Tomohiro Saito, known professionally as Hiro Mizushima, is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer.
17 Facts About Hiro Mizushima
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Hiro Mizushima appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including Mei-chan no Shitsuji, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and Zettai Kareshi.
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In 2006, Hiro Mizushima became a main character in the series Kamen Rider Kabuto and acted in the lead role in the film Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love.
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Hiro Mizushima provided the voice of Bruce Banner in the Japanese dub of The Incredible Hulk.
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Hiro Mizushima took the role of Jiro Mori in the 2008 TV drama Room of King.
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Later that year, Hiro Mizushima starred alongside Shun Oguri in the drama Tokyo Dogs, playing a detective who is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent.
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Hiro Mizushima starred in the feature film Drop in the same year in the role of Tatsuya Iguchi, a middle school student in a delinquent gang.
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In 2010, Hiro Mizushima landed the role of Ryusuke Minami in the film Beck, in which acted alongside Mei-chan no Shitsuji co-star Takeru Satoh.
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In September 2010, Hiro Mizushima left his talent agency, Ken-On, to create an own independent agency called A Station.
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Several weeks later, on 31 October 2010, it was announced that Hiro Mizushima had won the 5th Poplar Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction and a cash prize of 20 million yen for his debut work, titled Kagerou, written under the pen name Satoshi Saito but he decided to decline the 20 million yen prize money.
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In 2014, Hiro Mizushima starred as Sebastian Michaelis in the film Black Butler, in which he serves as the co-screenwriter and co-producer.
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On January 14,2020, Hiro Mizushima was announced as an ambassador of the upcoming eight installment of Shimajiro 3D CGI animated movie, which was released on February 28,2020.
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Hiro Mizushima spent his whole elementary school years in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Hiro Mizushima was bullied and discriminated against as a child at International School in Switzerland.
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Hiro Mizushima graduated from Keio University and has a degree in Environmental Information.
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Hiro Mizushima married Japanese pop singer Ayaka on 22 February 2009.
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In June 2015, Hiro Mizushima announced via Instagram that he had become a father to a baby girl.