Mackenyu Arata

Mackenyu Arata

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayNov 16, 1996
BiographyMackenyu Maeda (前田 真剣佑, Maeda Makken'yū, born November 16, 1996), known professionally as Mackenyu Arata (Japanese: 新田 真剣佑, Hepburn: Arata Makken'yū) or simply Mackenyu (真剣佑, Makken'yū), is a Japanese actor. He rose to fame after portraying Arata Wataya in the Chihayafuru live-action trilogy in 2016, which earned him the 40th Japan Academy Newcomers of the Year Award in 2017. He has since portrayed characters in many other adaptations of popular manga series, including Okuyasu Nijimura in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), Sōta in Tokyo Ghoul S (2019), Yukishiro Enishi in Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021), Pegasus Seiya in Knights of the Zodiac, and Roronoa Zoro in the Netflix series One Piece (both 2023).

Mackenyu is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba, the older brother of actor Gordon Maeda, and the half-brother of actress Juri Manase.

Biography from the Wikipedia article Mackenyu. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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