Ryōhei Kurosawa (黒澤 良平, Kurosawa Ryōhei, born 23 August 1981), known by the stage name Akira, is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups
Exile and
Exile The Second.
Akira started dancing at the age of 16, at dance club events around the Shizuoka area. He then moved to
Tokyo and went on to find the talent agency Makidai & USA. In December 2004, he debuted as a performer in Rather Unique. In June 2006, he joined the group
Exile as a performer.[1][2]
He began working as an actor in March 2006, appearing in the "No.1 Attack" stage troupe Gumi Honan. Since then, he has acted in a number of TV dramas in Japan, including the 2012 remake of the Great Teacher Onizuka series, which has been broadcast on Fuji TV since July 2012.[3]
In September 2016, was announced that he was joining the group
Exile The Second as a performer.
In June 2019, he announced that he will marry
Lin Chi-ling, a Taiwanese supermodel and actress.[5][6][7] Lin gave birth to a son on 31 January 2022.[8]
Works
TV Drama
Around 40 - Chuumon no Ooi Onnatachi (TBS, April 2008-), role of Tatsuya Ogata
Toomawari no Ame (NTV, 2010-Mar-27 start), role of Yasushi Kikuchi
Tumbling (TBS, 2010-Apr-17 start), role of Yutaka Kashiwagi
Gou - Himetachi no sengoku (NHK, 2011-Jan-09 to 2011-Nov-27), role of Hidekatsu Toyotomi
GTO (Fuji TV, July 2012 - September 2012), role of Eikichi Onizuka