| Win Morisaki | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Name: | Win Kyaw Htoo |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Yangon, Myanmar |
| Background: | person |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Label: | Stardust Promotion |
| Current Member Of: | PrizmaX |
| Website: | Stardust JP |
is a Burmese singer. He is the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in the American film Ready Player One (2018).[1] [2] [3]
Morisaki was born Win Kyaw Htoo (ဝင်းကျော်ထူး),[4] nicknamed Ah Win, to Burmese parents in Yangon, Myanmar. His parents worked abroad in Japan during his early childhood and he lived in Myanmar with his grandmother until the age of ten, when he moved to Japan to join his parents.[5] Morisaki was scouted at the age of 14 to join the entertainment industry.[6]
In 2008, Morisaki joined J-pop idol boy band PrizmaX, managed by Stardust Promotion. In August 2010, he became a member of NAKED BOYZ together with other PrizmaX members (except Tsubasa Shimada), but withdrew at the end of the year.[7] Morisaki made his film debut in the Yutaka Ozaki film Sherry in 2012.[8] He was selected as the first radio personality at FM Yokohama in April 2015.[9]
Morisaki made his Hollywood debut in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) as Daito.[10] [11]
Morisaki played a small supporting role alongside Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi in a Burmese-language film, Zati Myay (ဇာတိမြေ), directed by Kyi Phyu Shin.[12] He received 'Popular awards' from Shwe FM's 8th Anniversary on October 1, 2017.
In August 2018, he was appointed a Myanmar tourism ambassador.
In 2022, Morisaki served as the performer for the TV Asahi tokusatsu series Avataro Sentai Donbrothers with the songs “Ore koso Only One” (Opening theme) and “Don't Boo! Donbrothers“ (Ending theme).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Makoto Igarashi | |||
| Parade | Makoto | |||
| 2010 | Shodo Girls | Makoto Ichinose | ||
| Thriller Restaurant | Kaoru Minakami | |||
| 2011 | Tengoku Kara no Yell | Kai Inoha | ||
| 2014 | Sherry | Junichi Sato | Lead role | |
| 2016 | Kidan Piece of Darkness | Kentarou | ||
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Daito | ||
| My Country My Home | Kimura Aung | |||
| Kujira no Shima no Wasuremono | Koa Guen | Lead role | ||
| No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me | Kimitsu | |||
| 2019 | Listen to the Universe | Masaru C Levy Anatole | [13] | |
| Children of the Sea | Anglade (voice) | |||
| 2020 | Humanoid Monster Bela | Kōsuke | Lead role | |
| 2021 | My Father's Tracks | Taiga Kitamura | Lead role | [14] |
| Tom and Sawyer in the City | Hiroyuki Yanagawa | [15] | ||
| 2022 | Usogui: Lie Eater | Leo | [16] | |
| Violence Action | Kaneko | [17] | ||
| Love Life | [18] | |||
| 2023 | Red Shoes | [19] | ||
| Oshorin | [20] | |||
| 2024 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom | Griffin Arbalest (voice) | [21] | |
| The Dancing Okami | Jōji | [22] | ||
| Don't Lose Your Head! | Horibe Yasubee | [23] | ||
| Maru | Mo | [24] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Tokyo Girl | Takashi | ||
| Gakkō ja Oshierarenai! | Nishikawa Tomu | |||
| 2009 | Gokusen 3 Graduation Special '09 | Igarashi Makoto | Television special | |
| Kamen Rider W | Dango Inamoto | 2 episodes | ||
| 2012 | Ghost Mama Sousasen | Kitajima Ryo | Episode 1.8 | |
| 2012–13 | Ten no Hakobune | Din | ||
| 2013 | Namonaki Doku | Shin Kasai | ||
| 2014 | Petero no Soretsu | Shin Kasai | Episode 1 | |
| 2018 | Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW | Himself | ||
| Made in Hollywood | Himself | Episode: "Ready Player One/Midnight Sun/Final Portrait" | ||
| Miss Sherlock | Bartender | Episode: "The First Case" | ||
| Hagetaka | Koichi Amenaki | |||
| Tokyo Blood Type House | ||||
| 2023 | Iwai Masaru | |||
| What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Tokugawa Hidetada | Taiga drama | [25] | |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Listen to the Universe | ||
| Star awards | Special award(performance) | Himself | |||
| 2020 | 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Listen to the Universe | ||
| 2021 | 75th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | The Real Thing | [28] | |