Keita Machida

Keita Machida is a Japanese actor and a member of the theater collective Gekidan Exile, represented by LDH in Japan and HB Entertainment in South Korea. He has built a screen profile of more than 30 film and television credits, moving between mainstream Japanese drama and the kind of international Netflix projects that travel far beyond Tokyo.

His widest recognition came as Daikichi Karube in Alice in Borderland, the survival series that put him in front of a global audience. The same year, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! gave him a devoted following among BL-drama viewers. In late 2025 he starred opposite Ryoma Takeuchi in the Netflix ballroom-dancing film 10Dance, a role that drew substantial international press and framed him as the poised counterweight to Takeuchi's intensity.

Off screen, Machida is married to actress and dancer Hyunri, and the couple welcomed their first child in September 2026. He continues to work across film, television, voice acting, and commercials, with a 2026 ambassadorship for the wellness brand SIXPAD among his latest ventures. [edit]

Machida was born on July 4, 1990, in Gunma Prefecture, a landlocked region north of Tokyo known for its mountains and hot springs. Public sources give his hometown variously as Higashiagatsuma town or simply Gunma, and he has blood type O. Beyond those basics, the record of his childhood, family background, and pre-EXILE education is thin. He attended university before turning to acting professionally, but the specifics of those years are not documented in reliable sources.

The step that changed his trajectory came on January 25, 2011, when he joined Gekidan EXILE, the theater collective run by the LDH entertainment group. That membership launched his professional acting career, giving him stage training and a foothold in the Japanese entertainment industry. He spent his early years with the troupe before screen roles began to accumulate in the mid-2010s, including work on Kamen Rider Drive and the drama Gomen ne Seishun!. Those parts were not yet breakthroughs, but they built the foundation for what came next. [edit]

The turning point arrived in 2020 with two roles that could hardly have been more different. Netflix's Alice in Borderland premiered and made him internationally recognizable as Daikichi Karube, a character whose fate became one of the series' most discussed moments. That same year, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! aired and cemented his following among BL-drama audiences, a fanbase that has stayed with him since.

He followed with the Thai-Japanese film The Con-Heartist in 2021, then appeared in Netflix's Yu Yu Hakusho in 2023. The biggest recent project came in late 2025: 10Dance, a rivals-to-lovers ballroom drama opposite Ryoma Takeuchi, released on Netflix in December 2025 and reviewed widely between December 15 and 21. Critics described Machida as the calm, precise counterweight to Takeuchi's intensity, and the film drew substantial international coverage.

In 2026 he was named ambassador for the EMS wellness brand SIXPAD, announced October 23, and had November media appearances scheduled through LDH. He has also done voice acting, commercials, and music-video appearances, and released a 15th-anniversary photobook titled Sign, shot in Taipei. [edit]

Machida's public image blends mainstream Japanese drama credibility with a strong international following rooted in BL-adjacent hits. Media coverage of 10Dance framed him as the poised, controlled presence opposite Ryoma Takeuchi's intensity, and that contrast has become part of how he is described. He maintains an official Instagram account, @keita_machida_official, where he shares professional updates and project news. His style leans understated, and he has been tapped for wellness and fashion-adjacent campaigns, including the SIXPAD ambassadorship in 2026. [edit]

iFANN has not yet collected fame data for Keita Machida, so no ranking placement is available. He does not appear on the September 2026 iFAMOUS Rankings flagship list.

His fanbase has no formal name documented in iFANN data. Followers organize primarily through his official LDH fan club and his Instagram account, @keita_machida_official. The audience splits roughly in two: Japanese drama viewers who know him from mainstream television, and international fans drawn in by Cherry Magic! and 10Dance. That second group is vocal online, particularly around BL-adjacent projects, and the release of 10Dance in December 2025 produced a visible surge of discussion across social platforms. [edit]

Machida is one of relatively few Japanese actors with dual representation, handled by LDH in Japan and HB Entertainment in South Korea. He is a Cancer, born July 4, 1990. His official LDH profile lists him at 183 cm, though some sites give 181 cm. A 15th-anniversary photobook titled Sign was shot in Taipei. Fans still retell the story of his Alice in Borderland character Karube, whose arc in the first season became one of the show's most talked-about twists. [edit]

Machida is married to Hyunri, a Japanese actress and dancer. The couple welcomed their first child in September 2026, with both TokyoHive and Yahoo Singapore reporting the birth. He has kept details of his family life largely private, and no further information about his parents or siblings is documented in reliable sources. [edit]

Gekidan Exile, LDH, HB Entertainment, Ryoma Takeuchi, Hyunri. [edit]

Machida's only publicly confirmed romantic relationship is with Hyunri, a Japanese actress and dancer. The couple married, though the exact date of the wedding is not documented in the sources reviewed here. In September 2026, both TokyoHive and Yahoo Singapore reported that they had welcomed their first child. No earlier public relationships, engagements, or rumored high-profile flings are confirmed in credible sources. As of 2026, Machida is married to Hyunri and the couple has one child. [edit]

Keita Machida's earnings come primarily from acting across film, television, and streaming projects, supplemented by commercials, voice work, and brand partnerships. His 2026 ambassadorship with SIXPAD added a notable endorsement to that mix. Japanese talent agency contracts typically bundle salary, appearance fees, and endorsement income, and Machida's dual representation through LDH and HB Entertainment gives him access to both Japanese and South Korean markets.

No credible published net-worth figure exists for Machida. The only numbers circulating online come from low-quality YouTube and TikTok lifestyle videos, which are not reliable sources. iFANN's editorial team estimates his current net worth at approximately $1 million, based on his project volume and endorsement work. That figure remains an estimate rather than a documented sum. [edit]

No awards won are documented in the sources reviewed for Keita Machida. [edit]