Actor

2002-10-30 · Miyazaki, Japan · Female

2 series in the catalog

Gen Ito (伊藤 絃（いとう げん）, Itō Gen; born October 30, 2002) is a Japanese model and actor.

Career

In 2023, he applied for the nationwide Men's Non-no Model audition, where he was chosen as a finalist.

He then joined LesPros Entertainment after passing the "2nd LesPros Lead Role Audition" hosted by the agency in 2024. Beating approximately 4,000 other applicants despite having no prior acting experience.

In 2025, Ito was selected through an audition to play the role of Katō Kiyomasa in the NHK historical drama Brothers in Arms, marking his first role in a taiga drama. The drama began airing in January 2026. In the same month, he also debuted in the television drama series, The Faceless Patient: To Save or to Judge as the protagonist's younger brother.