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Keita Machida (町田 啓太, Machida Keita, born 4 July 1990)[3] is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile.[1][4] Machida is represented by LDH.
Keita Machida | |
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町田 啓太 | |
![]() Machida in March 2023 | |
Born | Higashiagatsuma, Gunma, Japan | 4 July 1990
Education | Japan Airlines High School, Ishikawa[1] |
Alma mater | Nippon Sport Science University[1][2] |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Agent | LDH |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] |
Spouse |
Hyunri
(m. 2022) |
Machida was born on 4 July 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one older sister. Starting in elementary school, he learned Kendo until entering junior high school. After graduating junior high school, Machida joined the Japan Aviation High School in Ishikawa, as he had loved vehicles since his childhood and aspired to be a pilot. He started dancing when he was in high school and took on the role of captain in his dance club.[5] In his youth Machida also attended EXPG Tokyo, a talent school run by LDH.[6]
On 25 December 2022, Machida married South Korean actress, Hyunri .[7][8]
Machida joined Gekidan EXILE on 25 January 2011, after successfully passing the Dai 3kai Gekidan EXILE Audition.[9] Although in July 2011, he was announced as a candidate member of Generations from Exile Tribe and left Gekidan EXILE. In September of the same year, he injured the calf of his right leg and focused on recovering.
On 14 February 2012, it was reported that he had dropped out from being a Generations candidate and rejoined Gekidan EXILE to focus on acting.[10]
On 20 November 2019, Machida released his first photo book titled BASIC.[11]
On 31 March 2021, he participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay as a torchbearer for his prefecture Gunma.[12] In the same year he was selected as ambassador for the special exhibition celebrating the 260th anniversary of the birth of the famous Japanese artist Hokusai.[13]
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | Rokudenashi Blues | Seiji Wataka | NTV | Episode 8 | |
2012 | GTO | Meishu Gakuen former student | KTV | Episode 1 | |
Sugarless | Osamu Urabe | NTV | |||
2013 | Monsieur! | Masaya Baba | CBC | ||
Kamen Teacher | Ichiro Inukami | NTV | |||
2014 | Senryokugai Sousakan | Yasuhiro Kobayakawa (Young) | NTV | Episode 9 | |
Hanako and Anne | Ikuya Muraoka | NHK | Asadora | [1][14] | |
Petero no Sōretsu | Yusuke Tanaka | TBS | |||
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 15th Anniversary Special | Fuji TV | ||||
2015 | Ryuusei Wagon | Koga | TBS | ||
Tenshi no Knife | Keiji Nagaoka | Wowow | [15] | ||
Bijo to Danshi | Ryo Sakisaka | NHK | [16][17] | ||
High&Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. | Noboru Harada | NTV | [18] | ||
Gattan Gattan: Soredemo Go | Shinichi Morita | NHK BS-P | Lead role | [19][20] | |
2016 | Sumika Sumire: 45-sai Wakagaetta Onna | Yusei Mashiro | TV Asahi | [21][22][23] | |
High&Low Season 2 | Noboru Harada | NTV | |||
2017 | Kanjou 8-go Sen / Ring Road Line 8 | Kawashima | Fuji TV | Episode 3 | |
It's All About the Looks | Takuma Maruo | Fuji TV | [24][25] | ||
Teinen Joshi | Yosuke Mizoguchi | NHK | |||
2018 | Last Chance | Seizo Sugiyama | TV Tokyo | ||
Joshi-teki Seikatsu / Life As a Girl | Tadaomi Goto | NHK | |||
Segodon | Komatsu Tatewaki | NHK | Taiga drama | [26][27] | |
Prince of Legend | Riichi Yuki | NTV | [28] | ||
Meet Me After School | Shotaro Kawai | TBS | [29] | ||
2019 | Nusumareta Kao | Ryohei Tani | Wowow | ||
Princess Michiko story of unknown love and suffering | Seiji Goto | Fuji TV | |||
Hotarugusa Nana no Ken | Ichinoshin Kazahaya | NHK BS-P | [30] | ||
Parallel Tokyo | Koichi Saito | NHK | |||
Uncontrol Frontier Icon | TV Tokyo | Episode 1 | [31][32] | ||
2020 | Wasteful Days of High School Girls | Masataka Sawatari/Waseda | TV Asahi | [33][34] | |
Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi desu ka? | Keiichi Akiyama | YTV, NTV | [35] | ||
Akiko’s Piano: Hibakushita Piano ga Kanaderu Oto | Shigeru Takeuchi | NHK BS-P & 4K | Television film | [36] | |
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! | Yuichi Kurosawa | TV Tokyo | [37] | ||
2021 | Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou | Ryoichiro Amamiya | TVK, MBS | Lead role | [38] |
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Hijikata Toshizō | NHK | Taiga drama | [39] | |
Uso kara hajimaru koi | Kamoshita Junnosuke | NTV | Television film | [40] | |
Mangaka Ienaga no fukuzatsu shakai o chō teigi (formerly: 21 Seiki no fukuzatsu shakai o chō teigi) | Kazuhiro Ienaga | NHK | Education series | [41] | |
Super Rich | Sora Miyamura | Fuji TV | [42] | ||
2022 | Isn't It a Bad Guy? | Gonta Tamachi | TV Tokyo | Lead role | [43] |
Teppachi! | Kokusho Hiroshi | Fuji TV | Lead role | [44] | |
2023 | Ichigeki | Ichizo | NHK | New Year period drama | [45] |
Fixer | Tatsuya Watanabe | Wowow | [46] | ||
2024 | Dear Radiance | Fujiwara no Kintō | NHK | Taiga drama | [47] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2012 | Double Sky! | |||
Tatoeba Lemon | Host, Hiro | |||
2013 | Diamond | Taketo | ||
2014 | Senpai, Kiss Shiteī desu ka | Shota | Lead role; Short film | |
2015 | Sukimasuki | Heisaku | Lead role | [48] |
Ghost Theater | Hiroshi Izumi | [49] | ||
2016 | Road to High & Low | Noboru Harada | ||
High&Low The Movie | ||||
High&Low The Red Rain | ||||
2017 | High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky | |||
High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission | ||||
Koinowa: Konkatsu Cruising | [50] | |||
2018 | Cinema Fighters - "Terminal place" - | Shunsuke Kitagawa | Lead role; Short film | |
Over Drive | Junpei Masuda | |||
jam | Takeru Nishino | [51][52] | ||
2019 | The Nikaidos' Fall | Yōsuke | [53] | |
L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof | Soju Kugayama | |||
Prince of Legend | Riichi Yuki | [54] | ||
2020 | Project Dream: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar | Yamada | [55] | |
Your Eyes Tell | Kyosuke Sakuma | [56] | ||
2022 | Cherry Magic! the Movie | Yuichi Kurosawa | [57] | |
Sun and Bolero | Keisuke Tanoura | [58] | ||
2023 | Don't Call it Mystery: The Movie | Kirinosuke Kariatsumari | [59] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Rokudenashi Blues | Beishime Sawamura | [60] | |
2012 | Peach Boy's | |||
Rōdoku Geki: Hōsō Kinshi | ||||
Akasaka Dance Dance Dance | ||||
Attaku No. 1 | Furuse-chūi | |||
2013 | Sadako: Tanjō Hiwa | Hiroshi Toyama | Lead role | [61][62] |
Monsieur! | Masaya Baba | |||
2014 | Mayuge Ichizoku no Inbō | |||
2016 | Aitakute... | |||
2020 | GEKIDAN EXILE "Yusha no Tame ni Kane wa Naru / The Bell Rings for the Brave" | [63][64] | ||
Reading drama Book Act "Geinin Koukan Nikki" | [65] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Kimitoboku to no Yakusoku | BeeTV | Episode 3 | ||
2014 | Renai wa Hitsuzendearu: Drama de Wakaru! Shin Kankaku Renai Hōsoku | Itsuki Yukimura | d Video, BeeTV | Episode 6 | |
2017 | Love or Not | Wataru Sano | dTV, FOD | [66][67] | |
2018 | Love or Not 2 | dTV | |||
2020–22 | Alice in Borderland | Daikichi Karube | Netflix | 2 seasons | |
2021 | Uso Kara Hajimaru Koi - Hulu Special | Kamoshita Junnosuke | Hulu | [68] | |
JAM -the drama- | Takeru Nishino | Abema TV | [69] | ||
2023 | YuYu Hakusho | Koenma | Netflix | [70] | |
2025 | Glass Heart | Sho Takaoka | Netflix | [71] | |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Shinjuku no neko | Haruta Yamazaki | NHK-FM | [72] |
Year | Title | Network | Notes |
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2015 | Otakara! Backyard Hunter!! | NHK TV | Backyard Hunter (MC) |
2016 | Hakkutsu! Otakara Galleria | NHK TV | Curator |
Year | Title | Ref. |
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2011 | Sandaime J Soul Brothers "Fighters" | [73] |
2016 | Doberman Infinity "Do or Die" | [74] |
2022 | Generations from EXILE Tribe "Chikara no Kagiri" | [75] |
Year | Title |
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2016 | High & Low The Live |
Year | Title | Role |
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2017 | High & Low g-sword Animation DVD Special Edition | Noboru |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Prince Of Legend Love Royale | Riichi Yuki |
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Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | The 106th The Television Drama Academy Awards | Best supporting actor | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! | Won | [79] |
2020 | The 30th TV LIFE Dorama of the year | Best supporting actor | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! | Won | [80] |
2021 | The 31st TV LIFE Dorama of the year | Best supporting actor | SUPER RICH | Won | [81] |
2022 | GQ JAPAN Men of The Year 2022 | Best breakthrough actor | Won | [82] |
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