This Actor Is So Handsome That His Mother Signed Him Up With Agency When He Was 2
Aside from his movie, the pre-debut story of “One-In-A-Thousand-Year Idol” Shunsuke Michieda also draws attention
Born in 2002, Japanese singer and actor Shunsuke Michieda recently aroused keen interest from Korean fans with his lead role in the movie “Even If This Love Disappears Tonight”. Available for streaming on Wavve, the movie is so popular that it even ranked No.2 among all Japanese romance movies. In addition, “Even If This Love Disappears Tonight” set the record of the live-action movie surpassing 1 million views in Korea.
“Even If This Love Disappears Tonight” is a romance film about the love story of a girl with amnesia, who loses her memories of the previous day every time she wakes up, and an ordinary boy. The original novel also became a bestseller in Korea with more than 400,000 copies.
Shunsuke Michieda is a member of the famous idol group Naniwa Danshi. He is known among the MZ Generation by the nickname “One-In-A-Thousand-Year Idol”. His event in Korea was a hot issue attracting many teenage fans.
In an interview, Shunsuke Michieda shared, “I’ve watched many Korean dramas”, adding “I particularly enjoyed ‘True Beauty’. There are many films jointly produced by Korea and Japan. If I have a chance, I would love to appear in movies by Korean directors”.
He also made headlines when saying, “I really like Korean actor Song Kang. I watched many of his projects and want to meet him as a fan”.
It is known that Shunsuke Michieda grew up listening to many idol songs because of his parents, who are fans of Japan’s national idol group SMAP. His mother sent an application to the agency Johnny’s when he was 2 years old. Thanks to his perfect face ever since he was a baby, Shunsuke Michieda successfully passed the audition after only 4 attempts.
As expected, “One-In-A-Thousand-Year Idol” Shunsuke Michieda became the No.1 idol in the agency since his trainee days because of his outstanding visual with white skin and a mysterious vibe. Owning a neat and clean appearance, the singer-actor gained huge love from the public, even adults.
Shunsuke Michieda, whose idol is the all-rounder entertainer Takuya Kimura, is also doing well not only in drama and movie acting but also in his idol activities. Last year, he played the main character in the famous drama “The Files of Young Kindaichi”, and is still working hard with many activities.
