Eiji Akaso

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Eiji Akaso
赤楚 衛二
Born (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 27)
Osaka Prefecture[1]
Other namesMamoru Akaso (former stage name)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2010–present
AgentTristone Entertainment
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
WebsiteOfficial website

Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二, Akaso Eiji, born 1 March 1994, in Aichi Prefecture[2]) is a Japanese actor and model, known for playing Ryuga Banjou in Kamen Rider Build.

He is represented with Tristone Entertainment.

Early life & family[]

Due to his father's work, Eiji lived in Wisconsin (USA) when he was 1 year old until he turned 4 years old. His father graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a professor at the Faculty of Foreign Studies (Linguistic Department) at Nagoya Gakuin University and recently became the president of Nagoya Gakuin University in April 2020. His mother is a piano teacher.[3] His little brother, who is four years younger than him, is studying film production at Osaka University of Arts.

He was strongly influenced by his academic and artistic parents. He started playing piano at the age of 3 until Junior High School. He graduated from a private high school "Toho High School" in Nagoya. After High School Eiji himself majored in English at the same university, but later dropped out to move to Tokyo.[4]

His desire to become an actor sprouted in the middle school and was also influenced by the habit of his family having a movie night once a month. At the age of 19-20, he went to Tokyo and auditioned for a year. The trigger that lead Eiji to drop out of university and to enter the world of entertainment was a call from the CEO of his current agency in 2014. At that time, he was still in university and he had to make the decision, whether he wants to start after graduation at the age of 23 or now. He made a "now or never" decision and dropped out of university to join Tristone Entertainment.[5]

Biography[]

He belonged to the Nagoya model office "FORM JAPAN" when he was in his teens. He was active as a model and talent under the name Mamoru Akaso (赤楚 衛, Akaso Mamoru).[6] In 2010, he joined the local idol group "BOYS AND MEN" in Nagoya, working on stage performances and regular appearances of variety shows.[7][a] Eiji is said to have left "BOYS AND MEN" in 2011. Originally, he entered the entertainment agency because he wanted to be an actor and not an idol.[9]

He won the Grand Prix at the men's model audition of Samantha Thavasa in 2013, which became the turning point for him to audition in Tokyo at the age of 19.[10][11][12] In 2015, he transferred to his current agency Tristone Entertainment, working as an actor and starring in television dramas and films in his current stage name.

Filmography[]

TV dramas[]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2015 High School Chorus Sho Ishikawa TBS
2016 Never Let Me Go TBS Episode 2
Tokyo Women's Guidebook Kōhei Amazon Prime Video
Watashi ni Unmei no Koi nante arienai tte Omotteta KTV TV movie
2017 Frankenstein's Love NTV Episode 1
Samurai Gourmet [Actor] Netflix Episode 5
Kamen Rider Build Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z EX [13]
2018 Kamen Rider Zi-O Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z EX Episodes 1-2
2019 Innocence, Fight Against False Charges Tokudori Isawa NTV
My Husband's Wives Hideaki Matsuda NTV, YTV
Hey Teacher, Don't You Know? Kido Riichi MBS Lead role
2020 Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Kobayashi
Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi Nonaka NTV Episode 3
Detective Yuri Rintaro Shota Satsuki CX, KTV Episode 2
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Kiyoshi Adachi TX Lead role [14]
2021 Cold Case Season 3 Yōsuke Hirayama Wowow Episode 6
Date My Daughter Yuto NTV

Films[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 No Longer Heroine [10]
Tsūgaku Series: Tsūgaku Densha/Tsūgaku Tochū Kyosuke [15]
2016 Scoop!
2017 Closest Love to Heaven
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z
2018 Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z
2020 Love Me, Love Me Not Kazuomi Inui Lead role [16]
Love Me, Love Me Not: The Animation A student (voice) Cameo [17]
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Kobayashi [18]
2021 The Great Yokai War: Guardians Amanojaku [19]
2022 The Sunday Runoff Yūki Iwabuchi [20]

Internet dramas[]

Year Title Role Website Notes Ref.
2015 AKB Horror Night: Adrenalin no Yoru TV Asahi Douga Episode 16
2017 Tokyo Joshi Zukan Kotaira Amazon Prime Video
Kamen Rider Amazons Hiroki Nagase Season 2 [21]

Stage[]

Years Title Role Ref.
2010–11 Straight Drive! [6]
2013 Asu Scanda [22]
2016 Kuroko's Basketball Ryo Sakurai [10]
Roshutsukurū

Music Video[]

Years Title Artist Ref.
2019 Masquerade SHE'S [23]
2019 Letter SHE'S [24]
2019 Your Song SHE'S [25]

Radio dramas[]

Date Title Role Network Ref.
Feb 2017 Saturday Drama House Binanshi Gekijō "Ma no tsubuyaki" Ryo Okada JFN [26]

Advertisements[]

Year Product Ref.
2016 Kao Corporation "Ultra Attack Neo"
2017 DK SELECT "The beginning of living together" [27]

Modelling[]

Years Title Notes Ref.
2010 Imuraya Confectionery "Nikuman Anman" Advertisement model [6]
2011 Aoki
2013– Samantha Thavasa Men's model
2020 KANGOL REWARD Collaboration x AM [28][29][30]
2021 A BATHING APE® 2021 SPRING collection Advertisement model [31]
2021 Disney Pixar 'Toy Story' x Yohji Yamamoto Ground Y Advertisement model [32][33]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2021 WEIBO Account Festival in Tokyo 2020 Popular Actor (Hot Topic Actor) Cherry Magic Won [34][35]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ From the latter half of 2011, he said that he was "on holiday" on the official website,[8] and later withdrew. There was no official announcement on his withdrawal.

Sources[]

  1. ^ Akaso, Eiji (12 Jul 2017). "ついに来ました。…" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  2. ^ "赤楚衛二". Tristone Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. ^ Akaso, Eiji (2020). 1st Photobook "A". Japan: Wanibooks (2020/11/28). ISBN 978-4847083334.
  4. ^ A : akaso eiji 1st PHOTO BOOK. Tōkyō: Wanibukkusu. 2020. ISBN 978-4-8470-8333-4. OCLC 1224489903.
  5. ^ Nikkei, BP (2021). Nikkei Trendy February 2021 (Japanese) Magazine – 2021/1/4. Japan: Nikkei BP (2021/1/4). pp. 156–159. ISBN 4910171010219 Check |isbn= value: invalid prefix (help).
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "赤楚衛" (in Japanese). Form Japan. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  7. ^ "スタッフより出演情報". Boys and Men official blog (in Japanese). 18 Mar 2011. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  8. ^ "BOYS AND MEN メンバー". Boys and Men Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  9. ^ "人気は世界規模！？『チェリまほ』赤楚衛二の示す"人たらし力"（FRIDAY）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "CAST > 桜井良 役 赤楚衛二". Stage 'Kuroko's Basketball' official site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  11. ^ "サマンサタバサ メンズモデルオーディション 初代キング of キング決定!" (in Japanese). Samantha Thavasa Japan Limited. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  12. ^ "クランクイン！ - エンタメの「今」がわかる 映画＆エンタメニュース". クランクイン！- エンタメの「今」がわかる 映画＆エンタメニュースサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  13. ^ "新番組「仮面ライダービルド」ジュノンボーイ犬飼貴丈やアマゾンズ赤楚衛二が出演". Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha Corporation. 2 Aug 2017. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  14. ^ "Eiji Akaso & Keita Machida berperan dalam Drama TV Tokyo "30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii"". Kurisu (in Indonesian). Gwigwi.com. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  15. ^ "赤楚衛二 のプロフィール" (in Japanese). allcinema. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  16. ^ "浜辺美波、北村匠海、福本莉子、赤楚衛二が共演「思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ」映画化". Natalie. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  17. ^ "浜辺美波＆北村匠海らが声優としてアニメ版にカメオ出演！『ふりふら』". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  18. ^ "浜辺美波、板垣瑞生、桜田ひより、赤楚衛二…注目の若手俳優4人が実写版『映像研』に参戦！". Movie Walker. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  19. ^ "赤楚衛二とSUMIRE「妖怪大戦争」でピュア＆武闘派な鬼になる". Natalie. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  20. ^ "赤楚衛二、窪田正孝と宮沢りえの"秘書軍団"に！『決戦は日曜日』で「てんやわんやな選挙活動」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  21. ^ "仮面ライダーアマゾンズ シーズン2 Episode2 ORPHANS" (in Japanese). Toei (TV). 14 Jul 2017. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  22. ^ "加藤沙耶香がラブシーンに挑戦! アクトステージ第4弾公演 舞台「ASU」が8月8日より上演!". GirlsNews (in Japanese). 1 Aug 2013. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  23. ^ "SHE'S - Masquerade【MV】 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  24. ^ "SHE'S - Letter【MV】 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  25. ^ "SHE'S - Your Song 【MV】 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  26. ^ "サタデードラマハウス - JFN PARK" (in Japanese). Japan FM Network. 3 Feb 2017. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  27. ^ "Akaso Eiji & Ayako Yoshitani - The beginning of living together - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  28. ^ "赤楚衛二 × KANGOL REWARD Collaboration - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  29. ^ "赤楚衛二×KANGOL REWARDコラボ トレーナー". kangolreward.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  30. ^ "赤楚衛二×KANGOL REWARD コラボパーカー". kangolreward.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  31. ^ Akaso Eiji, & Rikako Sasaki (2021). BAPE: A BATHING APE® 2021 SPRING COLLECTION. Japan: Takarajimasha. ISBN 978-4299011855.
  32. ^ "Yohji Yamamoto Ground Y's Latest Capsule Utilizes "Unfinished" 'Toy Story' Sketches". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  33. ^ "Ground Yのディズニー＆ピクサー映画『トイ・ストーリー』コートやスウェット、フーディーなど". www.fashion-press.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  34. ^ "赤楚衛二、授賞式後に中国語を披露!「役者やっていてよかった」喜びも語る". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  35. ^ "「チェリまほ」赤楚衛二、"話題俳優賞"受賞に感慨 ファンからの印象深い言葉明かす＜WEIBO Account Festival in Tokyo 2020＞ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-02-04.

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