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Ansel Elgort offers a ‘Tokyo Vice’ season 2 update along with some nostalgic photos

Tokyo Vice, follows Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who works for a Tokyo publication, as he goes toe to toe with one of the city's crime bosses.

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Ansel Elgort skillfully teases his fans with hints about his popular Max series Tokyo Vice, leaving them yearning for more.

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Tokyo Vice, which premiered on the network last year, follows Elgort’s character Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who works for a Tokyo publication, as he goes toe to toe with one of the city’s crime bosses. The series, based on Adelstein’s autobiography of the same name, also stars Koshi Uehara, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu, Ella Rumpf, Rinko Kikuchi, Shun Sugata, Takaki Uda, Kosuke Tanaka and many more.

Since Tokyo Vice‘s debut on Max in April 2022, the show has received positive reviews, earning an 85 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was renewed for a second season. Although few details about season two were released to the public, Elgort broke the silence recently by providing some insight into Tokyo Vice‘s production status.


In an Instagram post shared on June 28, Elgort revealed that he is returning home from Japan after completing season two of Tokyo Vice. While uploading a colossal amount of photos, including a behind-the-scenes look at what fans could expect and the various activities that Elgort participated in with his friends, the star disclosed that although he is excited to go home, Japan will have a special place in his heart:

“Bye bye Japan, sayonara. I’m sad to be leaving but also happy to go back home 🙂 I was starting to feel like Japan was my home too tho.”

In another post shared the same day, the West Side Story star surprised his fans by revealing that season two of Tokyo Vice will be premiering on Max very soon. Elgort wrote:


At this time, additional information about season two of Tokyo Vice has yet to be released. To catch up on Tokyo Vice, stream all episodes on Max.