Yoji Iwase

岩瀬洋志

Yoji Iwase (岩瀬 洋志（いわせ ようじ）, Iwase Yōji; born January 6, 2004) is a Japanese actor. He is managed by the talent agency A-Plus. Career In 2019, when Iwase was in his sophomore year of high school, a senior student took a picture of him waiting for a train and posted it on TikTok with the caption "My junior is cute", it quickly went viral and attracted much attention. In May of the follo...

Yoji Iwase (岩瀬 洋志（いわせ ようじ）, Iwase Yōji; born January 6, 2004) is a Japanese actor. He is managed by the talent agency A-Plus. Career In 2019, when Iwase was in his sophomore year of high school, a senior student took a picture of him waiting for a train and posted it on TikTok with the caption "My junior is cute", it quickly went viral and attracted much attention. In May of the following year, after the video of him gained attention, his Instagram account had amassed 170,000 followers, but he later posted that he was tired and would take a break from social media for the time being; he then deleted all of his social media accounts. In August of the same year, Iwase was scouted by a talent agency and made his debut in the entertainment industry, he joined the talent agency acali and made his debut as an actor under the stage name "Yuuki Ohsugi (大杉 侑暉)". In September 2021, Iwase made his acting debut in season 2 of the web drama My Graduation Project. On August 27 of the following year, he made his television debut in the drama Love You Just as You Are. In February 2023, Iwase left acali and ended his activities with the agency. On the 11th of the same month, he made his first film appearance in the web movie Icarus: The Town of One Wing inspired by Hata Motohiro's light novel, Icarus. In March of the same year, Iwase moved to the talent agency A-PLUS and changed his stage name back to his real name, Yoji Iwase. In July, he made regular appearances in the Saturday television drama The Greatest Teacher by Nippon Television. In January 2024, Iwase appeared in the crime and suspense television drama Captured New Airport, as Naoki Tamba. In June, he launched his official fanclub website "Daphne". Later in July, Iwase landed his first lead role in the television drama Takara's Treasure, he also appeared in the drama Minami-kun is my lover!? by TV Asahi. In December 2025, he won first place in the "NEXT" category of the women's fashion magazine Vivi's popularity poll, "ViVi National Treasure-level Handsome Men Ranking for the Second Half of 2025". Personal life Yoji Iwase was born on January 6, 2004, in Hyogo Prefecture. His hobbies include playing the guitar and watching koshien tournaments. He is skilled in skateboarding and karate. Filmography Film Television drama Commercials Bibliography Photobook LYRE (September 3, 2024, Kodansha ) ISBN 978-4-0653-6073-6 Calendar Desktop Iwase Yoji 2025 Calendar (2024, Hagoromo) References External links Agency profile (in Japanese) Yoji Iwase at IMDb