Furukawa Yuki Japanese Actor Born 1987 in Tokyo

Early life

Yuki Furukawa was born on 18 December 1987 in Tokyo. When he was seven years old his family moved to Canada, and at sixteen he continued his schooling in the United States, attending the Keio Academy of New York. He later returned to Japan and studied engineering at Keio University before turning to acting.

Career

Furukawa's first film credit is The Incite Mill (2010). The following year he appeared in High School Debut (2011) and in the television series Asuko March!. In 2012 he was in the film Torihada: Gekijouban, and in 2013 he appeared in Kiyoku Yawaku alongside Masami Nagasawa.

His breakthrough came with the 2013 television drama Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, in which he played the lead role of Naoki Irie, a part taken from a classic manga. The series made him popular beyond Japan. Within two months of joining the Chinese social network Weibo his follower count passed 500,000, and on 21 July 2013 he became the first Japanese actor to hold a fan meeting in Shanghai. Because of his following in China he also took the lead in Mysterious Summer, a web drama co-produced by Japan and China for Fuji TV and the streaming service iQiyi. It was viewed more than 60 million times on the platform and distributed online in over 35 countries.

In the years after Mischievous Kiss he moved between film and television. He appeared in the film Wood Job! (2014) and in Colors of Wind (2018). He had a role in Shijin-sō no Satsujin (2019) and in Restart After Come Back Home (2020). His television work in 2021 included Gohōbi Gohan and Risky. Nōnai Poison Berry is another title listed among his notable works. Co-star Anna Yamada appears alongside him in two of his credited titles.

In 2024 he took part in Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido. In April 2024 he announced on Instagram that he had left the agency Horipro and would work as a freelance actor. His most recent listed credit is Kamen Rider ZEZTZ: Farewell Mission (2026). In total his record shows around 14 film and television credits between 2010 and 2026.

His social media following is large: his Instagram account had more than 320,000 followers when last counted in October 2026.

Recognition

No awards are listed for Furukawa in the available records. His public profile rests mostly on the success of Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo and its popularity in China, which helped establish him as an actor with an audience across East Asia.