Ryosuke Yamada

Ryosuke Yamada
山田 涼介
Yamada at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival of 2017
Born (1993-05-09) May 9, 1993 (age 31)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
EducationHorikoshi High School
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
Years active2004–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Member of
Japanese name
Kanji山田 涼介
Hiraganaやまだ りょうすけ
Transcriptions
RomanizationYamada Ryosuke

Ryosuke Yamada (Japanese: 山田 涼介, Hepburn: Yamada Ryōsuke, born May 9, 1993) is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.[1]

Yamada rose to prominence as a teen idol in 2007 following his role in the Japanese television series Tantei Gakuen Q. After launching his music career in 2007 as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP, he released his debut solo single, "Mystery Virgin" in 2013.

Besides his music group activities, he mainly focuses on acting. As an actor, he is best known for portraying Hajime Kindaichi in live-action drama series Kindaichi Case Files (2013-2014),[2] Nagisa Shiota in Assassination Classroom (2015-2016),[3] and Edward Elric in the live-action film series Fullmetal Alchemist (2017-2022).[4] Yamada's portrayal of Nagisa Shiota earned him the 2016 Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year.[5]

  1. ^ Hey! Say! JUMP Profile Johnny's Net. Retrieved 7 December 2007. (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Yamada, Ryôsuke; Kawaguchi, Haruna; Arioka, Daiki; Kiritani, Kenta (January 12, 2013), Kindaichi shônen no jikenbo: Hong Kong Kowloon zaihô satsujin jiken, retrieved February 16, 2017
  3. ^ Anmi, Okuma; Aoi, Wakana; Arai, Shôta; Ayano, Tanaka Nichinan (March 21, 2015), Assassination Classroom, retrieved February 16, 2017
  4. ^ Yamada, Ryôsuke; Hongô, Kanata; Fujioka, Dean; Honda, Tsubasa (January 1, 2000), Full Metal Alchemist, retrieved February 16, 2017
  5. ^ "Awards of the Japanese Academy". IMDb. Retrieved February 16, 2017.