Ryusuke "Ryu" Kobayashi (小林竜介), sometimes credited as Lio Kobayashi, is a Japanese actor, musician and model. Born in Tokyo, Ryusuke was always adventurous involving himself in Racing Karts from the age of seven and by his teenage years he was racing in competitions around the world including the European Championships for Japan. At age 13 he took the initiative to move to the UK to study and attended University in Manchester where he became interested in acting and singing and learned to play guitar and piano. He moved to Hong Kong after college by invitation to join a boy band where he also pursued modeling and acting. Deciding to focus on acting and modeling, he quit the boy band and pursued new opportunities in Bangkok and Hollywood.