# Keisuke Ueda

Keisuke Ueda (植田 圭輔, Ueda Keisuke, born September 5, 1989) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Clutch Corporation/Yamaha Corporation. Since 2007, Ueda has been involved with 2.5D musicals and other musical theatre productions, most notably as Choromatsu from Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time, Yukine from the Noragami stage plays, Misaki Yata from the K stage plays, Japan from the Hetalia musicals, Pharos and Ryoji Mochizuki from Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade, Chuya Nakahara from the Bungo Stray Dogs stage plays, and Syo Kurusu from the Uta no Prince-sama: Gekidan Shining musicals. He portrayed Sangaku Manami in both the Yowamushi Pedal stage plays and the live-action drama adaptation. As a voice actor, his leading roles include Heine Wittgenstein from The Royal Tutor and Hiroki from Pet, who he also portrayed in the tie-in stage adaptations.
Alongside of his acting career, Ueda debuted as a singer in 2018 with the song "Start Line (Toki no Wadachi)", with his first album, Voice of.. released in 2019.

## Career
### Acting career

Ueda was a finalist in the 19th Junon Super Boy Contest held in 2006. In 2007, he debuted as an actor in the stage play Osaero. In the same year, he was cast in his first leading role as Abe no Masahiro in the stage adaptation of Shōnen Onmyōji. Throughout his early theatre career, Ueda worked with the all-male theatre troupe Gekidan Studio Life. Ueda also had guest roles in Unubore Deka and Kamen Rider Wizard on television, but after being cast as Sangaku Manami from the Yowamushi Pedal stage plays, he reprised his role for the live-action drama series in his first regular role.
In 2013, Ueda made his voice acting debut in Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories. In 2017, he was cast in his first anime leading role as Heine Wittgenstein in The Royal Tutor, who he also portrayed in the musicals.

### Music career

In 2016, Ueda collaborated with the music label Aquamarine for their Otogimmick music project. The Sleeping Beauty-inspired "Nemuri-hime" was released on December 23, 2016 in "Prince" and "Devil" editions. The single charted at #123 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
On May 30, 2018, Ueda released his debut single, "Start Line (Toki no Wadachi)" as part of the "Bogland Music" project between Yamaha Music Communications and stage actors. The song was featured as the ending theme to the television program +Music and peaked at #25 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

## Discography
### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
| Album ||
| Title | Year | Oricon | Hot 100 | Sales | Album |
| "Start Line (Toki no Wadachi)" (START LINE ～時の轍～) | 2018 | 25 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. ||||||

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
| Album ||
| Title | Year | Oricon | Hot 100 | Sales | Album |
| "Nemuri-hime" (眠り姫) (Otogimmick feat. Keisuke Ueda) | 2016 | 123 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. ||||||

### Soundtrack appearances
## Filmography
### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Shōnen Onmyōji | Abe no Masahiro | — |
| 2008 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Kit | — |
| 2010 | Miracle Train: Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso | Shiodome Iku | |
| 2010 | The Heart of Thomas | Ante Lower | |
| 2011 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | — |
| 2013 | Yowamushi Pedal | Sangaku Manami | — |
| 2014 | Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Blue Awakening | Pharos | |
| 2014 | Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Ultramarine Labyrinth | Pharos | |
| 2014 | K | Misaki Yata | — |
| 2014 | Yowamushi Pedal Hakone Gakuen-hen: Yajū Kakusei | Sangaku Manami | |
| 2015 | Yowamushi Pedal: Inter-high-hen: The Winner | Sangaku Manami | |
| 2015 | Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Bismuth Crystals | Ryoji Mochizuki | |
| 2015 | K: Arousal of King | Misaki Yata | — |
| 2015 | Hetalia: Singin' in the World | Japan | |
| 2016 | Noragami: Kami to Negai | Yukine | |
| 2016 | Samurai Warriors | Ishida Mitsunari | |
| 2016 | K: Lost Small World | Misaki Yata | |
| 2016 | Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time | Choromatsu | |
| 2016 | Hetalia: The Great World | Japan | |
| 2017 | Noragami: Kami to Kizuna | Yukine | |
| 2017 | Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Indigo Pledge and Beyond the Blue Sky | Pharos, Ryoji Mochizuki, Nyx | |
| 2017 | Uta no Prince-sama: Gekidan Shining: Tenka Muteki no Shinobu Michi | Syonosuke (Syo Kurusu) | |
| 2017 | Bungo Stray Dogs | Chūya Nakahara | |
| 2017 | Hetalia: In the New World | Japan | |
| 2017 | The Royal Tutor | Heine Wittgenstein | |
| 2017 | Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE 2017 | Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu | |
| 2017 | K: Missing Kings | Misaki Yata | |
| 2018 | Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time 2 | Choromatsu | |
| 2018 | Hetalia: FINAL LIVE ~A World in the Universe~ | Japan | |
| 2018 | Kigeki Osomatsu-san | Choromatsu | |
| 2018 | Pet: Kowareta Suiso | Hiroki | |
| 2019 | The Royal Tutor: Musical II | Heine Wittgenstein | |
| 2019 | Bungo Stray Dogs: Sansha Teiritsu | Chuya Nakahara | |
| 2019 | A3! Mankai Stage: Autumn & Winter 2019 | Mikage Hisoka | |
| 2019 | Re:volver | Suzuki | |
| 2020 | 銀ちゃんが逝く | ヤス | |
| 2020 | 法廷の王様 | 雨宮凛空 | |
| 2020 | A3! Mankai Stage: Winter 2020 | Mikage Hisoka | |
| 2021 | チョコレート戦争～a tale of the truth～ | 久保南碕 | |
| 2021 | A3! Mankai Stage: Winter 2021 | Mikage Hisoka | |
| 2021 | 私立探偵 濱マイク -我が人生最悪の時- | 楊海平 | |
| 2021 | Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple | Chūya Nakahara | |
| 2021 | World Trigger the stage | Yūma Kuga | |
| 2021 | Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chūya, 15 years old | Chuya Nakahara | |
| 2021 | Hetalia: The world is wonderful | Japan | |
| 2022 | Tokyo Revengers: Bloody Halloween | Chifuyu Matsuno | |

### Music video

| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
| 2012 | Nogizaka46 | "Guruguru Curtain" | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2011 | Unubore Deka | Host Kazuta | TBS | Episode 2 |
| 2012 | Kamen Rider Wizard | Satoshi Ishii / Lizardman | TV Asahi | Episodes 14 and 15 |
| 2016 | Yowamushi Pedal | Sangaku Manami | BS Sky PerfecTV! | |
| 2017 | Yowamushi Pedal 2nd Season | Sangaku Manami | BS Sky PerfecTV! | |
| 2019 | Real Fake | Yūsuke Ikuta | MBS TV | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | The Royal Tutor | Heine Wittgenstein | Voice in anime film |

### Anime

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories | Additional voices | Episode 7, 14 |
| 2016 | My Hero Academia | Lunch Rush | Supporting role |
| 2017 | The Royal Tutor | Heine Wittgenstein | Lead role |
| 2018 | My Sweet Tyrant | Masago Matsuo | Supporting role |
| 2020 | Pet | Hiroki | Lead role |

## Publications
### Photo books

| Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
| 2015 | Zenbu, Ore. (全部、俺。) | Shufu to Seikatsu-sha | ISBN 978-4391147636 |
| 2019 | U and You | Shufu to Seikatsu-sha | ISBN 978-4391153422 |