Akira

When I picture EXILE's AKIRA, the first thing that lands is "this is a guy who built a career on his feet." Born in 1981 and raised in Iwata, Shizuoka, he came up through dance, and you can just see it in how he carries himself, the posture, the way he walks across a stage like every step is placed on purpose. That kind of poise doesn't fake well. What I respect is that he didn't stop at dancing and fronting a group; he stepped into acting and actually committed to it, which is harder than people give credit for. To me he reads less like a flashy idol and more like a quiet craftsman who's been grinding for over two decades, the type whose ease on camera hides a mountain of unglamorous reps. I'm a fan of that lane.

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Akira (born August 23, 1981, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor, singer, and dancer known as a member of EXILE. Active across music, dance, and television drama, he has built a career spanning more than two decades in the Japanese entertainment industry. He maintains official presences on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) under EXILE AKIRA accounts affiliated with LDH.

Name (English)

Akira

Name (Japanese)

EXILE AKIRA

Reading

えぐざいる あきら

Born

August 23, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Singer / Dancer / Television Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Spouse

Lin Chi-ling

Works summary

Appearances

99 (2004–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2004: 1, 2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 1, 2008: 3, 2009: 4, 2010: 6, 2011: 7, 2012: 5, 2013: 8, 2014: 4, 2015: 5, 2016: 8, 2017: 7, 2018: 7, 2019: 8, 2020: 1, 2021: 6, 2022: 5, 2023: 6, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 1, year unknown: 1

Debut work

HEART of GOLD 〜STREET FUTURE OPERA BEAT POPS〜

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/exileakira_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/EXILE_AKIRA_LDH
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXILE%20AKIRA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851515

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Actor
• Singer
• Dancer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.