In addition to his music career, Akira Kamijo has also made a name for himself in Japanese theater and cinema. He has appeared in numerous stage productions, including musicals, plays, and dance performances. His notable roles include the lead in the Japanese production of "The Phantom of the Opera" and a supporting role in the Tokyo production of "Les Misérables."
Akira began as a manga serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine from 1982 to 1990. Set in the sprawling, neon-lit dystopia of Neo-Tokyo in 2019 (or 2030 in some versions), it follows a biker gang leader, Shotaro Kaneda, and his friend Tetsuo Shima, who gains uncontrollable psychic powers after a military experiment gone wrong. "Akira Kami Wo": The Cult of Neo-Tokyo akirakamiwo