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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1996
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- あらた まっけんゆう
- 真剣佑
- Mackenyu Arata
- Mackenyu Maeda
- Macken
- 아라타 마켄유
- แมกเคนยู
- ماكينيو
- Маккэнъю Арата
- 新田 真剣佑
- 前田真剣佑
- ماکنیو
Mackenyu
2.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.8
Ryu Ogami
House of the Owl
2024
7.3
Akuta
Dragons of Wonderhatch
2023
8.2
Roronoa Zoro
ONE PIECE
2023
6.4
Seiya / The Pegasus Knight
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
6.3
Scar
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
2022
6.6
Scar
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
2022
7.7
Enishi Yukishiro
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
7.3
Ishikura Bunta
Ichikei's Crow
2021
6.8
Aoi Nishino
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021
9.0
Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021
Credits
House of the Owl
as Ryu Ogami
2024
6.8
Dragons of Wonderhatch
as Akuta
2023
7.3
ONE PIECE
as Roronoa Zoro
2023
8.2
Knights of the Zodiac
as Seiya / The Pegasus Knight
2023
6.4
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
as Scar
2022
6.3
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
as Scar
2022
6.6
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Enishi Yukishiro
2021
7.7
Ichikei's Crow
as Ishikura Bunta
2021
7.3
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Aoi Nishino
2021
6.8
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
as Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto
2021
9.0
The End of the Tiny World
as Makoto
2021
7.8
Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
as Yashiki's friend
2020
8.0
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
as Nomura Yusaku
2020
10.0
Remotely Killed
as Nomura Yusaku
2020
6.3
Our 30-Minute Sessions
as Aki Miyata
2020
7.6
Kaiji: Final Game
as Minato Hirose
2020
6.8
Our Dearest Sakura
as Aoi Kijima
2019
6.3
NiNoKuni
as Haru (voice)
2019
6.5
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
as Souta
2019
6.6
Two Homelands
as Amoh Isamu
2019
5.0
12 Suicidal Teens
as Shinjirou
2019
6.4
Code Blue: The Movie
as Akio Kishida
2018
6.7
Over Drive
as Naozumi Hiyama
2018
6.6
Pacific Rim: Uprising
as Ryoichi
2018
6.1
Chihayafuru: Part III
as Arata Wataya
2018
8.4
Chihayafuru: Connect
as Wataya Arata
2018
8.0
IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
as Asao Momose
2018
7.1
Kiss that Kills
as 并树尊氏
2018
8.4
Kiss that Kills: Parallel
as Takauji Namiki
2018
7.9
Detective Yugami
as Kaitori Kappei
2017
8.2
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
as Okuyasu Nijimura
2017
6.6
Fugitive Boys
as Tetsuto Ichihashi
2017
7.7
Peach Girl
as Kazuya Toujigamori
2017
7.0
Let's Go, Jets!
as Kosuke Yamashita
2017
7.3
Mission Commander Ayaka Goma
as Tatsuya Suzuki
2016
10.0
Night's Tightrope
as Makino Hikaru
2016
6.9
Bitter Sweet
as Atsushi Babazono
2016
6.0
Brass Dreams
as Kitora Ren
2016
8.8
Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again
as Shouta
2016
7.5
Chihayafuru: Part II
as Arata Wataya
2016
7.7
Chihayafuru: Part I
as Arata Wataya
2016
7.1
Sakura Blooms
as Ippei Takemiya
2016
10.0
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
as Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive
2015
7.7
Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories
as Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive
2015
10.0
Hatsumori Bemars
as Sasaki
2015
7.4
Take a Chance
as Masa
2015
10.0
The Noise
as Special Instructor's Son
2015
10.0
To Give a Dream
as Seiko
2015
8.8
The Kindergarten Detective
as Kamose Hitoshi
2015
10.0
Tadaima
as George
2015
10.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
as Shadow Boxer
2014
10.0
Oyaji
as Numata (Childhood)
2007
10.0
Team Astro
as Shin-chan
2005
7.3