Ryo Nishikido (Japanese Actor, Singer, and Idol)

Nishikido Ryo is best known for his role as Aya Ikeuchi's loving friend Haruto Asou in the tearjerker One Litre of Tears but did you know that the handsome Japanese actor is a pop superstar in his native Japan? Ryo is a member of hugely popular J-pop boy bands NEWS and Kanjani8 so he is famous for his singing chops as well.

Ryo is also embarking on an acting career in movies, having appeared in 2010s Chonmage Pudding where he plays the main lead Kijima Yasubei.

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Quick facts about the Japanese actor

Name: Nishikido Ryo

Profession: Actor and singer

Birthdate: 1984-Nov-03

Birthplace: Osaka, Japan

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 53 Kg

Star sign: Scorpio

Blood type: O

Family: Two elder brothers, one younger sister.

Talent Agency: Johnny's Entertainment

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1 Litre of Tears also called A Diary with Tears or A Diary of Tears) is a Japanese television drama for Fuji TV about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15 but was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25. Aya Ikeuchi (Erika Sawajiri) at the age of fifteen was diagnosed with a spinocerebellar degeneration, a disease which malfunctions human's motor function eventually making them paralytic. Ryo plays Haruto Asou, a student who patiently stands by her until the end.

Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo on November 3, 1984 and raised in Osaka. He made his major debut in 2004 as both an actor and a singer, belonging to two popular Johnny & Associates boy bands, NEWS and Kanjani Eight. In 2006, Nishikido held his first solo concert. Ryo has also appeared in TV dramas but it was his leading roles as the tough but compassionate student Haruto Asou in 1 Litre of Tears, Nakahara Shota in Attention Please and the girlfriend-beating Sosuke Oikawa in Last Friends that gave him acclaim and attention.

Nishikido appeared in a movie for the first time , playing the lead role in summer 2010s Chonmage Pudding where he plays the lead, Kijima Yasubei, a samurai from Edo period Japan who somehow slips forward in time 180 years to the present

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Ryo plays the role of very jealous boyfriend Oikawa Sosuke in Last Friends and has lots of scenes of him displaying domestic violence on his girlfriend Aida Michiru (Masami Nagasawa). This clip shows him attacking Ruka (Juri Ueno), Michiru's tomboyish close friend with whom he feels jealous of.

Proof of how versatile the actor is.

Movies

Chonmage Purin (2010)

Television Series

Joker: Yurusarezaru Sousakan (Fuji TV / 2010)

The Dog of Orthros | Orthros no Inu (TBS / 2009)

Ties of Shooting Stars | Ryusei no Kizuna(TBS / 2008)

Last Friends (Fuji TV / 2008)

Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (Fuji TV / 2008)

Attention Please (Fuji TV / 2006)

1 Litre of Tears (Fuji TV / 2005)

Give It All | Ganbatte ikimasshoi (KTV / 2005)

Teru teru kazoku (NHK / 2003)

Card Queen (NHK / 2003)

TV Movies

Niini no Koto wo Wasurenaide (NTV / 2009)

Attention Please 2008 Special (Fuji TV / 2008)

1 Litre of Tears SP (Fuji TV / 2008)

Attention Please 2007 Special (Fuji TV / 2008)

Kemarishi (KTV / 2006)

Recognition and Awards

Fall 2008 Nikkan Sports Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Last Friends.

18th TV LIFE Annual Drama Awards 2008: Supporting Actor for Ryusei no Kizuna.

18th TV LIFE Annual Drama Awards 2008: Supporting Actor for Last Friends.

57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Last Friends.

2003-2004 Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Best Newcomer for Teru Teru Kazoku

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