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 has one older brother. He graduated from Saitama Prefectural Asaka High School. Higashide practiced kendo daily when he was young because his father was a kendo teacher and was also a chef specializing in Japanese cuisine. His father died when he 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.Nikkan Sports December 1st, 2013(Page 30) "Sunday Hero · Masahiro Higashide" 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 Notes2012 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 Blue Spring Ride Kō Mabuchi Lead role 0.5mm karaoke clerk Parasyte: Part 1 Hideo Shimada 2015 Parasyte: Part 2 Hideo Shimada Gonin Saga Hayato Hisamatsu Lead role 2016 Creepy Nogami Maniac Hero Hidetoshi Nakatsu Lead role Death Note: Light Up the New World Tsukuru MishimaLead role Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Yoshiharu Habu My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday Shōichi Ueyama 2017 Sekigahara Kobayakawa Hideaki Before We Vanish Pastor Foreboding Shirō Makabe Lead role 2018 Asako I & II Baku and RyōheiLead role The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine Tetsu Nakahama Lead role Over Drive Atsuhiro HiyamaLead role Punk Samurai Slash Down Kuroae Naohito The Antique Yoshio Tanaka 2019 The Confidence Man JP: The Movie Boku-chan 2020 The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess Boku-chan Mishima: The Last Debate Narrator Documentary Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone Shūzō Wife of a Spy Taiji Tsumori 2021 Blue Kazuki Ogawa The Sound of Grass Kazuo Kudō Lead role We Couldn't Become Adults Kenta Sekiguchi 2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Tokugawa Yoshinobu The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero Boku-chan The Flower in the Sky Tatsuji Miyoshi Lead role 2023 Trapped Balloon Kenji Lead role September 1923 Tanaka Winny Isamu Kaneko Lead roleCorpo a Corpo Hiro Nakajo2024 Dare to Stop Us 2 Junji KimataWill Himself Documentary 2025 Demon City Kanta FuseDogs and War in Ukraine Narrator Documentary Transcending Dimensions Yasu 2026 Titanic Ocean Ame no Etranger Muraki

Television Year Title Role Notes2012Renai KenteiJunya YoshimitsuReset: Honto no Shiawase no MitsukekataShion/Jun AyaWonderful Single LifeHiroki Yamada2013xxxHolicShizuka DōmekiAmachanDaikichi Ōmukai (young)2013–14Bon Appetit!Yūtarō Nishikado2014FathersYūsuke TogawaEpisode 72015Burning FlowerKusaka GenzuiA Restaurant With Many ProblemsMakoto Monji2016Death Note: New GenerationTsukuru Mishima2016–18Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritTanda2017Leaders 2Makoto KusakabeI Love You Just a Little BitRyōta Watanabe2018The Confidence Man JPBoku-chan2019VillainShuichi SaekiPure!: The Case Files of an Idol Chief of Police for a DayShusaku Toudou2020Keiji and Kenji: 24 Hours at the Local Police and the District Prosecutor's OfficeShuhei MajimaWife of a SpyYasuharu Tsumori2025Last Samurai StandingTsuge KyōjinPeople Are ScaryUmeyoshi

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)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work(s) Result201367th Mainichi Film AwardsBest New ActorThe Kirishima Thing36th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomers of the Year201427th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsYūjirō Ishihara Newcomer AwardParasyte: Part 1 and Crows Explode38th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomers of the YearHimself 201588th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest New Actor201771st Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorSatoshi: A Move for Tomorrow12th Osaka Cinema FestivalBest Supporting Actor40th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actor26th Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest Supporting Actor 201831st Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActorAsako I & II and Over Drive201961st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor40th Yokohama Film FestivalBest ActorAsako I & II73rd Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actor28th Tokyo Sports Film AwardsBest Actor202175th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorWife of a Spy63rd Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActorWife of a Spy and The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess202276th Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActorThe Sound of Grass 202336th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActorWinny and others 202466th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor

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