is a Japanese actor. He gained popularity as Naoki Irie in the 2013 J-Drama Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo.
Personal life Furukawa was born on December 18, 1987, in Tokyo. He and his family moved to Canada when he was seven years old. He moved to the United States at the age of 16 during his high school years and returned to Japan to study Engineering at Keio University. In June 2019, he announced that he got married and was expecting his first child. In October 2019, Furukawa and his wife announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, via his agency and his Twitter.
In April 2024, Furukawa announced on his Instagram that he left Horipro and became freelance actor.
Career Furukawa is known for his 2013 breakthrough role in the Japanese television drama Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo in which he played the lead role Naoki Irie. He presented a new image of the classical manga role of Irie Naoki, and starred opposite Honoka Yahagi who played his love interest. Within two months of joining Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, the number of his followers increased to more than 500,000.「イタKiss」古川の微博大人気、開設2か月でフォロワー数50万突破 , June 15, 2013 Due to his popularity in China, he starred in the Fuji TV/iQiyi web-drama Mysterious Summer which was the first drama series co-produced by Japan and China. The series was viewed more than 60 million times on Chinese online video platform iQiyi and was distributed online in more than 35 countries worldwide.
He is the first Japanese actor to have had a fan meeting in Shanghai, China on July 21, 2013.古川雄輝が上海で日本人俳優初のファンミ開催 中国で人気のワケとは？ニュース-ORICON STYLE- , July 12, 2013
Filmography
Television Year Title RoleNotes2012Rich Man, Poor Woman Tomoki Kuga 2013Yae's SakuraHiromichi Kozaki Taiga drama2013–14Mischievous Kiss: Love in TokyoNaoki Irie2 seasons20155→9 From Five to NineMishima Satoshi 2017ErasedSatoru FujinumaLead roleBeppinsanKentaro MurataAsadora2020Line no Kotae Awase: Otome to kanchigaiYasui TsukasaLead rolePeople Who Don't WorkKeita NittaO Maidens in Your Savage SeasonTomoaki Yamagishi2022Kami-sama no EkohiikiKami-sama2024Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in HokkaidoYasaku EdogaiEpisode 62025–26Kamen Rider ZEZTZNox / Kensei Odaka / NOX Knight / Kamen Rider NOXTokusatsu
Film Year Title RoleNotes 2011 High School Debut Yui Asaoka 2013 Beyond the Memories Kiyomasa Komine 2015 Poison Berry in My Brain Ryoichi Saotome 2018 Colours of Wind Ryo / Ryu Lead role My Little Monster Yuzan Yoshida 2019 Murders at the House of Death Haruya Tatsunami 2020 Restart After Coming Back Home Mitsuomi Kozuka Lead role Love Me, Love Me Not Sōta Inui
Music video Year Song Artist Notes 2016 Heaven's Door: Hi no Ataru Basho Chise Kanna
References
External links
Official Horipro profile