--- name: "Joey Iwanaga" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joey-iwanaga" fi1m_id: "joey-iwanaga" imdb_id: "nm9004186" tmdb_id: 2115758 wikidata_id: "Q11310828" roles: ["Actor"] born: "5 June 1994" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T22:35:48.316751+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Joey Iwanaga ## Identity Joey Iwanaga - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joey-iwanaga - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joey-iwanaga - **IMDb ID:** nm9004186 - **TMDB ID:** 2115758 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11310828 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11310828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9004186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2115758 Actor. Born 5 June 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 5 June 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Also known as:** ジョーイ ベニ, Joey Beni, Joey Tee, Jôi Iwanaga - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11310828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9004186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2115758 ## Biography Joey Iwanaga is a second-generation Japanese-American actor. Born on 5 June 1994 in Los Angeles, California, he began his career with a leading role in the 2013 film *Dancing Karate Kid* and has appeared in numerous Japanese action films and series. His international breakthrough came with the role of Shimakura in *Enter the Fat Dragon* (2020), opposite Donnie Yen. He is also known for performances in *Alice in Borderland* (2020) as Sohta Itsuki, *Rurouni Kenshin: The Final* (2021) as Tenmon Inui, *Baby Assassins 2* (2023) as Yuri Kamimura, and *The Furious* (2026) as Pak Lung. Iwanaga has a background in dance and martial arts, including full-contact karate, boxing and taekwondo. He was recently signed for management by Artists First. *Sources: deadline.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Furious* (2026), Fi1m 82, as Pak Lung — [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md) ## Complete filmography (33) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kamen Rider MY-TH: The Chaotic Zodiac* (2026), series, as Vanken - *Kamen Rider MY-TH* (2026), series, as Vanken / Kamen Rider VANKEN - *Blue Lock* (2026), as Okuhito Iemon - *The Furious* (2026), as Pak Lung — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md) - *HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear* (2025), as 闇バイト９番 - *Against All Odds* (2025), as Igarashi - *Bad Boys: The Movie* (2025), as Hiro - *Samurai Fury* (2025), Actor - *Lion-Girl* (2024), as Marion Nagata - *For the Kid I Saw In My Dreams* (2023), series, as Totsuka Mahiro - *Baby Assassins 2* (2023), as Yuri Kamimura - *Rurouni Kenshin: The Final* (2021), as Tenmon Inui - *KING OF DANCE* (2020), series, as Kisugi Kakeru - *Alice in Borderland* (2020), series, as Sohta Itsuki - *Hotel Royal* (2020), as Takashi - *Enter the Fat Dragon* (2020), as Shimakura - *Aristocratic Birth -PRINCE OF LEGEND-* (2019), series, as Masa - *Samurai Marathon* (2019), as Kazuma Kakizaki - *Red Blade* (2018), as Kansuke Harada - *Life in Overtime* (2018), as Tashiro Sosuke - *The Blood of Wolves* (2018), as Daiki Zenda - *Demekin* (2017), as Mitsugu - *Tokyo Vampire Hotel* (2017), as Joe - *HiGH&LOW The Movie 3: Final Mission* (2017), as Brown - *HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky* (2017), as Brown - *Tokyo Vampire Hotel* (2017), series, as Joe - *Muga Shozoku* (2015), as Shin - *Tokyo Tribe* (2014), as Kamekichi - *Crows Explode* (2014), Actor - *Dancing Karate Kid* (2013), as Ken Sawamura - *Ushijima the Loan Shark* (2012), Actor - *Tournament Special Edition* (2012), Actor - *TOURNAMENT トーナメント* (2012), Actor ## Gallery - ![Joey Iwanaga](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-a3fe7a915feb.jpg) Joey Iwanaga — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Joey_Iwanaga_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg/1280px-Joey_Iwanaga_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joey Iwanaga, actor, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious.](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-9e1849ead594.jpg) Joey Iwanaga, actor, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Joey_Iwanaga_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg/1280px-Joey_Iwanaga_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joey Iwanaga, actor, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious.](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-cbca1a7235cd.jpg) Joey Iwanaga, actor, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joey_Iwanaga_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg/1280px-Joey_Iwanaga_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![The cast of "The Furious" at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious.](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-cf03e1a3dab5.jpg) The cast of "The Furious" at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_cast_of_%22The_Furious%22_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg/1280px-The_cast_of_%22The_Furious%22_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joey Iwanaga](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-c3cf01b4801f.jpg) Joey Iwanaga — Image via TMDB - ![Joey Iwanaga](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-70cb8134eb44.jpg) Joey Iwanaga — Image via TMDB - ![The cast of "The Furious" at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious.](https://film.one/media/person/93419/gallery-0bb075b050f7.jpg) The cast of "The Furious" at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Furious. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/The_cast_of_%22The_Furious%22_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg/1280px-The_cast_of_%22The_Furious%22_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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