Mackenyu Arata becomes an actor thanks to Haruma Miura

Mackenyu Arata wants to become an actor after Haruma Miura: "I went to a video store in America and rented it and watched it.'' Actor Mackenyu Arata will appear on Fuji TV's "Someone to Nakakai'' (every Sunday from 9pm), which will be broadcast on the 18th. He revealed that actor Haruma Miura , who passed away in 2020 at the age of 30, inspired him to become an actor.

Haruma Miura, Mackenyu Arata (C) Model Press

Nitta lived in Los Angeles, USA until he was 17 years old. He said, "When I was 15 years old, I saw a Japanese actor'' and said that there was a Japanese actor who inspired him to become an actor, and that person was "Haruma Miura .'' He revealed that it was Mr. Miura.

It seems that he has seen all the works that Miura has appeared in, including the movie "Koisora'' (2007) and the drama "Last Cinderella'' (2013), "I went to a video store in America and rented them and watched them.'' he recalled at the time.

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Nitta also expressed his impression of Miura-san through his work, saying, "This person is cool,'' and confessed that he admired Miura, "I want to be like this person.'' She said with a nostalgic look on her face that she used to imitate Miura's acting when she appeared in a scene, saying, "I was imitating that scene.''

Living in the United States, where many wonderful works are produced, when asked by MC Masahiro Nakai, "Do Japanese works still impress you?'' Nitta answered, "Haruma-san was the one who impressed me.'' He passionately said that he was moved by Miura himself.