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 simply 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), the protagonist Pegasus Seiya in Knights of the Zodiac and Roronoa Zoro in the Netflix series One Piece (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mackenyu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 1996-11-16
- Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also Known As: 新田真剣佑, あらた まっけんゆう, 真剣佑, Mackenyu Arata, 新田真剑佑, Mackenyu Maeda, Macken, 아라타 마켄유, แมกเคนยู, ماكينيو, Маккэнъю Арата, 前田真剣佑（本名）, 新田真劍佑
