Taishō Sugō (菅生 大将), known professionally as Masaki Suda (菅田 将暉), is a Japanese actor and singer. He won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film Wilderness.

Personal life

Suda was born in Minoh, Osaka Prefecture. His father, Arata Sugō, is a management consultant, journalist, author and television personality. He has two younger brothers, including the singer and internet personality Kocchi no Kento, and model Araki Sugō. Suda is a close junior to Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada. His friends are Kento Yamazaki, Taiga Nakano and Fumi Nikaido. He worked with Kenshi Yonezu, Huwie Ishizaki and Aimyon in the music industry. Suda married fellow actress Nana Komatsu on November 15, 2021. They had reportedly been dating since September 2019. On March 9, 2024, Suda announced through his agency that he and Komatsu had welcomed the birth of their first child.

Career

Acting

Suda met talent agents while at school. He had several auditions, and worked at Amuse Inc. and Junon Superboy Contest. He played Philip in the tokusatsu series, Kamen Rider W and starred in the film The Backwater. He won the Best New Actor Award at Tama Cinema Forum. He played Akuma in Shinigami-kun and Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom. Suda starred in the web series Death Note: New Generation and its subsequent film. He won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Wilderness and starred in My Little Monster.

Music

He appeared in the biopic film about Hide of the group Greeeen. They released an EP, Green Boys. Suda released the albums, Play and Love.

Filmography

Film

Television

Dubbing

Discography

Albums

Extended play

Singles

Awards and nominations