Now that Netflix's Parasyte: The Grey premiered, fans couldn't help but notice a familiar actor in the midst. Who is Suda Masaki in Parasyte: The Grey? Where have you seen the actor before? Find out why his cameo is a huge deal to the series.
CONTENT SPOILERS: This article contains spoilers for Netflix's Parasyte: The Grey, so proceed with caution.
Get to Know Suda Masaki and Where You've Seen the Actor Before
Japanese actor Masaki Suda is best known for being Philip aka Kamen Rider W in the Kamen Rider W franchise, for lending his voice as The Grey Heron in Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron, and portraying Shinji Sawamura in the 2017 flick Wilderness: Part One and Part Two.
He has also previously played roles in prominent anime-turned-live-action series such as Karma Akabane in 2015's Assassination Classroom: The Graduation.
Masaki was also Yuki Shien in 2016's Death Note: New Generation & Light Up the New World, Shinpachi Shimura in 2017's Gintama and 2018's Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken, and even in the 2018 romcom flick My Little Monster where he was the troublemaker Haru Yoshida.
That said, who is the character Masaki plays, Shinichi Izumi, in Parasyte: The Grey? Meet the true MC of the manga story.
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Who is Shinichi Izumi in Parasyte: The Grey? The Original MC of the Story
Many new fans may not be aware, but Parasyte: The Grey is based on the original manga, Parasyte.
The manga spawned an anime series Parasyte: The Maxim in 2014, and a two-parter live-action film Parasyte: Part 1 and Part 2.
In the original story, Shinichi Izumi is the main character of the story. One night, alien parasites decided to invade Earth by climbing into their ears as they slept.
Shinichi, however, was wearing earphones on the night of their supposed invasion.
Since the parasite couldn't infiltrate his brain, it ended up getting stuck to his right arm, which somewhat turned it into its own weapon and body.
The thing is, Shinichi's brief cameo appearance in the Netflix series seemingly confirms that both worlds are in the same universe!
"This new story taking place in a different location will lead us into a world beyond my imagination," Parasyte's manga writer and artist Hitoshi Iwaaki explained on Netflix Tudum.
The only difference between the two is that the Netflix series is set in Namil, while the manga takes place in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. And of course, the main characters, too.
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Meanwhile, all six episodes of Parasyte: The Grey are streaming on Netflix.
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