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Mackenyu

1996 - Today

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Mackenyu 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 younger half-brother of actress Juri Manase. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Mackenyu is the 6,855th most popular actor (down from 3,379th in 2024), the 10,603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,090th in 2019) and the 3,156th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mackenyu ranks 6,855 out of 13,578. Before him are Ben Platt, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jack Wagner, Kseniya Rappoport, Lee Eun-ju, and Bill Erwin. After him are Marie Doro, Lília Cabral, Rolando Villazón, Michael O'Hare, Mark Lenard, and Byron Mann.

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Among people born in 1996, Mackenyu ranks 71. Before him are Julian Brandt, Faker, Mabel, María Pedraza, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, and Davinson Sánchez. After him are Paul Mescal, Caeleb Dressel, Abigail Breslin, Brianna Hildebrand, Alen Halilović, and Courtney Eaton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mackenyu ranks 10,605 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry Branstad (1946), Jeannie Pepper (1958), Sonny Perdue (1946), Caroline Polachek (1985), Randy Pausch (1960), and Elena Kagan (1960). After him are Marie Doro (1882), Steve Cherundolo (1979), Michael O'Hare (1952), George Ariyoshi (1926), Clarence White (1944), and Howard Baker (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mackenyu ranks 3,157. Before him are Susan Dey (1952), Carré Otis (1968), Patricia Belcher (1954), Ben Platt (1993), Jack Wagner (1959), and Bill Erwin (1914). After him are Marie Doro (1882), Michael O'Hare (1952), Mark Lenard (1924), Reg E. Cathey (1958), Lois Wilson (1894), and Noble Johnson (1881).

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