Eiji Akaso
赤楚 衛二
Born (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30)
Osaka Prefecture[1]
Other namesMamoru Akaso (former stage name)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2010–present
AgentTristone Entertainment
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Websitewww.tristone.co.jp/actors/akaso/

Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二, Akaso Eiji, born 1 March 1994, in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and model, known for playing Ryuga Banjou in Kamen Rider Build. He is represented by Tristone Entertainment.

Early life and education

Due to his father's work, Eiji lived in Wisconsin (USA) at ages one to four. 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 became the president of Nagoya Gakuin University in April 2020. His mother is a piano teacher.[2]

Eiji's younger 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 three until Junior High School. He graduated from Toho High School, a private school, in Nagoya. After high school, Eiji majored in English at the same university, but later dropped out to move to Tokyo.[3] His desire to become an actor sprouted in middle school and was also influenced by the habit of his family of having a movie night once a month. At the age of 19 or 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 either to start then or after graduation at the age of 23. He made a "now or never" decision and dropped out of university to join Tristone Entertainment.[4]

Career

Eiji was affiliated with 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).[5] In 2010, he joined the local idol group "BOYS AND MEN" in Nagoya, working on stage performances and regular appearances of variety shows.[6][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.[8]

Eiji 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.[9][10][11] 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

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2015 High School Chorus Sho Ishikawa TBS
AKB Horror Night: Adrenalin no Yoru TV Asahi Douga Episode 16
2016 Never Let Me Go TBS Episode 2
Tokyo Women's Guidebook Kōhei Amazon Prime Video [12]
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 Amazons Hiroki Nagase Amazon Prime Video Season 2 [13]
2017–18 Kamen Rider Build Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z TV Asahi Lead role [14]
2018 Kamen Rider Zi-O Ryuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z TV Asahi 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 MBS
Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi Nonaka NTV Episode 3
Detective Yuri Rintaro Shota Satsuki Fuji TV, KTV Episode 2
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Kiyoshi Adachi TV Tokyo Lead role [15]
2021 Cold Case Season 3 Yōsuke Hirayama Wowow Episode 6
Date My Daughter Yuto NTV [16]
Super Rich Yu Haruno Fuji TV [17]
2022 Hiru Yūki Shinomiya Wowow Lead role [18]
Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me? Ao Ōba TBS [19]
2022–23 Maiagare! Takashi Umezu NHK Asadora [20]
2023 Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero Junji Urihara Fuji TV [21]
Pending Train [ja] Yūto Shirahama TBS [22]
Turn to Me Mukai-kun Satoru Mukai NTV Lead role [23]

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 No Longer Heroine [9]
Tsūgaku Series: Tsūgaku Densha/Tsūgaku Tochū Kyosuke [24]
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 [25]
Love Me, Love Me Not: The Animation A student (voice) Cameo [26]
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Kobayashi [27]
2021 The Great Yokai War: Guardians Amanojaku [28]
2022 The Sunday Runoff Yūki Iwabuchi [29]
Cherry Magic! the Movie Kiyoshi Adachi Lead role [30]
2023 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Akira Tendo Lead role [31]
2024 What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? Sakamoto Ryōma [32]
6 Lying University Students Shogo Hatano [33]

Stage

Years Title Role Ref.
2010–11 Straight Drive! [5]
2013 Asu Scanda [34]
2016 Kuroko's Basketball Ryo Sakurai [9]
Roshutsukurū

Music video

Years Title Artist Ref.
2019 Masquerade SHE'S [35]
2019 Letter SHE'S [36]
2019 Your Song SHE'S [37]

Radio dramas

Date Title Role Network Ref.
Feb 2017 Saturday Drama House Binanshi Gekijō "Ma no tsubuyaki" Ryo Okada JFN [38]

Advertisements

Year Product Ref.
2016 Kao Corporation "Ultra Attack Neo"
2017 DK SELECT "The beginning of living together" [39]

Modelling

Years Title Notes Ref.
2010 Imuraya Confectionery "Nikuman Anman" Advertisement model [5]
2011 Aoki
2013– Samantha Thavasa Men's model
2020 KANGOL REWARD Collaboration x AM [40][41][42]
2021 A BATHING APE® 2021 SPRING collection Advertisement model [43]
2021 Disney Pixar 'Toy Story' x Yohji Yamamoto Ground Y Advertisement model [44][45]

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 [46][47]
2021 LINE NEWS AWARDS 2021 Next News Award Actor Category Won [48][49]

References

Notes

  1. ^ From the latter half of 2011, he said that he was "on holiday" on the official website,[7] and later withdrew. There was no official announcement on his withdrawal.

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