1. Gordon Maeda is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba.
17 Facts About Gordon Maeda
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Gordon Maeda was born on January 9,2000, in Los Angeles, California.
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Gordon Maeda is the son of Japanese action actor Sonny Chiba and second wife Tamami.
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Gordon Maeda has one brother Mackenyu and a half-sister Juri Manase from his father's previous marriage.
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Gordon Maeda lived in Beverly Hills for 12 years up to elementary school graduation, before moving to Japan with his mother.
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Gordon Maeda learned Kyokushin karate since the age of 5 and continued for 7 years.
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Gordon Maeda lived in the school dorm in Okayama throughout high school.
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Gordon Maeda started to consider going into showbiz after unexpectedly failing his entrance exam for Tokyo University of the Arts.
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Gordon Maeda ultimately put his professional saxophonist dream to rest.
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Gordon Maeda made his runway debut in Tokyo Girls Collection Kitakyushu 2018.
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Gordon Maeda kicked off his acting debut by portraying student band guitarist Shinji Fukumura in music drama movie Little Love Song, released on May 24,2019.
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Gordon Maeda joined the other cast members promoting the movie including performing on television music programs Music Station and Love Music as the Chiisana Koi no Uta Band.
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Gordon Maeda got the role for the drama through three stages of audition.
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In January 2022, it was announced that Gordon Maeda would be making his first public channel drama leading role in live-action adaptation of Kanakana as former delinquent Masanao Higurashi.
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In summer 2022, Gordon Maeda was in a thriller movie based on the popular web novel Karada Sagashi, starring Kanna Hashimoto whom he had previously worked with in 2019 movie Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM.
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In July 2022 it was reported that Gordon Maeda would appear in Fuji TV fall drama Elpis as young director, Takuro Kishimoto.
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On January 22,2023 through his official fan club page, Gordon Maeda announced that he had married his non-celebrity girlfriend.