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Mackenyu
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Mackenyu
Homepage
https://www.mackenfamily.jp/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1996-11-16, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special

10

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014-10-18

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar

6.6

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
2022-05-20

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy

6.3

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
2022-06-24

Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future

7.7

Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
2015-08-08

Tokyo Ghoul 'S'

6.6

Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
2019-07-19

10

Take a Chance
2015-06-29

Mission Commander Ayaka Goma

10

Mission Commander Ayaka Goma
2016-10-22

10

The Noise
2015-05-23

10

Two Homelands
2019-03-23

Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro

8

Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
2020-10-30

Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder

10

Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
2020-07-26

Chihayafuru: Part II

7.7

Chihayafuru: Part II
2016-04-29

Chihayafuru: Part I

7.2

Chihayafuru: Part I
2016-03-19

Night's Tightrope

6.8

Night's Tightrope
2016-10-08

Let's Go, Jets!

7.3

Let's Go, Jets!
2017-03-11

Pacific Rim: Uprising

6.1

Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018-03-21

6

Bitter Sweet
2016-09-10

Knights of the Zodiac

6.402

Knights of the Zodiac
2023-04-27

7

Peach Girl
2017-05-20

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

6.784

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
2017-08-04

IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE

7.1

IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
2018-02-01

Chihayafuru: Part III

8.4

Chihayafuru: Part III
2018-03-17

Code Blue: The Movie

6.7

Code Blue: The Movie
2018-07-27

6.6

Over Drive
2018-06-01

10

Oyaji
2007-08-25

12 Suicidal Teens

6.3

12 Suicidal Teens
2019-01-25

10

Tadaima
2015-01-01

6.5

NiNoKuni
2019-08-23

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

7.7

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021-04-23

Kaiji: Final Game

6.8

Kaiji: Final Game
2020-01-10

Our 30-Minute Sessions

7.6

Our 30-Minute Sessions
2020-01-24

Remotely Killed

6

Remotely Killed
2020-07-26

The End of the Tiny World

7.8

The End of the Tiny World
2021-01-29

Brave: Gunjyou Senki

6.8

Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021-03-12

7.3

Ichikei's Crow
2021-04-05

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

9

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021-01-29

Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again.

7.5

Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again.
2016-05-06

Kiss that Kills: Parallel

8.1

Kiss that Kills: Parallel
2018-01-07

8.2

ONE PIECE
2023-08-31

Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories

10

Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories
2015-07-19

House of the Owl

6.8

House of the Owl
2024-04-24

7.9

Fugitive Boys
2017-07-18

Dragons of Wonderhatch

7.6

Dragons of Wonderhatch
2023-12-20

Kiss that Kills

8.267

Kiss that Kills
2018-01-07

To Give a Dream

8.7

To Give a Dream
2015-05-17

Chihayafuru: Connect

8

Chihayafuru: Connect
2018-02-20

8.7

Brass Dreams
2016-07-17

5

Two Homelands
2019-03-23

Our Dearest Sakura

6.3

Our Dearest Sakura
2019-10-09

7.3

Team Astro
2005-08-10

10

Sakura Blooms
2016-03-06

Detective Yugami

8.2

Detective Yugami
2017-10-12

The Kindergarten Detective

10

The Kindergarten Detective
2015-01-16

Hatsumori Bemars

7.4

Hatsumori Bemars
2015-07-10