Kanjani8’s Maruyama Ryuhei to make his first film appearance in “Wild 7″
Kanjani8 member Maruyama Ryuhei will make an appearance in the upcoming movie, “Wild 7“, which Eita also stars in.
This year, Maruyama made his stage debut as the lead star in “Gilbert Grape“, and now he will be challenging the movie scene.
“Wild 7″ is originally a popular manga written by Mochizuki Mikiya, and it was serialized on “Weekly Shonen King” from 1969~1979 (Weekly Shonen King stopped publication in 1988). It’s a story about seven special police officers (Wild 7) who were selected among villains, and they combat criminals and terrorists.
Maruyama’s role will be one of the members of Wild 7, “Pairou”, who is the specialist in mechanics and demolition. Maruyama got a medium-sized motorcycle license for the role, as well as large motorcycle license, since there will be many motorcycle action scenes in the movie.
Maruyama commented, “Since this is my first appearance in a movie, I’m very excited to challenge the new world. I want to learn a lot from the co-stars and the staff, and enjoy the shoot.”
“Wild 7″ is planned to be released this winter.
source: TOKYOHIVE