Akira (actor)
{{short description|Japanese actor and dancer (born 1981)}}
{{Other uses|Akira (disambiguation){{!}}Akira}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Akira
| image =
| alt =
| caption = Exile Akira in 2020
| birth_name = Ryōhei Kurosawa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|08|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Japanese
| other_names =
| agent = LDH
| known_for =
| spouse = {{marriage|Lin Chi-ling|2019}}
| children = 1
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|dancer}}
| years_active = 1997–present
}}
{{Nihongo|Ryōhei Kurosawa|黒澤 良平|Kurosawa Ryōhei|born 23 August 1981}}, 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
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Name !Period of Time !Ref. |
| Exile
|2006 - | |
| Exile The Second
|2016 - | |
| Rag Pound
|unknown | |
Life and career
Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He moved to Iwata, Shizuoka, at the age of three.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
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."Exile Official Website", 2012, webpage: [http://exile.jp/profile/akira/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917020149/http://exile.jp/profile/akira/|date=2012-09-17}}.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140725222514/http://www.mtv.com/artists/exile/biography/ MTV Exile Bio]
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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-22/live-action-gto-remake-confirmed-with-exile-member-akira|title=Live-Action GTO Remake Confirmed with EXILE Member Akira|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2018-06-27|language=en}}
In 2015, Akira provided the voice of Mad Max in the Japanese dub of the film Mad Max: Fury Road.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=13771|title=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!!|date=2015-04-14|accessdate=2015-04-14|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=Japanese}}
In September 2016, was announced that he was joining the group Exile The Second as a performer.{{fact|date=October 2024}}
In June 2019, he announced that he will marry Lin Chi-ling, a Taiwanese supermodel and actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3718767|title=Taiwan supermodel Lin Chi-ling marries Japanese…|website=Taiwan News|date=6 June 2019 |access-date=2019-06-06}}{{Cite news | url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190607/p2a/00m/0et/007000c |title = EXILE boy band's Akira marries Taiwan actress and model Lin Chi-ling|newspaper = Mainichi Daily News|date = 2019-06-07}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/06/06/entertainment-news/akira-exile-marries-taiwanese-supermodel-actress-lin-chiling/#.XPoKhFwzbIU | title=Akira of Exile marries Taiwanese supermodel and actress Lin Chiling| date=2019-06-06}} Lin gave birth to a son on 31 January 2022.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-01-31 |title=Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling welcomes first child on LNY Eve |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4427067 |access-date=2022-01-31 |website=Taiwan News}}
Works
=TV Drama=
- Around 40 - Chuumon no Ooi Onnatachi (TBS, April 2008-), role of Tatsuya Ogata
- Toomawari no Ame (NTV, 2010-Mar-27 start), role of Yasushi Kikuchi
- Tumbling (TBS, 2010-Apr-17 start), role of Yutaka Kashiwagi
- Gou - Himetachi no sengoku (NHK, 2011-Jan-09 to 2011-Nov-27), role of Hidekatsu Toyotomi
- GTO (Fuji TV, July 2012 - September 2012), role of Eikichi Onizuka
- Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō (Fuji TV, January 2013 - March 2013), role of Daisuke Goura
- Honey Trap (Fuji TV, October 2013 - December 2013), role of Yuuichi Miyama
- GTO (2nd season) (Fuji TV, July 2014 - September 2014), role of Eikichi Onizuka
- HEAT (Fuji TV, July 2015 - September 2015), role of Tatsuya Ikegami
- High & Low - The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (NTV, October 2015 - December 2015), role of Kohaku
- High & Low - The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2nd season) (NTV, April 2016 - June 2016), role of Kohaku
=Film=
- Hana Yori Dango Final (2008), Sunny
- Yamagata Scream (2009), Santaro
- Properly convey (2009), North Shiro
- Legend of the Fist：The Return of Chen Zhen (2010), Sasaki
- Hanjiro (2010), Yaichiro Nagayama
- Working Holiday (2012), Yamato Okita
- Kusahara no Isu (2013), Kagiyama
- Unfair: the end (2015),
- High & Low: The Movie (2016), Kohaku
- High&Low The Red Rain (2016), Kohaku
- High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky (2017), Kohaku
- High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission (2017), Kohaku
- Tatara Samurai (2017)
- This Old Road: Konomichi (2019), Kosaku Yamada
- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022), Yamamoto Tatewaki{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89738/|title= 峠 最後のサムライ|access-date= February 22, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
= Short film =
- Cinema Fighters "Kimochirabo no Kaihō"(2018)
- Cinema Fighters Project "Beautiful" (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.ldh.co.jp/news/detail.php?lang=eng&site=EXILE&newsid=0000019587|title=All the details of all the five works in "CINEMA FIGHTERS project Part 3" unveiled! {{!}} LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -|website=www.ldh.co.jp|access-date=2019-06-22}}
=TV Show=
- Exile Generation (NTV, January 2009 - March 2010)
- EXH: Exile House (TBS, April 2009 - March 2010)
- Hiruxile (NTV, April 2010 - March 2011)
- EXE (TBS, April 2010 - September)
- Exile Tamashii (MBS TV MBS, TBS, October 2010)
Radio
- Sessions Four (FM North Wave)
- Radio Mashup MASHUP (Yokohama FM radio, October 2010 -)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Exile Tribe}}
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Category:Japanese male dancers
Category:Japanese male film actors
Category:Japanese male television actors
Category:21st-century Japanese male actors