There aren't too many Japanese actors who have made the jump to Hollywood. For someone known primarily for their membership in a J-pop group, that leap is naturally much more rare.
Yet, there was Naoki Kobayashi walking the red carpet at the London premiere of "Earthquake Bird," a film by Wash Westmoreland that Kobayashi stars in alongside Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough and Jack Huston. Also at the premiere? Ridley Scott, director of such classic films as "Alien," "Blade Runner" and "Black Rain."
After filming had wrapped, Kobayashi visited Scott, who served as executive producer on "Earthquake Bird," at the offices of Scott Free Productions.