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Sota Fukushi

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Sota Fukushi (福士 蒼汰, Fukushi Sōta) is a Japanese actor who portrayed Gentaro Kisaragi/Kamen Rider Fourze in Kamen Rider Fourze, with his most recent reprisal of the role in Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders.

Biography[]

Fukushi was scouted in Shibuya by Ken-On and made his acting debut with a small appearance a drama. Soon after, he landed the lead role of Gentaro Kisaragi in Kamen Rider Fourze.

Post Kamen Rider[]

After Fourze's end, Fukushi went on to star in several well received dramas and films. In 2018, Sota starred in a live-action film adaptation of the popular manga series Bleach, playing the main protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki, which also reunited him with his Fourze Rider co-stars Ryo Yoshizawa and Erina Mano, who played Uryu Ishida and Orihime Inoue respectively. The filming of Bleach made him and his co-stars unable to reprise their roles in Kamen Rider Zi-O, thus stand-ins were hired in their places.

Personal Life[]

  • Fukushi was still in high school while filming Fourze and graduated in March of 2012.[1]
  • Fukushi has mentioned that his parents are fans of Kamen Rider, and that he only auditioned to make them happy.
  • Both Fukushi and co-star Ryuki Takahashi were the final contenders for the role of Gentaro, but Fukushi was the one eventually chosen. During the audition, Fukushi was given dialogue to act out with another auditionee of his choosing and chose Takahashi. As a result, Takahashi was cast as Kengo Utahoshi.[2]
  • Because Gentaro's most well known feature is his pompadour hairstyle, Fukushi stated that he almost never gets recognized by children fans in his normal hairstyle.[3]
  • Fukushi is fluent in English and has achieved proficiency through the EIKEN test. He publicly showcased this during a speech in the 9th Rome Film Festival. His fluency allowed him to appear in the second season of the TV series The Head (2020) which was a co-production between Spain and Japan, making him one of the only few actors in the Toei Tokusatsu franchise to appear in an international production.

Filmography[]

Television[]

Film[]

Notes[]

  • to be added

References[]

  1. ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2020112/full/
  2. ↑ Spaceship vol.138” page 29.
  3. ↑ "Figure King Premium Series 11 Rider Goods Collection 2012 Kamen Rider Fourze", World Photo Press , page 3.

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