Ryusei Ryo is set to join Kazunari Ninomiya's personal agency Office Nino, as announced on the 1st, while co-starring with Ninomiya in the TBS Sunday drama VIVANT as Koutaro Shinjo. He has also appeared at a VIVANT promotional event in Tokyo.
Ryusei Ryo's current work is the TBS Sunday drama VIVANT, where he plays Koutaro Shinjo, a former public security officer acting as a monitor for the organization Tent. The role puts him opposite Kazunari Ninomiya, who plays Nokor. On the 1st, Ninomiya's personal agency Office Nino announced that Ryo will join the company, turning a working relationship into a formal roster addition. The two were already co-starring on the show when the announcement came.
Coverage of Ryo also runs through VIVANT's Thai cast. Ohm Thanapat, who plays Chokki Thepnimit, said in an interview that he held back in his first scenes with Ryo until Ryo told him he could hug him and go all out. That account describes how the pair built their on-screen closeness during production.
Ryo appeared at the opening stage of TBS SPORTS & VIVANT PARK on September 19 at Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza, alongside Ohm and other cast and guests. Ohm greeted 300 fans chosen by lottery in Japanese. VIVANT is an original drama about Yusuke Nogi, a member of the Self-Defense Forces' top-secret intelligence organization Betsuhan. After a two-week broadcast break, the second half of season two begins October 4.
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In the TBS Sunday drama VIVANT, Ohm Thanapat plays Chokki Thepnimit, a Thai businessman who works as a monitor for the organization Tent. The Thai actor and musician said in an interview that he held back in his first scenes with Ryusei Ryo, who plays Kotaro Shinjo, until Ryo told him he could hug him and go all out.
Ryusei Ryo will join Kazunari Ninomiya's personal agency Office Nino, the company announced on the 1st. The two currently co-star in the TBS Sunday drama VIVANT, where Ryusei plays Koutaro Shinjo, a former public security officer acting as a monitor for the terrorist organization Tent, opposite Ninomiya as Nokor.
Thai actor Ohm Thanaphat, who plays Chokki Thepanit in TBS's Sunday drama VIVANT, appeared at the opening stage of TBS SPORTS & VIVANT PARK on September 19 at Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza. He greeted 300 fans chosen by lottery in Japanese with "I love you!" and said people had asked him for autographs from the moment he landed. Ryusei Ryo, who plays Kotaro Shinjo, also attended, along with the actor playing Drum and judo gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda, a TBS athlete ambassador for the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya. VIVANT is an original drama about Yusuke Nogi, a member of the Self-Defense Forces' top-secret intelligence organization Betsuhan. After a two-week broadcast break, the second half of season two begins October 4. Ohm said Chokki will have more scenes in the back half but could not discuss the story because of spoilers.