Best Japanese Actor Under 30

Periwinkle Feb 13, 2022

14 People 2 Loves 12 Voters Report

1. Yokohama Ryusei

Japanese

690 points by 7 voters

Yokohama Ryusei is a Japanese actor and model who is affiliated with Stardust Promotion. He is best known for playing the role of Hikari Nonomura in the 2014 Super Sentai TV series ...more
2. Nakagawa Taishi

Japanese

584 points by 6 voters

Nakagawa Taishi is a Japanese actor, host, and model. He is best known for his leading role as Yuiji Kira in the live action “Closest Love to Heaven”, and as Tenma Hase ...more
3. Michieda Shunsuke

Japanese

485 points by 5 voters

Michieda Shunsuke is a Japanese idol and member of the Kansai Johnny's group, Naniwa Danshi, which debuted on November 12, 2021. He is managed by Johnny & Associates. He was born in ...more
4. Nagao Kento

Japanese

476 points by 5 voters

Nagao Kento is a member of Japanese boy band Naniwa Danshi formed by Johnny & Associates. It consists of 7 members who primarily come from the Kansai region. The group's official debut ...more
5. Itagaki Mizuki

Japanese

379 points by 4 voters

Itagaki Mizuki is a Japanese actor, singer and fashion model born in Tokyo, Japan. He is a former member of the idol boy band M!LK and is affiliated with Stardust Promotion. At ...more
6. Mackenyu

American

374 points by 4 voters

Mackenyu Maeda, known simply as Mackenyu, is a Japanese-American actor born in Los Angeles and is the son of a famous Japanese actor, producer, director, and martial artist Sonny Chiba. He attended ...more
7. Nakayama Yuma

Japanese

371 points by 4 voters

Nakayama was born January 13, 1994 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Nakayama Yuma is a singer and actor from the Japanese male idols agency Johnny's Entertainment. He released a the song "Akuma na ...more
8. Yamazaki Kento

Japanese

293 points by 3 voters

Yamazaki Kento is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted in the year 2010 and is under the Japanese talent agency Stardust Promotion. His first modeling offer came during his third year ...more
9. Sugino Yosuke

Japanese

283 points by 3 voters

Sugino Yosuke is a Japanese actor under Topcoat Group. Born on September 18, 1995, from Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
10. Yoshizawa Ryo

Japanese

282 points by 3 voters

Ryo Yoshizawa is a Japanese actor from Tokyo represented by Amuse. He was signed by the agency after winning Right On award at the Amuse National Audition 2009, for which his mother ...more
11. Yutaro

Japanese

277 points by 3 voters

Goto Yutaro, also known by the mononym Yutaro, is a Japanese actor and model managed by Asobi System. He was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He made his acting debut in 2018 ...more
12. Kitamura Takumi

Japanese

272 points by 3 voters

Kitamura Takumi is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. He is the leader of a pop-rock Japanese band named DISH// and is represented by Stardust Promotions. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kitamura ...more
13. Narita Ryo

Japanese

181 points by 2 voters

Narita Ryo is a Japanese actor and model. He is represented with Sony Music Artists. He started his career as a model for Men's Non-no. He starred in the drama film "Flashback".
14. Maeda Kentaro

Japanese

100 points by 1 voters

Maeda Kentaro is a Japanese actor born in Saitama, Japan. In 2018, while enrolled in Dokkyo University, he applied for the Junon Superboy Contest and won BEST 30, but didn't make it ...more