Keisuke Ueda


Keisuke Ueda 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 , 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 ", 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. In 2007, he debuted as an actor in the stage play Osaero. In the same year, he was cast in his first leading role as Abe no Masahiro in the stage adaptation of Shōnen Onmyōji. Throughout his early theatre career, Ueda worked with the all-male theatre troupe Gekidan Studio Life. 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.
In 2013, Ueda made his voice acting debut in . 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.

Music career

In 2016, Ueda collaborated with the music label Aquamarine for their Otogimmick music project. The Sleeping Beauty-inspired "Nemuri-hime" was released on December 23, 2016 in "Prince" and "Devil" editions. The single charted at #123 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
On May 30, 2018, Ueda released his debut single, "Start Line " as part of the "Bogland Music" project between Yamaha Music Communications and stage actors. The song was featured as the ending theme to the television program +Music and peaked at #25 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Soundtrack appearances

Filmography

Theatre

Music video

YearArtistSongNotes
2012Nogizaka46"Guruguru Curtain"

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2011Unubore DekaHost KazutaTBSEpisode 2
2012Kamen Rider WizardSatoshi Ishii / LizardmanTV AsahiEpisodes 14 and 15
2016Yowamushi PedalSangaku ManamiBS Sky PerfecTV!
2017Yowamushi Pedal 2nd SeasonSangaku ManamiBS Sky PerfecTV!
2019Real FakeYūsuke UrataMBS TV

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019The Royal TutorHeine WittgensteinVoice in anime film

Anime

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Additional voicesEpisode 7, 14
2017The Royal TutorHeine WittgensteinLead role
2018Akkun to KanojoMasago MatsuoSupporting role
2020PetHirokiLead role

Publications

Photo books

YearTitlePublisherISBN
2015Zenbu, Ore.Shufu to Seikatsu-sha
2019U and YouShufu to Seikatsu-sha