Yuki Totsuka is a Japanese actor. He played Yuma Hize, the main protagonist of Ultraman Arc.
Career
Totsuka became interested in acting after performing theater at college.[2]
His first known acting role is in the 2022 TV drama I Fell in Love With the Sound of Your Footsteps.[3] In April 2023, he moved to Tokyo to continue acting and successfully auditioned for Yuma Hize only two weeks later.[1]
Roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ultraman Arc | Yuma Hize | [4][5] |
| 2025 | Ultraman Arc The Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil | [6][7] |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Arc ～Stand By You～ | Yuma Hize | Live appearances on July 20 and August 3,[8] otherwise stage screen only |
| NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Arc ～To All Living Things～ | Live appearances on August 10, 16, 24,[8] otherwise stage screen only | ||
| NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Arc ～Beyond the Boundless Imagination～ | [9] | ||
| 2025 | NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Arc ～The Ultimate Hero～ | [10] |
Other Roles
- Memories of a Cat
Gallery
Totsuka as Yuma Hize
Trivia
- Although born in the United States,[1] he was raised in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.[2]
- This makes Totsuka the third Japanese-American actor to portray the human host/form of the main Ultra in a live-action show, after Jiro Dan in Return of Ultraman and Kane Kosugi in Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.
- Totsuka's older sister, Saki Totsuka, is a model who was born in Texas and raised in Gunma Prefecture.[11]
- In an interview, Totsuka recalled watching Ultraman Ace episode 26 "Total Defeat! The 5 Ultra Brothers" as a child.[2]
- In another interview, Totsuka said that although he is attached to every episode of Ultraman Arc, episode 14 was one of his favorites.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://hochi.news/articles/20240404-OHT1T51233.html?page=1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.jomo-news.co.jp/articles/-/475892
- ↑ https://www.sma.co.jp/s/sma/artist/592#/news/0
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-7050
- ↑ https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/7176
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-7287
- ↑ https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/7907
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://ultra-expo.com/tokyo2024/stage/
- ↑ https://ultra-expo.com/prism2025/stage/
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-7288
- ↑ https://yorozoonews.jp/article/15087226
- ↑ https://hjweb.jp/article/1930204/2/