Kentaro Maeda

Kentaro Maeda
前田 拳太郎
Born (1999-09-06) September 6, 1999 (age 27)
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
EducationDokkyo University - Economics
OccupationActor
Years active2021–present
AgentLDH Japan
RelativesKokoro Maeda [ja] (sister)

Kentaro Maeda (前田 拳太郎, Maeda Kentarō; born September 6, 1999) is a Japanese actor and a former member of the theater group Gekidan Exile.

Personal life

Maeda was born in Saitama Prefecture on September 6, 1999. His sister, Kokoro Maeda, is a member of the idol girl group Hello! Project.

While in kindergarten, he aspired to star in Kamen Rider which led to him becoming an actor. In addition, he graduated from Dokkyo University, Faculty of Economics.

Career

While in university, he was selected as one of the "BEST 30" at the 31st Junon Superboy Contest [ja], but was rejected in the subsequent screening and initially gave up on his dream of becoming an actor. He later joined the university's ballroom dance club, but the club activities were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was during that time that he thought about the future. He then searched for an agency to fulfill his dream becoming an actor.

He started taking acting lessons at EXPG studio in the summer of 2020.

In April 2021, Maeda appeared in the TV Tokyo drama Rules of Romantic Comedy: Complicated Girls and Younger Boys. On July 1, 2021, he became affiliated with LDH JAPAN. On September 5, 2021, he played Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi in the special effects TV drama Kamen Rider Revice. Maeda joined Gekidan Exile on November 1, 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2024 Fureru Yuta Inohara (voice)
2025 One Last Throw Fumiya Hojo
2026 Kyoto-o Haruma Takao Lead role

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Rules of Romantic Comedy: Complicated Girls and Younger Boys Episode 1
Kamen Rider Saber Special Issue Ikki Igarashi
Kamen Rider Revice Ikki Igarashi Lead role
2023 Goddess's Classroom: Legal Youth White Paper Takuma Mizusawa
My Wife Ran Hanazuma
I Cannot Reach You Yamato Lead role
Special Order! Metro Police Special Accounting Department! Hisashi Tsukimura
2024 Matsumoto Seicho Drama Special 1st night "Face" Wataru Morio
Shinsengumi: With You I Bloom Kamagiri Daisaku Lead role
Darwin Goes!? Daichi Urushibara
Smiling Lady Hiroki Nonomiya
D&D: Doctor and Detective's Investigation Line Shinji Makino
2025 Betrayal Meals in a Place Like This: Seven Executives Calling for a Storm Rintaro Shinjo
Pararescue Jumper Tomoki Shirakawa
2026 Dark 13: Dancing Zombie School Mouse
Rock Paper Landmine Hayato Kunugi
Viral Hit Rio Shinjō Web series

Web series

References

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