Mackenyu

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 costarring 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 stagemusicals 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 liveaction sequel of Fullmetal Alchemist 2022 He gained global popularity when he landed the role of Roronoa Zoro in the liveaction series adaptation of One Piece 2023 Drawing on his martial arts background Mackenyu performs his own stunts and is highly skilled in sword fighting