# Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide (東出 昌大, Higashide Masahiro, born February 1, 1988), is a Japanese actor and model. In 2012, he debuted as an actor in The Kirishima Thing.

## Early life

Higashide was born on February 1, 1988, in Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from Saitama Prefectural Asaka High School. He has one older brother. He practiced kendo daily when he was young because his father was a kendo teacher and was also a chef specializing in Japanese cuisine. He passed away when Higashide was nineteen due to an illness.

## Career

He debuted as a model in the 19th Men's Non-no Exclusive Model Audition in high school. After graduating from high school, he aimed to become a jewelry designer and proceeded to attend a jewelry school. He was active as a model for ZUCCa or Yohji Yamamoto from 2006 to 2011.
He debuted in The Kirishima Thing in 2012 and has been an actor since then.
He has acted on the NHK TV program “Rakugo Deeper!"

## Personal life

Higashide married fellow actor Anne Watanabe on January 1, 2015. The couple share three children; twin daughters born in May 2016 and a son born in November 2017.
In January 2020, Shūkan Bunshun revealed that Higashide had been having an extramarital affair with actress Erika Karata since 2017, when Watanabe was pregnant with their third child. The report was later confirmed by his agency. The incident caused Higashide to lose several endorsement deals. On August 1, 2020, Watanabe finalized her divorce with Higashide, promising that they will work together to take care of the children.
On August 27, 2024, Higashide announced his second marriage on his official YouTube channel to a non-celebrity woman, who is eleven years his junior, upon learning of her pregnancy. The two had reportedly begun a relationship in mid-2024. It was later revealed to be former actress Karin Matsumoto, and that the two had met before on set prior to her retirement from the entertainment industry. His wife gave birth to her first, and Higashide's fourth child, on February 3, 2025.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | The Kirishima Thing | Hiroki Kikuchi | |
| 2013 | It All Began When I Met You | Takumi Tsumura | Story 2: "Long Distance Relationship" |
| 2014 | Crows Explode | Kazeo Kaburagi | Lead role |
| 2014 | Blue Spring Ride | Kō Mabuchi | Lead role |
| 2014 | 0.5mm | karaoke clerk | |
| 2014 | Parasyte: Part 1 | Hideo Shimada | |
| 2015 | Parasyte: Part 2 | Hideo Shimada | |
| 2015 | Gonin Saga | Hayato Hisamatsu | Lead role |
| 2016 | Creepy | Nogami | |
| 2016 | Maniac Hero | Hidetoshi Nakatsu | Lead role |
| 2016 | Death Note: Light Up the New World | Tsukuru Mishima | Lead role |
| 2016 | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Yoshiharu Habu | |
| 2016 | My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday | Shōichi Ueyama | |
| 2017 | Sekigahara | Kobayakawa Hideaki | |
| 2017 | Before We Vanish | Pastor | |
| 2017 | Foreboding | Shirō Makabe | Lead role |
| 2018 | Asako I & II | Baku and Ryōhei | Lead role |
| 2018 | The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine | Tetsu Nakahama | Lead role |
| 2018 | Over Drive | Atsuhiro Hiyama | Lead role |
| 2018 | Punk Samurai Slash Down | Kuroae Naohito | |
| 2018 | The Antique | Yoshio Tanaka | |
| 2019 | The Confidence Man JP: The Movie | Boku-chan | |
| 2020 | The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess | Boku-chan | |
| 2020 | Mishima: The Last Debate | Navigator | Documentary |
| 2020 | Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone | Shūzō | |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy | Taiji Tsumori | |
| 2021 | Blue | Kazuki Ogawa | |
| 2021 | The Sound of Grass | Kazuo Kudō | Lead role |
| 2021 | We Couldn't Become Adults | Kenta Sekiguchi | |
| 2022 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | |
| 2022 | The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero | Boku-chan | |
| 2022 | The Flower in the Sky | Tatsuji Miyoshi | Lead role |
| 2023 | Trapped Balloon | Kenji | Lead role |
| 2023 | September 1923 | Tanaka | |
| 2023 | Winny | Isamu Kaneko | Lead role |
| 2023 | Corpo a Corpo | | |
| 2024 | Transcending Dimensions | | |
| 2024 | Dare to Stop Us 2 | | |
| 2024 | Will | Himself | Documentary |
| 2025 | Demon City | Kanta Fuse | |

### Television

* Renai Kentei (2012), Junya Yoshimitsu
* Reset: Honto no Shiawase no Mitsukekata (2012), Shion/Jun Aya
* Wonderful Single Life (2012), Hiroki Yamada
* xxxHolic (2013) Shizuka Dōmeki
* Amachan (2013), young Daikichi Ōmukai
* Bon Appetit! (2013–14), Yūtarō Nishikado
* Fathers, Episode 7 (2014), Yūsuke Togawa
* Burning Flower (2015), Genzui Kusaka
* A Restaurant With Many Problems (2015), Chef Makoto Monji
* Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016–18), Tanda
* Death Note: New Generation (2016), Tsukuru Mishima
* Leaders 2 (2017), Makoto Kusakabe
* I love You Just a Little Bit (2017), Ryōta Watanabe
* The Confidence Man JP (2018), Boku-chan
* Wife of a Spy (2020), Yasuharu Tsumori
* Last Samurai Standing (2025), Tsuge Kyōjin

### Stage performances

* Nocturnes (2015)
* The Sea of Fertility (2018, 2018 PARCO PRODUCE)
* The Second Summer (2019, M&Oplays Produce)

### Dubbing

* Legend of the Demon Cat (2018), Bai Long (Liu Haoran)

## Books
### Magazines

* Men's Non-no
* FINEBOYS
* GET ON!
* smart
* Smart HEAD
* Soen

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result |
| 2013 | 67th Mainichi Film Awards | Best New Actor | The Kirishima Thing | Won |
| 2013 | 36th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomers of the Year | The Kirishima Thing | Won |
| 2014 | 27th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award | Parasyte: Part 1 and Crows Explode | Won |
| 2014 | 38th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomers of the Year | Himself | Won |
| 2015 | 88th Kinema Junpo Awards | Best New Actor | Himself | Won |
| 2016 | 41st Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Nominated |
| 2017 | 71st Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Nominated |
| 2017 | 12th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Won |
| 2017 | 40th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Nominated |
| 2017 | 26th Japanese Movie Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Won |
| 2018 | 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Actor | Asako I & II and Over Drive | Nominated |
| 2019 | 61st Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actor | Asako I & II and Over Drive | Nominated |
| 2019 | 40th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Actor | Asako I & II | Won |
| 2019 | 73rd Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | Asako I & II | Nominated |
| 2019 | 28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards | Best Actor | Asako I & II | Nominated |
| 2021 | 75th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Wife of a Spy | Nominated |
| 2021 | 63rd Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Wife of a Spy and The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess | Nominated |
| 2022 | 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | The Sound of Grass | Nominated |
| 2023 | 36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Actor | Winny and others | Nominated |
| 2024 | 66th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actor | Winny and others | Nominated |