# Ryuya Wakaba

Ryūya Wakaba (若葉 竜也, Wakaba Ryūya, born June 10, 1989) is a Japanese actor assigned to First Place talent agency. He and his four brothers formed the Wakaba Brothers.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | Shichirōmaro | Taiga drama |
| 2003 | Kikujiro to Saki | Masaru Kitano | |
| 2004 | 4TEEN | Jun | |
| 2005 | Koisuru Nichiyobi | Nao | |
| 2005 | Nobuta wo Produce | Shittaka | |
| 2006 | Toritsu Mizusho! | Sanshirō Suzaki | TV movie |
| 2006 | My Boss My Hero | Rikuo Hoshino | |
| 2006 | Switch wo Osutoki | Kimiaki Kogure | |
| 2006 | Love of My Life | A worker | Episode 10 |
| 2007 | Ballad of a Shinigami | Mitsuki Asano | |
| 2007 | Seito Shokun! | Naoki Shirai | |
| 2007 | Kaijoken Musashi | Shin'ichi Morioka | |
| 2007 | Detective School Q | Hibiki Sakuma | Episodes 4, 5 |
| 2008 | Sensei wa Erai! | Jun Saeki | |
| 2008 | Gokusen 3 | Ryuya Yoshida | |
| 2008–09 | Threads of Destiny | Shu Yasuda | |
| 2009 | The Policeman's Lineage | Midori | Mini-series |
| 2009 | Samurai High School | Reiji Kuroda | Episodes 1, 2 |
| 2010 | Zettai Reido | Takuma Hirota | Episode 10 |
| 2011 | The After-Dinner Mysteries | Yūsuke Sawamura | Episode 4 |
| 2012 | Saba Doru | Yūji Nashimoto | |
| 2016 | The Brave Yoshihiko and The Seven Driven People | Kiji | Episode 8 |
| 2020 | A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura | Tanaka | Episode 2 |
| 2020 | Ochoyan | Shinji Kogure | Asadora |
| 2022 | One Night, She Thinks of the Dawn | | |
| 2023 | A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki | | Episode 2 |
| 2024 | Unmet: A Neurosurgeon's Diary | Tomoharu Sanpei | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Hinokio | | |
| 2008 | Threads of Destiny | Shu Yasuda | |
| 2009 | Gokusen: The Movie | Ryuya Yoshida | |
| 2011 | Gantz | Takahashi | |
| 2011 | Gantz: Perfect Answer | Takahashi | |
| 2011 | Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo | Fujiwara no Koremitsu | |
| 2011 | Dog×Police | Tōru Kusaka | |
| 2015 | Akegarasu | Norio | |
| 2016 | The Katsuragi Murder Case | Minoru Katsuragi | |
| 2017 | Pumpkin and Mayonnaise | Terao | |
| 2017 | A Beautiful Star | Kaoru Takemiya | |
| 2018 | Punk Samurai Slash Down | Osamu | |
| 2018 | Just Only Love | Nakahara | |
| 2019 | The Stormy Family | Toshio Satō | |
| 2020 | All the Things We Never Said | Takeda | |
| 2020 | True Mothers | Yakuza | |
| 2020 | The Voice of Sin | | |
| 2020 | Awake | Riku | |
| 2021 | Over the Town | Ao Arakawa | Lead role |
| 2021 | In Those Days | Nishino | |
| 2021 | Remain in Twilight | Akashi | |
| 2022 | Prior Convictions | Minoru | |
| 2022 | God Seeks in Return | Umekawa | |
| 2022 | It's All My Fault | Shigeyuki Yamazaki | |
| 2022 | By the Window | | |
| 2023 | Call Me Chihiro | Taniguchi | |
| 2023 | Masked Hearts | Yūji | |
| 2023 | Ichiko | Yoshinori Hasegawa | |
| 2024 | Penalty Loop | Jun Iwamori | Lead role |
| 2024 | My Sunshine | Igarashi | |
| 2025 | Welcome to the Village | | |
| 2025 | Strangers in Kyoto | Nakamura | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result |
| 2022 | 47th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Prior Convictions, By the Window and others | Nominated |
| 2024 | 17th Tokyo Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Unmet: A Neurosurgeon's Diary | Won |
| 2025 | 49th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won |