[Japanese] Best Performance of 2026

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Mr Two Baht 12 days ago

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1. Toda Erika

Japanese

795 points by 8 voters

Toda Erika is a Japanese actress born in Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture. Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model ...more
2. Mackenyu

American

696 points by 7 voters

Mackenyu Maeda, known simply as Mackenyu, is a Japanese-American actor born in Los Angeles and is the son of a famous Japanese actor, producer, director, and martial artist Sonny Chiba. He attended ...more
3. Okada Masaki

Japanese

492 points by 5 voters

Okada Masaki, born in Edogawa-Ku, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor managed by Stardust Promotion. Okada was scouted in Harajuku when he was in the second year of junior high school. Initially, he ...more
4. Fukushi Sota

Japanese

381 points by 4 voters

Fukushi Sota is a Japanese Actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He is under the agent Ken-On. He rose to prominence portraying Gentaro Kisaragi in the Kamen Rider franchise and has since starred ...more
5. Yagira Yuya

Japanese

293 points by 3 voters

Yagira Yuya is a Japanese actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his role in the highly acclaimed "Nobody Knows". Yagira earned the distinction of ...more
6. Imada Mio

Japanese

291 points by 3 voters

Imada Mio is a model, talent, actress, singer, and ex-gravure model. She was born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. She currently belongs to the agency Content 3. When she was 16, she ...more
7. Oguri Shun

Japanese

290 points by 3 voters

Shun Oguri is a Japanese actor, voice actor and film director, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor. ...more
8. Matsumura Hokuto

Japanese

288 points by 3 voters

Hokuto first came to Johnny's Entertainment in 2009 because he admired NEWS. He became a member of Johnny's Junior group, ''SixTONES'' in 2015 who officially made their debut on 2020. Before joining ...more
9. Hyunri

Japanese

193 points by 2 voters

Hyunri is an actress born in Tokyo to Korean parents. She belongs to the Hirata office. She is a trilingual who speaks three languages; Japanese, English, and Korean fluently. While she was ...more
10. Ashida Mana

Japanese

193 points by 2 voters

Ashida Mana is a Japanese actress and talent. She was born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She first acted in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Short Movie 2. She became the youngest lead ...more
11. Takeuchi Ryoma

Japanese

190 points by 2 voters

Takeuchi Ryoma is a Japanese actor and model, who portrays the main protagonist of Kamen Rider Drive, Shinnosuke Tomari. Ryoma started playing soccer when he was 5, and during high school he ...more
12. Sakaguchi Kentaro

Japanese

190 points by 2 voters

Sakaguchi Kentaro is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as a model in Men's Non-No magazine in 2010 and as an actor under Tristone Entertainment in 2014. In the 8th Asia ...more
13. Nakajima Kento

Japanese

189 points by 2 voters

Nakajima Kento is a Japanese actor, singer, and entertainer born in Tokyo. He's a former member of the idol group Sexy Zone and is signed to Johnny's. When he was in elementary ...more
14. Matsuoka Mayu

Japanese

189 points by 2 voters

Matsuoka Mayu is a Japanese actress, seiyuu (voice actor), and model formerly under Hirata Office Agency Talent Management. On June 8, 2024, she and Hey! Say! JUMP's member, Arioka Daiki, announced their ...more
15. Hori Kaito

Japanese

100 points by 1 voters

Hori Kaito is a Japanese actor under MKroom. (Source: MKroom.info)
16. Sato Yusuke

Japanese

99 points by 1 voters

Sato Yusuke is a Japanese singer and actor from the band "lol(エルオーエル)". He is signed under Avex management. In 2013, he won the first prize in the actor category, and he acted ...more
17. Takahashi Hiroto

Japanese

98 points by 1 voters
18. Ito Sairi

Japanese

98 points by 1 voters

Sairi Ito is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Alpha Agency. On April 12, 2022 she confirmed her relationship with screenwriter Horai Ryuta who is 18 years her ...more
19. Wada Masanari

Japanese

97 points by 1 voters

Wada Masanari is a Japanese model and actor from Osaka. He's affiliated with Ruby Parade Agency. He's particularly well-known in the Stage Play world. His most important roles include Mikoto So from ...more
20. Fujimoto Kodai

Japanese

97 points by 1 voters

Fujimoto Kodai is a Japanese actor who works for TopCoat. In 2022, he won the Grand Prix at the 35th Junon Superboy Contest. (Source: topcoat.co.jp)
21. Honda Kyoya

Japanese

96 points by 1 voters

Honda Kyoya is a Japanese actor born in Fukui, Japan. He debuted in 2017 in the drama "Setoutsumi". He is also a model who rose to fame after being named as the ...more
22. Kan Hideyoshi

Japanese

96 points by 1 voters

Kan Hideyoshi is a Japanese actor under MR8 agency. In 2022, he made his debut in "Kamen Rider Geats". (Source: kisskh)
23. Isomura Hayato

Japanese

95 points by 1 voters

Isomura Hayato is a Japanese actor from Shizuoka Prefecture and is now represented by the talent agency BLUE LABEL. In high school, he joined a local theater company to learn acting, though ...more
24. Konishi Eito

Japanese

95 points by 1 voters

Konishi Eito is a Japanese model, YouTuber, and actor. He began appearing in stage plays in 2019. Also, in 2019, he began broadcasting on YouTube’s Ultra Teens Channel.
25. Machida Keita

Japanese

94 points by 1 voters

Machida Keita is a Japanese actor. He is a member of stage troupe EXILE and is represented by LDH. Machida joined Gekidan EXILE on January 25, 2011, after successfully passing the Dai ...more
26. Saito Ryu

Japanese

94 points by 1 voters
27. Takahashi Fumiya

Japanese

94 points by 1 voters

Takahashi is an actor affiliated with A-Plus Entertainment. In 2017, Takahashi entered a beauty contest and was a finalist out of over 1000 applicants and made his debut magazine appearance in Popteen. ...more
28. Gennosuke

Japanese

94 points by 1 voters

Gennosuke is a Japanese actor, TikToker, and YouTuber, born in Okinawa, Japan.
29. Ikuta Toma

Japanese

93 points by 1 voters

Ikuta Toma is a Japanese actor and entertainer born in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. He has a younger brother, Ikuta Ryusei, who is a Fuji TV announcer. His wife is the actress Nana ...more
30. Watanabe Shu

Japanese

93 points by 1 voters

Watanabe Shu, born October 26, 1991 in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor, famous for portraying the character Hino Eiji in the 2010 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider OOO.
31. Aoi Yu

Japanese

92 points by 1 voters

Aoi Yu is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film "All About Lily Chou-Chou". She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, ...more
32. Hashimoto Ai

Japanese

92 points by 1 voters

Hashimoto Ai is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Hashimoto made her debut after winning the grand prize in the HUAHUA Audition in 2008. She appeared in "Confessions" and starred in "The ...more
33. Akune Haruse

Japanese

91 points by 1 voters

Akune Haruse is a member of the dance vocal unit ICEx.
34. Yamanaka Jyutaro

Japanese

91 points by 1 voters

He is former member of BATTLE BOYS and now is a member of vocal dance unit M!LK under Stardust Promotion as a part of their EBiDAN branch. He joined the group on ...more