Masahiro Higashide

is a Japanese actor and model. In 2012, he debuted as an actor in The Kirishima Thing.

Early life Higashide was born on February 1, 1988, in Saitama Prefecture. He has one older brother. He graduated from Saitama Prefectural Asaka High School. Higashide practiced kendo daily when he was young because his father was a kendo teacher and was also a chef specializing in Japanese cuisine. His father died when he was nineteen due to an illness. He was active as a model for ZUCCa or Yohji Yamamoto from 2006 to 2011.

He debuted in The Kirishima Thing in 2012 and has been an actor since then.

He has acted on the NHK TV program “Rakugo Deeper!"

Personal life Higashide married fellow actor Anne Watanabe on January 1, 2015. The couple share three children; twin daughters born in May 2016 and a son born in November 2017.

In January 2020, Shūkan Bunshun revealed that Higashide had been having an extramarital affair with actress Erika Karata since 2017, when Watanabe was pregnant with their third child. The report was later confirmed by his agency. The incident caused Higashide to lose several endorsement deals. On August 1, 2020, Watanabe finalized her divorce with Higashide, promising that they will work together to take care of the children.

On August 27, 2024, Higashide announced his second marriage on his official YouTube channel to a non-celebrity woman, who is eleven years his junior, upon learning of her pregnancy. The two had reportedly begun a relationship in mid-2024. It was later revealed to be former actress Karin Matsumoto, and that the two had met before on set prior to her retirement from the entertainment industry. His wife gave birth to her first and Higashide's fourth child on February 3, 2025.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes2012 The Kirishima Thing Hiroki Kikuchi 2013 It All Began When I Met You Takumi Tsumura Story 2: "Long Distance Relationship" 0.5mm karaoke clerk Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Yoshiharu Habu The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine Tetsu Nakahama Lead role 2020 The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess Boku-chan Mishima: The Last Debate Narrator Documentary Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone Shūzō 2021 Blue Kazuki Ogawa The Sound of Grass Kazuo Kudō Lead role We Couldn't Become Adults Kenta Sekiguchi 2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Tokugawa Yoshinobu The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero Boku-chan The Flower in the Sky Tatsuji Miyoshi Lead role 2023 Trapped Balloon Kenji Lead role September 1923 Tanaka Winny Isamu Kaneko Lead role Corpo a Corpo Hiro Nakajo 2024 Dare to Stop Us 2 Junji Kimata Will Himself Documentary 2025 Demon City Kanta Fuse Dogs and War in Ukraine Narrator Documentary Transcending Dimensions Yasu 2026 Titanic Ocean Ame no Etranger Muraki

Television

Stage performances Nocturnes (2015)

Awards and nominations Higashide greeting Meryl Streep at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016.

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