Ayano was featured in several roles beginning in 2003. In 2009, he appeared in
Takashi Miike's
Crows Zero 2. His role in the film was described by Mark Schilling of
The Japan Times as "a tall, pale-faced, delicately featured boy who looks like
Michael Jackson's Japanese cousin, but fights like
Bruce Lee." He was later cast in
Shun Oguri's directorial debut,
Surely Someday (2010). Ayano co-starred in Takefumi Tsutsui's
In a Lonely Planet (2011) with Aya Takeko and Takayo Mimura. He appeared in
Mika Ninagawa's
Helter Skelter (2012), and had supporting roles in
Eriko Kitagawa's
I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012) and Shuichi Okita's
Yokomichi Yonosuke (2013). In 2013, Ayano starred in two of his highest profile roles to date: as
George "Joe" Asakura in
Gatchaman, a live-action adaptation of the classic
Tatsunoko Productions anime, and as
Ishikawa Goemon in
Lupin III, adapted from the iconic manga by
Monkey Punch and directed by
Ryuhei Kitamura. In 2016, Ayano was cast as the lead character, Nyx Ulric, in the feature film
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. == Personal life ==