is a Japanese Actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and singer, who was born in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Career

He began his career as a baby model at under one year of age. He also played Marius in the Japanese TOHO production of Les Misérables and appears on the 2003 "green" cast recording. His first major role was in 2004 in Shinsengumi!

Shinsengumi!

is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about shinsengumi, the Japanese special police from the Shogun period....

 as Hijikata Toshizō

Hijikata Toshizo

was the vice-commander of Shinsengumi, a great swordsman and a talented Japanese military leader who resisted the Meiji Restoration.-Background:...

, a role he reprised for the 2006 sequel. This sequel portrays the last day of Hijikata Toshizō

Hijikata Toshizo

was the vice-commander of Shinsengumi, a great swordsman and a talented Japanese military leader who resisted the Meiji Restoration.-Background:...

, Vice Commander of Shinsengumi.

Filmography -

2004 - Shinsengumi! (Hijikata Toshizo)

2006 - Shinsengumi!: Hijikata Toshizo Saigo no Ichinichi (Hijikata Toshizo)

2007 - Yumejyuya (Natsume Souseki)

2008 - The Majic Hour

2010 - Higanjima (Miyabi)