Background
Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
黒沢 良平
Akira was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
He moved to Iwata, Shizuoka at the age of three. Akira started dancing at the age of 16, at dance club events around the Shizuoka area. He then moved to Tokyo and went on to found the talent agency Makidai & United States of America. In December 2004, he debuted as a performer in Rather Unique.
In June 2006, he joined the group Exile as a performer.
He began working as an actor in March 2006, appearing in the "Number.1 Attack" stage troupe Gumi Honan. Since then, he has acted in a number of television dramas in Japan, including the 2012 remake of the Great Teacher Onizuka series, which has been broadcast on Fuji television since July 2012.
In 2015, Akira provided the voice of Mad Max in the Japanese dub of the film Mad Max: Fury Road. Sessions Four (FM North Wave)
Mashup MASHUP (Yokohama FM radio, October 2010 -).
He is also a member of the all-male J-People’s group Exile.