Mackenyu

Mackenyu Maeda (前田 真剣佑, Maeda Makken'yū, born November 16, 1996), known professionally as Mackenyu Arata (Japanese: 新田 真剣佑, Hepburn: Arata Makken'yū) or Mackenyu, is a Japanese actor. He has starred in various TV series such as Sakurasaku (2016), Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again (2016), Remote de Korosareru (2020), The End of the Tiny World: Half A Year Later and One Piece (2023). He has also starred in the films Take a Chance (2015), Over Drive (2018), 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), Our 30-Minute Sessions (2020), Brave: Gunjō Senki (2021), The Master Plan (2021) and Knights of the Zodiac (2023).

Mackenyu 真剣佑
Born	Mackenyu Maeda (前田 真剣佑) (1996-11-16) November 16, 1996 (age 28) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Mackenyu Arata Mackenyu Chiba J.J. MacKenyu
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Agent	Asian Cinema Entertainment
Father	Sonny Chiba
Relatives	Juri Manase Gordon Maeda
Website	www.mackenfamily.jp

Biography

Mackenyu is an actor of Japanese descent who grew up in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Sonny Chiba and Tamami Chiba. He has an older half-sister named Juri Manase and a younger brother named Gordon Maeda.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2015	Tadaima	George		[1]
	Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future	Eiji Tomari		[2]
	Take a Chance	Masa	Lead role	[3]
2016	Chihayafuru Part 1	Arata Wataya		[4]
	Chihayafuru Part 2			[5]
	Night's Tightrope	Hikaru Makise		[6]
	Bittersweet	Atsushi Babazono
2017	Let's Go, Jets!	Kōsuke Yamashita		[7]
	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I	Okuyasu Nijimura		[8]
	Peach Girl	Kazuya "Tōji" Tōjigamori
2018	Pacific Rim: Uprising	Cadet Ryoichi
	Chihayafuru Part 3	Arata Wataya		[9]
	Over Drive	Naozumi Hiyama	Lead role	[10]
	Impossibility Defense	Asao Momose
	Code Blue: The Movie	Akio Kishida
2019	12 Suicidal Teens	Shinjirō	Lead role
	Tokyo Ghoul S	Sōta
	NiNoKuni	Haru (voice)		[11]
2020	Kaiji: Final Game	Minato Hirose		[12]
	Our 30-Minute Sessions	Aki Miyata	Lead role	[13]
	Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō	Guest of VIP room	Cameo	[14]
2021	Brave: Gunjō Senki	Aoi Nishino	Lead role	[15]
	The Master Plan	Makoto		[16]
	Rurouni Kenshin: The Final	Yukishiro Enishi		[17]
2022
	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar	Scar		[18]
	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
2023	Knights of the Zodiac	Pegasus Seiya	Lead role	[19]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2015	Yume wo Ataeru	Masaaki	Wowow	Miniseries	[20]
2016	Sakurasaku	Ippei		Lead Role, Miniseries	[21]
	Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again	Shouta	Fuji TV		[22]
	Brass Dreams	Ren Kitora	TBS		[23]
2017	Fugitive Boys	Ichihashi Tetsuto	Fuji TV		[24]
2018	Kiss that Kills	Takauji Namiki	NTV		[25]
2019	Two Homelands	Yu Amada	TV Tokyo	Miniseries	[26]
	Our Dearest Sakura	Aoi Kijima	NTV		[27]
2020	Remote de Korosareru	Nomura Yusaku	NTV	Lead role, Special	[28]
2021	The End of the Tiny World: Half A Year Later	Makoto	dTV	Lead role
	Ichikei's Crow: The Criminal Court Judges	Bunta Ishikura	Fuji TV		[29]
2023–present	One Piece	Roronoa Zoro	Netflix	Lead role	[30]