Reo Sano (佐野 玲於 Sano Reo, born 8 January 1996[1]) is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is one of the performers and the youngest member of the Japanese all-male dance and music group Generations from Exile Tribe.

Reo Sano
佐野 玲於
Born (1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 28)
Other namesLil Twiggz
Occupation(s)Dancer, Actor
Years active2011–present
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Musical career
GenresJ-pop, Dance
LabelsLDH, Rhythm Zone
Websitewww.ldh.co.jp/eng/management/Sano//

Career

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In 2006, Sano started attending Tokyo's EXPG (Exile professional Gym) where he has practiced KRUMP dance.

In April 2011, he was selected as a candidate of Generations[2] through an audition held in EXPG and in April 2012 he became an official member.[3]

In March 2014, he participated in Exile Performer Battle Audition and made it to the finals but wasn't selected to join Exile.

In July 2014 he made his acting debut with drama GTO.

He is member of the Krump group Twiggz Fam[4] and also of Rag Pound.

In July 2018, he made his first lead role in the movie "Rainbow Days".[5]

Works

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Choreography

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Group choreography
Year Title Notes
2014 Never Let You Go Alongside Yuta Nakatsuka
2015 Sing It Loud
Evergreen
All for You Alongside Yuta Nakatsuka
2016 Rainy Room Alongside Yuta Nakatsuka
2017 Stupid ~Makka na bracelet~

Filmography

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TV Dramas

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref
2012 Sugarless Shiro Mukai NTV
2014 Impei Sousa Kunihiko Ryuzaki TBS
Great Teacher Onizuka season 2 Taichi Usami Fuji TV, KTV
2015 High & Low ~The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.~ Takeshi NTV [6]
2016 High & Low Season 2 Takeshi NTV
Night Hero Naoto TV Tokyo Episode 5 (ending dance) [7]
2018 Prince of Legend Aoi Ayanokoji NTV [8]
2023 Informa Kanji Mishima KTV [9]
2024 Informa (season 2) Kanji Mishima Abema [10]
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Movies

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Road To High & Low Takeshi
High & Low The Movie Takeshi
2017 High & Low The Movie 2 End of Sky Takeshi
High & Low The Movie 3 Final Mission Takeshi
2018 Rainbow Days Natsuki Hashiba Lead role [5]
Hanalei Bay Takashi
2019 Prince of Legend Aoi Ayanokoji Nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 99th Japanese Drama Academy Awards [8]
That Moment, My Heart Cried baku [11]
2020 Kizoku Kourin: Prince of Legend Aoi Ayanokoji
2023 Sana Himself Lead role [12]

Short films

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Year Title Role Ref.
2018 Tiffany Blue [13]
2019 Cinema Fighters Project "Ghosting" Baku [14]

Stageplay

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Year Title
2008 Gekidan Exile's "Crown ~ Nemuranai, Yoruno Hateni..."
2020 Reading drama Book Act "Mou ichido kimi to odoritai/ I want to dance with you again"

Game

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Prince Of Legend Love Royale Aoi Ayanokoji
  • Released on March 25
  • Available on iOS / Android

TV shows

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Years Title Network Notes
2006-2007 Holly holly PopTV TV Saitama
Monomane Battle NTV Appearance as a dancer

Internet Shows

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Years Title Network
2016-2017 Dancer's Pride AbemaTV

Advertisements

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Year Title Ref.
2007 EPSON Home Projector "dreamio"
Adidas 2007 spring & summer collection
2015 Moist Diane "Extra Shine"
Samantha vega [15]
2016 SoftBank "Sponavi Live"
2017 Tokyo Nishikawa "Afit"
2018 Aoyama Tailor "Aoyama Prestige Technology"
Tokyo Nishikawa "Afit" (Season movie "Autumn") [16]
2019 NTT Docomo × RAG POUND [17]
Nishikawa "Home Makes" [18]

Music videos

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Year Artist Title Notes
2005 Razor Ramon HG Young Man (Y.M.C.A) Appearance as a Dancer[19]
2007 GReeeeN High G.K Low (~ハジケロ~)
2008 EXILE Choo Choo TRAIN Appearance as CHIBIXILE
Gingatetsudou 999
2010 Love Kataomoi
2018 Crazyboy Private Party
Honest Boyz Tokyo Dip
2019 Okamoto's Dancing Boy

Live

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Year Artist Title Notes
2007 W-inds W-inds Live Tour 2006 Thanks Budokan Performance as a dancer
Exile Exile Live Tour 2007 Exile Evolution
Exile Rhythm Nation 2007
2008 Exile Exile Live Tour "Perfect Live 2008"
2010 Exile Exile Live Tour 2010 "Fantasy"

Voice acting

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Year Title Role
2017 High & Low g-sword Animation DVD Special Edition Takeshi

Photobook

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Year Release date Title Ref.
1st 2018 November 15 Sano San (さのさん) [20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "REO SANO | MANAGEMENT | LDH". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  2. ^ "EXILEの弟分、GENERATIONSが11月メジャーデビュー". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  3. ^ "EXILEの弟分、GENERATIONSが11月メジャーデビュー". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  4. ^ "TwiggzがTwiggz Famメンバーのみどころを語る | INTERVIEW | DanceFact(ダンスファクト)". DanceFact(ダンスファクト) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  5. ^ a b "佐野玲於×中川大志×高杉真宙×横浜流星、カルテット主演で「虹色デイズ」実写映画化<コメント到着> - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  6. ^ "High and Low Official Website".
  7. ^ "EXILE TRIBE、NAOTO主演ドラマでド迫力ダンス 豪華メンバーとコラボ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  8. ^ a b "「HiGH&LOW」チーム新企画は"全員王子"!片寄涼太、鈴木伸之、飯島寛騎らがバトル(動画あり / コメントあり) - 映画ナタリー". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  9. ^ "ドラマ『INFORMA』原作・沖田臥竜×総監督・藤井道人「情報の向う側にあるリアルな世界」". News Post Seven. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  10. ^ "桐谷健太主演『インフォーマ』続編決定 莉子、池内博之、二宮和也が新キャスト「期待度を上げに上げ切りたい」". Oricon (in Japanese). 3 October 2024. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. ^ Inc, Natasha. "佐野玲於が幽霊になってタイムリープ、「CINEMA FIGHTERS」主演作の特報公開". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "ミンナのウタ". eiga.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  13. ^ "Released today, 11/2 (Fri.)! Reo Sano appearing in the short film "TIFFANY BLUE"! | NEWS (ALL) | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  14. ^ "All the details of all the five works in "CINEMA FIGHTERS project Part 3" unveiled! | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  15. ^ "GENERATIONS、理想のデート披露にファン悲鳴". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  16. ^ "Ryota Katayose, Hayato Komori and Reo Sano from GENERATIONS serving as the face of Tokyo Nishikawa's "Afit". Reo Sano appears in "Autumn" episode of "Afit" season movies! | NEWS (ALL) | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  17. ^ "EXILE TRIBE AKIRA&小林直己&岩田剛典&関口メンディー&佐野玲於、ドコモ新CMに出演". Real Sound|リアルサウンド (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  18. ^ "GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE 片寄涼太さん・小森隼さん・佐野玲於さんを起用し、「Think Sleep! キャンペーン」を11月29日(金)からスタート!". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1|PR TIMES. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  19. ^ "GENERATIONS佐野玲於、レイザーラモンHGのバックダンサーだった過去". AbemaTIMES (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  20. ^ Sano san : sano reo fāsuto shashinshū. Tōkyō: Shufutoseikatsusha. 2018. ISBN 9784391152326. OCLC 1066254115.
  21. ^ "11/15(木)佐野玲於1st写真集「さのさん」発売決定!! | NEWS | EXILE TRIBE mobile". EXILE TRIBE mobile (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-07.
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