Kentaro Ito

Ito Kentarō formerly known only by his given name Kentaro is a Japanese actor and model He was born in Tokyo and began his early career as a model in 2012 at age 14 In 2014 he joined Bonn Image a modeling agency at first for advertising jobs Then he landed a supporting role in the highly rated nighttime drama Hirugao Heijitsu Gogo 3 Ji no Koibito Tachi Hes acting as a young high school student garnered attention and in 2015 he appeared for the first time on the big screen with the movie My Story and was wellregarded for his TV drama roles that year and through 2016 notably in Gakko no Kaidan and Aogeba Toutoshi He won his first leading roles in 2017 with the movie Demekin as a leader of a motorcycle gang and later in the romantic timetravel TV comedydrama Ashi Girl as the young Warring States era samurai lord Tadakiyo Kuhachiro Hagi In 2018 he landed many more film and TV roles On his 21st birthday he announced a change from his stage name Kentaro to his full birth name Ito Kentaro He is also known by his fans as Icchan いっちゃん Currently he is managed by the agency Aoao Itos car crashed into a motorcycle while driving in Shibuya Ward on the evening of October 28 2020 Both the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle a 26yearold man and a 27yearold woman were transported to the nearest hospital The woman suffered serious injuries including a broken leg while the man had a bruised arm and a sprained neck He was arrested for an alleged hitandrun accident The prosecutors suspended the investigation in March of 2021 after a settlement was reached with the two victims and the prosecutors could not find enough evidence to prove intent since Ito had returned to the scene at the insistence of a witness after driving a bit over a hundred meters