Yuki Furukawa

Yuki Furukawa (古川 雄輝, Furukawa Yūki, born 18 December 1987) is a Japanese actor. He gained popularity as Naoki Irie in the 2013 television series Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo and its sequel, Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa.

Yuki Furukawa
古川 雄輝
Yuki Furukawa at the J-POP Summit Festival 2014 in San Francisco, California
Born	(1987-12-18) December 18, 1987 (age 37) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Furupon (ふるぽん)
Alma mater	Keio University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	1

Personal life

Furukawa was born on December 18, 1987, in Tokyo.^[1] He and his family moved to Canada when he was seven years old. He moved to the United States at the age of 16 during his high school years and returned to Japan to study Engineering at Keio University. In June 2019, he announced that he got married and was expecting his first child.^[2] In October 2019, Furukawa and his wife announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, via his agency and his Twitter.^[3]

In April 2024, Furukawa announced on his Instagram that he left Horipro and became freelance actor.^[4]

Career

Furukawa is known for his 2013 breakthrough role in the Japanese television drama Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo in which he played the lead role Naoki Irie. He presented a new image of the classical manga role of Irie Naoki, and starred opposite Honoka Yahagi who played his love interest. Within two months of joining Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, the number of his followers increased to more than 500,000.^[5] Due to his popularity in China, he starred in the Fuji TV/iQiyi web-drama Mysterious Summer which was the first drama series co-produced by Japan and China. The series was viewed more than 60 million times on Chinese online video platform iQiyi and was distributed online in more than 35 countries worldwide.^[6][7]

He is the first Japanese actor to have had a fan meeting in Shanghai, China on July 21, 2013.^[8]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Rich Man, Poor Woman	Tomoki Kuga		[9]
2013	Yae's Sakura	Hiromichi Kozaki	Taiga drama	[10]
2013–14	Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo	Naoki Irie	2 seasons	[11]
2015	5→9 From Five to Nine	Mishima Satoshi		[12]
2017	Erased	Satoru Fujinuma	Lead role	[13]
	Beppinsan	Kentaro Murata	Asadora	[14]
2020	Line no Kotae Awase: Otome to kanchigai	Yasui Tsukasa	Lead role	[15]
	People Who Don't Work	Keita Nitta		[16]
	O Maidens in Your Savage Season	Tomoaki Yamagishi		[17]
2022	Kami-sama no Ekohiiki	Kami-sama		[18]
2024	Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido	Yasaku Edogai	Episode 6	[19]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	High School Debut	Yui Asaoka		[20]
2015	Poison Berry in My Brain	Ryoichi Saotome		[21]
2018	Colours of Wind	Ryo/Ryu	Lead role	[22]
2019	Murders at the House of Death	Haruya Tatsunami		[23]
2020	Restart After Coming Back Home	Mitsuomi Kozuka	Lead role	[24]
	Love Me, Love Me Not	Sōta Inui		[25]

Music Video

Year	Song	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2016	Heaven's Door: Hi no Ataru Basho	Chise Kanna		[26]