Mackenyu

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 Mackenyu, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba. Mackenyu 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 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017), Tokyo Ghoul S (2019), the villain Yukishiro Enishi in Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021), and the protagonist Pegasus Seiya in Knights of the Zodiac (2023).