; born August 20, 1990
is a Burmese singer. He is the lead vocalist of
PrizmaX
was a 7-member Japanese boyband managed by Stardust Promotion. They are part of EBiDAN, a collective group of boys from the company trained to partake in various types of entertainment groups. PrizmaX is a member of ''HiGH EBiDAN'' along with ...
, a
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...
idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, as well as in the American film ''
Ready Player One
''Ready Player One'' is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality ga ...
'' (2018).
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Early life and education
Morisaki was born Win Kyaw Htoo (ဝင်းကျော်ထူး), nicknamed Ah Win, to Burmese parents in Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
, Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. 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
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...
idol boy band PrizmaX
was a 7-member Japanese boyband managed by Stardust Promotion. They are part of EBiDAN, a collective group of boys from the company trained to partake in various types of entertainment groups. PrizmaX is a member of ''HiGH EBiDAN'' along with ...
, managed by Stardust Promotion. In August 2010, he became a member of NAKED BOYZ together with other PrizmaX
was a 7-member Japanese boyband managed by Stardust Promotion. They are part of EBiDAN, a collective group of boys from the company trained to partake in various types of entertainment groups. PrizmaX is a member of ''HiGH EBiDAN'' along with ...
members (except Tsubasa Shimada), but withdrew at the end of the year. Morisaki made his film debut in the Yutaka Ozaki
was a popular Japanese musician. He is ranked at No. 23 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians by HMV.
Biography
He was born in Tokyo Setagaya Ward SDF Central Hospital to Kinue and Kenichi Ozaki. He has one older brother, Yasushi. Early in li ...
film ''Sherry'' in 2012. He was selected as the first radio personality at FM Yokohama
FM Yokohama 84.7 is a radio station based in Yokohama, Japan owned by the Yokohama FM Broadcasting Company, a joint venture of Nippon Broadcasting System, Kanagawa Prefectural Government and Bank of Yokohama. This station was featured in the Xbox ...
in April 2015.
Morisaki made his Hollywood debut in Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...
's ''Ready Player One
''Ready Player One'' is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality ga ...
'' (2018) as Daito.
Morisaki played a small supporting role alongside Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi
Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi ( my, ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်, , sometimes anglicized as Wut Hmone Shwe Yi; born on 10 August 1988) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress and commercial model. She is the Myanm ...
in a Burmese-language film, ''Zati Myay'' (ဇာတိမြေ), directed by Kyi Phyu Shin
Kyi Phyu Shin ( my, ကြည်ဖြူသျှင်) is a Burmese film director, At the 2008 National Geographic Society's All Roads Film Festival, she won the Best Short Award for her documentary ''A Sketch of Wathone''. She attended at B ...
. He received 'Popular awards' from Shwe FM's 8th Anniversary on October 1, 2017.
In August 2018, he was appointed a Myanmar tourism ambassador.
In 2022, Morisaki served as the performer for the TV Asahi
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tokusatsu series ''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television drama, the 46th entry in Toei's long-running ''Super Sentai'' series and the third produced in the Reiwa era. The series is a semi-sequel to the previous entry, ''Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger'', and premiered o ...
'' with the songs “Ore koso Only One” (Opening theme) and “Don't Boo! Donbrothers“ (Ending theme).
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Dubbing
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'', Mr. Mistoffelees ( Laurie Davidson)
Awards
References
External links
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PrizmaX A GoGo
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1990 births
Living people
Japanese male pop singers
21st-century Japanese male actors
Burmese emigrants to Japan
People from Yangon
Burmese male actors
21st-century Burmese male singers
21st-century Japanese male singers
21st-century Japanese singers
Burmese-language singers
Japanese-language singers