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Yoshihiko Aramaki

BIOGRAPHY

Yoshihiko Aramaki (Japanese: 荒牧慶彦; born 5 February 1990 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor who works mainly in 2.5D theatre, the branch of Japanese stage that adapts manga, anime and games for live performance.

He studied economics at university and came into the industry through the group HIROZ, which released the album Samurai Road in 2011. His stage debut followed in 2012, in the second season of the Prince of Tennis musical as Kai Yujiro.

The role he is most associated with is Yamanbagiri Kunihiro in the Touken Ranbu stage series, which he has played across productions from 2016 onward, and which carried over into the 2019 Touken Ranbu film. His other stage work includes Uta no Prince-sama, A3! as Tsukioka Tsumugi, and the Hypnosis Mic productions.

On screen he is known for REAL⇄FAKE, which ran from 2019 to 2023, and for the Terebi Engeki Success-so seasons between 2019 and 2021. He appeared in MANKAI MOVIE A3! in 2022.

He has run his own agency, Pasture, as its representative since April 2021, having previously been with Main Cast Production and then Toki Entertainment. In February 2025 he was appointed a director of the Japan 2.5D Musical Association.

In the stage musical of Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! he plays Kurosawa.

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He runs his own company and sits on the board of the body that represents the form he works in.

Yoshihiko Aramaki, born 5 February 1990 in Tokyo, plays Kurosawa in Cherry Magic The Musical. He has been the representative of his own agency, Pasture, since April 2021, and in February 2025 he was appointed a director of the Japan 2.5D Musical Association.

Those two facts change how the rest of the page reads. A performer who leaves a management company to run his own is taking on the business, and one who then joins the board of an industry association has moved from being cast to being consulted about how the sector is organised. Very few actors at any age hold both positions.

He arrived by an unlikely route. An economics degree, then a pop group whose album came out in 2011, then a musical stage debut in 2012, and from 2016 the samurai-sword role he is now permanently identified with across a decade of productions.

Stage acting rarely leaves a durable public record, which is part of why the board appointment matters: the association exists partly to give the form the institutional weight its audience numbers already justify.

His birth date, city, education, agency, a dated 2012 debut, two verified accounts and an encyclopedia entry are all documented on this page.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
荒牧慶彦
Pronouns
he/him
Born
(Age 36)
Gender
Male
Western Zodiac
Aquarius ♒
Chinese Zodiac
Horse 🐎
Profession
Nationality
Debut
2012 — Musical The Prince of Tennis 2nd Season (2012), as Kai Yujiro
Agency / Label
Pasture (own agency, representative since April 2021)
Years Active
2011-present
Languages
Japanese (native)
Skills
Acting, Stage Performance, Singing

TRIVIA

  • He came into the industry through the group HIROZ, whose album Samurai Road was released in 2011, before moving to stage acting.
  • He has played Yamanbagiri Kunihiro in the Touken Ranbu stage series across multiple productions since 2016, and reprised the role in the 2019 film.
  • He founded and represents his own agency, Pasture, from April 2021.
  • He was appointed a director of the Japan 2.5D Musical Association in February 2025.

EDUCATION

University degree in economics

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is Yoshihiko Aramaki?

Yoshihiko Aramaki (荒牧慶彦) is a Japanese actor, born February 5, 1990, known for his work in Japan’s 2.5-D stage tradition.

Which character does Yoshihiko Aramaki play in Cherry Magic?

He plays Yuichi Kurosawa in Cherry Magic The Musical (2025), opposite Ryo Matsuda as Kiyoshi Adachi.

When and where did Cherry Magic The Musical run?

It ran at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL in Tokyo and Aiplaza Toyohashi in Aichi in April 2025.

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Sources

4 sources

Every factual claim on this page is taken from the records below. Where two sources disagree, the disagreement is stated in the text rather than resolved silently.

  1. TMDBTMDB person record 2211853: biography, external IDs, images; combined credits: Cherry Magic The Musical credit as Yuichi Kurosawa. themoviedb.org/person/2211853
  2. NELKENelke Planning official production page (full cast list with kanji) nelke.co.jp/stage/cherrymaho-musical/index.html
  3. IMDbIMDb imdb.com/name/nm8153256
  4. WikidataWikidata Q16263824 wikidata.org/wiki/Q16263824

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