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Kentaro Maeda (前田拳太郎, Maeda Kentaro) is a Japanese actor and model who portrays Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi in Kamen Rider Revice.

Biography[]

Maeda wanted to be a Kamen Rider at a young age and began to pursue acting, In college, he applied for the Junon Superboy Contest and won BEST 30, but did not make it to the finals. As COVID-19 had also shut down most of the clubs at his school, Maeda did not want to give up on his dream of being an actor and actively searched for an agency to join. [1]

He ultimately found LDH and received acting training at an Exile Tribe studio.[2] After graduating, he made his acting debut where he appeared in a drama series. He joined LDH that following July, and was cast into the lead role of Ikki Igarashi in Revice.

In November 2022, Maeda joined his agency's theater troupe GEKIDAN EXILE, to which he is a member of alongside _Ex-Aid_-star Hayato Onozuka.

In 2023, Maeda starred as Takumi Misusawa in Themis' Classroom alongside both Fumiya Takahashi and Yuki Yamada , both whom Maeda sees as his "Tokusatsu role models", while also referring to the _Zero-One_-star as his "Reiwa Rider co-star".[3]

In September 2023, Maeda starred in Kimi ni wa todokanai (I will not reach you), which released to international acclaim.

In April 2024, Maeda reunited with Revice co-star Tomoya Oku in Kimi to Yukite Saku ~Shinsengumi Seishunroku~. Maeda expressed his excitement in working with Oku again.[4] The show also stars other former Kamen Rider cast members such as Maito Fujioka, Kazuto Mokudai, and Hideyoshi Kan. In October 2024, Maeda made his voice acting debut as Yuta Inohara in the anime film Fureru.[5]

Personal Life[]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Kamen Rider Saber ＋ Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki (2021) - Kamen Rider Revi (voice)
Kamen Rider Revice: The Movie (2021) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations (2021) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia (2022) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider Geats × Revice: Movie Battle Royale (2022) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Revice Forward: Kamen Rider Live & Evil & Demons (2023) - Ikki Igarashi

Television[]

Kamen Rider Saber, Episode 48 (2021) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider Revice (2021-2022) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi

Specials[]

Kamen Rider Revice: The Mystery (2022) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider Revice: Koala VS Kangaroo!! Declare Your Love Right Smack in the Middle of the Wedding?! (2022) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider Revice: Becoming Rider No. 2~♪ (2022) - Ikki Igarashi/Kamen Rider Revi
Kamen Rider Juuga VS Kamen Rider Orteca (2023) - Ikki Igarashi

Discography[]

Go with the flo (with Wataru Hyuga and Ayaka Imoto)
VOLCANO (with Subaru Kimura)
Without you (with Junya Komatsu)
Kimi wa Sono Mama de
Love yourself (with Nice Family)

Notes[]

Maeda celebrated his 22nd birthday one day after Revice's first episode was aired.
Much of the karate that Ayaka Imoto performs as Sakura Igarashi in the show was taught to her by Maeda himself.[13]
Both Maeda and Wataru Hyuga had visited the set of Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger on its final day of shooting to congratulate its cast members.[14]

References[]

↑ https://www.tokyoheadline.com/569880/
↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CMZnaXynlOX/
↑ https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5a7e60d13e12490d17cee3bbbb41443daea003ce?page=1
↑ https://www.ldh.co.jp/eng/news/detail.php?lang=eng&site=TRIBE&newsid=0000046903
↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/7/4/fureru-release-date-trailer-cast-yoasobi-song
↑ https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210721dog00m200088000c.html
↑ https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/revice/21
↑ https://youtu.be/cN-jaU54RFA?t=55
↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2205114/full/
↑ Uchusen 174 2021 , pp. 36–37, "[Interview] Kentaro Maeda"
↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2202630/full/
↑ Revice reader 2023 , pp. 31–33, "KAMEN RIDER REVICE MAIN CAST INTERVIEW 09 Tomoya Oku"
↑ Animage, October 2021, Tokuma Shoten 104-105p
↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CadoHCrpJ1l/