Uchino Masaaki announced on 9 July that he is changing the pronunciation of his stage name from Masaaki to Seiyou although the Kanji characters will remain the same. According to him, many people have been reading his name as Seiyou rather than his real name of Masaaki. Even he himself prefers to be called Seiyou and feels that it will be easier for everyone to read his name as such rather than having to remember the reading of Masaaki. Uchino commented that his career as an actor had been built upon the name Uchino Masaaki but he hopes that this move will also bring about some much-needed change to his career thus allowing him to start afresh. His first production after the name change will be the stage play "True West" where he plays a rough and uneducated elder brother who develops an inferiority complex when compared to his younger brother who is a honest scriptwriter and will be played by TEAM NACS' Otoo Takuma.
Source:
Sports Hochi
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