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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.

Known For

0.0

What a Trip

2025

8.0

Kojiro Togo

The 19th Medical Chart

2025

9.5

Arata Wataya

Chihayafuru: Full Circle

2025

5.9

Self

Netflix Tudum 2025

2025

6.3

Ryu Ogami

House of the Owl

2024

7.4

Akuta

Dragons of Wonderhatch

2023

8.1

Roronoa Zoro

ONE PIECE

2023

6.3

Seiya / The Pegasus Knight

Knights of the Zodiac

2023

6.3

Scar

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy

2022

6.5

Scar

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar

2022

Credits

What a Trip

2025

0.0

The 19th Medical Chart

as Kojiro Togo

2025

8.0

Chihayafuru: Full Circle

as Arata Wataya

2025

9.5

Netflix Tudum 2025

as Self

2025

5.9

House of the Owl

as Ryu Ogami

2024

6.3

Dragons of Wonderhatch

as Akuta

2023

7.4

ONE PIECE

as Roronoa Zoro

2023

8.1

Knights of the Zodiac

as Seiya / The Pegasus Knight

2023

6.3

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy

as Scar

2022

6.3

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar

as Scar

2022

6.5

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

as Enishi Yukishiro

2021

7.7

Ichikei's Crow

as Ishikura Bunta

2021

7.3

Brave: Gunjyou Senki

as Aoi Nishino

2021

6.8

The End of the Tiny World

as Makoto

2021

7.8

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

as Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto

2021

9.0

Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro

as Yashiki's friend

2020

7.7

Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder

as Nomura Yusaku

2020

10.0

Remotely Killed

as Nomura Yusaku

2020

5.6

Our 30-Minute Sessions

as Aki Miyata

2020

7.5

Kaiji: Final Game

as Minato Hirose

2020

7.0

Our Dearest Sakura

as Aoi Kijima

2019

6.3

NiNoKuni

as Haru (voice)

2019

6.6

Tokyo Ghoul 'S'

as Souta

2019

6.6

Two Homelands

as Amoh Isamu

2019

5.0

12 Suicidal Teens

as Shinjirou

2019

6.4

Code Blue: The Movie

as Akio Kishida

2018

6.7

Over Drive

as Naozumi Hiyama

2018

6.6

Pacific Rim: Uprising

as Ryoichi

2018

6.1

Chihayafuru: Part III

as Arata Wataya

2018

8.4

Chihayafuru: Connect

as Wataya Arata

2018

8.0

Impossibility Defense

as Asao Momose

2018

7.1

Kiss that Kills

as Takauji Namiki

2018

8.3

Kiss that Kills: Parallel

as Takauji Namiki

2018

7.9

Detective Yugami

as Kaitori Kappei

2017

8.2

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

as Okuyasu Nijimura

2017

6.6

Fugitive Boys

as Tetsuto Ichihashi

2017

7.7

Peach Girl

as Kazuya Toujigamori

2017

7.0

Let's Go, Jets!

as Kosuke Yamashita

2017

7.3

Mission Commander Ayaka Goma

as Tatsuya Suzuki

2016

10.0

Night's Tightrope

as Makino Hikaru

2016

7.0

Bitter Sweet

as Atsushi Babazono

2016

5.8

Brass Dreams

as Kitora Ren

2016

8.8

Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again

as Shouta

2016

7.5

Chihayafuru: Part II

as Arata Wataya

2016

7.7

Chihayafuru: Part I

as Arata Wataya

2016

7.2

Sakura Blooms

as Ippei Takemiya

2016

10.0

Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future

as Eiji Tomari / Kamen Rider Drive

2015

7.7

Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories

as Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive

2015

10.0

Hatsumori Bemars

as Sasaki

2015

7.4

Take a Chance

as Masa

2015

10.0

The Noise

as Special Instructor's Son

2015

10.0

To Give a Dream

as Seiko

2015

8.8

The Kindergarten Detective

as Kamose Hitoshi

2015

10.0

Tadaima

as George

2015

10.0

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special

as Shadow Boxer

2014

10.0

Oyaji

as Numata (Childhood)

2007

10.0

Team Astro

as Shin-chan

2005

7.3