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Keisuke Ueda
植田 圭輔
Born (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 (age 35)[1]
Osaka, Japan[1]
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • voice actor
Years active2006–present
AgentPro-Fit
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, singer, and voice actor. 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.. releasing in 2019.

Career

Acting career

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

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

Albums

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

As lead artist

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.
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

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

Theatre

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 Minami 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 Minami Yata —
Hetalia: Singin' in the World Japan [19]
2016 Noragami: Kami to Negai Yukine [20]
Samurai Warriors Ishida Mitsunari [21]
K: Lost Small World Minami 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 Chuya Nakahara [28][29]
Hetalia: In the New World Japan [30]
The Royal Tutor Heine Wittgenstein [6]
K: Missing Kings Minami Yata [31]
2018 Osomatsu-san on Stage: Six Men's Show Time 2 Choromatsu [32]
Kigeki Osomatsu-san Choromatsu [33]
Pet: Kowareta Suiso Hiroki [34]
2019 The Royal Tutor: Musical II Heine Wittgenstein [35]
Bungo Stray Dogs: Sansha Teiritsu Chuya Nakahara [36][37]

Music video

Year Artist Song Notes
2012 Nogizaka46 "Guruguru Curtain"

Television

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[38]
2016 Yowamushi Pedal Sangaku Manami BS Sky PerfecTV! [4]
2017 Yowamushi Pedal 2nd Season Sangaku Manami BS Sky PerfecTV! [39]
2019 Real Fake Yūsuke Urata MBS TV [40][41]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2019 The Royal Tutor Heine Wittgenstein Voice in anime film[35]

Anime

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Additional voices Episode 7, 14[5]
2017 The Royal Tutor Heine Wittgenstein Lead role[6]
2018 Akkun to Kanojo Masago Matsuo Supporting role[42]
2020 Pet Hiroki Lead role[34]

Publications

Photo books

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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