Shu Watanabe (actor)

For the Japanese politician, see Shu Watanabe (politician).

Shu Watanabe (渡部 秀, Watanabe Shū; born October 26, 1991) is a Japanese actor, famous for portraying the character Eiji Hino in the 2010 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider OOO.

Shu Watanabe
渡部 秀
Born	(1991-10-26) 26 October 1991 (age 33) Yurihonjō,[1] Akita Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Agent	G-Star.Pro

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Gekikoi: Unmei no Love Story	Minato Hirose
	Flunk Punk Rumble	Kobayashi	Episode 2
	Kamen Rider OOO	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Lead role
2012	Mōsō Sōsa: Kuwagata Kōichi Junkyōju no Stylish na Seikatsu	Sentarō Numabukuro
	Jun and Ai	Tsuyoshi Kanō	Asadora
2013	Emergency Room 24hours	Yū Saruta	Episode 8 - Final episode
	The Stork Nest	Takashi Yasuda
2014	Nezumi, Edo o Hashiru	Ichibee Hayazaki
	Shinigami-kun	Naoyuki Sanjō	Episode 1
	Coffee-ya no Hitobito	Shigeru Nakazato	Episode 4 & Final episode
	Last Doctor: Kansatsui Akita no Kenshi Hōkoku	Yūta Ikeda
	Shakking: Karei Naru Shakkin Hensai Sakusen	Hidetoki Nakada
2015	Mondai no Aru Restaurant		Final episode
	Fukuoka Renai Hakusho 10: Jukkaime no Suzu ga Naru Toki	Yuzuru Imai
	Your Story	Eguchi	Episode 6
2016	Ōoku	Hyōgo Ōtsuki
	Nezumi, Edo o Hashiru 2	Ichibee Hayazaki
	When You Wish Upon A Sakura	Ryo Igawa	Lead role
2017–22	The Woman of S.R.I.	Rota Hashiguchi	Season 16–21	[2]
2018	Love Rerun	Daisuke Sayama
	Seigi no Se	Kōichi Gotō
	Giver: Fukushū no Zōyosha	Kazuki Onoda
	Kamen Rider Zi-O	Eiji Hino	Episodes 9 & 10
2019	Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!	Osamu Hayashida	Episode 19
2024	Batsukoi	Teruyoshi Sunagoya		[3]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Cameo
	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Lead role
2011	OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Lead role
	Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Lead role
	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Lead role
2012	Double Sky!	Dai Miyagawa	Lead role
	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO
	Piece: Fragments of a Memory	Tomoki Chino
	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Cameo
2015	Attack on Titan	Fukushi
2016	Shūkatsu		Lead role in episode 4
2017	Brave Storm	Ken Kurenai	Lead role
	Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO
2018	Shūkatsu 2		Lead role in final episode
	The Final Parting	Takahiro Kawamura
	Shūkatsu 3		Lead role in episode 1
2019	Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito	Okita
2021	The Woman of S.R.I. the Movie	Rota Hashiguchi		[2]
2022	Tears of Persephone		Lead role	[4]
	Kamen Rider OOO 10th: Core Medal of Resurrection	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO	Lead role	[5]
2023	Natchan's Little Secret	Moririn		[6]
2025	Principal Examination			[7]

Discography

Under his character name Eiji Hino, Watanabe performed most of the insert themes for the 2010 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider OOO and the theme for the series' film.