Masaya Sakuragi, the Japanese actor and Genjibu member who plays Kurobe Harutora in Hold on, Harutora-kun

Masaya Sakuragi

BIOGRAPHY

Masaya Sakuragi (Japanese: 桜木雅哉; born 19 March 2006 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and singer. He performs with the dance and vocal group Genin wa Jibun ni Aru. (原因は自分にある。), part of the EBiDAN collective.

MBS lists his main acting credits as the ABC TV drama Shugaku Ryoko de Nakayoku Nai Group ni Hairimashita, BS Fuji’s Takumi-kun Series – Drama – and the MBS Drama Ism series Shitsuren Karuta.

In 2026 he takes one of the two leads in Hold on, Harutora-kun (ちょっと待とうよ、春虎くん) as Kurobe Harutora, a first-year on the basketball team who is placed in the same dormitory room as Kishida Sui and says exactly what he feels, which is the last thing Sui is prepared for.

BLGLFlix editorial view

EBiDAN keeps appearing on this site. It is a Japanese collective of dance and vocal groups, and its members turn up across the queer and youth drama records here often enough that it functions as a casting pool as much as a music organisation. A production filling a school or dormitory cast can hire four performers who already rehearse together, already have followings, and are already contractually available. Nothing in the Thai or Korean systems on this site works quite the same way, because those industries route talent through drama studios rather than through music collectives.

There is a smaller connection inside this one series. He has a Takumi-kun Series credit, and so does Rio Takahashi, who plays Sui’s closest friend in the same production. Takumi-kun is one of the oldest continuing Japanese boys’ love franchises, running in film and drama form since the late 2000s, and two members of a 2026 cast having passed through it is a reminder that Japan’s version of this genre has a back catalogue deep enough to have trained people.

He is twenty and carrying a lead on a broadcaster series. His social accounts are left off this page because only one source lists them and his agency has not confirmed them, which is the same standard applied to everyone else here.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
桜木雅哉
Real Name
Masaya Sakuragi
Pronouns
he/him
Born
(Age 20)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Gender
Male
Western Zodiac
Pisces ♓
Chinese Zodiac
Dog 🐕
Profession
Nationality
Languages
Japanese

FILMOGRAPHY — TV SERIES (1)

MUSIC CAREER

Group Position
Member

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is Masaya Sakuragi?

Masaya Sakuragi is a Japanese actor and singer born on 19 March 2006 in Tokyo. He plays Kurobe Harutora in the 2026 MBS BL series Hold on, Harutora-kun.

Which group is he in?

He is a member of the dance and vocal group Genin wa Jibun ni Aru. (原因は自分にある。), part of the EBiDAN collective.

What role does he play in Hold on, Harutora-kun?

He plays Kurobe Harutora, one of the two leads, opposite Tsubasa Nakagawa as Kishida Sui.

How old is he?

He was born on 19 March 2006, which makes him 20 in 2026. His zodiac sign is Pisces.

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Sources

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  1. MBSSources consulted (27 August 2026): the official MBS programme site for Hold on, Harutora-kun at for the cast list, group affiliation and credit list; The Movie Database (TMDB) person 3706597 for date of birth, group affiliation and profile photograph; TMDB series 328190 for the cast list; and the Japanese Wikipedia article on the series for character descriptions. mbs.jp/harutora

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