1996-11-16 ( 28 years old ) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Movies
Knights of the Zodiac
2023-04-27
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
2022-06-24
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
2022-05-20
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021-04-23
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021-03-12
The End of the Tiny World
2021-01-29
Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
2020-10-30
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
2020-07-26
Remotely Killed
2020-07-26
Our 30-Minute Sessions
2020-01-24
Kaiji: Final Game
2020-01-10
NiNoKuni
2019-08-23
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
2019-07-19
12 Suicidal Teens
2019-01-25
Code Blue: The Movie
2018-07-27
Over Drive
2018-06-01
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018-03-21
Chihayafuru: Part III
2018-03-17
IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
2018-02-01
Peach Girl
2017-05-20
Let's Go, Jets!
2017-03-11
Mission Commander Ayaka Goma
2016-10-22
Night's Tightrope
2016-10-08
Bitter Sweet
2016-09-10
Chihayafuru: Part II
2016-04-29
Chihayafuru: Part I
2016-03-19
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
2015-08-08
Take a Chance
2015-06-29
The Noise
2015-05-23
Tadaima
2015-01-01
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014-10-18
Oyaji
2007-08-25
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