Win Morisaki

Win Morisaki
  • 森崎ウィン
  • မိုရီဆာကီဝင်း
Morisaki at WonderCon 2018
Morisaki at WonderCon 2018
Background information
Birth nameWin Kyaw Htoo
Born (1990-08-20) August 20, 1990 (age 34)
Yangon, Myanmar
GenresJ-pop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Actor
InstrumentVocals
Years active2008–present
LabelsStardust Promotion
Member ofPrizmaX
WebsiteStardust JP

Win Morisaki (森崎ウィン, Morisaki Win, Burmese: မိုရီဆာကီဝင်း; born August 20, 1990[1]) is a Burmese actor and singer. He is the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in the American film Ready Player One (2018).[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Morisaki was born Win Kyaw Htoo (ဝင်းကျော်ထူး),[5] nicknamed Ah Win, to Burmese parents in Yangon, Myanmar. His parents worked abroad in Japan during his early childhood and he lived in Myanmar with his grandmother until the age of ten, when he moved to Japan to join his parents.[6] Morisaki was scouted at the age of 14 to join the entertainment industry.[6][7]

Career

In 2008, Morisaki joined J-pop idol boy band PrizmaX, managed by Stardust Promotion. In August 2010, he became a member of NAKED BOYZ together with other PrizmaX members (except Tsubasa Shimada), but withdrew at the end of the year.[8][better source needed] Morisaki made his film debut in the Yutaka Ozaki film Sherry in 2012.[9][better source needed] He was selected as the first radio personality at FM Yokohama in April 2015.[10][better source needed]

Morisaki made his Hollywood debut in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) as Daito.[11][12]

Morisaki played a small supporting role alongside Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi in a Burmese-language film, Zati Myay (ဇာတိမြေ), directed by Kyi Phyu Shin.[13] [better source needed] He received 'Popular awards' from Shwe FM's 8th Anniversary on October 1, 2017.[better source needed]

In August 2018, he was appointed a Myanmar tourism ambassador.[better source needed]

Morisaki in April 2013.

In 2022, Morisaki served as the performer for the TV Asahi tokusatsu series Avataro Sentai Donbrothers with the songs “Ore koso Only One” (Opening theme) and “Don't Boo! Donbrothers“ (Ending theme).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2009 Gokusen: The Movie Makoto Igarashi
Parade Makoto
2010 Shodo Girls Makoto Ichinose
Thriller Restaurant Kaoru Minakami
2011 Tengoku Kara no Yell Kai Inoha
2014 Sherry Junichi Sato Lead role
2016 Kidan Piece of Darkness Kentarou
2018 Ready Player One Daito
My Country My Home Kimura Aung
Kujira no Shima no Wasuremono Koa Guen Lead role
No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me Kimitsu
2019 Listen to the Universe Masaru C Levy Anatole [14]
Children of the Sea Anglade (voice)
2020 Humanoid Monster Bela Kōsuke Lead role
2021 My Father's Tracks Taiga Kitamura Lead role [15]
Tom and Sawyer in the City Hiroyuki Yanagawa [16]
2022 Usogui: Lie Eater Leo [17]
Violence Action Kaneko [18]
Love Life [19]
2023 Red Shoes [20]
Oshorin [21]
2024 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Griffin Arbalest (voice) [22]
The Dancing Okami Jōji [23]
Don't Lose Your Head! Horibe Yasubee [24]
Maru Mo [25]
2025 (Love Song) Sota Lead role; Thai-Japanese film [26]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2008 Tokyo Girl Takashi
Gakkō ja Oshierarenai! Nishikawa Tomu
2009 Gokusen 3 Graduation Special '09 Igarashi Makoto Television special
Kamen Rider W Dango Inamoto 2 episodes
2012 Ghost Mama Sousasen Kitajima Ryo Episode 1.8
2012–13 Ten no Hakobune Din
2013 Namonaki Doku Shin Kasai
2014 Petero no Soretsu Shin Kasai Episode 1
2018 Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW Himself
Made in Hollywood Himself Episode: "Ready Player One/Midnight Sun/Final Portrait"
Miss Sherlock Bartender Episode: "The First Case"
Hagetaka Koichi Amenaki
Tokyo Blood Type House
2023 The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Iwai Masaru
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Tokugawa Hidetada Taiga drama [27]
2024 Futari Solo Camp Gen Kinokura Lead role [28]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Death Come True Nozomu Kuji [29]

Dubbing

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2019 32nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Listen to the Universe Nominated
Star awards Special award(performance) Himself Won
2020 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomer of the Year Listen to the Universe Won
2021 75th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor The Real Thing Nominated [31]

References

  1. ^ "森崎ウィン" [Morisaki Win]. Stardust Promotion (in Japanese). Retrieved November 4, 2022.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Eleven Media Japanese links to 8888 protests explored in new film
  3. ^ "နှစ်နိုင်ငံ ပူးပေါင်းဖျော်ဖြေ တင်ဆက်မယ့် ဂျပန်-မြန်မာ ပွဲတော် 2017". Irrawaddy Media Burmese News. 2017-01-26.
  4. ^ Eleven News Interview with Morisaki Win
  5. ^ "မြေးဖြစ်သူမိုရီဆာကီဝင်းရဲ့ငယ်ဘဝအမှတ်တရတွေကိုပြောပြတဲ့အဘွားဖြစ်သူဒေါ်ခင်ခင်ထွေး". The Voice TV Myanmar.
  6. ^ a b Me, Nyo. "Homegrown: J-Pop to the big screen". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  7. ^ "Interview with Japan Star Morisaki Win". Sunday Journal Myanmar (in Burmese). 2017-02-13.
  8. ^ "今年の暖かいご声援に心から感謝をこめて。". NAKED BOYZ Staff Blog. 2010-12-29.
  9. ^ "尾崎豊さん20回目命日に追悼映画完成". デイリースポーツオンライン. 2012-04-26. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26.
  10. ^ "WINのMAXで行こう！". E★K radio - Fm yokohama. 2015-04-06.
  11. ^ Blair, Gavin J. (June 6, 2016). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Adds Japanese Actor-Singer Win Morisaki". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  12. ^ Variety Staff (2016-06-06). "Japan's Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  13. ^ "ရှစ်လေးလုံးအရေးတော်ပုံရုပ်ရှင်ကားတွင် လူထုဆန္ဒ ထင်ဟပ်စေနိုင်သည့် သမိုင်းလှုပ်ရှားမှုများမြင်တွေ့ရန် မျှော်လင့်ဟု ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်းပြော". 7Day Daily. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  14. ^ "Listen to the Universe". TIFF. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  15. ^ "森崎ウィン＆深川麻衣が共演『僕と彼女とラリーと』特報映像公開". Cinema Cafe. 7 May 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  16. ^ "「都会のトム＆ソーヤ」に市原隼人、本田翼、森崎ウィン、玉井詩織が参戦！ 主題歌は緑黄色社会". eiga.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  17. ^ "嘘喰い". eiga.com. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  18. ^ "橋本環奈主演『バイオレンスアクション』、杉野遥亮、鈴鹿央士ら個性あふれる追加キャストが明らかに". Crank-in!. 2 March 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  19. ^ "LOVE LIFE". eiga.com. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  20. ^ "レッドシューズ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  21. ^ "映画「おしょりん」制作開始を発表 福井の眼鏡産業黎明期描く". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  22. ^ "機動戦士ガンダムSEED FREEDOM". eiga.com. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  23. ^ "レディ加賀". eiga.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
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  25. ^ "まる". eiga.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  26. ^ "森崎ウィン×Snow Man向井康二が紡ぐ日タイ合作ラブストーリー「2gether」のウィーラチット・トンジラーが監督・脚本". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  27. ^ "『どうする家康』新キャスト8人発表 2代将軍・徳川秀忠役も決定【8人の役柄紹介あり】". Oricon. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  28. ^ 「ふたりソロキャンプ」ドラマ化！森崎ウィンが主演、本田望結がヒロイン役に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  29. ^ Romano, Sal (December 20, 2019). "Death Come True introduces police investigator Nozomu Kuji". Gematsu. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  30. ^ "映画「キャッツ」吹替版に葵わかな、山崎育三郎、森崎ウィン、大竹しのぶら出演". Natalie. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  31. ^ "最多は『スパイの妻』！第75回毎日映画コンクールノミネート発表". Cinematoday. 22 December 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.