The Sports Hochi website reported on December 19 that actor Mackenyu (live-action Rurouni Kenshin, Chihayafuru, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Peach Girl) will leave his entertainment agency TOP COAT and stop acting in Japan at the end of April 2021.
Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final, the first of the two films, will open in Japan on April 23 next year, while Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning, the second film, will open on June 4.
Mackenyu will play antagonist Enishi Yukishiro in the two ‘final chapter’ films in the live-action film series based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga.
According to Sports Hochi, Mackenyu had expressed interest in “prioritizing overseas activities” and had been settling down on Japanese projects.