Eiji Akaso

Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二, Akaso Eiji, born 1 March 1994, in Aichi Prefecture[2]) is a Japanese actor and model, known for playing Ryuga Banjou in Kamen Rider Build.

Eiji Akaso
赤楚 衛二
Born (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994
Osaka Prefecture[1]
Other namesMamoru Akaso (former stage name)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2010–present
AgentTristone Entertainment
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
WebsiteOfficial website

He is represented with Tristone Entertainment.

Early life & family

Due to his father's work, Eiji lived in Wisconsin (USA) when he was 1 year old until he turned 4 years old. 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 recently became the president of Nagoya Gakuin University in April 2020. His mother is a piano teacher.[3] His little 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 3 until Junior High School. He graduated from a private high school "Toho High School" in Nagoya. After High School Eiji himself majored in English at the same university, but later dropped out to move to Tokyo.[4]

His desire to become an actor sprouted in the middle school and was also influenced by the habit of his family having a movie night once a month. At the age of 19-20, 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, whether he wants to start after graduation at the age of 23 or now. He made a "now or never" decision and dropped out of university to join Tristone Entertainment.[5]

Biography

He belonged to 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).[6] In 2010, he joined the local idol group "BOYS AND MEN" in Nagoya, working on stage performances and regular appearances of variety shows.[7][lower-alpha 1] 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.[9]

He 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.[10][11][12] 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

TV dramas
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2015High School ChorusSho IshikawaTBS
2016Never Let Me GoTBSepisode 2
Tokyo Women's GuidebookKōheiPrime Video
Watashi ni Unmei no Koi nante arienai tte OmottetaKTVTV movie
2017Frankenstein's LoveNTVepisode 1
Samurai Gourmet[Actor]Netflixepisode 5
Kamen Rider BuildRyuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-ZEX[13]
2018Kamen Rider Zi-ORyuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-ZEXEpisodes 1-2
2019Innocence, Fight Against False ChargesTokudori IsawaNTV
My Husband's WivesHideaki MatsudaNTV, YTV
Hey Teacher, Don't You Know?Kido RiichiMBSLead role
2020Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Kobayashi
Gourmet Detective Goro AkechiNonakaNTVepisode 3
Detective Yuri RintaroShota SatsukiCX, NTVepisode 2
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!Kiyoshi AdachiTXLead role[14]
2021Cold Case Season 3Yōsuke HirayamaWowowepisode 6
Date My DaughterYutoNTV

Films
Year Title Role Ref.
2015Heroine Shikkaku[10]
Tsūgaku Series: Tsūgaku Densha/Tsūgaku TochūKyosuke[15]
2016Scoop!
2017Kyō no Kira-kun
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend RiderRyuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z
2018Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the OneRyuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z/Kamen Rider Build Cross-ZBuild Form
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations ForeverRyuga Banjo/Kamen Rider Cross-Z
2020Love Me, Love Me NotKazuomi Inui[16]
Love Me, Love Me Not: The AnimationA student (cameo voice)[17]
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Kobayashi[18]

Internet dramas
Year Title Role Website Notes Ref.
2015AKB Horror Night: Adrenalin no YoruTV Asahi DougaEpisode 16
2017Tokyo Joshi ZukanKotairaAmazon Prime Video
Kamen Rider AmazonsHiroki NagaseSeason 2[19]

Stage
Years Title Role Ref.
2010–11Straight Drive![6]
2013AsuScanda[20]
2016Kuroko's BasketballRyo Sakurai[10]
Roshutsukurū

Music Video
Years Title Artist Ref.
2019 Masquerade SHE'S [21]
2019 Letter SHE'S [22]
2019 Your Song SHE'S [23]

Radio dramas
Date Title Role Network Ref.
Feb 2017Saturday Drama House Binanshi Gekijō "Ma no tsubuyaki"Ryo OkadaJFN[24]

Advertisements
Year Product Ref.
2016Kao Corporation "Ultra Attack Neo"
2017 DK SELECT "The beginning of living together" [25]

Modelling
Years Title Notes Ref.
2010Imuraya Confectionery "Nikuman Anman"Advertisement model[6]
2011Aoki
2013–Samantha ThavasaMen's model
2020 KANGOL REWARD Collaboration x AM [26][27][28]
2021 A BATHING APE® 2021 SPRING collection Advertisement model [29]
2021 Disney Pixar 'Toy Story' x Yohji Yamamoto Ground Y Advertisement model [30][31]

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 [32][33]

References

Notes
  1. From the latter half of 2011, he said that he was "on holiday" on the official website,[8] and later withdrew. There was no official announcement on his withdrawal.

Sources
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  2. "赤楚衛二". Tristone Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. Akaso, Eiji (2020). 1st Photobook "A". Japan: Wanibooks (2020/11/28). ISBN 978-4847083334.
  4. A : akaso eiji 1st PHOTO BOOK. Tōkyō: Wanibukkusu. 2020. ISBN 978-4-8470-8333-4. OCLC 1224489903.
  5. Nikkei, BP (2021). Nikkei Trendy February 2021 (Japanese) Magazine – 2021/1/4. Japan: Nikkei BP (2021/1/4). pp. 156–159. ISBN 4910171010219 Check |isbn= value: invalid prefix (help).
  6. "赤楚衛" (in Japanese). Form Japan. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  7. "スタッフより出演情報". Boys and Men official blog (in Japanese). 18 Mar 2011. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  8. "BOYS AND MEN メンバー". Boys and Men Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
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  10. "CAST > 桜井良 役 赤楚衛二". Stage 'Kuroko's Basketball' official site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  11. "サマンサタバサ メンズモデルオーディション 初代キング of キング決定!" (in Japanese). Samantha Thavasa Japan Limited. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  12. "クランクイン！ - エンタメの「今」がわかる 映画＆エンタメニュース". クランクイン！- エンタメの「今」がわかる 映画＆エンタメニュースサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  13. "新番組「仮面ライダービルド」ジュノンボーイ犬飼貴丈やアマゾンズ赤楚衛二が出演". Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha Corporation. 2 Aug 2017. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  14. "Eiji Akaso & Keita Machida berperan dalam Drama TV Tokyo "30sai made Dotei dato Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii"". Kurisu (in Indonesian). Gwigwi.com. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  15. "赤楚衛二 のプロフィール" (in Japanese). allcinema. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  16. "浜辺美波、北村匠海、福本莉子、赤楚衛二が共演「思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ」映画化". Natalie. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  17. "浜辺美波＆北村匠海らが声優としてアニメ版にカメオ出演！『ふりふら』". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  18. "浜辺美波、板垣瑞生、桜田ひより、赤楚衛二…注目の若手俳優4人が実写版『映像研』に参戦！". Movie Walker. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  19. "仮面ライダーアマゾンズ シーズン2 Episode2 ORPHANS" (in Japanese). Toei (TV). 14 Jul 2017. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  20. "加藤沙耶香がラブシーンに挑戦! アクトステージ第4弾公演 舞台「ASU」が8月8日より上演!". GirlsNews (in Japanese). 1 Aug 2013. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  21. "SHE'S - Masquerade【MV】 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  22. "SHE'S - Letter【MV】 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  23. "SHE'S - Your Song 【MV】 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  24. "サタデードラマハウス - JFN PARK" (in Japanese). Japan FM Network. 3 Feb 2017. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
  25. "Akaso Eiji & Ayako Yoshitani - The beginning of living together - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  26. "赤楚衛二 × KANGOL REWARD Collaboration - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  27. "赤楚衛二×KANGOL REWARDコラボ トレーナー". kangolreward.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  28. "赤楚衛二×KANGOL REWARD コラボパーカー". kangolreward.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  29. Akaso Eiji, & Rikako Sasaki (2021). BAPE: A BATHING APE® 2021 SPRING COLLECTION. Japan: Takarajimasha. ISBN 978-4299011855.
  30. "Yohji Yamamoto Ground Y's Latest Capsule Utilizes "Unfinished" 'Toy Story' Sketches". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  31. "Ground Yのディズニー＆ピクサー映画『トイ・ストーリー』コートやスウェット、フーディーなど". www.fashion-press.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  32. "赤楚衛二、授賞式後に中国語を披露!「役者やっていてよかった」喜びも語る". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  33. "「チェリまほ」赤楚衛二、"話題俳優賞"受賞に感慨 ファンからの印象深い言葉明かす＜WEIBO Account Festival in Tokyo 2020＞ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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