Yoshizawa Ryo

Other Name: 吉沢亮

Age: 31

Birthday: February 1, 1994

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Ryo Yoshizawa is a Japanese actor from Tokyo represented by Amuse. He was signed by the agency after winning Right On award at the Amuse National Audition 2009, for which his mother registered him to join. His breakthrough roles were as Okita Sougo in Gintama, and as Yuichi in Friends Games. In early 2011, Yoshizawa made his debut in Sign with fellow Amuse actors Sakurada Dori and Uehara Takuya. In the second half of that year, he starred in Kingyo Club, and would go on to portray Sakuta Ryusei from Episode 17 in Kamen Rider Fourze. He won the Newcomer of the Year award at the 42nd Japan Academy Awards in 2019 for his role as Yamada Ichiro in River's Edge. A year later, he won Best Supporting Actor award from the same awards association for his role in Kingdom. His portrayal of Japanese industrialist Shibusawa Eiichi in Seiten wo Tsuke won him two awards from The Television Academy Awards and Hashida Cultural Foundation Award. (Source: Wikipedia).