Kentaro Maeda


Kentaro Maeda is a Japanese actor and an ex- member of the theater group Gekidan Exile.

Personal life

Maeda was born in Saitama Prefecture on 6 September 1999. His sister, Kokoro Maeda, is a member of the idol girl group Hello! Project.
While in kindergarten, he aspired to appear in Kamen Rider which led to him aiming to become an actor. In addition, he graduated from Dokkyo University, Faculty of Economics.

Career

While in university, he was selected as one of the "BEST 30" at the , but was rejected in the subsequent screening and initially gave up on his dream of becoming an actor. He later joined the university's ballroom dance club, but the club activities were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was during that time that he thought about the future. He then searched for an agency to fulfill his dream becoming an actor.
He started taking acting lessons at EXPG studio in the summer of 2020.
In April 2021, Maeda appeared in the TV Tokyo drama Rules of Romantic Comedy ~ Complicated Girls and Younger Boys ~. On 1 July 2021, he became affiliated with LDH JAPAN. On 5 September 2021, he played Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi in the special effects TV drama Kamen Rider Revice. Maeda joined Gekidan Exile on 1 November 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web drama