# Ryusei Yokohama

Ryusei Yokohama (横浜 流星, Yokohama Ryūsei, born September 16, 1996) is a Japanese actor, model, and former singer. He is best known for playing the role of the pink-haired Yuri Kyohei in the 2019 romantic comedy drama A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love, as well as Hikari Nonomura (ToQ 4gou) in the 2014 Super Sentai TV series Ressha Sentai ToQger.

## Early life and education

Yokohama Ryūsei was born on September 16, 1996, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
In March 2015, Yokohama graduated from a men's modelling course.

## Career

When he was a sixth grader, Yokohama was discovered by a talent scout while with his family on his first trip to the trendy Tokyo neighborhood of Harajuku. He is currently working under Stardust Promotion. He was a former member of the male talent group Ebidan, a group also produced by Stardust Promotion.
Yokohama's first appearance was at a commercial for Eiko Seminar. He served as a male model of the fashion magazine Nikopuchi through a public audition. Yokohama was voted as number 1 in Menmo. In the same year, he debuted in Kamen Rider Fourze. In 2013, Yokohama made regular appearances in the drama Real Onigokko The Origin.
In February 2014, he appeared in Ressha Sentai ToQger as Hikari/ToQ 4gou.

## Other activities

Yokohama's special skill is Kyokushin karate. In 2011, he won the 7th International Youth Karate Tournament for boys aged 13–14 in the under 55kg division.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Wolf Girl and Black Prince | Takeru Hibiya | |
| 2019 | Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito | Tōru Nomiya | Lead role |
| 2019 | L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof | Reo Kugayama | |
| 2019 | Go Away, Ultramarine | Nanakusa | Lead role |
| 2020 | Your Eyes Tell | Rui Shinozaki | Lead role |
| 2021 | Your Turn to Kill: The Movie | Shinobu Nikaido | |
| 2021 | DIVOC-12 | | Lead role; anthology film |
| 2022 | Usogui: Lie Eater | Baku Madarame | Lead role |
| 2022 | Wandering | Ryo Nakase | |
| 2022 | Akira and Akira | Akira Kaidō | Lead role |
| 2022 | The Lines That Define Me | Sōsuke Aoyama | Lead role |
| 2023 | The Village | Yū Katayama | Lead role |
| 2023 | One Last Bloom | Shōgo Kuroki | Lead role |
| 2024 | The Parades | Shōri | |
| 2024 | Faceless | Kaburagi | Lead role |
| 2025 | National Treasure | Shunsuke Ōgaki | |
| 2025 | Unreachable | Tenma | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love | Kyohei Yuri | |
| 2019 | Your Turn to Kill | Shinobu Nikaido | |
| 2019 | Marigold in 4 Minutes | Ai Hanamaki | |
| 2020 | Panda Judges the World | Naoki Morishima | Lead role |
| 2020 | Cursed in Love | Tsubaki Takatsuki | Lead role |
| 2021 | Why I Dress Up for Love | Shun Fujino | |
| 2022 | The Journalist | Ryo Kinoshita | |
| 2022 | DCU: Deep Crime Unit | Haruki Senō | |
| 2023 | Informa | Ainosuke Kawamura | |
| 2025 | Unbound | Tsutaya Jūzaburō | Lead role; Taiga drama |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2024 | 75th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | Judge | | |

## Stage
### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Moonlight Rambler | Leonardo | |
| 2013 | Clock Zero: Final 1-second- A live Moment | The rebellious person | |
| 2015 | Samurai Shiroitora -Mononofu Shirokitora- | Ejiro Itou | Lead role |
| 2015 | Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Academy of Despair: The Stage | Hajime Hinata / Izuru Kamukura | Lead role |
| 2016 | Dark Hunter | Kyosuke Garyu | |
| 2017 | Biohazard the Experience | Karasawa | Lead role |
| 2017 | A Moment to Remember (Reading drama) | Kosuke | Lead role |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) |
| 2019 | 12th Tokyo Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love |
| 2019 | 100th The Television Drama Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love |
| 2019 | TVstation Drama Award 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love |
| 2019 | 29th TV LIFE Drama Award 2019 | Newcomer of the Year | A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love |
| 2019 | Nikkei Trendy - Person of the year 2019 | | |
| 2019 | GQ JAPAN - Men of the Year 2019 | New Generation Actor of the Year | |
| 2019 | 32nd DIME Trend Award | Best Character Award | |
| 2019 | Yahoo! Search Award 2019 | Grand Prize / Actor Grand Prize | |
| 2020 | 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito, Cheer Boys!! and Go Away, Ultramarine |
| 2020 | 44th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself |
| 2020 | Seoul International Drama Awards | Asian Star Prize | Your Turn to Kill |
| 2020 | ELLE Cinema Award 2020 | ELLE Men Award | Your Eyes Tell |
| 2020 | Line News Awards 2020 | The topic person - Actor | |
| 2022 | 47th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Wandering |
| 2023 | 48th Hochi Film Awards | Best Actor | The Village and One Last Bloom |
| 2024 | 49th Hochi Film Awards | Best Actor | Faceless |
| 2025 | 79th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Lead Performance | Faceless |
| 2025 | 48th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Faceless |