Having completed his lead role as "Makise" in the feature film Night's Tightrope (Shōjo) (2016), Mackenyu started to expand his acting opportunities in Hollywood with a supporting role of Cadet Ryoichi in the science fiction film Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). One of his most challenging roles in his career to date was Shōjo ( Little Girl). Japan's AM magazine featured him on the front cover of their 14 March 2016 edition and included an interview with him. He had a prominent role in the two part feature film Chihayafuru Part I & II (2016) which was released back-to-back in March and April 2016. In January 2016, he made his stage debut in the Japanese musical Boys Over Flower (Hana Yori Dango: The Musical) (2016). In 2015, he also landed his first lead roles in two USA film productions, Take a Chance (2015) and Tadaima (2015) for the latter he won a best supporting actor award at the Asians of Films festival. His fame grew dramatically in Japan after landing the role of Eiji Tomari/Kamen Rider Dark Drive/Paradox Roidmude in Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future the film Tie-in to the 2014-2015 Entry in the Kamen franchise, Kamen Rider Drive, based on the popular series created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori His acting quickly expanded to include three supporting roles in TV Mini-series including The Kindergarten Detective (Hanasaki Shin'ichirō wa Nemurenai!!) (2015), Yume o Ataeru (2015), and The Hatsumori Bemars (2015). In 2013, Mackenyu turned his full attention to acting-including roles in the feature film Buzz (So-On: The Five Oyaji) (2014) and TV movie Yo nimo Kimyō na Monogatari (2014). He moved to Japan later in the same year, stating that Japan would be the best place for him to learn due to the variety of roles that are available for young actors. Mackenyu landed his first feature film lead role in Take a Chance (2015) and was featured in an acclaimed short movie depicting a Japanese family suffering the aftermath of the World War II in Tadaima (2015) in which the movie won The Best Narrative Short in Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. He later revealed that it was the late Haruma Miura after he co-starred with him in the movie adaptation of Gunjō Senki. He held on to the dream of co-starring with the actor once he established his acting career in Japan. 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.Īt the age of 15, Mackenyu watched a Japanese movie and the actor who starred in it inspired him to pursue acting professionally in Japan. In high school he did gymnastics, water polo, and wrestling, becoming the school representative for the latter. He practiced Kyokushin Karate since he was eight years old, and he was placed third at the US kyokushin Karate Nationals in middle school. He learned horseback riding and Yabusame at the age of 7. As a young child, Mackenyu had many interests. He attended Beverly Hills High School in their Advanced Placement Program and appeared in a few films and TV shows while growing up, including the TV mini-series Team Astro (Astro Kyūdan) (2005), and the Japanese feature film Oyaji (2007), as he devoted most of his time to school and graduation. He is the son of Japanese parents, Tamami Chiba and Japanese action movie star Sonny Chiba, and has two siblings, a half sister named Juri Manase (his father's daughter from previous marriage) and a brother named Gordon. Mackenyu Maeda, known as Mackenyu Arata, was born on November 16, 1996, in Los Angeles. He has since portrayed characters in many other adaptations of popular manga series, including JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), Tokyo Ghoul S (2019), the villain Yukishiro Enishi in Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021), the protagonist Pegasus Seiya in Knights of the Zodiac and Roronoa Zoro in the Netflix series One Piece (2023). Mackenyu rose to fame after portraying Arata Wataya in the Chihayafuru live-action trilogy in 2016, which earned him the 40th Japan Academy Newcomers of the Year Award in 2017. He is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba. 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 simply Mackenyu, is a Japanese actor.
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