Akira | |
|---|---|
 Exile Akira in 2020 | |
| Born | Ryōhei Kurosawa 23 August 1981 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Agent | LDH |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Ryōhei Kurosawa (黒澤 良平, Kurosawa Ryōhei, born 23 August 1981), known by the stage name Akira, is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second.
| Name | Period of Time | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Exile | 2006 - | |
| Exile The Second | 2016 - | |
| Rag Pound | unknown |
Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He moved to Iwata, Shizuoka, at the age of three.[citation needed]
Akira started dancing at the age of 16, at dance club events around the Shizuoka area. He then moved to Tokyo and went on to find the talent agency Makidai & USA. In December 2004, he debuted as a performer in Rather Unique. In June 2006, he joined the group Exile as a performer.[1][2]
He began working as an actor in March 2006, appearing in the "No.1 Attack" stage troupe Gumi Honan. Since then, he has acted in a number of TV dramas in Japan, including the 2012 remake of the Great Teacher Onizuka series, which has been broadcast on Fuji TV since July 2012.[3]
In 2015, Akira provided the voice of Mad Max in the Japanese dub of the film Mad Max: Fury Road.[4]
In September 2016, was announced that he was joining the group Exile The Second as a performer.
In June 2019, he announced that he will marry Lin Chi-ling, a Taiwanese supermodel and actress.[5][6][7] Lin gave birth to a son on 31 January 2022.[8]
