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Mackenyu Arata Profile and Facts

Mackenyu Arata Profile and Facts; Mackenyu Arata’s Ideal Type

Mackenyu Arata (新田真剣佑) also known as Mackenyu Maeda or Mackenyu, is a Japanese-American actor under TOP COAT (Japan) & Asian Cinema Entertainment (USA)

Stage Name: Mackenyu Arata (新田真剣佑)
Birth Name: Mackenyu Maeda (前田真剣佑)
Birthday: November 16, 1996
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Japanese-American
Height: 176~178 cm (5’9″~5’10”)
Blood Type: B
Twitter: @Mackenyu1116
Instagram: @mackenyu1116

Mackenyu Arata Facts:
– Birthplace: Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, USA.
– He is the son of Japanese actor/director/producer and martial arts artist Sonny Chiba.
– His father sadly passed away reportedly from complications of COVID-19 on August 19th, 2021.
– His parents divorced in 2015.
– He has an older half-sister (through his father) actress Juri Manase and a younger brother Gordon Maeda.
– Education: Beverly Hills High School (Advanced Placement Program Attendance)
– While growing up he appeared in a few movies and television shows while devoting most of his time to his studies and graduation.
– He speaks Japanese and English.
– He began pursuing full-time acting in 2013.
– His uncle is Japanese actor Jiro Yabuki.
– He knows karate and how to play the piano. He also used to wrestle.
– He used to take horse-riding lessons and practice them occasionally ever since he was seven years old.
– On March 14, 2016, Japan’s AM interviewed and featured him on the front cover of their magazine.
– He’s good friends with EXO, especially Chanyeol.
– Again in 2016, he made his stage debut in the musical adaption of popular televison show ‘Boys Over Flowers’.
– In 2018, he became the brand ambassador for Japanese men’s grooming brand GATSBY. He took part in the commercial ‘GATSBY Cop’ together with fellow Japanese actor Yūya Yagira.
– In January 2023, Mackenyu announced his marriage to a non celebrity. Although the identity of his spouse is not publically confirmed, it’s rumored that he married Japanese former model and actress, Natsuki Okamoto. The pair also reportedly have welcomed a child together too.
Mackenyu Arata ideal type: “N/A”

Mackenyu Arata Movies:
Knights of the Zodiac | 2023 – Pegasus Seiya
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy | 2022 – Scar
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar | 2022 – Scar
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | 2021 – Yukishiro Enishi
The Master Plan | 2021 – Makoto
Brave: Gunjō Senki | 2021 – Aoi Nishino
Our 30 Minute Sessions | 2020 – Aki Miyata 
Kaiji: The Final Game | 2020 – Hirose
Ni no Kuni | 2019 – Haru (voice)
Tokyo Ghoul S | 2019 – Sōta
12 Suicidal Teens  | 2019 – Shinjirō
Code Blue The Movie | 2018 – Akio Kishida
Impossibility Defense | 2018 – Asao Momose
Over Drive | 2018 – Naozumi Hiyama
Chihayafuru Part 3 | 2018 – Arata Wataya
Pacific Rim: Uprising | 2018 – Cadet Ryoichi
Peach Girl | 2017 – Toji
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Chapter I | 2017 – Okuyasu Nijimura
Let’s Go, Jets! | 2017 – Kôsuke Yamashita
Bittersweet | 2016 – Atsushi Babazono
Night’s Tightrope | 2016 – Hikaru Makise
Chihayafuru Part 1 & 2 | 2016 – Arata Wataya 
Take a Chance | 2015 – Masa
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future | 2015 – Eiji Tomari/Kamen Rider Dark Drive
Tadaima | 2015 – George

Mackenyu Arata Television Roles:
One Piece | 2023 – Roronoa Zoro
Ichikei’s Crow: The Criminal Court Judges | 2021 – Bunta Ishikura
The End of the Tiny World: Half A Year Later | 2021 – Makoto
Remote de Korosareru | 2020 – Nomura Yusaku
Our Dearest Sakura | 2019 – Aoi Kijima
Two Homelands | 2019 – Yu Amaha (TV movie)
Todome no Kiss 
| 2018 – Takauji Namiki
Fugitive Boys | 2017 – Tetsuto Ichihashi
ZAPS, Inc. 
| 2017 – Frankie
When the Cherry Blossom Blooms | 2016 – Ippei Takemiya
I’ll Probably Fall In Love With You Again Tomorrow | 2016 – Shota
Graduation | 2016 – Ren Kitora
The Hatsumori Bemars | 2015 – Sasaki (episode 6)
Kamen Ride Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 
| 2015 – Eiji Tomari
Yume wo ataeru | 2015 – Masaaki
The Kindergarten Detective 
| 2015 – Hitoshi Kamose
Fall Special | 2014 – N/A
Buzz (So-On: The Five Oyaji) 
| 2014 – N/A
Oyaji | 2007 – Numata
Team Astro | 2005 – Shin

Mackenyu Arata Awards:
2015 Asians On Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor (“Tadaima”)
2017 40th Japan Academy Prize 
| Newcomer of the Year (“Chihayafuru”)

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