Mackenyu Maeda
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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Movies (36)
Mashle
2027 · Mash Burnedead
ONE PIECE: Into the Grand Line
2026 · Roronoa Zoro
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025 · Self
Los Caballeros del Zodiaco: Saint Seiya - El inicio
2023 · Seiya / The Pegasus Knight
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
2022 · Scar
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
2022 · Scar
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Enishi Yukishiro
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021 · Aoi Nishino
The Master Plan
2021 · Makoto
Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
2020 · Yashiki's friend
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
2020 · Nomura Yusaku
Remotely Killed
2020 · Nomura Yusaku
Our 30-Minute Sessions
2020 · Aki Miyata
Kaiji: Final Game
2020 · Minato Hirose
NiNoKuni
2019 · Haru (voice)
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
2019 · Souta
12 Suicidal Teens
2019 · Shinjirou
Code Blue: The Movie
2018 · Akio Kishida
Over Drive
2018 · Naozumi Hiyama
Titanes del Pacífico: La insurrección
2018 · Ryoichi
Chihayafuru: Part III
2018 · Arata Wataya
Impossibility Defense
2018 · Asao Momose
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
2017 · Okuyasu Nijimura
Peach Girl
2017 · Kazuya Toujigamori
Let's Go, Jets!
2017 · Kosuke Yamashita
Mission Commander Ayaka Goma
2016 · Tatsuya Suzuki
Night's Tightrope
2016 · Makino Hikaru
Bitter Sweet
2016 · Atsushi Babazono
Chihayafuru: Part II
2016 · Arata Wataya
Chihayafuru: Part I
2016 · Arata Wataya
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
2015 · Eiji Tomari / Kamen Rider Drive
Take a Chance
2015 · Masa
The Noise
2015 · Special Instructor's Son
Tadaima
2015 · George
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014 · Shadow Boxer
Oyaji
2007 · Numata (Childhood)
TV shows (25)
LEGO ONE PIECE
2026 · Zoro (voice)
ONE PIECE: Into the Grand Line: Official Podcast
2026 · Self
What a Trip
2025 · Self
The 19th Medical Chart
2025 · Kojiro Togo
Chihayafuru: Full Circle
2025 · Arata Wataya
House of the Owl
2024 · Ryu Ogami
Dragons of Wonderhatch
2023 · Akuta
ONE PIECE
2023 · Roronoa Zoro
Ichikei's Crow
2021 · Ishikura Bunta
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
2021 · Sawada Makoto / Onose Makoto
Our Dearest Sakura
2019 · Aoi Kijima
Two Homelands
2019 · Amoh Isamu
Chihayafuru: Connect
2018 · Arata Wataya
Kiss that Kills: Parallel
2018 · Takauji Namiki
Kiss that Kills
2018 · Takauji Namiki
Detective Yugami
2017 · Kaitori Kappei
Fugitive Boys
2017 · Tetsuto Ichihashi
Brass Dreams
2016 · Kitora Ren
Tomorrow, I'll Surely Love You Again
2016 · Shouta
Sakura Blooms
2016 · Ippei Takemiya
Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories
2015 · Tomari Eiji / Kamen Rider Drive
Hatsumori Bemars
2015 · Sasaki
To Give a Dream
2015 · Seiko
The Kindergarten Detective
2015 · Kamose Hitoshi
Team Astro
2005 · Shin-chan