EXILE AKIRA
- BIRTHDAY
- 8.23
- BLOOD TYPE
- A
- CITY
- Shizuoka
- HEIGHT
- 185cm
- WEIGHT
- 76kg
PROFILE
On June 6, 2006, he officially joined EXILE as a performer.
In 2008, he made his drama debut in TBS's "Around 40 ~Chuumon no Ooi Onna-tachi~" and his movie debut in "Hana Yori Dango Final".
In 2009, he got Rookie of the Year award of the 19th Japan Movie Critics Award for his first ever lead role in the movie "Be Sure to Share".
He made his name known in the Asian film industry through his appearance in the movie "Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen", which was directed by Andrew Lau and shown in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in 2010, and in Japan in 2011.
In 2012, he played the main role of Eikichi Onizuka in the Kansai TV/Fuji TV's drama "GTO".
In 2015, he had his first experience with dubbing for the movie "Mad Max: Fury Road".
In October of the same year, he appeared in NTV's drama "HiGH & LOW THE STORY OF S.W.O.R.D.".
In September 2016, he officially joined EXILE THE SECOND.
In 2017, he appeared in Martin Scorsese's Hollywood movie "Silence".
In 2018, he was chosen as the face of the spring 2018 campaign for "MADE TO MEASURE" & "WATCH COLLECTION" of "RALPH LAUREN PURPLE LABEL".
In May of the same year, he served as the narrator in the Japanese version of the documentary film "MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI" documenting Toshiro Mifune's life.
In August of the same year, he released his first autobiography "THE FOOL Gusha no Tamashii".
In January 2019, the movie "This Old Road -KONOMICHI-" co-starring Nao Omori and AKIRA was released.
In February of the same year, he released a video work "THE FOOL MOVIE ~Raw to Refined~" for which he served as a director, planner, producer, editor and actor.
In November of the same year, "Beautiful" from the 3rd installment of "CINEMA FIGHTERS project" featuring AKIRA and directed by Takashi Miike was released.
Moreover, he was also appointed as the first Asian global ambassador and model of "Ralph Lauren Purple Label" Fall/Winter 2019 Collection.
In December 2019, he released the second work of "THE FOOL PROJECT MOVIE" titled "THE FOOL MOVIE 2 ~THE FOOLS~".
In 2020, he was appointed as the global ambassador and commercial model of Ralph Lauren "Purple Label Eau de Toilette".
In February 2021, he became the model of the bottled drinks of Taiwan's brand "Ochaen" and appeared in the commercial.
In March of the same year, he was appointed as the "W Osaka brand ambassador" of W Osaka, the first "W" hotel in Japan.
In October, he became the new model of the brand "Beauty Spa Dandy House" run by the Miss Paris Group.
In June 2022, the movie "Touge: The Last Samurai" will hit the big screen. He carries out activities not only in Japan but also around the world.
WORKS
Movie
2022.06.17"Touge: The Last Samurai" ~To be released~
2019.11.08That Moment, My Heart Cried -CINEMA FIGHTERS project- "Beautiful" (Director: Takashi Miike)
2019.01.11"KONOMICHI" (as Kosaku Yamada)
2018.01.26CINEMA FIGHTERS "Sense of Sentiment" (as Meister)
2017.11.11Appearance in "HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 3 / FINAL MISSION" (as Kohaku)
2017.08.19Appearance in "HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 2 / END OF SKY" (as Kohaku)
2017.05.20Appearance in "TATARA SAMURAI"
(as Shinnosuke Amago)
2017.01.21Appearance in Martin Scorsese's movie "Silence"
2016.10.08Appearance in "HiGH & LOW THE RED RAIN"
(as Kohaku)
2016.07.16Appearance in "HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE"
(as Kohaku)
2016.05.07Appearance in the compilation drama entitled "ROAD TO HiGH & LOW" screened for a limited period of two weeks (as Kohaku)
2015.09.05"UNFAIR -the end-" (as Masaomi Takebe)
2015.06.20Dubbing for the lead character Max [Tom Hardy] in "Mad Max: Fury Road"
2013.02.23"A Chair on the Plains" (as Kagiyama)
2012.11.17"Working Holiday" (as Yamato Okita)
*Official Selection of the Feature Program "Peace Category"at the 4th Okinawa International Movie Festival
2010.10.09"Hanjiro" (as Yaichiro Nagayama)
2010.09Chinese movie "Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen"
*Official Selection of the Out of Competition Category at the 67th Venice International Film Festival
2009.08.22"Be Sure To Share" (as Shiro Kita)
*Rookie of the Year award of the 19th Japan Movie Critics Award
*Official Selection at the 9th New York Asian Film Festival & the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival
2009.08.01"Yamagata Scream" (as Santaro)
2008.06.28"Boys Over Flowers Final" (as Sammy)
Drama
2017.12Appearance in episode 9 of Fuji TV's "Detective Yugami"
2016.04~06Appearance in NTV "HiGH & LOW -Season 2-"
2015.10~12Appearance in NTV "HiGH & LOW THE STORY OF S.W.O.R.D."
2015.07~09Lead role in Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama "HEAT"
2014.07~09Lead role in Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama "GTO"
2014.03.22~Lead role in Kansai TV/GTV General Channel (Taiwan) drama "GTO TAIWAN"
2013.10~12Lead role in Fuji TV "Honey Trap"
2013.04.02Lead role in Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama "GTO Kanketsuhen ~Saraba Onizuka! Sotsugyou Special"
2013.01~03Appearance in Fuji TV Monday night 9:00 drama "Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files"
2013.01.02Lead role in Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama "GTO Shougatsu Special! Fuyuyasumi mo Nekketsu Jugyouda"
2012.10.22Lead role in Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama "GTO Aki mo Oniabare Special"
2012.07~09Lead role in Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama "GTO"
2011.07Appearance in episode 1 of YTV's "Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge"
2011.05Appearance in NHK Period Drama "Gou ~Himetachi No Sengoku~"
2010.04~06Appearance in TBS "Tumbling"
2010.03.27Appearance in NTV Taichi Yamada drama special "Toomawari no Ame"
2008.04~06Appearance in TBS "Around 40 ~Chuumon no Ooi Onna-tachi~"
CM
2021.10.04~Miss Paris Group "Beauty Spa Dandy House"
2021.02~【Taiwan】 Bottled drinks' brand "Ochaen"
Advertisement
2021.10.04~Miss Paris Group "Beauty Spa Dandy House"
2021.03.16~"W Osaka brand ambassador" of the hotel brand "W"
2021.02~【Taiwan】 Bottled drinks' brand "Ochaen"
2020.09.01~Global ambassador and commercial model of Ralph Lauren "Purple Label Eau de Toilette"
2019.11.01~Global ambassador and model of "Ralph Lauren Purple Label" Fall/Winter 2019 Collection
2018~Promotion model of the 2018 spring campaign for "Ralph Lauren Purple Label", "Made To Measure" and "Watch Collection"
Stage
2011.08.08~08.31GEKIDAN EXILE W-IMPACT "Red Cliff -Ai-"
2009.10.29~11.11GEKIDAN EXILE "Words ~Yakusoku/Uragiri~ Subete, Ushinawareshi Mono No Tame..."
2007.09.20~10.08GEKIDAN EXILE "Taiyou ni Yakarete"
Books
2018.08.23【Book】"THE FOOL Gusha no Tamashii" (autobiography)
2017.06.06【Commemorative Book】THE MAN OF EXILE AKIRA 2006-2016 (10th Debut Anniversary Celebration Book)
2014.09.22【Photo Book】AKIRA LA
Video Works
2019.12.18【ORIGINAL DVD】 "THE FOOL MOVIE 2 ~THE FOOLS~"
2019.02.06【ORIGINAL DVD】"THE FOOL MOVIE ~Raw to Refined~"
Others
2018.09Photo Exhibition "THE FOOL PHOTO ART GALLERY" (Matsushita IMP Hall, Osaka)
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