Keisuke Ueda

Keisuke Ueda
植田 圭輔
Born (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 (age 35)[1]
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • voice actor
Years active2006–present
AgentClutch Corporation
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
LabelsYamaha Music Communications
Websiteuedakeisuke.jp

Keisuke Ueda (植田 圭輔, Ueda Keisuke, born September 5, 1989) is a Japanese actor and singer affiliated with Clutch Corporation/Yamaha Corporation. Since 2007, Ueda has been involved with 2.5D musicals and other musical theatre productions, most notably as Choromatsu from Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time, Yukine from the Noragami stage plays, Misaki Yata from the K stage plays, Japan from the Hetalia musicals, Pharos and Ryoji Mochizuki from Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade, Chuya Nakahara from the Bungo Stray Dogs stage plays, and Syo Kurusu from the Uta no Prince-sama: Gekidan Shining musicals. He portrayed Sangaku Manami in both the Yowamushi Pedal stage plays and the live-action drama adaptation. As a voice actor, his leading roles include Heine Wittgenstein from The Royal Tutor and Hiroki from Pet, who he also portrayed in the tie-in stage adaptations.

Alongside of his acting career, Ueda debuted as a singer in 2018 with the song "Start Line (Toki no Wadachi)", with his first album, Voice of.. released in 2019.

Career

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Acting career

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Ueda was a finalist in the 19th Junon Super Boy Contest held in 2006.[2] In 2007, he debuted as an actor in the stage play Osaero.[3] In the same year, he was cast in his first leading role as Abe no Masahiro in the stage adaptation of Shōnen Onmyōji.[3] Throughout his early theatre career, Ueda worked with the all-male theatre troupe Gekidan Studio Life.[3] Ueda also had guest roles in Unubore Deka and Kamen Rider Wizard on television, but after being cast as Sangaku Manami from the Yowamushi Pedal stage plays, he reprised his role for the live-action drama series in his first regular role.[4]

In 2013, Ueda made his voice acting debut in Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories.[5] In 2017, he was cast in his first anime leading role as Heine Wittgenstein in The Royal Tutor, who he also portrayed in the musicals.[6]

Music career

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In 2016, Ueda collaborated with the music label Aquamarine for their Otogimmick music project.[7] The Sleeping Beauty-inspired "Nemuri-hime" was released on December 23, 2016 in "Prince" and "Devil" editions.[7] The single charted at #123 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[8]

On May 30, 2018, Ueda released his debut single, "Start Line (Toki no Wadachi)" as part of the "Bogland Music" project between Yamaha Music Communications and stage actors.[9] The song was featured as the ending theme to the television program +Music and peaked at #25 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[9]

Discography

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Albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
Oricon
[10]
Billboard Japan
Voice of.. 2019 25 TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

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As lead artist

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
Oricon Hot 100
"Start Line (Toki no Wadachi)" (START LINE ~時の轍~) 2018 25[9] Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
Oricon Hot 100
"Nemuri-hime" (眠り姫)
(Otogimmick feat. Keisuke Ueda)
2016 123[8] Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances

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List of soundtrack appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Other artist(s) Album
JPN
Oricon Hot 100
"Prince Night (Doko ni Ita no sa!? My Princess)" (Prince Night~どこにいたのさ!? MY PRINCESS~) 2017 19[12] Yūya Asato, Yūto Adachi, Daisuke Hirose, and Shouta Aoi (as P4 with T) Non-album single
"Tomodachi Ijō × Teki Miman" (友達 以上×敵 未満) 2019 78[13] Yūya Asato, Yūto Adachi, Daisuke Hirose, and Shouta Aoi (as P4 with T) Non-album single

Filmography

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Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Shōnen Onmyōji Abe no Masahiro
2008 The Long Kiss Goodnight Kit
2010 Miracle Train: Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso Shiodome Iku [3]
The Heart of Thomas Ante Lower [3]
2011 Romeo and Juliet Juliet
2013 Yowamushi Pedal Sangaku Manami
2014 Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Blue Awakening Pharos [14]
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Ultramarine Labyrinth Pharos [15]
K Misaki Yata
Yowamushi Pedal Hakone Gakuen-hen: Yajū Kakusei Sangaku Manami [16]
2015 Yowamushi Pedal: Inter-high-hen: The Winner Sangaku Manami [17]
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Bismuth Crystals Ryoji Mochizuki [18]
K: Arousal of King Misaki Yata
Hetalia: Singin' in the World Japan [19]
2016 Noragami: Kami to Negai Yukine [20]
Samurai Warriors Ishida Mitsunari [21]
K: Lost Small World Misaki Yata [22]
Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time Choromatsu [23]
Hetalia: The Great World Japan [24]
2017 Noragami: Kami to Kizuna Yukine [25]
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: The Indigo Pledge and Beyond the Blue Sky Pharos, Ryoji Mochizuki, Nyx [26]
Uta no Prince-sama: Gekidan Shining: Tenka Muteki no Shinobu Michi Syonosuke (Syo Kurusu) [27]
Bungo Stray Dogs Chūya Nakahara [28][29]
Hetalia: In the New World Japan [30]
The Royal Tutor Heine Wittgenstein [6]
Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen THE STAGE 2017 Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu [31]
K: Missing Kings Misaki Yata [32]
2018 Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time 2 Choromatsu [33]
Hetalia: FINAL LIVE ~A World in the Universe~ Japan [34]
Kigeki Osomatsu-san Choromatsu [35]
Pet: Kowareta Suiso Hiroki [36]
2019 The Royal Tutor: Musical II Heine Wittgenstein [37]
Bungo Stray Dogs: Sansha Teiritsu Chuya Nakahara [38][39]
A3! Mankai Stage: Autumn & Winter 2019 Mikage Hisoka
Re:volver Suzuki [40]
2020 銀ちゃんが逝く ヤス [41]
法廷の王様 雨宮凛空
A3! Mankai Stage: Winter 2020 Mikage Hisoka
2021 チョコレート戦争~a tale of the truth~ 久保南碕
A3! Mankai Stage: Winter 2021 Mikage Hisoka
私立探偵 濱マイク -我が人生最悪の時- 楊海平
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple Chūya Nakahara [42]
World Trigger the stage Yūma Kuga [43]
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chūya, 15 years old Chuya Nakahara [44]
Hetalia: The world is wonderful Japan [45]
2022 Tokyo Revengers: Bloody Halloween Chifuyu Matsuno [46]

Music video

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Year Artist Song Notes
2012 Nogizaka46 "Guruguru Curtain"

Television

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Year Title Role Network Notes
2011 Unubore Deka Host Kazuta TBS Episode 2
2012 Kamen Rider Wizard Satoshi Ishii / Lizardman TV Asahi Episodes 14 and 15[47]
2016 Yowamushi Pedal Sangaku Manami BS Sky PerfecTV! [4]
2017 Yowamushi Pedal 2nd Season Sangaku Manami BS Sky PerfecTV! [48]
2019 Real Fake Yūsuke Ikuta MBS TV [49][50]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 The Royal Tutor Heine Wittgenstein Voice in anime film[37]

Anime

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Additional voices Episode 7, 14[5]
2016 My Hero Academia Lunch Rush Supporting role
2017 The Royal Tutor Heine Wittgenstein Lead role[6]
2018 My Sweet Tyrant Masago Matsuo Supporting role[51]
2020 Pet Hiroki Lead role[36]

Publications

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Photo books

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Year Title Publisher ISBN
2015 Zenbu, Ore. (全部、俺。) Shufu to Seikatsu-sha ISBN 978-4391147636
2019 U and You Shufu to Seikatsu-sha ISBN 978-4391153422

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