Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide (東出 昌大, Higashide Masahiro, born February 1, 1988), is a Japanese actor and model. In 2012, he debuted as an actor in The Kirishima Thing.

Masahiro Higashide
Higashide at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2016
Born	(1988-02-01) February 1, 1988 (age 37) Saitama, Japan
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2004–present
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Spouses	Anne Watanabe ​ ​ (m. 2015; div. 2020)​ Karin Matsumoto ​ (m. 2024)​
Children	4
YouTube information
Channel	東出昌大
Years active	2024–present
Genre	Vlog
Subscribers	559 thousand[1]
Views	105 million[1]
Contents are in	Japanese English
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
Last updated: February 15, 2025
Japanese name
Kanji	東出 昌大
Hiragana	ひがしで まさひろ
Transcriptions Romanization Higashide Masahiro
Website	masahirohigashide.com

Early life

Higashide was born on February 1, 1988, in Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from Saitama Prefectural Asaka High School. He has one older brother.^[2] He practiced kendo daily when he was young because his father was a kendo teacher and was also a chef specializing in Japanese cuisine. He passed away when Higashide was nineteen due to an illness.^[2]

Career

He debuted as a model in the 19th Men's Non-no Exclusive Model Audition in high school. After graduating from high school, he aimed to become a jewelry designer and proceeded to attend a jewelry school.^[3] He was active as a model for ZUCCa or Yohji Yamamoto from 2006 to 2011.

He debuted in The Kirishima Thing in 2012 and has been an actor since then.

He has acted on the NHK TV program “Rakugo Deeper!"

Personal life

Higashide married fellow actor Anne Watanabe on January 1, 2015.^[4] The couple share three children; twin daughters born in May 2016^[5] and a son born in November 2017.^[6][7]

In January 2020, Shūkan Bunshun revealed that Higashide had been having an extramarital affair with actress Erika Karata since 2017, when Watanabe was pregnant with their third child.^[8] The report was later confirmed by his agency.^[9] The incident caused Higashide to lose several endorsement deals.^[10] On August 1, 2020, Watanabe finalized her divorce with Higashide, promising that they will work together to take care of the children.^[11]

On August 27, 2024, Higashide announced his second marriage on his official YouTube channel to a non-celebrity woman, who is eleven years his junior, upon learning of her pregnancy. The two had reportedly begun a relationship in mid-2024.^[12] It was later revealed to be former actress Karin Matsumoto,^[13][14] and that the two had met before on set prior to her retirement from the entertainment industry.^[15] His wife gave birth to her first, and Higashide's fourth child, on February 3, 2025.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2012	The Kirishima Thing	Hiroki Kikuchi		[17]
2013	It All Began When I Met You	Takumi Tsumura	Story 2: "Long Distance Relationship"	[17]
2014	Crows Explode	Kazeo Kaburagi	Lead role	[17]
	Blue Spring Ride	Kō Mabuchi	Lead role	[18]
	0.5mm	karaoke clerk		[17]
	Parasyte: Part 1	Hideo Shimada		[17]
2015	Parasyte: Part 2	Hideo Shimada		[17]
	Gonin Saga	Hayato Hisamatsu	Lead role	[17]
2016	Creepy	Nogami		[17]
	Maniac Hero	Hidetoshi Nakatsu	Lead role	[17]
	Death Note: Light Up the New World	Tsukuru Mishima	Lead role	[19]
	Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow	Yoshiharu Habu		[17]
	My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday	Shōichi Ueyama		[17]
2017	Sekigahara	Kobayakawa Hideaki		[17]
	Before We Vanish	Pastor		[17]
	Foreboding	Shirō Makabe	Lead role	[17]
2018	Asako I & II	Baku and Ryōhei	Lead role	[20]
	The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine	Tetsu Nakahama	Lead role	[17]
	Over Drive	Atsuhiro Hiyama	Lead role	[17]
	Punk Samurai Slash Down	Kuroae Naohito		[17]
	The Antique	Yoshio Tanaka		[17]
2019	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	Boku-chan		[17]
2020	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess	Boku-chan		[17]
	Mishima: The Last Debate	Navigator	Documentary	[21]
	Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone	Shūzō		[17]
	Wife of a Spy	Taiji Tsumori		[22]
2021	Blue	Kazuki Ogawa		[23]
	The Sound of Grass	Kazuo Kudō	Lead role	[24]
	We Couldn't Become Adults	Kenta Sekiguchi		[25]
2022	The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai	Tokugawa Yoshinobu		[26]
	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero	Boku-chan		[27]
	The Flower in the Sky	Tatsuji Miyoshi	Lead role	[28]
2023	Trapped Balloon	Kenji	Lead role	[29]
	September 1923	Tanaka		[30]
	Winny	Isamu Kaneko	Lead role	[31]
	Corpo a Corpo			[32]
2024	Transcending Dimensions			[33]
	Dare to Stop Us 2			[34]
	Will	Himself	Documentary	[35]
2025	Demon City	Kanta Fuse		[36]

Higashide greeting Meryl Streep at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016.

Television

• Renai Kentei (2012), Junya Yoshimitsu^[17]
• Reset: Honto no Shiawase no Mitsukekata (2012), Shion/Jun Aya^[17]
• Wonderful Single Life (2012), Hiroki Yamada^[17]
• xxxHolic (2013) Shizuka Dōmeki^[17]
• Amachan (2013), young Daikichi Ōmukai^[17]
• Bon Appetit! (2013–14), Yūtarō Nishikado^[17]
• Fathers, Episode 7 (2014), Yūsuke Togawa^[17]
• Burning Flower (2015), Genzui Kusaka^[37]
• A Restaurant With Many Problems (2015), Chef Makoto Monji^[17]
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016–18), Tanda^[17]
• Death Note: New Generation (2016), Tsukuru Mishima^[17]
• Leaders 2 (2017), Makoto Kusakabe^[17]
• I love You Just a Little Bit (2017), Ryōta Watanabe^[17]
• The Confidence Man JP (2018), Boku-chan^[17]
• Wife of a Spy (2020), Yasuharu Tsumori^[17]
• Last Samurai Standing (2025), Tsuge Kyōjin^[38][39]

Stage performances

• Nocturnes (2015)^[17]
• The Sea of Fertility (2018, 2018 PARCO PRODUCE)^[17]
• The Second Summer (2019, M&Oplays Produce)^[17]

Dubbing

• Legend of the Demon Cat (2018), Bai Long (Liu Haoran)^[40]

Books

Magazines

• Men's Non-no
• FINEBOYS
• GET ON!
• smart
• Smart HEAD
• Soen

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref(s)
2013	67th Mainichi Film Awards	Best New Actor	The Kirishima Thing	Won	[41]
	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomers of the Year		Won	[42]
2014	27th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award	Parasyte: Part 1 and Crows Explode	Won
	38th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomers of the Year	Himself	Won
2015	88th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actor		Won
2016	41st Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow	Nominated
2017	71st Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	12th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	40th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	26th Japanese Movie Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won
2018	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	Asako I & II and Over Drive	Nominated
2019	61st Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	40th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Asako I & II	Won	[43]
	73rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Wife of a Spy	Nominated	[44]
	63rd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Wife of a Spy and The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess	Nominated	[45]
2022	76th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	The Sound of Grass	Nominated	[46]
2023	36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actor	Winny and others	Nominated	[47]
2024	66th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[48]