Keita Machida

Keita Machida was born on July 4, 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one older sister. Starting in elementary school, he learned Kendo until entering junior high school. In his youth Machida also attended EXPG Tokyo, a talent school run by LDH.Machida joined Gekidan EXILE on January 25, 2011, after successfully passing the Dai 3kai Gekidan EXILE Audition. Although in July 2011, he was announced as a candidate member of Generations from Exile Tribe and left Gekidan EXILE. In September of the same year, he injured the calf of his right leg and focused on recovering. On February 14, 2012, it was reported that he had dropped out from being a Generations candidate and rejoined Gekidan EXILE to focus on acting.On November 20, 2019, Machida released his first photo book titled BASIC.