Mackenyu Maeda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1996 (age 29)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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. On October 31 2026, Mackenyu announced that he has officially changed his stage name to Mackenyu Maeda.
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Filmography
Mashle
Movie · as Mash Burnedead
ONE PIECE: Into the Grand Line
Movie · as Roronoa Zoro
ONE PIECE: Into the Grand Line: Official Podcast
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LEGO ONE PIECE
TV · as Zoro (voice) · 2 eps
Netflix Tudum 2025
Movie · as Self
The 19th Medical Chart
TV · as Kojiro Togo · 8 eps
What a Trip
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Chihayafuru: Full Circle
TV · as Arata Wataya · 1 ep
House of the Owl
TV · as Ryu Ogami · 10 eps
Knights of the Zodiac
Movie · as Seiya / The Pegasus Knight
ONE PIECE
TV · as Roronoa Zoro · 17 eps
Dragons of Wonderhatch
TV · as Akuta · 8 eps
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
Movie · as Scar
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
Movie · as Scar
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Movie · as Enishi Yukishiro
The Master Plan
Movie · as Makoto
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
Movie · as Aoi Nishino
Ichikei's Crow
TV · as Ishikura Bunta · 11 eps
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
TV · as Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto · 3 eps
Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
Movie · as Yashiki's friend
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
Movie · as Nomura Yusaku
Kaiji: Final Game
Movie · as Minato Hirose
Our 30-Minute Sessions
Movie · as Aki Miyata
Remotely Killed
Movie · as Nomura Yusaku
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
Movie · as Souta
12 Suicidal Teens
Movie · as Shinjirou
NiNoKuni
Movie · as Haru (voice)
Two Homelands
TV · as Amoh Isamu · 2 eps
Our Dearest Sakura
TV · as Aoi Kijima · 10 eps
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Movie · as Ryoichi
Impossibility Defense
Movie · as Asao Momose
Chihayafuru: Part III
Movie · as Arata Wataya
Code Blue: The Movie
Movie · as Akio Kishida
Over Drive
Movie · as Naozumi Hiyama
Kiss that Kills: Parallel
TV · as Takauji Namiki · 10 eps
Kiss that Kills
TV · as Takauji Namiki · 10 eps
Chihayafuru: Connect
TV · as Arata Wataya · 5 eps
Let's Go, Jets!
Movie · as Kosuke Yamashita
Peach Girl
Movie · as Kazuya Toujigamori
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
Movie · as Okuyasu Nijimura
Fugitive Boys
TV · as Tetsuto Ichihashi · 10 eps
Detective Yugami
TV · as Kaitori Kappei · 10 eps
Mission Commander Ayaka Goma
Movie · as Tatsuya Suzuki
Chihayafuru: Part II
Movie · as Arata Wataya
Chihayafuru: Part I
Movie · as Arata Wataya
Night's Tightrope
Movie · as Makino Hikaru
Bitter Sweet
Movie · as Atsushi Babazono
Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again
TV · as Shouta · 4 eps
Brass Dreams
TV · as Kitora Ren · 8 eps
Sakura Blooms
TV · as Ippei Takemiya · 4 eps
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
Movie · as Eiji Tomari / Kamen Rider Drive
Take a Chance
Movie · as Masa
The Noise
Movie · as Special Instructor's Son
Tadaima
Movie · as George
Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories
TV · as Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive · 4 eps
To Give a Dream
TV · as Seiko · 4 eps
The Kindergarten Detective
TV · as Kamose Hitoshi · 9 eps
Hatsumori Bemars
TV · as Sasaki · 1 ep
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Movie · as Shadow Boxer
Oyaji
Movie · as Numata (Childhood)
Team Astro
TV · as Shin-chan · 18 eps