Kaito Sakurai

Kaito Sakurai (櫻井海音, born Sakura Kaito) is a Japanese actor and former drummer (AsianWiki). He played drums for the band Inner Journey before pausing music to act. His breakthrough was Aquamarine Hoshino in the 2024 live-action Oshi no Ko (OtakuKart). He plays Meguru Bachira in the live-action Blue Lock film (Oricon).[edit]

Born April 13, 2001, in Tokyo (AsianWiki). Son of Kazutoshi Sakurai, vocalist of Mr. Children, and Mika Yoshino of the former Giri Giri Girls (Friday). He drummed for Inner Journey, then made his acting debut in the 2020 NHK morning drama Yell (Friday). An earlier version of this page dated his debut to Usogui (2022). The debut was Yell (2020). Corrected.[edit]

2020: acting debut in NHK's Yell (Friday). 2022: Soichi Kiruma in the thriller Usogui (Moviefone). 2023: pauses Inner Journey drumming to focus on acting (OTSMagazine). 2024: Aqua in the live-action Oshi no Ko: eight-episode Amazon Prime drama from November 28, sequel film The Final Act in theaters December 20 (OtakuKart, Plex). 2026: Meguru Bachira in the live-action Blue Lock film, set for summer 2026 release (Oricon). Claims of critical acclaim for unreleased work are removed.[edit]

A second-generation talent working to outrun the billing. Coverage frames him through the lineage first, the drumming second, and the acting third, though the Oshi no Ko casting shifted that order (Oricon). His Instagram (@kaito_0413) is project-focused (Instagram).[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 22,900 subscribers, 0 views recorded (fetched 2026-10-15). Popularity rank: #41,047 overall, #30,812 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). He holds no placement in the iFANN Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. No formal fandom name is on record.[edit]

He performs as Kaito Sakurai; his birth name is Sakura Kaito. The "0413" in his Instagram handle matches his April 13 birth date (Instagram). Soccer-training and muscle-memory anecdotes claimed elsewhere could not be sourced. Removed.[edit]

Father: Kazutoshi Sakurai, Mr. Children vocalist. Mother: Mika Yoshino, formerly of the Giri Giri Girls (Friday). The family lives in Tokyo. An older brother was claimed on an earlier version of this page. No source was found. Removed.[edit]

Inner Journey (インナージャーニー), the band for which he drummed until 2023 (OTSMagazine). Asuka Saito and Nagisa Saito, his Oshi no Ko co-stars as Ai and Ruby (Oricon). Kyohei Takahashi, a Blue Lock co-star as Hyoma Chigiri (Oricon). Other co-star names claimed elsewhere could not be verified. Removed.[edit]

No partner on record. No relationship has been confirmed publicly. Status: undisclosed.[edit]

Undisclosed. No credible outlet has published a net worth figure for Sakurai. The earlier $2 Million estimate was unverified. Removed.[edit]