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Mackenyu

Mackenyu

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 16, 1996 (28)
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Mackenyu (新田 真剣佑, born November 16, 1996) is a Japanese actor born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba. He attended Beverly Hills High School in their Advanced Placement Program and appeared in a few films and TV shows while growing up. As a young child, ... Mackenyu had many interests including horseback riding, Yabusame, Kyokushin Karate (he was placed third at the US Kyokushin Karate Nationals), gymnastics, water polo, and wrestling (for which he became the school representative). He was also into music, playing piano since he was 10 years old, and later participated in the brass band of his high school in Beverly Hills, playing saxophone, and flute. At the age of 15, Mackenyu watched a movie of Haruma Miura and got inspired to pursue acting professionally in Japan. He held on to the dream of co-starring with the actor once he established his career, which then came true in the movie adaptation of Gunjō Senki (2021). Mackenyu landed his first feature film lead role in Take a Chance (2015) and was featured in the acclaimed short movie Tadaima (2015) for which he won a best supporting actor award at the Asians of Films festival. He moved to Japan later in the same year. His fame grew in Japan after landing the role of Eiji Tomari in Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (2015). In 2016, he made his stage debut in the Japanese musical Boys Over Flower (Hana Yori Dango: The Musical), which prepared him for his future major roles in the stage-musicals ZEROTOPIA (2018) and Hoshi no Daichi ni Furu Namida (2020). He had a prominent role in the two part feature film Chihayafuru Part I & II (2016) which made him a big name in Japan. Mackenyu started to expand his acting opportunities in Hollywood with a supporting role in the film Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). In 2021, he starred as the final villain, Yukishiro Enishi, in the Rurouni Kenshin series. He portrayed Scar in the live-action sequel of Fullmetal Alchemist (2022). He gained global popularity when he landed the role of Roronoa Zoro in the live-action series adaptation of One Piece (2023). Drawing on his martial arts background, Mackenyu performs his own stunts and is highly skilled in sword fighting.

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Filmography

Knights of the Zodiac

Knights of the Zodiac

2023

as Seiya / The Pegasus Knight

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Pacific Rim: Uprising

2018

as Ryoichi

Take a Chance

Take a Chance

2015

as Masa

Tadaima

Tadaima

2015

as George

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Team Astro

as Shin-chan

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Aug 10, 2005

Ichikei's Crow

as Ishikura Bunta

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Apr 05, 2021

Kiss that Kills: Parallel

as Takauji Namiki

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 07, 2018

House of the Owl

as Ryu Ogami

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 24, 2024

Fugitive Boys

as Tetsuto Ichihashi

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 18, 2017

Kiss that Kills

as Takauji Namiki

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 07, 2018

Our Dearest Sakura

as Aoi Kijima

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 09, 2019

Detective Yugami

as Kaitori Kappei

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 12, 2017

ONE PIECE

as Roronoa Zoro

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Aug 31, 2023

The Kindergarten Detective

as Kamose Hitoshi

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Jan 16, 2015

Dragons of Wonderhatch

as Akuta

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Dec 20, 2023

Chihayafuru: Connect

as Wataya Arata

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 20, 2018

Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again

as Shouta

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 06, 2016

Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories

as Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 19, 2015

To Give a Dream

as Seiko

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 17, 2015

Sakura Blooms

as Ippei Takemiya

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 06, 2016

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later

as Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 29, 2021

Two Homelands

as Amoh Isamu

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 23, 2019

Hatsumori Bemars

as Sasaki

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 10, 2015

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