Mackenyu

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.

Cast

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special

(Shadow Boxer)

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar

(Scar)

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy

(Scar)

Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future

(Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive)

Take a Chance

(Masa)

Tokyo Ghoul 'S'

(Souta)

The Noise

(Special Instructor's Son)

Mission Commander Ayaka Goma

(Tatsuya Suzuki)

Two Homelands

(Amoh Isamu)

Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro

(Yashiki's friend)

Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder

(Nomura Yusaku)

Chihayafuru: Part II

(Arata Wataya)

Chihayafuru: Part I

(Arata Wataya)

Night's Tightrope

(Makino Hikaru)

Let's Go, Jets!

(Kosuke Yamashita)

Pacific Rim: Uprising

(Ryoichi)

Bitter Sweet

(Atsushi Babazono)

Knights of the Zodiac

(Seiya / The Pegasus Knight)

Peach Girl

(Kazuya Toujigamori)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

(Okuyasu Nijimura)

IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE

(Asao Momose)

Chihayafuru: Part III

(Arata Wataya)

Code Blue: The Movie

(Akio Kishida)

Over Drive

(Naozumi Hiyama)

Oyaji

(Numata (Childhood))

12 Suicidal Teens

(Shinjirou)

Tadaima

(George)

NiNoKuni

(Haru (voice))

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

(Enishi Yukishiro)

Kaiji: Final Game

(Minato Hirose)

Our 30-Minute Sessions

(Aki Miyata)

Remotely Killed

(Nomura Yusaku)

The End of the Tiny World

(Makoto)

Brave: Gunjyou Senki

(Aoi Nishino)

Ichikei's Crow

(Ishikura Bunta)

Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later

(Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto)

Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again.

(Shouta)

Kiss that Kills: Parallel

(Takauji Namiki)

ONE PIECE

(Roronoa Zoro)

Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories

(Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive)

House of the Owl

(Ryu Ogami)

Fugitive Boys

(Tetsuto Ichihashi)

Dragons of Wonderhatch

(Akuta)

Kiss that Kills

(Takauji Namiki)

To Give a Dream

(Seiko)

Chihayafuru: Connect

(Wataya Arata)

Brass Dreams

(Kitora Ren)

Two Homelands

(Amoh Isamu)

Our Dearest Sakura

(Aoi Kijima)

Detective Yugami

(Kaitori Kappei)

Sakura Blooms

(Ippei Takemiya)

Team Astro

(Shin-chan)

The Kindergarten Detective

(Kamose Hitoshi)

Hatsumori Bemars

(Sasaki)