He has since had notable roles in television series Koinaka (2015) and My Lover's Secret (2017), as well as films Say "I Love You" (2014), As the Gods Will (2014), Strobe Edge (2015), My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016), Bleach (2018),[2][3] and Kaiji: Final Game (2020).

[8] It was the influence of Okada that Fukushi decided to learn Jeet Kune Do and Arnis[9] and Kagawa that he had goals of acting in period dramas to become a versatile actor.

[6] After entering high school, Fukushi was shopping in Shibuya with a friend when he was approached to be photographed.

[6] In January 2011, he made his official acting debut in the NTV drama, Misaki Number One!!.

Coming out of the Kamen Rider series, Fukushi then appeared in the NHK television drama Amachan in 2013.

He played the role of Koichi Taneichi, a high school senior who the heroine falls in love with at first sight.

[18] The drama achieved high viewership ratings, which increased Fukushi's popularity and public recognition.

It is based on the first arc of the eponymous manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Akeji Fujimura.

[28] In 2016, he appeared in the romance film My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday alongside Nana Komatsu, a live-action adaptation of the novel of the same name.

[46] He also appeared in the show Diver: Special Investigation Unit as the main hero, Kurosawa Hyougo.

[50] In 2023, Fukushi starred in his first overseas project in season two of Hulu's original series The Head with an English-language role.

[53] That same year, he played the role of a lawyer in TV Tokyo's drama Attorney Sodom as Wataru Odagiri.

[54] In 2024, Fukushi made his film comeback in The Women in the Lakes playing detective Keisuke Hamanaka.

[56] He then starred in the TV Asahi drama Ai no Nai Koibitotachi as 33-year-old unsuccessful scriptwriter Masakazu Kume.

[58] On June 27, 2024, Netflix confirmed Fukushi's participation in their upcoming series Can This Love Be Translated?, marking his first South Korean project.