく』吉沢亮・永瀬正敏・小栗旬・阿部進之介の共演で実写映画化. September 25, 2023. Oricon.
  35. Web site: ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界. December 9, 2023. eiga.com.
  36. Web site: 「キングダム 大将軍の帰還」公開は7月12日!「馬陽の戦い」クライマックス描く【映像あり】. December 13, 2023. eiga.com.
  37. Web site: 吉沢亮、稀代の女方歌舞伎役者に 原作:吉田修一×監督:李相日『国宝』映画化. March 5, 2024. Oricon.
  38. Web site: 杉咲花、染谷将太、吉沢亮がNHK紅白歌合戦のゲスト審査員に！「エール」特別企画も. January 7, 2021. Natalie.
  39. 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.
  40. Web site: 第42回 日本アカデミー賞 (2019年). May 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  41. Web site: 吉沢亮が「キングダム」でのブルーリボン助演男優賞受賞に「何よりもうれしい」. May 30, 2024. Natalie.
  42. Web site: 【日本アカデミー賞】吉沢亮が最優秀助演男優賞に、山崎賢人に感謝伝える. February 5, 2023. Natalie.
  43. Web site: 【写真特集】吉沢亮・横浜流星・橋本環奈ら「2020年 エランドール賞」新人賞受賞で豪華集結. July 30, 2021. Model Press.

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