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Yuu Shirota (城田優) <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:Shirota Yuu.jpg
Shirota, in The D-Boys Photobook</td></tr>
Born: December 26, 1985
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation: Actor, Singer

<tr><th style="text-align: right;">Website:</th><td>Shirota's Official Blog</td></tr>

Yuu Shirota (Japanese:城田優 Shirota Yuu), born December 26, 1985, is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known most notable for his role as Tezuka Kunimitsu in The Prince of Tennis movie and The Prince of Tennis musicals and for his role as Tuxedo Kamen in the Sailor Moon Musicals. He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-Boys, which perform in various skit-like performances.

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[edit] Profile

Nicknames: Shiroro, Shiropon, Shirotan, Yuu-ani, U-kun
Blood Type: A
Family: mother (divorced), father (divorced), two older brothers, an older sister and a younger sister
High School: Horikoshi Academy (堀越高等学校)
Close Friends: YamaPi (since high school), Jin Akanishi
Height: 185 cm (6'0¾")
Weight: 74 kg
Three Size: 89-73-94 (35"-29"-37")
Dexterity: Left Handed
Hobbies: Song Writing, Song Composition, Karaoke, Watching funny TV shows
Special Skills: Spanish, Piano, Saxophone, Guitar
Favorite Sports: Soccer
Favorite Number to See Performed: "Onna no Ronsou"
Favorite Food: Chocolate, rice cookies
Place He'd Like to Go on Vacation: America<br with Daruiza my love

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Shirota was born on December 26, 1985 to parents of interracial marriage. He is half Japanese from his father's side and half Spanish from his mother's side. Because his mother is Spanish, he lived in Barcelona, Spain until he was about 2 years old. He returned to Japan for elementary school and could still speak Spanish in ordinary conversation.

According to Shirota, when he was little, his family liked to sing songs, so he would borrow his older sister's keyboard, while his mother taught him piano. Thus spawned Shirota's love for composing. He composed his first piece when he was in the fourth grade, titled the "The Tear". From his Prince of Tennis Musical Interview

[edit] Career

He has also appeared in various numbers of commercials, commercial videos, tv shows, musicals, and movies.

Shirota's appeared in Mai Hoshimura's 2002 "Stay With You" music video and MISIA's 2003 "In My Soul" music video. In September 2006, he, along with fellow D-Boy member, Yuya Endo, appeared in the music video for RAG FAIR's "Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Tate ni Naro", playing a young man planning to propose to his girlfriend.

And he's starred in a series of commercial videos for the game, Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side and the game, Shadow Hearts From the New World (2005).

He was also a part of the Watanabe net drama, Hice Cool (2005), appearing alongside fellow D-Boy members, Yanagi Kotarou, Endou Yuuya, and Adachi Osamu. The next drama that Shirota would star in was the TV drama, The Hit Parade, portraying the real-life Mickey Curtis. The show, which aired May 26, 2006 on Fuji TV, also starred fellow D-Boys members Masato Wada, Hirofumi Araki, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Yuuya Endo and Seto Kouji.

On November 16th, 2005, Shirota released an Idol DVD called With U. The DVD includes an acoustic performance for the song "Natsu no Owari ~ Mou Kako no Koi", which he had composed and written lyrics for.

Shirota's also appeared on a radio show on FM Osaka 851, performing live on October 7th, 2006.

[edit] With the D-Boys

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In October 2004, Shirota joined the Watanabe Entertainment group, the D-BOYS.

As a member of the D-Boys, Shirota also keeps a blog, which he updates occasionally and includes a personal video greeting from Shirota.

Being a part of the D-Boys provided Shirota with a lot of opportunities. Among them was to perform with the group of boys and expand his experience as a performer.

The D-Boys so far have released two Photobooks. The first photobook released on April 27, 2005, was self-titled D-Boys, while the second, released on March 15th, 2006, was called Start, both which contain many photos of Shirota.

He's also hosted a radio show called "Marvelous Radio Vibration" with fellow D-Boys member, Kotaroh Yanagi and Yukki. The show aired on May 5, 2005 and ended its run on April 1, 2006.

The D-boys have also starred in their own drama documentary variety show called, DD-Boys in which Shirota's appeared in multiple episodes as himself. The show was 24 episodes long and ran from April 10th to September 25th, 2006.

[edit] As Tuxedo Kamen / Chiba Mamoru in the Sailor Moon Musicals

From 2003 to 2004, Shirota became the 7th actor to play Tuxedo Kamen (Tuxedo Mask) in the Sailor Moon Musicals. His first official performance as Tuxedo Kamen was on January 2nd, 2003, in the 2003 Winter Special Mugen Gakuen - Mistress Labyrinth (Kaiteiban). He also demonstrated his ability to play acoustic guitar on stage live, during the Starlights - Ryuusei Densetsu performances.

The shows he performed in included:

  • 2002 Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Aki no Fan Kansha Event
  • 2003 Winter Special Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Mugen Gakuen - Mistress Labyrinth (Kaiteiban)
  • 2003 Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon GW Fan Kansha Event
  • 2003 Summer Special Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Starlights * Ryuusei Densetsu
  • 2003 Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Aki no Fan Kansha Event
  • 2004 Winter Special Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin THE SECOND STAGE FINAL
  • 2004 Summer Special Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shin - Kaguya Shima Densetsu Golden Week Fan Kansha Event
  • 2004 Summer Special Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shin - Kaguya Shima Densetsu NEW LEGEND OF KAGUYA ISLAND

The 2004 New Legend of Kaguya Island was Shirota's last performance as Tuxedo Kamen. That night, on September 5th, 2004, after he performed his final rendition of "Prince of Earth", he announced his graduation from the role and received flowers from Hironari Amano who had previously played Tuxedo Kamen before Shirota, causing Shirota to promptly cry heartfeltly on spot.

[edit] As Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis Musicals

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After his role as Tuxedo Kamen, Shirota won the role of Kunimitsu Tezuka, the stoic captain of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club. And from 2005 to 2006, he became the third actor to play Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis Musicals. He made his first debut as Tezuka on January 8th, 2005 in the Winter 2004-2005 Side Yamabuki performnace in Osaka. That same year, his role as Tezuka was carried into the live adaptation film of the anime/manga. During his run in the musicals, he was able to work with fellow D-Boys members, Yuya Endo, Kotaroh Yanagi, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Osamu Adachi, Hirofumi Araki, and Masato Wada.

He performed, as Tezuka, in the following shows:

  • Tenimyu in Winter: Side Yamabuki - Featuring St Rudolph
  • Dream Live 2nd: Second Live concert
  • Imperial Match Hyotei
  • Hyoutei in Winter
  • Dream Live 3rd: Third Live concert

He released a Best Actor's album in 2005, for his role as Tezuka, called The Prince of Tennis Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen: Best Actor's Series 001 - You Shirota as Kunimitsu Tezuka

On March 29, 2006, in the Dream Live 3rd Live concert, he along with the majority of the Seigaku cast, graduated from their roles.

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[edit] As Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis Live-Action Film

Shirota was able to carry on his role as Kunimitsu Tezuka from the musicals to the live-adaptation film of the anime/manga series, The Prince of Tennis. He, along with most of the principle cast members for the Seigaku Regulars, were able to reprise their roles in the movie. The only major casting change was the casting of Kanata Hongo as Ryoma Echizen, the main protagonist.

The Prince of Tennis was released on May 13, 2006 and opened on the tenth spot in the Japanese Box Office.

[edit] As Natsumi in June Bride

Shirota's next movie, the June Bride opened on May 27, 2006. He played the title character, Natsumi. The movie was based on the original manga Jyun Bride, by Satoshi Yoshida and costarred Shirota's fellow D-Boys members, Araki Hirofumi and Suzuki Hiroki. From the June Bride Official Site

[edit] As Aki in Heat Island

Before October 2006, Shirota finished filming for the movie, Heat Island (ヒートアイランド), based on the book of the same title written by Kakine Ryuosuke. Shirota will be playing Aki, a street gangster who moves around Shibuya (a district in Tokyo) causing trouble and accidentally obtains a large sum of money that belongs to a crime group; however, the money once belonged to an illegal casino operated by the Yakuza and both groups will be after the money. The film will be released in the early summer of 2007 and will also costar Keiko Kitagawa, Ryo Kimura, and Naoya Urata.

[edit] In Waruboro

Recently on the D-Boys' website, it was announced that Shirota would be a main supporting actor in the film, Waruboro (ワルボロ?)<ref name ="Waru">The name is thought to be a pun on the name "Marlboro" [1].</ref>, which would star Shouta Matsuda as the main character with Shirota's Heat Island costar, Ryo Kimura and fellow D-Boys member, Kaji Masaki as supporting characters. The movie is an adaptation of Gettsu Itaya's semi-autobiographical novel, Waruboro and is set to be released in the summer of 2007 as principle filmography began on September 20th, 2006.

[edit] As Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd

In 2007, after nearly a year away from musicals, Shirota will star as Anthony Hope, the cheerful young sailor that accompanies Sweeney Todd when they dock from their ship, in the Japanese stage production of the Sweeney Todd musical. The musical will run from January 5, 2007 to January 29, 2007 at the Nissay Theatre.

[edit] Personal life

In April of 2006, Shirota experienced language study studying abroad for 1 week in the Australian gold coast. His experiences were recorded in the Language Study studying abroad 2007 journal series and covered in detail over 13 pages of his thoughts after the experience and the return home.

In June of 2006, he then visited New York to see five Broadway musicals: The Producers, Rent, Spelling Bee, Sweeney Todd, and The Phantom of the Opera.

He, with Hirofumi Araki, also attended the opening night for the Musical Tennis no Oujisama Advancement Side Rokkaku feat. Hyotei Gakuen on August 3, 2006, to support Hiroki Aiba and Kousuke Kujirai.

[edit] Selected Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
2005 Hice Cool Makoto Web Series
2006 Pink no Idenshi Nakajo TV drama Appears in Episode 12
2006 Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai Ayase TV drama Appears in Episode 7
2006 The Prince of Tennis Tezuka Kunimitsu
2006 June Bride Natsumi Lead Role
2006 DD-BOYS Various Characters Appears in Episodes 1-3, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18-20, 22, 23
2006 The Hit Parade Mickey Curtis TV drama
2007 Heat Island Aki Lead Role
2007 Waruboro N/A post-production
2007 Dignity of Haken (Haken no Hinkaku (ハケンの品格?)) Amaya TV drama

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Shirota has currently released one album.

Album stats

Album was released for The Prince of Tennis musical in Japan (JPN), only.

Year Cover Info Chart positions
JPN
2005 Image:YuuShirotaTezuka.jpg Musical Tennis no Ohjisama (The Prince of Tennis)
Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen Best Actor's Series 001
You Shirota as Kunimitsu Tezuka
  • Release date: December 19, 2005
  • 1st Studio album
  • Formats: CD
N/A

Track Listings

Track Listings for the Album:

  1. "Owarinaki Stage"
  2. "Ashita Fuku Kaze"
  3. "Tachitsukusu Kanata"
  4. "Instrumental - Tezuka vs Inui"
  5. "Yudan Sezu ni Ikou - Kunimitsu Solo Edition"
  6. "Instrumental - Kikumaru/Momoshiro vs Oshitari/Mukahi"
  7. "Semero, Tsuyoku Nare"
  8. "Instrumental - Fuji vs Akutagawa"
  9. "Omae wa Seigaku no Hashira ni Nare - Kunimitsu Solo Edition"
  10. "You Shirota Message for you"

[edit] Musicals

[edit] Official DVDs

Year DVD DVD Cover Release Date JPN certification
2005 With U Image:WithU.jpg November 16, 2005

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

[edit] See also

vi:Shirota Yuu

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