Keisuke Watanabe (Japanese Actor Born 1987)
Keisuke Watanabe (Japanese: 渡邉圭介) is a Japanese television actor born on July 23, 1987, in Tokyo, Japan. Standing at 178 cm, he has built a steady career in Japanese television dramas spanning various networks such as TV Asahi, Fuji TV, NHK, and TV Tokyo.
Television Career
Watanabe has appeared in numerous television drama series since the early 2010s. His early television credits include minor or episodic roles in major productions such as Fuji TV's Miss Pilot (2013) and Black President (2014), followed by appearances in NHK's serialized drama Hiyokko and TV Asahi's Totto-chan! in 2017.
As his career progressed into the late 2010s and 2020s, Watanabe secured recurring and supporting roles across various network productions. Notable appearances include portraying Kimura in TV Asahi's Semiotoko (2019), Mori in TV Tokyo's Hanayome Miman Escape (2022), and Shigeru Nomoto in TV Asahi's Keishichou Outsider (2023). In 2024, he appeared as Toshiki Misaki in Fuji TV's Blue Moment and as Macchan in TV Asahi's Minami-kun ga Koibito (Superstar Minami is my Boyfriend). He continued his television work with TV Asahi by portraying Shingo Sawamura in Daitsuiseki: Keishicho SSBC Kyokougakari (2025) and its second season in 2026.
Television Filmography
- Miss Pilot (Fuji TV, 2013) - Episode 4
- The Sweatshop President / Black President (Fuji TV-KTV, 2014) - Episode 9
- Hiyokko (NHK, 2017) - Episode 96
- Totto-chan! (TV Asahi, 2017) - Kentaro Futaki
- Semiotoko (TV Asahi, 2019) - Kimura
- My Neighbor, Chikara (TV Asahi, 2022) - Bar manager (Episode 7)
- Hanayome Miman Escape (TV Tokyo, 2022) - Mori
- Outsider Cops / Keishichou Outsider (TV Asahi, 2023) - Shigeru Nomoto
- Blue Moment (Fuji TV, 2024) - Toshiki Misaki
- Superstar Minami is my Boyfriend / Minami-kun ga Koibito (TV Asahi, 2024) - Macchan
- Daitsuiseki: Keishicho SSBC Kyokougakari (TV Asahi, 2025) - Shingo Sawamura
- Daitsuiseki: Keishicho SSBC Kyokougakari Season 2 (TV Asahi, 2026) - Shingo Sawamura