Archie Heaton Mother Akiko Matsuura Is Charlie Heaton Bandmate
Archie Heaton mother Akiko Matsuura is a Japanese singer and drummer. The Stranger Things actor Charlie met Akiko when he was a teenager.
Archie's parents both performed for the English band Comanechi. Charlie performed as the drummer of the group, whereas Akiki was the singer and frontrunner. Besides the two, the band also included a guitarist named Simon Petrovich.
As of 2023, the band is no longer in existence.
Akiko Matsuura
Akiko is a Japanese musician currently living in England. She serves as the frontrunner of the English noise rock band PRE.
Likewise, Matsuura also serves as the drummer and backing vocals for the electronic rock group called The Big Pink.
Her first band PRE was formed around 2005 and consists of members like Matt Warburton, Kevin Hendrix, John Webb, and Richard Bennett.
Further, the group mostly releases music under the record labels Lovepump United and Skin Graft Records. Some of their songs include Gang of Wire, Drool, Dudefuk, and Ace Cook.
Meanwhile, her other band The Big Pink was founded by Milo Cordell and Robert Furze, also known as Robbie, in 2008. Besides Akiko and the two founding members, the group also includes English musician Charlie Barker.
Charlie Heaton
Charlie is an English actor and musician. He made his acting breakthrough in the Netflix famous original show Stranger Things.
Heaton played the role of Jonathan Byers in the horror-thriller series created by the Duffer brothers. Jonathan is the elder brother of Will Byers, the missing kid from season 1, and the son of Joyce Byers [played by Winona Ryder].
The 29-year-old actor flawlessly portrayed a socially awkward but well-meaning character in the series. Also, he is one of the few actors to appear in all 34 episodes of Stranger Things.
For his portrayal of Jonathan Byers, Heaton has been thrice nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series category; he won once in 2017. The actor's career is impressive considering the fact that he has no formal acting training.
Besides Stranger Things, Charlie has 15 more acting credits, according to his IMDb profile. Some of his notable works include Casualty, Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II, Shut In, The New Mutants, and more.
Heaton initially started his career as a musician. After he shifted to London at the age of 16, he performed for a number of bands. He eventually joined Comanechi, a noise-rock band, as its drummer and remained with the group for over a year. After departing from Comanechi, he became a member of Half Loon.
In recent years, the Leeds native has also seen exponential growth in his social media following. As of March 2023, he has 6.2 million followers on his official Instagram profile.
