Akira (actor)
Ryōhei Kurosawa, known by the stage name Akira and Exile Akira, is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second.
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.
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.
In 2015, Akira provided the voice of Mad Max in the Japanese dub of the film Mad Max: Fury Road.
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. Lin gave birth to a son on 31 January 2022.
Works
TV Drama
Around 40 - Chuumon no Ooi Onnatachi, role of Tatsuya Ogata Toomawari no Ame, role of Yasushi Kikuchi Tumbling, role of Yutaka Kashiwagi Gou - Himetachi no sengoku, role of Hidekatsu Toyotomi GTO, role of Eikichi OnizukaBiblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō, role of Daisuke Goura Honey Trap, role of Yuuichi Miyama GTO, role of Eikichi OnizukaHEAT, role of Tatsuya IkegamiHigh & Low - The Story of S.W.O.R.D., role of KohakuHigh & Low - The Story of S.W.O.R.D., role of KohakuFilm
Hana Yori Dango Final, SunnyYamagata Scream, SantaroProperly convey, North ShiroLegend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, Chikaraishi SasakiHanjiro, Yaichiro NagayamaWorking Holiday, Yamato OkitaKusahara no Isu, KagiyamaUnfair: the end, High & Low: The Movie, KohakuHigh&Low The Red Rain, KohakuHigh&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky, KohakuHigh&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission, KohakuTatara Samurai This Old Road: Konomichi, Kosaku YamadaThe Pass: Last Days of the Samurai, Yamamoto TatewakiShort film
- Cinema Fighters "Kimochirabo no Kaihō"
- Cinema Fighters Project "Beautiful"
TV Show
Exile Generation EXH: Exile House Hiruxile EXE- ''Exile Tamashii''