Win Morisaki


Win Morisaki is a Japanese singer and actor of Burmese descent. He is the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in Hollywood film Ready Player One.

Early life and education

Morisaki was born Win Kyaw Htoo, nicknamed Ah Win, to Burmese parents in Yangon, Myanmar. His parents worked abroad in Japan during his early childhood and he lived in Myanmar with his grandmother until the age of ten, when he moved to Japan to join his parents. Morisaki was scouted at the age of 14 to join the entertainment industry.

Career

In 2008, Morisaki joined J-pop idol boy band PrizmaX, managed by Stardust Promotion. In August 2010, he became a member of NAKED BOYZ together with other PrizmaX members, but withdrew at the end of the year. Morisaki made his film debut in the Yutaka Ozaki film Sherry in 2012. He was selected as the first radio personality at FM Yokohama in April 2015.
Morisaki played the role of Daito in the Hollywood film Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the 2011 novel by Ernest Cline. Morisaki joins a cast that includes Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Simon Pegg, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller and Mark Rylance.
Morisaki played a small supporting role alongside Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi in a Burmese-language film, Zati Myay, directed by Kyi Phyu Shin. He received 'Popular awards' from Shwe FM's 8th Anniversary on October 1, 2017.
In August 2018, he was appointed a Myanmar tourism ambassador.
He is currently filming Nay Chi Oo, named '"Eaint Mat Tway Moe Htar Tae Eain"'.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards