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D-Boys

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D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a Japanese acting troupe affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement).

D-Boys
OriginTokyo, Japan
OccupationActors
Years active2004–present
LabelsWatanabe Entertainment
Spinoffs
Websitewww.d-boys.com

Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members.

Members

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Current members

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  • Masato Wada (和田 正人, Wada Masato, born August 25, 1979)
  • Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki, born October 3, 1983)
  • Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文, Araki Hirofumi, born June 14, 1983)
  • Kōji Seto (瀬戸 康史, Seto Kōji, born May 18, 1988)
  • Masahiro Usui (碓井 将大, Usui Masahiro, born December 3, 1991)
  • Arata Horii (堀井 新太, Horii Arata, born June 26, 1992)
  • Syo Jinnai (陳内 将, Jin'nai Shō, born January 16, 1988)
  • Ryosuke Ikeoka (池岡 亮介, Ikeoka Ryōsuke, born September 3, 1993)
  • Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, Yamada Yūki, born September 18, 1990)
  • Shotaro Okubo (大久保 祥太郎, Ōkubo Shōtarō, born August 27, 1995)
  • Jun Shison (志尊 淳, Shison Jun, born March 5, 1995)
  • Masaki Nakao (中尾 暢樹, Nakao Masaki, born November 27, 1996)

Former members

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  • Ichitaro Yamazaki (一太郎, Yamazaki Ichitarō, born July 19, 1980)
  • Katsuki Nakamura (中村 勝樹, Nakamura Katsuki, born March 23, 1990)
  • Shintaro Tetsu (鐵 進太郎, Tetsu Shintarō, born September 29, 1986)
  • Yuma Minakawa (皆川 佑馬, Minakawa Yūma, born October 1, 1984)
  • Yu Shirota (城田 優, Shirota Yū, born December 26, 1985)
  • Kouhei Kumai (熊井 幸平, Kumai Kōhei, born July 27, 1990)
  • Masaya Nakamura (中村 昌也, Nakamura Masaya, born April 30, 1986)
  • Shingo Nakagawa (中川 真吾, Nakagawa Shingo, born May 8, 1983)
  • Yūichi Nakamura (中村 優一, Nakamura Yūichi, born October 8, 1987)
  • Yuya Endo (遠藤 雄弥, Endō Yūya, born March 20, 1987)
  • Masaki Kaji (加治 将樹, Kaji Masaki, born January 29, 1988)
  • Osamu Adachi (足立 理, Adachi Osamu, born December 22, 1987)
  • Shunji Igarashi (五十嵐 隼士, Igarashi Shunji, born August 7, 1986)
  • Toru Kamitsuru (上鶴 徹, Kamitsuru Tōru, born June 26, 1989)
  • Taito Hashimoto (橋本 汰斗, Hashimoto Taito, born November 1, 1991)
  • Kenki Yamaguchi (山口 賢貴, Yamaguchi Kenki, born July 17, 1986)
  • Yoichiro Omi (近江 陽一郎, Ōmi Yōichirō, born April 5, 1989)
  • Ryuki Takahashi (高橋 龍輝, Takahashi Ryūki, born March 28, 1993)
  • Shintaro Akutsu (阿久津 愼太郎, Akutsu Shintarō, born June 21, 1995)
  • Kotaro Yanagi (柳 浩太郎, Yanagi Kōtarō, born December 21, 1985)
  • Shion Tsuchiya (土屋 シオン, Tsuchiya Shion, born July 7, 1992)
  • Takuya Negishi (根岸 拓哉, Negishi Takuya, born March 12, 1996)
  • Atsushi Shiramata (白又 敦, Shiramata Atsushi, born March 22, 1994)
  • Tetsuya Makita (牧田 哲也, Makita Tetsuya, born June 7, 1984)
  • Tomo Yanagishita (柳下 大, Yanagishita Tomo, born June 3, 1988)
  • Masashi Mikami (三上 真史, Mikami Masashi, born June 20, 1983)
  • Yukito Nishii (西井 幸人, Nishii Yukito, born June 14, 1995)
  • Ryo Mitsuya (三津谷 亮, Mitsuya Ryō, born February 11, 1988)
  • Atsushi Arai (荒井 敦史, Arai Atsushi, born May 23, 1993)
  • Takahisa Maeyama (前山 剛久, Maeyama Takahisa, born February 7, 1991)
  • Shuto Miyazaki (宮崎 秋人, Miyazaki Shūto, born September 3, 1990)
  • Yusuke Yamada (山田 悠介, Yamada Yūsuke, born July 29, 1987)

D2 members

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In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group.

Current members
Former members

Group projects

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In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work.

DD-Boys

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DD-Boys was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional D-House and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi.

Stage works

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Series Title Year / date Stage Info Cast
D-Live 1st D-Live 2004 Live entertainment show All members
2nd D-Live 2004 Live entertainment show All members
3rd D-Live March 2005 Live entertainment show All members
4th D-Live May 2006 Live entertainment show All members
Out of Order Out of Order March 2007 Live entertainment show Regular Performers:
D-Boys Stage Vol 1. Kanba Onrei June 2007 Musical All members with guest performers:
Vol 2. The Last Game June 2008 Musical All members plus guest cast A: All members plus guest aast B:
Vol 3. Karasu 04 April 2009 Musical Cast A
Karasu 10 October 2009 Musical Cast B
Vol 4. Now Loading April 28, 2010 Musical Cast A
The Last Game August 26, 2010 Musical Cast B
America November 3, 2010 Musical Cast C

Fan club events

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The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other.

  • Official Fan club Day Camp Bus Tour (November 13, 2005)
  • Official Fan club Limited Bus Tour (August 25 to August 27, 2006)
  • Official Fan club 3rd Anniversary Bus Tour (September 6 to 8, 2007)

Live tours

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During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, Natsu Doko. There were 49 performances in total of dances, songs and skits. New D-Boys member, Yusuke Yamada, was introduced to fans during these performances. Three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members and footage of Natsu Doko were released on December 16, 2009.

Due to the success and demand of Natsu Doko, a live tour called Fuyu Doko 2009 was held in the winter of 2009 with 19 D-Boys members and Yu Shirota visiting major cities in Japan to promote the Natsu Doko 2009 CD+DVD release. It was the first live tour around the nation for the group.

Radio

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  • Marvelous Radio Vibration (May 5, 2005 - April 1, 2006) - weekly radio show hosted by Yu Shirota, Kotaro Yanagi and Yukki.
  • D-Radio Boys (October 2007/present) - weekly radio show hosted by Masato Wada and Shunji Igarashi, featuring guest D-Boys members.

Other

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Media

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D-Boys members have released merchandise in the form of photobooks, DVDs and CDs individually, or in relation to a work project (e.g. character image CDs/photobooks). As a group, they have released a calendar featuring all D-Boys members and the following items:

Official photobooks

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Year Title Description Publisher Release date ISBN
2005 D-Boys D-Boys First Photobook Tokyo News Agency April 27, 2005 ISBN 4-924566-42-X
2006 Start! D-Boys 2nd Photobook Gakken Co., Ltd. March 15, 2006 ISBN 4-05-403035-1
2008 Dash D-Boys Third Photobook Kadokawa Marketing Co., Ltd. December 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-895035-0
2010 Darling D-Boys Fourth Photobook Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha, Ltd. March 2010 ISBN 978-4-04-895035-0

DVD series

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Series Title DVD info Members Release date
D-Boys Boy Friend Series No Fiction Volume 1 Shunji Igarashi June 24, 2009
Self-Discovery Volume 2 Yuichi Nakamura August 21, 2009
Peacemaker Volume 3 Hiroki Suzuki September 18, 2009
Sugao Volume 4 Hirofumi Araki October 23, 2009
Tomorrow Volume 5 Tomo Yanagishita November 26, 2009
Yu Channel Volume 6 Yu Shirota December 23, 2009
7 Heroes Volume 7 February 24, 2010
Super Rookie Volume 8 Ryuki Takahashi March 25, 2010
Tight Rizm Volume 9 Taito Hashimoto April 21, 2010
Set Out' Volume 10 Koji Seto May 26, 2010
Natsu Doko 2009 Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 All members with Yu Shirota December 16, 2009
Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 All members with Yu Shirota December 16, 2009
Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 All members with Yu Shirota December 16, 2009
Haru Doko 2010 Haru Doko 2010: Momo DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010 Momo members July 14, 2010
Haru Doko 2010: Sakura DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010 Sakura members July 14, 2010

Discography

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The D-Boys have released on December 16, 2009, three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members on CD and footage of Natsu Doko on DVD. Natsu Doko 2009 debuted on the Oricon Charts in 11th.

Year Title CD info Members Chart debut Track listings
2009 Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version Audio Theater album by D-Boys Team Wind members 11 D-Boys CD and DVD
  • Natsu no Kakehashi
Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version Audio Theater album by D-Boys Team Mountain members 11 D-Boys CD and DVD
  • Natsu no Kakehashi
Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version Audio Theater album by D-Boys Team River members 11 D-Boys CD and DVD
  • Natsu no Kakehashi

References

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